I have a funny story about monitors --
Did you all have study hall monitors in High School?
In my old school, our cafeteria was in the basement, and the study halls were down there too. There were two giant rooms, with hardwood floors, and two old ladys we used to call the "snoop sisters" who monitored the study halls.
We were allowed in the hallway by the doors after lunch, and those floors were that Terazzo stone, the floors in the study halls hardwood. One day, one of us got the bright idea to take our pennies that were change from lunch, and kick the coins under the door into the study hall. Then we would scatter.
The Monitor at first was annoyed, but then she thought she was very clever, and started putting the coins in a jar on her desk. She started accumulating quite a hoard. She would smile at us and look at the jar when it was our turn for study hall.
Well, needless to say, she did not know John1 very well. One day, I decided to try something new . . . I drilled a tiny hole in a penny, and tied an almost invisible fishing line to it, and to a reel (not on a pole). I let out the line, and kicked the penny under the door. When the snoop sister bent over to pick it up (and I had a friend peering under the crack of the door signaling) I reeled it in like a madman! Of course, there was uproarious laughter in the study hall. She at first was red-faced, but then was a good sport and came out into the hallway laughing.
My friends topped that one though . . . when I was in that study hall (which although in a basement, there was a pit like moat around the building - so there were windows) were in the classroom on the first floor above. They snipped off all the blind cords while the teacher was out, and tied them to a copy of the OED (Think BIG dictionary) and lowered it into the pit, swinging it by the windows. Well, they did not tie too well, and the cord snapped, sending this enormous dictionary flying into the pit! One of them had to come down and climb out the window to rescue it.
Figured since I can't get to 15,000 by myself, I may as well tell a long story!
See you guys, off to dinner.
John1
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We loved watching Romper Room.
