Several years ago --- I just realized that several years ago I must have had a life because most of my stories come from *several years ago* --- Anyway, as I was saying I was class sponsor for 7 seniors in a small rural school in the Texas panhandle.
One of the ways we raised money to take a big trip at the end of the year was to run the concession during basketball games. Of course at the beginning of the season we had to clean said concession stand even though it was supposedly cleaned by the previous years group.
On the day we had decided to do this cleaning we found thing in pretty good shape except for the evidence that mice had been playing around in the store room --- fortunately there had not been any food stuffs stored in there, just some equipment that could be cleaned with bleach water.
The kids were troopers and put on the rubber gloves and did a great job pitching in, working and getting things done.
But --- there is always a but isn't there --- they got to playing around and visiting and their language became a little less than appropriate with several mild curse word being tossed around. I went into lecture mode about appropriateness of language. About how the language they used was a reflection on them, their family, the school.
It was at this exact moment that one of those dear little rodents decided to make an appearance and ran across my foot. Yes, it ran right across my foot. And as it did in a blink of an eye, I jumped back as if a huge monster had just accosted me, and squealed, "OH SHIT!"
The kids all started laughing and repeating my lecture back to me about using cuss words. All I could do at then was to laugh and assure them that that was an appropriate time to use such language (even though it wasn't).
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1 year ago
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That made me laugh so hard I almost peed my pants!!!!! You certainly have some interesting rodent stories from your past!!! Bless your heart! Have a great week Patsy.
Well, we all say that word at inappropriate times, I suppose.
Appropriate or not, every single time a rodent has run across my feet (and YES it has been more than once) I have yelled that.
LOL! That is a wonderful story. I just know (because it's happened before), I would have said the same thing!
I would have said more than that, that's for sure. And - like I used to say to my kids (with a big grin on my face) when caught in similar circumstances, "do as I say - don't do as I do", which is completely contrary to my REAL child rearing philosophy.
Hi Pa6sy....just wanted to stop by and send along my wishes to you and yours that Easter morn find its way into your day filled with warmth and tranquility.
That's paTsy...where that '6' came from....your guess is as good as mine. I once had the crown of 'typo queen'....maybe my reign is to return now.
Dearest, sweetest Patsy ... are you okay?
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