"If The Sock Fits....."

Mr. Mucus stuck his leg far enough out that I knew I was supposed to notice something. He said, "My dad gave me old, fat man, knee socks to wear today". My planned witty reply of their appropriateness was interrupted by the realization that I was wearing the same old, fat man, knee socks.

"Child, Child"

Seeming to come in on the middle of a conversation the first grader said, "Well, she was trying to put their hair in a Mohawk and their little drawers were sagging so I told them to pull their pants up and turn that hat around right, child what do you think you're doing?" So I was nosey and asked, "Who are you talking about?" She replied, "I'm talking about Chief, Logan, Juicy and Big Juicy, I don't know what they were thinking". No that's not the nick names of brothers or cousins, it's her puppies.

"Scouting"

All excited about the homework that he had finished the second grader was showing off his "All About Me" poster to the other kids. He was pointing out the pictures and talking about how hard he had worked on it, when a fourth grader pointed out a problem. The fourth grader said, "I think you used the wrong letter on that word, it should have been a B and not a D". Well the argument went back and forth for a while and the fourth grader had reason on his side when he said, "I'm pretty sure you did not mean to say that you are in the Doy Scouts". The second grader was understandably upset he said if he got a low grade then his Dad might not take him on vacation to Hoowhyyee. Between Doy Scouts and the great state of Hoowhyyee I think you know I won't drop off anyone today at the Academy for Advanced Placement.

"Tis The Season"

I know we're in the heat of August and that is why as I'm taking home the last student, on a rather long route, I hear her humming and singing Christmas songs. I said, "Wow, are you trying to get Christmas to hurry up and get here?" "No, Mr. Brandon" she said, "it's just I've got to go to the bathroom real bad and I've got to do something to take my mind off it". Well, I tried to help by singing along but she didn't appreciate it when I changed the words to "Ooooooh I haaaave got to peeeeee". She made it home and was humming a tune as she jumped from the bus. I laughed about it a little as I headed back but by the time I got to school I was doing a little "Jingle Bell Rock" step myself.