Thanks to Zeke for the inspiration. I didn't skip school often enough to be conspicuous but on occasion....
My senior year was '61/'62. When I think back on those times this one is always the first one I think of.
It was a nice spring day in early May. Three couples of us had planned to take the day off and see what we could get into. For one reason or another the two other boys backed out. Sooo, it was just me and 3 girls, One of which was my girl friend.
We were just driving around trying to think of something cool to do. There was an abandoned lumber yard near by so we decided to go check that out. There was a 6' chain link fence around it and the gate was locked.
2 of the girls and I decided to go over the fence and see what was what. I don't remember what if anything interesting we found. I might mention that the points were up on the fence. Coming out one of the girls snagged a hip pocket of her brand new white Levis on one of the points and left it flapping in the breeze. It also caused her to have a rather awkward "dismount".
After that we decided to go out to the San Jacinto Battlegrounds. There is a nice tree lined parking area along the ship channel. These trees are ancient oak trees and very large. We went to the concession stand for drinks and snacks and parked under the trees to watch the work boats and barges go by while we enjoyed our snacks.
The mood was light. We were all laughing at the boys that chickened out.
Did you ever make a casual remark that resulted in something beyond imagination? This was one time I should have stayed silent.
I started teasing the girl that tore her pants going over the chain link fence. one thing led to another and before I knew what was happening all 3 girls were trying to take my jeans off of me. I was laughing and not really aware that they were trying to take them completely off. By the time I realized that, it was too late...just way too late.
The girl that tore her jeans dashed out the door and threw my jeans up and over the bottom limb of one of the trees. It was way and gone out of reach. I tried moving the car under the tree but I still couldn't reach them.
So now I' running around in my "tidy whites" and the girls were rolling on the ground laughing.
They laughed all the way home. After I had dropped them off it dawned on me that I had to figure out how to get in the house and to my room without being seen
My dad was at work but my mom was home. If I tried to go in the front door I'd never make it. If I slipped in by the back door I might be able to slip through the dinning room, around the door into the hall and into my room.
My mother was in the den Ironing. I made it, but this was not the end of the story. The mystery of the missing jeans lingered for years. When I was 30 something I finally told them what had happened.
Thank goodness for the statute of limitations.
My senior year was '61/'62. When I think back on those times this one is always the first one I think of.
It was a nice spring day in early May. Three couples of us had planned to take the day off and see what we could get into. For one reason or another the two other boys backed out. Sooo, it was just me and 3 girls, One of which was my girl friend.
We were just driving around trying to think of something cool to do. There was an abandoned lumber yard near by so we decided to go check that out. There was a 6' chain link fence around it and the gate was locked.
2 of the girls and I decided to go over the fence and see what was what. I don't remember what if anything interesting we found. I might mention that the points were up on the fence. Coming out one of the girls snagged a hip pocket of her brand new white Levis on one of the points and left it flapping in the breeze. It also caused her to have a rather awkward "dismount".
After that we decided to go out to the San Jacinto Battlegrounds. There is a nice tree lined parking area along the ship channel. These trees are ancient oak trees and very large. We went to the concession stand for drinks and snacks and parked under the trees to watch the work boats and barges go by while we enjoyed our snacks.
The mood was light. We were all laughing at the boys that chickened out.
Did you ever make a casual remark that resulted in something beyond imagination? This was one time I should have stayed silent.
I started teasing the girl that tore her pants going over the chain link fence. one thing led to another and before I knew what was happening all 3 girls were trying to take my jeans off of me. I was laughing and not really aware that they were trying to take them completely off. By the time I realized that, it was too late...just way too late.
The girl that tore her jeans dashed out the door and threw my jeans up and over the bottom limb of one of the trees. It was way and gone out of reach. I tried moving the car under the tree but I still couldn't reach them.
So now I' running around in my "tidy whites" and the girls were rolling on the ground laughing.
They laughed all the way home. After I had dropped them off it dawned on me that I had to figure out how to get in the house and to my room without being seen
My dad was at work but my mom was home. If I tried to go in the front door I'd never make it. If I slipped in by the back door I might be able to slip through the dinning room, around the door into the hall and into my room.
My mother was in the den Ironing. I made it, but this was not the end of the story. The mystery of the missing jeans lingered for years. When I was 30 something I finally told them what had happened.
Thank goodness for the statute of limitations.
