Someone in the family, many years ago, may have read about
Mr. Blazevics. He grew onions ready cooked. One Sunday morning he uprooted an
onion and found that the layers fell away as if they had been cooked in boiling
water. He invited reporters to come and observe his ready cooked onions.
He discovered that a particular patch of earth in the allotment
was hot to the touch – a thermometer from his fish tank registered 100oF.
He thought that he had dug through an electric cable. Of course, in time,
scientists came along and tested the soil for radio-activity.
A lecturer from Bradford University solved the problem. A
layer of compost had been dug in about a spade’s depth below the surface. The
compost had not broken down because of the severe winter. The reaction of
bacteria with fertiliser had caused the intense heat.
If you want your eleven plus child to be hot on the day of the
examination then start early with plenty of eleven plus fertiliser – offer lots
of papers and exercises.
