Going to a state school meant I avoided experiencing nuns: I still got the strap occasnionally, probably for spelling mistakes. Frinds who had experienced nuns at school used to comment on two of the teaching orders that "the Mercies have no charity and the Charities have no mercy. I find it strange that we all were used to seeing wimples and thinking of stories about nuns but the sight of a hejab is regarded as disturbing.

Sisnsul, just be thankful your dealing with 1" high statuettes; there's a 5' high garden gnome that travels the folk scene around these parts.

Cheers, Rowan