it was high school

   I feel compelled to tell you about something that happened when I was in high school. I've only just remembered it this morning, but it made me chuckle to myself on my ride to work.
   I believe it was our junior year, maybe sophomore, who knows. Our principal had instated a new policy against wearing hats inside the building. This was of little consequence to us, as we didn't wear hats, but it really seemed to bother a lot of the redneck kids. My friend Justin decided that he could use this as an opportunity to play a prank on our principal, so he enlisted our help.
   The first stage of his plan required a large amount of hats. It was easy enough to acquire them, I had several unused ones from various sources laying around the house. We bought some from Goodwill, etc. We gathered all of the hats in a bag and brought them along with us to school the next day.
   The next stage of the plan required the cooperation of one of our teachers. One by one he placed the hats onto his head, and allowed Mrs. King (if I remember correctly) to confiscate them. She gathered them into a basket, and took them to the principal's office for him to hold until the end of the day. It wouldn't take all day, however, for him to realize that among the contents of that bag was another bag containing a dead skunk we had found on the side of the road. We had cleverly allowed the hats to absorb the odor overnight, and disposed of the bag containing the skunk the next day.
   Needless to say, Justin was punished for this offense, but all parties involved got a good laugh out of it. It was reminiscent of pranks that would be committed back in the good old days your parents or grandparents sometimes talk about, before everyone became so sensitive. At any rate, it is a fond memory of my high school days that I won't soon forget.