On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:40:27 -0800 (PST), Nick  wrote:

>On Nov 2, 4:36 pm, Mike Plowman  wrote:
>> On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:29:02 -0500, tony cooper
>>
>>  wrote:
>> >This reminds me of something I've always wondered about:  In English
>> >public schools, was the upperclassman's fag appointed, chosen, or did
>> >someone volunteer?  Did all upperclassmen have a fag?
>>
>> >I see mentions in books to things like "I fagged for Smith-Bulywer",
>> >but no book has really explained the structure of the fag system.
>>
>> >Forgive that "upperclassman".  I should probably write "upperformer"
>> >or somesuch, but I don't know the correct term.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagging
>>
>> Makes no mention of buggary though.
>~
><g> Hey, Mike! - bin readin' these postings - interspersed amongst us
>secondary-modern oiks is ex-public school nobs - we be mingling with
>quality!

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Martin