I hope SJI hasn't turned into a bunch of goody-two-shoes since I
left. Back in the old days, we used to love putting teachers in a
tight spot, and we actually had a competition going. The grand
prize winner for my year was a guy called Conrad.
Brother Henry O'Brien, for those who never met him, was a very
serious man. he was about 5'6", half of which was his head which
framed a very small face. He used to speak with his hands clasped
in a very sombre tone. I suspect that had he not become a man of
the cloth he would have become a judge.
Anyway, the class was Bible Knowledge and the lesson of the day was
the parable of the ten coins. After covering the parable, Henry
asked if there were any questions. Conrad put his hand up and
Brother Henry invited him to proceed.
"Well, Brother, this doesn't really make much sense to me. Now this
old woman only had ten coins, so from that we can understand that
she wasn't rich, right?", to which Henry agreed.
"So, if she wasn't rich, why did she light up all the candles she
couldn't afford instead of waiting till morning to look for the
coin? On top of that, after finding the coin, she blew the
remaining money celebrating with the neighbours even though she
couldn't afford it. It just doesn't add up".
Henry flew into a panic, flapped his hands about until he clasped
them tightly enough to stop blood flow, and said, "No, no, you've
taken it out of context - it's not meant to be like that". However,
after ten minutes of arguing to and fro, Conrad had Henry dead to
rights.
Anyway, suddenly Henry stopped dead in his tracks and said, "Hang
on a minute - you're not from this class, are you?". Conrad
replied, "No, I'm not - I was in the last class you took, but I
popped in here to ask you this question".
It was straight to Brother Kevin's office for Conrad, by which time
he'd well and truly earned his place as the prankster of the year,
and the eternal professional jealousy of his competition.
So, what was the funniest stunt you guys saw at SJI?
