All the best laid plans

Many years ago a Headteacher I knew was very proud of the fact that he was the first Head in the area to possess a mobile phone. He was the envy of the authority. At end of school one day he went out to see children off premises when he was confronted by a small group of undesirable teenagers who were causing a disturbance. Brandishing his new phone (the size of a house brick) he approached the group and informed them that, in his new mobile brick, he had the capacity to call the police immediately. His attempt to carry out this threat was thwarted when he realised that the phone had no battery power.

The self-appointed leader of the group then approached the Head, pulled an altogether more upmarket phone from his pocket and said “ere, borrow mine”!