I love their enthusiasm for Tommy taking on 12-hour days. They're almost as enthusaistic as the principal of Local Middle School is about hiring a well-known druggy and ex-con to be their school monitor.
I used to teach school and I'm not even sure what a school monitor is, but it has to be higher up the pecking order than "part-time school monitor," which sounds like he'll only be working 2nd period, Tuesdays and Thursdays. And note that it wasn't the school itself that asked him to take on this role; it was "the place where I give anti-drug talks."
No pressure, Nance, but I can't wait to see what you do with today's raw materials.
Wanders, maybe bring a well-known druggy and ex-con rocketed Tommy to the top of the hiring list. What are the responsibilities of a part-time drug monitor? Searching students’ backpacks and lockers? Checking the teachers’ lounge for smoking?
Don’t we all know where this is going? Tommy will be a hero in some desperate situation and thereafter be feted by the Santa Royale community. After which, Mary, to whom he owes it all, will make a “You’re Welcome” tour through town riding in the back of a Stutz Bearcat convertible, or on the back of a donkey (depending on availability).
Tommy: Yeah, right... a school monitor. Cool. Though I still can't figure out, like, why they'd need me to watch the school. I mean, Babe, it ain't like a school's got feet or wings, right? So why wouldn't they, like, ask me to check out.. I mean... monitor the good-lookin' chicks, right?
@Anonymous: You're right, of course; the school itself remained completely uneducated at the end of my tenure. But I think most folks recognize "teach school" as idiomatic shorthand for instructing students in a variety of subjects at an educational institution.
HOW ARE WE STILL ON THE BABES??? OMG. Work's busy, so I'll be away for a week, and come back, and these two are still blathering on about nothing. Blah.
Also, Brandy, I'm just putting up my tree today. Get off my back, OK?
Fortune magazine reports that the average cost of a live tree in the COVID-bound US in 2020 is $81. Unless this is artificial, it's no wonder Tommy and Brandy don't have ornaments on it.
I think he meant to say : "Hall Monitor" I went to a Catholic boys HS in the sixties. There would always be a Brother acting as a Hall Monitor. He would administer corporal punishment to anyone engaging in horseplay.
I don't think they allow corporal punishment in Santa Royale. Heck, they don't allow Covid 19
Merry Christmas to all, especially Mr and Mrs Wanders
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The only background check needed was a call to Mary Worth.
ReplyDeleteI used to teach school and I'm not even sure what a school monitor is, but it has to be higher up the pecking order than "part-time school monitor," which sounds like he'll only be working 2nd period, Tuesdays and Thursdays. And note that it wasn't the school itself that asked him to take on this role; it was "the place where I give anti-drug talks."
ReplyDeleteNo pressure, Nance, but I can't wait to see what you do with today's raw materials.
Wanders, maybe bring a well-known druggy and ex-con rocketed Tommy to the top of the hiring list. What are the responsibilities of a part-time drug monitor? Searching students’ backpacks and lockers? Checking the teachers’ lounge for smoking?
ReplyDeleteAre the babes ever going to trim that tree?
Argh, make that “being” in my first sentence, not “bring.”
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ReplyDeleteHo ho, Tommybabe will be rolling in dough now!
@KitKat, I was wondering the same thing. Guess he doesn't have any actual decorations. Maybe he'll tie some Coke cans and cereal boxes to it.
-- Scottie McW.
Don’t we all know where this is going? Tommy will be a hero in some desperate situation and thereafter be feted by the Santa Royale community. After which, Mary, to whom he owes it all, will make a “You’re Welcome” tour through town riding in the back of a Stutz Bearcat convertible, or on the back of a donkey (depending on availability).
ReplyDeleteStickers for your bumper on sale at Freda’s: I LOVE MY PART TIME SCHOOL MONITOR.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I can't meet you for breakfast. I'm monitoring school tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow: Yup. Still there.
That tree is not gonna decorate itself, kids.
ReplyDeletehey babe the money i save wearing same clothes and haircuts for sure there will be money for decorations next year.
ReplyDeleteTommy: Yeah, right... a school monitor. Cool. Though I still can't figure out, like, why they'd need me to watch the school. I mean, Babe, it ain't like a school's got feet or wings, right? So why wouldn't they, like, ask me to check out.. I mean... monitor the good-lookin' chicks, right?
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Yahoonski... how can you teach "school'.... wouldn't you have taught english, or math or history?
ReplyDelete@Anonymous: You're right, of course; the school itself remained completely uneducated at the end of my tenure. But I think most folks recognize "teach school" as idiomatic shorthand for instructing students in a variety of subjects at an educational institution.
ReplyDeleteHOW ARE WE STILL ON THE BABES??? OMG. Work's busy, so I'll be away for a week, and come back, and these two are still blathering on about nothing. Blah.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Brandy, I'm just putting up my tree today. Get off my back, OK?
Great comments as always, everyone!
Fortune magazine reports that the average cost of a live tree in the COVID-bound US in 2020 is $81. Unless this is artificial, it's no wonder Tommy and Brandy don't have ornaments on it.
ReplyDeleteI think he meant to say : "Hall Monitor" I went to a Catholic boys HS in the sixties. There would always be a Brother acting as a Hall Monitor. He would administer corporal punishment to anyone engaging in horseplay.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they allow corporal punishment in Santa Royale. Heck, they don't allow Covid 19
Merry Christmas to all, especially Mr and Mrs Wanders