Forced Fun

I was just procuring a donation to the Raise the Roof fund and the person who pledged to buy one of my pencils on payday (I’m selling HMS pencils for a ridiculous amount of money … so far I’ve sold two for $30) asked if I ever did anything in that gymnasium. It’s a snottier question than it sounds like because he was implying I wasn’t athletic.

So I told him he was right. Attendance at basketball games was mandatory. I tried to get myself banned by yelling things at the top of my lungs like “I’m being forced to be here” and “I hate basketball” but Colonel Trout assured me that no matter how obnoxious I was, he wouldn’t let me get myself kicked out.

So I just brought my homework from then on.