ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Busted Online</title> <LINK REL=stylesheet HREF="/busted/style.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body> <i>Taken from Mizz - ?? 2003</i><p> <b><u>Shame Academy</b></u></center><p> <i>When the </i>mizz<i> Scandal Squad stuck Busted in the dock, it was so shameful we blushed..</i><p> <b>In the dock: Matt</b><p> <b>Tell us about your naughtiest school prank..</b><br> 'Me and my mate Aaron pulled off an absolutely fantastic one. We had this teacher who had a really nice bum. Once, before she came into the classroom, Aaron covered her chair in flesh-coloured pain. When she sat down, it stuck to her dress and gave her these bum-cheek prints. She knew it was us, but couldn't prove it.'<p> <b>Disgraceful. What would be your worst nightmare?</b><br> 'My trousers falling down on stage, but that happens quite a lot cos I never do my belt up tight enough! I always wear pants, though, so it's okay. I guess my worst 'mare would be having my trousers fall down if I'd forgotten to put pants on. Eugh!'<p> <b>Speaking of clothes, which outfit are you most ashamed of buying?</b><br> 'When I was in Amsterdam a few months ago, I got this black, long-sleeved top with a denim patch and an 'N' in sequins on it. I was shopping with this girl and she made me buy it. It was horrendous. And it cost about £50! I went out in it once and everyone laughed at me.'<p> <b>Sounds like you should only wear it as a dare. What's the most terrible dare you've ever made a friend do?</b><br> 'I got my mate Shaggy to run and knock on a lady's door and ask for some milk. Erm, naked. The funniest bit was, a man came to the door instead. Shaggy was so embarrassed he ran off. We were only 14.'<p> <b>Tut tut. Ever been caught out telling a lie?</b><br> 'Oh yes. I went out with two girls at the same time when I was 15. One of them was stunning and the other was hilarious, so I had the best of both worlds. But the beautiful one found out. There were tears and everything. I felt awful. But I still carried on going out with the other one!'<p> <b>You heartbreaker. But if you tell us a shameful secret about James, we'll let you off the hook..</b><br> 'Okay, James once wore the same pair of socks for two weeks. When he took them off, they were yellow. And he's proud of it. Proud his socks were stinky.'<p> <b>In the dock: James</b><p> <b>Have you ever stolen anything?</b><br> 'When I was six, I lied to a sweet-shop owner. I told her that I'd got 50p's worth of penny sweets, when I'd actually thrown in a couple of extra fried eggs. I felt so bad. For about six months afterwards, I panicked every time I heard a police siren. I thought they were coming for me - and the two pence that I owed.'<p> <b>Shocking behaviour. What else are you ashamed of?</b><br> 'Me and my mates once tied another friend to a tree at school - and left him there for a whole lesson. He was not impressed when we went back and freed him. I was 12 at the time, so I should have known better really.'<p> <b>Too right. So, did you commit any other crimes at school?</b><br> 'On Tuesdays, we had French then Latin, and I hated both subjects. A mate and me hid in a cupboard in our classroom so we could skive off French. But the Latin teacher turned up before the French tutor left, so we couldn't escape. We were stuck in there for 90 minutes. That was not fun.'<p> <b>Serves you right. Did your ma find out?</b><br> 'Well, she never told me off for that kinda thing. Only for not doing my homework on time. If the school ever sent notes home to Mum, I'd get up early, nick the post and destroy the letters before she saw them. The way I saw it, I'd do the work eventually, so I was just saving her from worrying. And telling me off.'<p> <b>Interesting logic. Are you particularly ashamed of anything you've said?</b><br> 'Before I was in Busted, I'd sit at home and slate bands if I didn't like their music. Now I know how hard they work with touring and everything. And when you meet them, they're great people, just doing their job. I mean, I never bought a Steps CD, but H is a nice guy.'<p> <b>D'you reckon lads find it easier copying with a break-up?</b><br> 'I don't wanna drop him in it, but he's so accident-prone. Well, spill-prone. He does it every day. He needs a bib. Or plastic clothes.'<p> <b>In the dock: Charlie</b><p> <b>You're a good-looking boy. Ever been horrible to a lass?</b><br> 'Yeah. When I was 13, I was going out with a girl but I snogged my ex at a party. She found out and chucked me. I learned my lesson from that, and wouldn't do it again.'<p> <b>Good. Do you have any pet names that are an embarrassment to you?</b><br> 'Well, the girl I just told you about used to call me Baby, which was quite sad. Mum calls me Farley - cos it rhymes with Charlie - or Farleykins. If she did it in front of my mates, though, I'd have serious words.'<p> <b>So Farleykinds, what was your most dodgy hairdo?</b><br> 'I put on too much bleach on it when I was 14. It went white. Everyone thought I looked pretty dumb.'<p> <b>Aww, poor you. Do you own any girlie toys?</b><br> 'I used to have a teddy bear called Growler. But he left my bed when I went to boarding school at 14. He was called that cos he didn't have a smiley face, he had a grumpy one.'<p> <b>Stop trying to sound sweet and take this a bit more seriously, young lad. What's your grossest habit?</b><br> 'I never clean up after myself. I once left the dishwasher full of dirty plates for days on end, cos I didn't know how to use it. When I opened it, there was furry mould over everything. How horrible is that? Matt and James loved me for that one.'<p> <b>We bet they did. Have you ever been grounded?</b><br> 'At school, when I was 15. I went to a party when I shouldn't have. My teacher found out and I had to stay in my dorm for a whole week. That was absolutely gutting, cos I had a ticket to a Slipknot gig and couldn't go. It was their first-ever tour. There would've been hardly anyone there.'<p> <b>Okay, it sounds like you paid for your bad behaviour that time. Tell us a juicy secret about Matt and we'll let you go..</b><br> 'The first CD he bought was the rapper Vanilla Ice's single - <i>Ice, Ice, Baby</i> - about 10 years ago. How shameful is that? He knows all the words and he's chosen it as his karaoke tune loads of times.'<p><p> </body> </html>