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LLJ Idol: Go Tell the Trojans
Jun. 17th, 2013 07:42 pmI went to a high school that had The Trojans as a mascot. Go ahead and laugh; we all did. There was a larger-than-life Trojan warrior statue at the entry of the school, complete with a strategically placed sword that more than once was decorated with namesake condoms. Oddly enough, I can't find a picture of it online and the picture in my 1986 yearbook really doesn't show the full glory.
Like every "football is our religion" high school, we had rivals. Part of the rivalry involved school pranks. Some of the pranks were cruel, some were funny, some I look back now and wonder what we were thinking. I'm still not sure what stealing a fiberglass cow sculpture and boosting it onto the school roof was supposed to say, but damn it we did it anyway!
One year, our rivals from the other side of the county decided they needed to let chickens dyed in our school colors loose on the football field before homecoming. That probably would have been more effective if our school colors had been something other than green and white. Still, the gauntlet was thrown, so the next week it was our turn to make their homecoming experience memorable.
Sticking with the theme, chickens were involved.
The interesting thing about using chickens in a prank is the little buggers can disappear in plain sight and reappear somewhere completely unexpected. If you've ever played Legend of Zelda you've seen this happen. Being enterprising young delinquents, we decided to use this to our advantage. We got three lovely, healthy chickens and painted numbers on them, then let them loose in their halls during the school day.
In relatively short order, they were rounded up. Our rivals were presented with chickens numbered 1, 2 and 4.
I'm not sure how many hours were lost searching for Chicken 3.
Best. Prank. Ever.
This has been my entry for Week 5 of The Real LJ Idol. The topic was Go Tell theSpartansTrojans. I hope you enjoyed my little stroll down memory lane!
Like every "football is our religion" high school, we had rivals. Part of the rivalry involved school pranks. Some of the pranks were cruel, some were funny, some I look back now and wonder what we were thinking. I'm still not sure what stealing a fiberglass cow sculpture and boosting it onto the school roof was supposed to say, but damn it we did it anyway!
One year, our rivals from the other side of the county decided they needed to let chickens dyed in our school colors loose on the football field before homecoming. That probably would have been more effective if our school colors had been something other than green and white. Still, the gauntlet was thrown, so the next week it was our turn to make their homecoming experience memorable.
Sticking with the theme, chickens were involved.
The interesting thing about using chickens in a prank is the little buggers can disappear in plain sight and reappear somewhere completely unexpected. If you've ever played Legend of Zelda you've seen this happen. Being enterprising young delinquents, we decided to use this to our advantage. We got three lovely, healthy chickens and painted numbers on them, then let them loose in their halls during the school day.
In relatively short order, they were rounded up. Our rivals were presented with chickens numbered 1, 2 and 4.
I'm not sure how many hours were lost searching for Chicken 3.
Best. Prank. Ever.
This has been my entry for Week 5 of The Real LJ Idol. The topic was Go Tell the
