Messaged my secondary school English teacher this morning and discovered that, as well as having degrees in teaching and English, he did the WSET Diploma — sponsored by Grant's of St James — and nearly went for the Master of Wine program.
I'd always known my French teacher was a judge on some wine panels as well, but it's amazing how many people have qualifications they never talk about, or never have the chance to bring up. I suppose it's rather frowned upon to talk about those things in school though. Shame. Wow.
His funniest line was "I nearly died though because I couldn't bring myself to spit." We've all been there.