======== Newsgroups: alt.surfing Subject: School Daze From: Foondoggy Date: 26 Jun 1996 19:10:22 GMT In High School five of my best surfing buddies were in my own homeroom. Each morning we were to spend 15 quiet minutes of the day listening to announcements and getting ready for classes. Our homeroom teacher was a huge man named Mr.Williamson. He was an athlete (swimming coach) a summertime lifeguard, and a well respected waterman in the community. He was also strict as hell and frequently assigned detention to anyone who screwed with the rules. One day Mr.Williamson intercepted a note going around among us which spoke of the 5 of use cutting school the next day to go surfing in what was guaranteed to be great waves. He never mentioned he had gotten hold of the note. The next day we all dutifully left our homes for school, then met in a parking lot and bolted for the beach. We'd been out about an hour when we looked in and to our horror saw Mr.Williamson paddling out on a big rescue board. We were shittin'! He calmly paddled over to us and thanked us for tipping him off to the great waves, then proceeded to ride rings around us. Who knew Mr.Williamson could plant a cheater five at will and punch through some tough sections on a rescue board!? Soon we were lending him our boards and then he really put on a clinic. We surfed all day and had a great time. The next morning, as always, he asked everyone who'd been absent the day before, to bring up their excuse notes from their parents. Each of us slowly walked up and gave him what he knew was a totally counterfeit note, but he never said a word until he got to me. As I placed my bogus excuse on his desk he said softly. "Nice Sunburn, Foonboy." Terrified, I looked up at him and said. "If you'll remember Sir, I never once took off on you." He laughed and said, "I'll remember that." -Foondoggy (Swear to God, ask Bob, Tommy, Phil, Steve and John) "The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself." -James Thurber "I generally avoid temptation, unless I can't resist it." -Mae West