In every school year there is a kid who is a little bit dim. I am not talking about a kid with diagnosable problems, but one who is just a bit of a thickie with as much common sense as a hedgehog crossing the road.
Two years above my school year, in the same year as my brother John, was a young man who was so wonderfully stupid that he became a legend. His name was Darren Sillett.
Sillett was so famously stupid that to this day (23 three years after he left the school), I am reliably informed that kids are still using the term 'Sillett' as an insult for both their friends and enemies. When I was still at school, even the teachers used to use it.
"Smithy, you are a total Sillett!"
My favourite story about Darren was about the day in Home Economics class or 'Cooking' as it was more widely known. The general lesson format was that you took home a recipe the week before and had to bring in all the ingredients on it at the beginning of the next lesson, so that you could make the recipe in class. One particular recipe had the ingredient item '3 tablespoons of warm water'.
Darren carefully measured the water out at home and brought it to school in a thermos flask to make sure that it stayed warm.
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