Sometime in the early 80's, consumer electronics 'giant' Tefal ran an ad campaign featuring a collection of scientists clad in white coats demonstrating various products they had supposedly developed. To show just how brainy they were they had really large heads, not rounder, just taller, with a hairline about a foot away from their eyes.

Sadly for several kids with larger than average foreheads in the lower years at our high school, this advertising campaign was more successful than Tefal could have possibly ever dreamed.

At random breaktimes for a whole year the cry "TEFAL!" would go up, after which everyone in hearing distance would tear after some poor first year, chasing him all round the school if necessary. When he was finally pinned in a corner, one of the older kids in front would pull out a Trevor Francis ruler, measure his forehead and then shout out the total, adding on at least 5 centimetres for effect. The surrounding mob would then chant "TEFAL!, TEFAL!, TEFAL!" until breaktime finished, a teacher broke it up or the 'Tefal' cried too much, whichever came first. Looking back, the whole scene was like something out of 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'.

My friend and I happened across a man bearing a particularly generous frontsipiece. We immediately seized the opportunity to play "tefal" (take turns to shout "tefal" with increasing volume). To our horror he approached us and calmly confessed that yes, he was the man from Tefal ads, which had led to a part in the TV drama "Tripods".
We got his autograph.

A large forehead was called a "spam" in our school, and the verb "to slap one's forehead" was "spamming". Obviously those with exceptionally large spams constantly had to endure the ignominy of repeated measurements.
This is especially hard to take when the measurer is using a metre ruler, as my mate did to some poor girl in his tech class. The implications of his ruler choice still leave me sniggering today.

At our school, Tefaling was always followed by repeaded spamming of the poor sod in question.
Usually till he cried.

Oh the savagery of the little darlings...

At our school, Donald was the victim of the Tefal adverts due to his enormous forehead. He also had the classic national health glasses so the overall look waqs the spitting image of that in the campaign. We used to hold him and repeatedly slap his forehead, shouting Tefal, Tefal, Tefal! It was funny then. Unfortunately he went a bit psycho when he left school. I think he's still having treatment now. Hey - ho.

I once saw the man who was in the tefal ads.
Seeing an opportunity to play "tefal" (taking turns to shout 'tefal' louder and louder with suprsing dedication to beat your playing partner.
I took the opportunity to shout tefal as loud as I could, knowing he would hear me and therefore win the game. To my horror he came up to me and informed me that, yes I was correct he was in the tefal ads and it led to a part in that awful TV drama "tripods".
I asked him for his autograph.

You do realise that he was lying, though, two Dee?
But kudos to the hideous, massive-headed monster for the comeback.