DO you remember when you were at primary school, and you would get that classroom hubbub, and every so often it would go quiet, just for a second or two? Not for any particular reason, just the way it was.
I was about 10 years old and sitting next to my friend Barry who kept asking me inane questions and generally being a bit irritating, I forget why. I lost my temper and turned to him and said "Barry, just ****...OFF".
I didn't say it particularly loudly, but I said it just in that lull. Whole classroom went silent. Teacher stood, stunned, then ordered me to sit outside the classroom. I sat there for a few minutes, before the headteacher came walking past on his rounds.
"Why are you sitting out here?"
I burst into tears.