Law of the Playground

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six-inch rule

Original ID   : 639
Created On    : 2002-11-24
Last Modified : 2005-05-01


Pupils of opposite sexes were required, by this ridiculous rule, to remain no less than six inches apart whilst on the school’s premises. Frequent were the boasts of male pupils that they could be get intimate with their girlfriends, whilst remaining six inches apart, as they were “hung like a donkey”.

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