There was that tragic story of the girl who crashed her car and died whilst taking a selfie at the wheel...'nuff said in my view....

Harsh UT! Yow!

Are you kidding, Pet? Convince me!

Actually, I believe that he only lopped off part of his ear, not its entirety.  He probably had enough left to hook a pair of glasses in place.

Interesting one this...as you know, I work with SEN kids, some of whom have challenging behaviour. The theory goes that playing classical music will calm them etc. I've tried it on many occasions, I've also played Buddhist flutes , relaxing nature sounds and so on in RE lessons , but in my experience ( sadly) unless it's One Direction or something else from the charts the kids know, they turn off and " hate" it instantly. Showing their immaturity and lack of ability to be open- minded ( no criticism implied there, it's just the way it is). I'm working more with the older kids this year on though, so expect that it's worth another go. I don't think it's as simple as assuming that what to us might be "relaxing" music will relax the kids....it can have the opposite effect with the Autistic ones, then of course it becomes a distraction from their learning. It takes practise and a certain amount of meditative ability in the first place to be able to tune in to that kind of music, and sadly I think so many of our kids nowadays are constantly exposed to brash noise in the home, on the TV, on their computer and gaming consoles that they don't know what nature sounds like or good old P and Q.
I'd be interested to know what others think too.
I do use music in other ways in lessons sometimes though, esp in Sex and a Relationships Ed , when I've been known to play Je T'aime ( ha ha! In the lesson about sensuality, where I set up my Boudoir of Luurvv in the classroom with candles, incense etc!); Sex As A Weapon by Pat Benatar in the lesson when I teach about sex in the media and the sexualisation of society ( are you still awake?!); er....I Wanna Sex You Up just for a laugh sometimes...Springsteen's Philadelphia when I'm teaching about HIV and AIDS...and when we do the lessons about sexuality and equal rights, well then I go riot!! I get my big rainbow flag out and play all the clichéd gay classics!!! We all love that one!!! I do have fun with it, best way to teach I reckon.

So, what's "a stiff upper lip" supposed to mean, anyways?  I mean, I know what it is supposed to describe, chacterwise, but why?  What's a stiff upper lip have to do with it?  I mean, have you ever tried to make your upper lip stiff?  I tried!  Can't even figure out how to do it!  It' something one would expect a bitter old biddy would do.

Ah!  That does help!  I understand what the expression means and respect it.  It was just the trembling of the upper lip that I didn't catch.  Makes sense now.  I guess I'm a bit simple on these things.  I even had to have someone explain what "I've got your back" means...In retrospect, another one that is obvious.