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

8Victoria and DebsI pull on my red silk and mohair blazer andfasten the five buttons up the front. I go over to theumbrella stand and select an ashplant cane which Iwill be required to carry tucked under my left armthroughout the day. This is rather unnecessary as Ihave ceded my thrashing rights to Debs but itremains a requirement of the Elite Charter so I do notfeel inclined to argue the point.The ashplants are very slender, eighteen inchlong canes that apparently have been in use bymembers of the Elite ever since the original WoodySchool was first established in the mid-1800s.According to Debs who researches this kind of stuffthey are produced by some family in Dublin and arecut from saplings of a particular mountain ash-treeand then cooked in a chimney-oven. She alsomentioned that according to the advertising literaturethey come guaranteed one-hundred-per-cent testedfor performance. I’m not sure where you find the jobapplications but if ever I’m in the mood for a careerchange or in need of a few extra squids I could