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A Life in the Day of Nixdown Nixon - The Woody Back to School Unit

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21Early <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> piece I was mooch<strong>in</strong>g about herstudy grubb<strong>in</strong>g and overheard her gabb<strong>in</strong>g with hersycophantic confidantes. She was boast<strong>in</strong>g that she<strong>in</strong>tended <strong>to</strong> thrash every <strong>in</strong>mate at <strong>the</strong> facility with<strong>in</strong>her first hundred days <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice. Accord<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>record books she achieved this <strong>in</strong> half <strong>the</strong> time.Katie and I fought constantly. She is muchbigger than me but she is a vile bully and basically acoward. On several occasions I managed <strong>to</strong> scratchher face leav<strong>in</strong>g her <strong>to</strong> try and expla<strong>in</strong> herdisfigurement <strong>to</strong> Ms Law<strong>to</strong>n.She <strong>in</strong> turn responded by habitually yank<strong>in</strong>gdown my bumbags and spank<strong>in</strong>g me relentlessly. Thiswas strictly aga<strong>in</strong>st <strong>the</strong> pro<strong>to</strong>cols but it did earn me<strong>the</strong> nickname <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nixdown</strong> <strong>Nixon</strong>.I could have appealed but any such applicationhad <strong>to</strong> be filed with Patricia Hodge, <strong>the</strong> Deputy GrandDame. Patty is ano<strong>the</strong>r vile and odious specimen and,<strong>of</strong> course, she was Katie’s personal sponsor andmen<strong>to</strong>r. With that avenue closed <strong>to</strong> me I cont<strong>in</strong>uedwith my sh<strong>in</strong>-kick<strong>in</strong>g strategy.Now that I am <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Elite I have my owngrubby. I was assigned a fabulous young lady calledFrancesca Reese. Frankie was an <strong>in</strong>dependent actressbefore she fell foul <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Dark Agents. She is bestknown for her on-screen delivery <strong>of</strong> Lady Macbeth’ssleepwalk<strong>in</strong>g soliloquy while as naked as a jay-bird.She has been an occasional bone <strong>of</strong> contentionbetween me and Penny Ann, who ra<strong>the</strong>r distrustfullysuspects that I have my eye on my grubby. Thisunderstandable as Frankie is someth<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> behold

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