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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-10 09:16 PM
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British teachers will go to great lengths...
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Teacher eats tarantula


One of Britain's leading head teachers stunned pupils - by eating a tarantula in front of a packed assembly.

Aydin Onac ate the baked spider to raise money for a new sports and drama centre at the highly rated St Olave's Grammar School in Orpington, Kent.

Some pupils enjoyed seeing his discomfort during the ordeal but others were upset, and at least one parent complained, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Mr Onac explained: "It wasn't until I opened the container and saw how big it was that I started to feel very nervous.

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Drale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-10 09:25 PM
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1. I had a math teacher freshman year
who was also a science teacher, and he used to eat chalk. I thought that was wierd at the time, but this is just one of the strangest stories Ive ever seen.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-10 10:03 PM
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2. yet they have no problem hacking cows into bits for their hamburgers lol nt
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