Battery Fires, page-97

And some of those fathers had advised me on previous encounters that they were the proud owner of a rifle and a spade, so I became 'the thrower of stones at the window come hither' type of guy. I wasn't go'n in for quids . And the chicks loved it coz it was in the movies (the romantic stone thrower at the window) and they took it to be a sign of true romance .