If you vote to go back to the main stories page, I'll second it. Don's School Board Meetingby Michael Lawrence Well, it is 10:30 p.m. and Don just got back from covering a school board meeting. Don enjoyed himself. In fact, Don liked it so much, he-- wait, here he is now… Hello, my faithful readers! It feels great to be back. As it states above, I just got back from covering a school board meeting. They are always fun. (Now, only if I could figure out who wrote that.) Here’s essentially what went on at the meeting: Board member 1: Hullo, um, please rise for the honorable judge. [everyone rises] Board member 1: Uh, no, please, um, sit down again. [everyone sits] Board member 1: Hullo, um, please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance Board member 6: [obscenity] [everyone rises] Board member 1: Yeah, um, I pledge of allegiance, amen. Please, uh, have a seat. [everyone picks up chair and runs like crazy out the room] Board member 1: Um, come back. Thieves. Board member 6: [obscenity] pig pooping [obscenity] [everyone comes back in room with chair] Board member 1: Um, yeah, thank you. Does, um, anyone in the audience have anything to, um, say to the board. [man rises and approaches school board] Man: Hello, it has come to my attention that-- Board member 1: Um, please begin. Man: Thank you. It has come to my attention that you fired all teachers and administration at Jiminy Elementary leaving the kids totally unattended for. I don’t know what planet you guys are from, but -- Board member 1: Um, time’s, um, up. Man: Wait a second! Board member 1: No, um, time’s up. Go away. Board member 6: [obscenity] [man carried away by security guard] Man: YOU ARE ALL LOONIES! YOU KNOW THAT?! Board member 1: Uh, yeah. Now to the order of business. Board member 7: Hi! I move that we charge 5 cents admission to all the school’s toiletry. Board member 1: Uh, okay, we have a motion. Uh, anyone, second it? Board member 2: Second! Board member 1: Yeah, is there any, um, discussion. Board member 4: Yes, don’t you hate it when you’re in a formal setting like this and your underwear somehow manages to get up your butt? I mean, I’d have to reach over to my butt like this [puts hand on butt] pick at it [picks] and pull. [pull] Isn’t that disgusting? Board member 5: I move that we remove the requirement of underwear from school facilities. Board member 4: Second! Board member 6: [obscenity] Board member 1: Uh, yeah. Let’s vote on these, um, things one at a time. Ummmm. We have a, uh, motion to pass the, uh, 5 cents admission to the toilet, let’s put that to a vote. For all those in, uh, favor, please put up your right hand. Board members 1, 2, 4, 7: [puts up right hand] Board member 3: [puts up left hand] Board member 5: [puts up left foot] Board member 6: [puts up right hand, middle finger] Board member 1: Yeah, we have a pass, 7/0. Five cents admission to, um, toilets. Uh, what are we voting on, um, next? Board member 4: We were going to vote on outlawing all floral objects and replicas on school property, I believe. Board member 1: Ah, yeah, um, okay, do we have a motion? Board member 7: Yeah, I move we lose this joint and have ourselves a beer! Board member 6: [obscenity] hear hear! Board member 2: So seconded! Board member 1: Uh, yeah, sure, but let’s vote on the, uh, flower, um, thing first. Board member 7: Okay, I move that we accept the flower ban. And I second it. Board member 1: Yeah, okay, is there, um, any further, um, discussion? Parent: [rises] This is an outrage! Board member 2: [gets out gun, shoots parent] Board member 1: Uh, okay, any one else? Board member 2: [narrows eyes, darts them around the room] Board member 1: Okay, let’s, um, vote. Please raise your right, um, hand if you’re in favor. Board member 5: Flavor?! Mmmmm! Board member 4: [making a loud trilling sound into microphone with lips while pretending fountain pen is an airplane] Board member 6: [begins telling obscene joke] Board member 1: All, uh, those opposed? Board member 4: [pen crashes, makes crashing noise, ink squirts everywhere] Board member 3: [stars wrinkling pieces of paper and throws them at audience] Board member 6: [finishes obscene joke, not at all funny, gives self-righteous laughter] Board member 1: Um, okay, lets, um, skip this, um, joint then and have ourselves a beer! [board members immediately rush out of room] |