The recent joining of the Quantock Community of Hadrain Whisken has prompted me to write about "The Kipper Song"  ... but first some background......

A whole book could be written on the enigma that was Collin Bliss. For example in the 4th Year in the Sports Hall Block a pencil “X�?was placed on his bed linen (by Jamie Hildage I believe) that remained on his sheets for a whole year  - i.e. Collins sheets never made there way to the laundry service.

Collin also spent 2 whole terms without a light bulb. He merely sat in the dark during prep. He was forced to leave his door open to garner some meager lighting. People used to stop past his room (never entering) trying to glimpse his near indistinguishable silhouette - occasionally someone would try an experimental "Collin ...?" as an aid to pin-point him.  On one occasion he actually got a light bulb  (summoning initiative from some unfathomable reserve), but someone though it funny to promptly steal it (David Goddard no doubt, who was quite the contraband "Bulb Baron") .

Collin also sadly had no dorm mate, I think James Leatherdale (another individual) spent some time with him and then moved out. Ben Honeyands at one point placed a rancid milk bottle in his room behind his storage heater, and it was never removed �?the smell was never to be forgotten (Ben has the full story).

Collin was quite a composer and wrote several songs which he recorded on his tape deck (I think Dunc Roger got a hold of the tape and when we played it - we nearly died laughing listening to it.

Anyone else remember the “Hadrian Whisken Kipper Song�?here is the first verse �?/SPAN>

 ".... [vocal electronic raping sounds e.g. ppt .. pppt .. ppt ... ppttt ] "Hadrian Whisken walking down the streeet ....",

 [Weee-ooow-weee-ooow] ... "saw some girls he’d like to meet" (sang with conspiratorial tones) ...

[Weee-ooo-weee-ooo] " f*ck off, f*ck you, f*ck off, f*ck you, f*ck you  Kipperrrrrrr�?", (pause) �?

"you wana know why" (again with conspiratorial tones),  �?

" 'cause he swims like a Kipperrrr …�?

I used to know all five verses of the ‘Kipper Song�?all centering on Hadrian Whisken being a " Kipperrrrr" - sadly only one remains in my head. We never knew what Collin had against Hadrain ... I guess we will probably never know. Collins “Bottom song�?was also killer which consisted of various teachers and the farting noises they made whilst they were on the toilet �?lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

 <o:p></o:p>