Reminds me of the old joke;A primary school headteacher has written to parents to ask them to stop dropping off children while wearing their pyjamas.
Kate Chisholm, headteacher at Skerne Park Academy, Darlington, is urging the adults to dress properly so they set a decent example to pupils.
She complained about the trend after noticing an increase in the number of parents wearing pyjamas and slippers at the gates - with some even attending school assemblies and meetings in nighttime attire.
She wrote: 'I have noticed there has been an increasing tendency for parents to escort children to and from school while still wearing their pyjamas and, on occasion, even slippers.
'Could I please ask that when you are escorting your children, you take the time to dress appropriately in day wear that is suitable for the weather conditions.'
Ms Chisholm said her letter was not a 'judgement' but was in a bid to set good example for the children.
'If we're to raise standards it's not too much to ask parents to have a wash and get dressed,' she said.
'That they should not sit around in pyjamas because they don't have to get dressed for work.
'I don't give two hoots how people dress at home, I just think if they're a good role model for their children and want them to get a job and better yourself then they ought to get dressed.'
There are several engineering companies based in the town but the biggest employer is mobile phone giant EE, which provides around 2,500 jobs.DARLINGTON: KEY STATISTICS
Darlington, a market town in the north east county of Durham, is home to around 106,000.
Its crime rate of 68.65 incidents per 1,000 people is higher than that of County Durham, whose rate is 49.08.
Its overall employment rate is 2.7 per cent - a drop of 0.9 per cent from last year - while the rate among under 18s is five per cent.
She added: 'I do believe it's possibly the case that pyjamas have become more trouser-y but I really don't think it's too much to ask.'
Ms Chisholm said she had mainly had support from the parents who received the letter.
'I've had lots of positive remarks from parents at the school and in the community,' she said. 'But I have also had negative remarks, mainly from those people who choose to wear pyjamas.
'But in the next breath they have told me they consider that I dress too nice for work. Us staff have a dress code and the children have a dress code too. It's about us all feeling part of a team.
'I imagine there might be some people who keep up wearing pyjamas for the next six months to prove a point.
'I can't force people to get dressed but I will keep sending letter home in the hope that they decide to put on a pair of jeans.'
Incredibly, even after the headteacher issued the letter, a mother turned up at the school to collect her child dressed in her pyjamas.
The woman, who did not wish to talk, refused to give her name, and was dressed in a dressing gown, slippers and pyjamas.
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A scouser (not Sean,) goes to see the doctor and asks; "Can you give me something to help with my sleep?"
Doctore: "Ok, we have this medicine, it'll help you drop off to sleep as soon as your head hits the pillow."
Scouser; "That's no good, I have no problems getting off to sleep, I get my head down about 9.30 pm and I'm out like a light."
Doctor; "Ok, well there's this medicine which will ensure you have a long lie in in the morning."
Scouser; "Oh, I've no problems with that, I sleep in until 11.00 am or later each day."
Doctor: "Well this medicine will make sure you don't wake up in the night."
Scouser; "I never wake up in the night, our like a dead thing I am."
Doctor: "Well what the hell is your problem with your sleep?!?!?!"
Scouser: "it's the afternoons....."
