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Mr Laing couldn't be bothered to do the Haig notes this year but took solace in the fact that:
"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit."
(W Somerset Maughan)
He often feels a bit paranoid in the job......:
"Infamy, infamy. They've all got it infamy!" (Kenneth Williams - Carry on Cleo)
But knows how to make things run smoothly:
"A sense of humour is the lubricant of life's machinery."
(Unknown)
He is always helpful..........:
"Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand."
(Homer Simpson)
And approachable...........:
"I,ack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part."
(Notice on Mr Laing's door)
With a sound philosophy on boarding school life:
"The more litter, the less tuck." (The late Ben Phillip, Haig Housemaster 1985 - 1993)
And......
"In no particular order..
.." (Mr Lalng........ ad nauseum)
Assistant Housemaster Mr Porter takes the Big Brother approach:
"Resistance is futile. You are part of the collective. You are not an individual. You will be assimilated!" (Star Trek)
Housemaid Mrs O'NeiII knows the way to harmony In the boarding house:
"Make the best of everything. Think the best of everybody. Hope the best for yourself."
And Housematron Mrs Kettles sums up the boys of Haig thus:
"Today is the harvest of yesterday and the seed time of tomorrow."
Not quite sure If Assistant Housemaster and occasional crooner Mr Beattle is having a good time in Haig or not:
"Unforgettable." (Nat King Cole)
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Does Andrew Martin (IV) find Haig his dream House or his worst nightmare?
"Your House will tx- something like your family." (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
Greg Swan (IV) gets a bit melancholic about life in Haig:
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day." (Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5)
While Peter Goodman (IV) states the facts:
"Hard work never killed anyone, and it certainly won't get us."
Scott Graham (IV) advises Mr Laing on how to be a good Housemaster:
"To be happy with human beings, we should not ask them for what they cannot give." (Prep diary)
Alasdair Page (IV) feels he could manage without supervision in the House:
"Adults are just obsolete children, and to hell with them." (Dr Seuss)
Gavin Reith (V) surprisingly looks forward to school dinners:
"The belly is a rascal. It doesn't remember how well you treated it yesterday. It'll cry out for more tomorrow."
Mark Braceland (IV) wrestles with the "no talking after lights out" rule:
"Silences have a climax when you have got to speak."
(Elizabeth Bowan)
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