Activities 2

The second exciting installment of things to do (and be done to) for the last week of term.

Find the Virgin.

A simple and fast activity, suitable for all boys.

1. A map of Nuova Lazio is given out with a red and a black pen.
2. The boys are allocated diferent areas of Nuova Lazio to investigate.
3. Each boy marks with a black pen the inhabitations (houses, sheds, tents and dug-outs common to Nuova Lazio) where non-virgins abide.
4. Each boy marks with a red pen the inhabitations where they discover a virgin.
5. All virgins below 12 are excluded.
6. When they return destroy the maps, there's no point.  There are no virgins over 12 in NL.
7. An excellent exercise in futility which builds character and wastes time.
8. The perfect end-of-term activity

Dig a Hole

A complex task, suitable only for the high achievers.  Needs some preparation and equipment, 1 Moro bar and a small bag of raw peanuts.

A paddock is obtained from a local farmer/marijuana plantation owner (NOTE: Definitely NOT the same paddock as used for find the landmine)

1. Both boys and girls can participate in this harmless activity
2. Each person is given a shovel or a pickaxe
3. The group (maximum 100 participants) proceed to the paddock, where you have already marked out separate digging areas of 5 metres square.
4. The participants work in groups of 4, digging out the indicated area.
5. Care must be taken not to:
1. Throw soil into an adjoining marked area (bad form, not cricket) (Not that the bloody Black Caps would recognise a real game of cricket if it bit them in their collective arses)
2. Bury tools under loose soil
3. Bury other participants
6. The holes dug have to be at least 5 metres deep
7. At 1 O'clock, the groups change areas and proceed to fill in the recently dug holes.
1. Be especially careful to note 2 and 3 of step 5 above.
8. The first group to complete the fill-in do NOT get the Moro bar.  You eat it as you watch.  Seeing other people working hard causes a great hunger, and must be treated quickly.
9. Remove all tools and COUNT THE PARTICIPANTS.
10. Any missing can be accounted for as evolution in action
11. Clean tools and return to Nuova Lazio High.
12. Explain to the participants that they may as well get used to it.
13. Distribute two peanuts each (2½ for the fastest group), and explain that they may as well get used to it.

More exciting activities tomorrow.


To complete today's package is a video expounding the reasons why men should by a certain British 'newspaper'.  The video needs sound and I recommend caution, as some naughty words and pictures are included.