[Miscellany]

Bored on the internet* I decided to check out my old High School's website. Boy have they gone all flash. No more selling drugs behind the old canteen eh? Okay, sure I admit that although I went to a state high school we were probably more posh than half the local private schools. By "we" I mean the powers that be rather than the students themselves (who were mostly bogans). But when I was in year 9 we merged with another local high school. I guess I didn't realise just how far our poshy poshy la la attitude extended until then. What we called "the canteen" they called "the tuck shop" and what we called "environment duty" (this is where every student is required as a rotation to do a whole day of picking up rubbish instead of being in school. TRUE!!) they called "scum". What we refered to as a "bitch" they refered to as a "fucking moll" or "scrag". It was a bit like Neighbours meets Prisoner Cell Block H (and all of them were "Frankie, the overacting lesbian who threw down shelves and coerced Doreen into being her 'special friend'").

After that though, the school grew together and we turned into a super high school and that reflected in the prices of property in the school zone (yeah, people still lie about where they live to get a place in the school). Looking back, it was lucky I was in the zone to get in there. Academically it was an excellent school with a good rep - which proves that you don't have to go to a private school to get a good education. But I guess they followed alot of private the school ethos: I remember being in grade 6 and having to go and do a piano audition for them in order to qualify for the music program. puh-lease!

Anyway, the website had a newsletter on it and I came across this menu for the school canteen (tuck shop for all you molls out there!).

Week Ending 02/06/06 Monday
Soup
Potato and leek $3.00
Lunch
Penne matriciana $3.10
Vegetarian
Cheese and spinach filo triangles $3.10
Gourmet roll
Pastrami, semi dried tomato and lettuce $3.55

Tuesday
Salad
Pasta salad with tuna and pesto mayonaise $3.25
Lunch
Thai red chicken curry with jasmine rice $3.10
Vegetarian
Cheese and spinach canneloni $3.10
Gourmet roll
Virginian ham, swiss cheese and seeded mustard baguette $3.55

Wednesday
Canteen closed due to Report Writing Day

Thursday
Salad
Rice salad with fresh basil, capsicum and balsamic vinigarette $3.25
Lunch
Penne with fresh chilli, bacon and capsicum $3.10
Snack
Baked potato with sour cream, cheese and colesaw $3.10
Gourmet roll
Turkey, swiss cheese and pesto mayo $3.55

Friday
Soup
Carrot and coriander $3.00
Lunch
Calamari n’chips with tartare and lemon $3.80
Snack
Hokkien noodles with Asian vegetables $3.10
Gourmet roll
Salami, roasted capsicum, spinach, onion and fetta cheese $3.55

ooooo la la, that's a bit high falootin' innit? Where the fuck are the sausage rolls and meat pies mate? What about the steamed dim sims with soy sauce and chiko rolls? WHERE ARE THE CHIKO ROLLS? No Redskins? (too politically incorrect I suppose). I am highly disturbed by this menu. Sure, who doesn't want a Rice salad with fresh basil, capsicum and balsamic vinigarette for lunch? But do teens really want that?

I am reminded of canteen lunch when I was in year 9 at high school and standing in the line at the canteen making up a song about chicken burgers.
yummy.
yummy.
chicken.
burgers.
and.
a.
sunny.
boy.

..no more :(

* translantion: procrastinting writing my reports!

posted by M at 8:59 am 4 comments