Post by twyrch on Feb 21, 2005 10:00:21 GMT -5
I always enjoy these types of threads because you really get to learn about people this way. I figure that life's too short not to be able to laugh at your own stupidity. ;D
On my Senior trip, 7 of us (including myself) climbed to the top of a large granite mountain in Stone Mountain State Park Georgia. We took the path created for tourists, yada yada yada... Anyway, when we got to the top, we wanted to do something dangerous, so we jumped the fence and went down the back of the mountian. BAD IDEA #1
It had rained earlier that morning, so if anyone knows anything about wet granite... well, its kinda slippery. They had the area fenced off for a reason because it wasn't gently sloping like the way we came up. Instead, it had sharp drops. 2 of my friends slipped and almost went over the side. We formed a human chain and pulled them back. Instead of going back, we continued down the mountian. We were already half-way down, so why go back and get caught, right? BAD IDEA #2
A hour later, we made it to the bottom of the mountain. We were cut, scraped, tired and sweaty. What better way to cool off than to take a swim in one of the many ponds within the State Park? Problem was, we didn't have any swim suits... No Problem. We'd all had gym class together for years, no one was gay or homophobic, so we decided to go skinny-dipping. BAD IDEA #3.
We put all of our wallets together in a bag, except for Jarrod. He wanted his in his pants. We all swam around for a bit and Adam had a "great" idea. Let's swim across the pond to the big granite rock and go diving off of it like in Black Beauty. BAD IDEA #4.
Aaron and I stayed behind because we were tired. The rest did canon balls off of the rock. A coupe walking their dog happened to cross our path. I was gettig out to get dressed when I saw these two people going through our pants. I yelled at them and they left. I called everyone back and we checked to see what was missing. The only thing we noticed was Jarrod's wallet. So we all got dressed and took off after them. BAD IDEA #5
We couldn't find the couple, so we walked around until we found a COP. Jarrod reported his wallet missing and that's when the couple showed up with the wallet. The Cop had to mediate because the guy (Obviously Irish) accused us of skinny dipping in a state park pond and said his girlfriend was "offended". Jarrod told him it was more like his girlfried liked what she saw and he was jealous. BAD IDEA #6
The cop took the wallet and told the couple he would deal with it. They left and he started asking us questions. He found out that we were in the Ton Ten of our class. All were either teacher's kids, Missionary Kids, Preachers Kids or Board Members Kids. He couldn't believe we'd do something like that and told us we should have been smarter. (DUH?) Anyway, he gave the wallet back and said he didn't see it happen, so just go away and don't do it again.
We left and decided not to tell anyone this happened because Seniors had been sent home from the trip the year before for mooning people from their Hotel window. This was WAY worse and we were afraid of not graduating with our class, plus the wrath of our parents when they found out. Everyone agreed, except for Aaron. He said he couldn't live with a lie like that. We told him you're not lying if you never tell anyone in the first place, but he wouldn't have any part of it.
When we got back, we decided that if Aaron was going to spill the beans, we might as well come out and tell our Principal (who was on the trip also) and get it over with. After hearing the whole story, he said, "You want to hear a better one?" He went on to tell us how 10 years before he was taking a bath in a river in Colorado as a class sponser and 3 girls a canoe came by.
He thanked us for our honesty and let it go at that... We were so lucky.
On my Senior trip, 7 of us (including myself) climbed to the top of a large granite mountain in Stone Mountain State Park Georgia. We took the path created for tourists, yada yada yada... Anyway, when we got to the top, we wanted to do something dangerous, so we jumped the fence and went down the back of the mountian. BAD IDEA #1
It had rained earlier that morning, so if anyone knows anything about wet granite... well, its kinda slippery. They had the area fenced off for a reason because it wasn't gently sloping like the way we came up. Instead, it had sharp drops. 2 of my friends slipped and almost went over the side. We formed a human chain and pulled them back. Instead of going back, we continued down the mountian. We were already half-way down, so why go back and get caught, right? BAD IDEA #2
A hour later, we made it to the bottom of the mountain. We were cut, scraped, tired and sweaty. What better way to cool off than to take a swim in one of the many ponds within the State Park? Problem was, we didn't have any swim suits... No Problem. We'd all had gym class together for years, no one was gay or homophobic, so we decided to go skinny-dipping. BAD IDEA #3.
We put all of our wallets together in a bag, except for Jarrod. He wanted his in his pants. We all swam around for a bit and Adam had a "great" idea. Let's swim across the pond to the big granite rock and go diving off of it like in Black Beauty. BAD IDEA #4.
Aaron and I stayed behind because we were tired. The rest did canon balls off of the rock. A coupe walking their dog happened to cross our path. I was gettig out to get dressed when I saw these two people going through our pants. I yelled at them and they left. I called everyone back and we checked to see what was missing. The only thing we noticed was Jarrod's wallet. So we all got dressed and took off after them. BAD IDEA #5
We couldn't find the couple, so we walked around until we found a COP. Jarrod reported his wallet missing and that's when the couple showed up with the wallet. The Cop had to mediate because the guy (Obviously Irish) accused us of skinny dipping in a state park pond and said his girlfriend was "offended". Jarrod told him it was more like his girlfried liked what she saw and he was jealous. BAD IDEA #6
The cop took the wallet and told the couple he would deal with it. They left and he started asking us questions. He found out that we were in the Ton Ten of our class. All were either teacher's kids, Missionary Kids, Preachers Kids or Board Members Kids. He couldn't believe we'd do something like that and told us we should have been smarter. (DUH?) Anyway, he gave the wallet back and said he didn't see it happen, so just go away and don't do it again.
We left and decided not to tell anyone this happened because Seniors had been sent home from the trip the year before for mooning people from their Hotel window. This was WAY worse and we were afraid of not graduating with our class, plus the wrath of our parents when they found out. Everyone agreed, except for Aaron. He said he couldn't live with a lie like that. We told him you're not lying if you never tell anyone in the first place, but he wouldn't have any part of it.
When we got back, we decided that if Aaron was going to spill the beans, we might as well come out and tell our Principal (who was on the trip also) and get it over with. After hearing the whole story, he said, "You want to hear a better one?" He went on to tell us how 10 years before he was taking a bath in a river in Colorado as a class sponser and 3 girls a canoe came by.
He thanked us for our honesty and let it go at that... We were so lucky.
Twyrch /|\
