A fine choice as well

It’s a strong contender for best opening track of an album ever for me

Tonight We Fly - The Divine Comedy He’s simple, He’s Dumb, He’s the pilot - Grandaddy Rocket - Goldfrapp Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd The Zephyr Song - Red Hot Chilli Peppers #fridayfive

To make them pay you just give them the bill…

a teddy bear with a hula hoop around its neck is standing in front of a microphone

ALT: a teddy bear with a hula hoop around its neck is standing in front of a microphone

I can imagine how that went!

Fortunately we are some years past those days My lad is a big gentle giant these days But puberty was an awful time

We came very close to that a few times My wife suffered whiplash and I had a scratched cornea But it was a whisker away from more serious injuries more than once

One of the main reasons I retrained as a teacher was that I couldn’t leave my family alone to be hurt by E all through the holidays whilst I trundled off to work

It’s an awful crosshair to find yourself in Someone you love is hurting someone else you love and you can’t stop it All you can do is stand in the way and let yourself be hurt instead Child on parent/family violence is a subject that is so rarely discussed

Interesting I’ll do a little digging even if it doesn’t get very far