Sunday, September 20, 2009

High School Humor

High school humor is a very unique one in that some of the things we do will get us in trouble but in our mind it is well worth it. This is the exact quote from someone that found out that high school humor can have high consequences. Four years ago my friend was a senior at Thomas Johnson High School. Now we all know that when you are a big bad senior you want to leave your mark at the school for other people to remember you. This is usually done by what are called “Senior Pranks” These pranks usually are not suppose to harm anyone or cause damage to anything, just a joke that helps you top off your 4 years at high school. One last joke, laugh and good time is exactly what my friend thought.
It was a late October night when this so called brilliant idea was put together. Three eighteen year old seniors were sitting around watching Sunday night football together when they brought up high school memories. This isn’t unusual at all, as every group of friends reminisces once in a while. The idea of a senior prank was brought up by one of the friends. They through multiple ideas around some very mischievous some too weak to even count as a prank, it took about three hours for them to decide. There senior prank was to spray paint the lines in the parking lot all white. At Thomas Johnson High School the parking spots were assigned Blue lines meant teacher spot, white lines meant student spot. I bet the school did not expect to see all of their lines painted white when they came back in the morning. At about four in the morning the group of friends decided they were going to carry out their plan and they headed to the school. Four cans of spray paint later all the lines in the three different parking lots were painted white. It didn’t take long at all for their prank to be noticed. That day in school that’s all you heard as you were walking down the halls. “Being the one who did it I was a bit nervous” This is a quote that explains his day. The principal came on the announcements and they even offered a reward for an undisclosed amount. The administrators really wanted to catch these people. It took the administrators a total of two days until they found out exactly who was part of the group. Word sure does spread fast when you’re in high school. Each person in the group had to pay five hundred dollars a piece for the lines to get repainted. They were all suspended for ten days for their actions. “I still believed that it was worth it at the time, but now when I look back on it, probably wasn’t one of my most proud moments but we all make mistakes”
With this said I think we all can agree we have had our moments where High School Humor has either caused trouble or lead to things that could have been avoided.

4 comments:

  1. This is a pretty funny prank, but if I had to pay 500 bucks I probably would not think it to be humorous. However, being able to think back to high school and have such a memory is definitely priceless, so it is probably worth it.

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  2. A great prank; one certainly cannot be held accountable for a Principal's critically absent sense of humor.

    It's interesting to me especially because I graduated earlier this year, so I still have thoughts of senior pranks fresh in my mind.

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  4. haha wow this is great, i went to Urbana and i hated how the teachers would make such a big deal when they didnt get their parking spot. Great Blog.

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