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06/12/2003 Archived Entry: "A PASSEL OF BOYS"

A PASSEL OF BOYS

I'm sure there is a collective noun for "young boys", or there should be. I'm just not swift enough this morning to think what it might be. Bevy of boys?

Yesterday afternoon was reminiscent of summer days forty some years ago when every day all day, without fail, I had a yard full of boys of all ages plus Ally. Back in those days, every morning the neighborhood parents would march off to work and leave their offspring at home alone with a list of do’s and don’ts, as if that mattered at all to kids. The minute the parents left home, the floodgates opened and all these kids washed over to our house. Or to Carol Larsen’s house across the street.

Yesterday was like that as there were four 7th graders and one 8th grader, the one I was tending, hovering around all afternoon. They are good kids…Buchholz, Wright, Goddard, Demming and Britton. They watched TV and were run off my computer. They took their shoes off when they came inside without me asking they do that. They were quiet and respectful. When they were down to three…Buchholz, Demming and Britton…they asked if they could get in the hot tub. They spent an hour or so in it (it wasn’t that hot) talking and relaxing. Since they all participate in conditioning, they said it really felt good. Good!

The day brought back lots of memories with Larsen, Larsen, Irwin, Irwin, Seitz, Britton, Britton and Britton. Those were busy, tiring days and some times I wonder how I survived.

Replies: 2 comments

The collective noun for a group of boys is called A Blush of Boys.
Trust me Peg,I have spent an age finding this out,as usual the geordie has come up with the goods

Posted by Ann @ 06/12/2003 06:56 PM CST

A bravado of boys?

Posted by Deb @ 06/12/2003 12:58 PM CST