My brother rides the school bus to school everyday (duh, what else would he ride on) and in the bus there are some very very interesting conversations to listen to. Most of the info comes from a guy from Year 6—I shall call him Isaac Loudhailer.
The reason for such a peculiar name is because his name is Isaac (not spelled that way, but I shall not attempt to reveal identities of school kids—that would be a crime) and Loudhailer is rather obvious. Let's just say his voice drowns out everything else, including Indonesia traffic, which is no small feat. If you have been stuck in one of Jakarta's jams, you would be terrified at the volume of his voice.
Loudhailer is something of a freak. Let's just say he's got a lot of information stored up in his head, just not the complete set of information. And since the bus is filled with small kids who are half his age, he can lord it over them and con them without having to worry.
My brother came back with samples of his tales and here is one:
Krakatoa Volcano is the largest volcano in Indonesia (was that so??)--every year, it spews up tonnes of ash and hot molten rock (at least he got THAT right). In the volcano, there are tonnes of glittering gems and diamonds and rubies and such in the crater (too much of “journey to the center of the earth), and you can actually go in and pick all those valuable things up to the surface.
He said that if you tied a rope to yourself, and take a large sack, you could go down the crater and just pick a sackful of gems off the crater walls!! (here comes the interesting part) Now the pressure in the volcano is very very high (he got THAT right too, at least—but wait—not that right after all), and if you go deeper in the volcano, you can actually shoot back out of it since the pressure is so high (I thank the heavens there is no volcano nearby so the kids can't try it).
And here's another sample:
Alchemy.
Alchemy is the art of turning something non-metal into something metal (I wonder where he got that fact from—its not even related to gold). To do that, you will need some basic ingredients. First of all, I (Isaac referring to himself) will turn this wooden stick into a metal pole. Now, I will need the stick, flowers and an oven with a fire. The process is simple. First, I'll surround the stick with flowers, then burn it. Then, it will come out of the oven as a gooey mash (apparently he thinks wood melts in the fire) and I will then spread it out on some flat ground (good grief). When it cools and hardens, it'll be turned into metal (I grieve for his Chemistry teacher) and it'll be harder than anything else on earth (I am speechless).
Noel says its a wonder his grandmother didn't scour his mouth with chilli and hot water. And here is the most befitting verse in the Bible for him: “should anyone lead these little ones in Me astray, he should have a large millstone tied around his neck and drowned in the depths of the sea” Mark 9:42 LOL.
The reason for such a peculiar name is because his name is Isaac (not spelled that way, but I shall not attempt to reveal identities of school kids—that would be a crime) and Loudhailer is rather obvious. Let's just say his voice drowns out everything else, including Indonesia traffic, which is no small feat. If you have been stuck in one of Jakarta's jams, you would be terrified at the volume of his voice.
Loudhailer is something of a freak. Let's just say he's got a lot of information stored up in his head, just not the complete set of information. And since the bus is filled with small kids who are half his age, he can lord it over them and con them without having to worry.
My brother came back with samples of his tales and here is one:
Krakatoa Volcano is the largest volcano in Indonesia (was that so??)--every year, it spews up tonnes of ash and hot molten rock (at least he got THAT right). In the volcano, there are tonnes of glittering gems and diamonds and rubies and such in the crater (too much of “journey to the center of the earth), and you can actually go in and pick all those valuable things up to the surface.
He said that if you tied a rope to yourself, and take a large sack, you could go down the crater and just pick a sackful of gems off the crater walls!! (here comes the interesting part) Now the pressure in the volcano is very very high (he got THAT right too, at least—but wait—not that right after all), and if you go deeper in the volcano, you can actually shoot back out of it since the pressure is so high (I thank the heavens there is no volcano nearby so the kids can't try it).
And here's another sample:
Alchemy.
Alchemy is the art of turning something non-metal into something metal (I wonder where he got that fact from—its not even related to gold). To do that, you will need some basic ingredients. First of all, I (Isaac referring to himself) will turn this wooden stick into a metal pole. Now, I will need the stick, flowers and an oven with a fire. The process is simple. First, I'll surround the stick with flowers, then burn it. Then, it will come out of the oven as a gooey mash (apparently he thinks wood melts in the fire) and I will then spread it out on some flat ground (good grief). When it cools and hardens, it'll be turned into metal (I grieve for his Chemistry teacher) and it'll be harder than anything else on earth (I am speechless).
Noel says its a wonder his grandmother didn't scour his mouth with chilli and hot water. And here is the most befitting verse in the Bible for him: “should anyone lead these little ones in Me astray, he should have a large millstone tied around his neck and drowned in the depths of the sea” Mark 9:42 LOL.
