Chapter 143: In Which Our Hero, Newly Knighted, Seeks The Counsel Of Wizards And Eats A Peach Tart

…mmmm, good tart

The High School Meme

1. Did you date someone from your school?

I dated several girls from my high school and a few from nearby high schools.

2. Did you win anything in Senior’s Who’s Who?

The what?

3. What kind of car did you drive?

My car was a 1957 Chevy pickup. Sometimes I got to drive my mother’s fire engine red 1965 Chevy Impala.

4. It’s Friday night…where are you at?

At the drive in movie with my date and my buddies and their dates, then we’d hit the cruise.

5. Were you a party animal?

Yeah, some of the time.

6. Were you considered a flirt?

Sometimes, yes.

7. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?

Nope

8. Were you a nerd?

While I had a few nerdy aspects, I was overwhelmingly a Class Clown, a Schemer (as in plotting parties and mischeif) and a low level Rebel

9. Did you get suspended/expelled?

I got suspended once for 2 days for fighting. I got alot of detentions in my first 2 years.

10. Can you sing the fight song?

Nope

11. Who were your favorite teachers?

Mr. James, a great biology teacher who, as a young man, had been a carnival barker.

12. Where did you sit during lunch?

In the cafeteria with my friends.

13. What was your school’s full name?

Marysville High School

14. School mascot?

The Indians

15. Homecoming court?

Not hardly, pilgrim.

16. If you could go back and do it again, would you?

No

17. What do you remember most about graduation?

Passing a bottle of Wild Turkey and a shot glass back and forth in the row in which I sat. The row in front of us had vodka.

19. Have you gained some weight since then?

Yes

20. Who was your senior prom date?

A young lass named Stephanie. We left early:)

21. Are you planning on going to your 10-year reunion?

That weould have been back in 1982. I didn’t go to it, nor any other reunion since.

22. Who was your homeroom teacher?

We didn’t have a homeroom.

23. Who will repost?

Don’t know and don’t care.

24. Did you play any sports?

No, but I did once make out with a cheerleader.

25. Do you still talk to people from school?

If I meet up with them somewhere, which almost never happens.

26. What year did you graduate?

1972