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Peer Pressure........
A high school custodian recently had his faith in the younger generation renewed. Seems that while the school Coke machine continued to be duped by metal slugs covered in aluminum foil, the custodian began finding a few look-alikes with a real quarter wrapped inside!
The Way Home........
A third grade student reported to the school nurse with flu-like symptoms. Feeling the child's misery, the nurse offered to take her home if the little girl could provide directions. The girl proudly nodded in the affirmative.
So off they went, with the youngster pointing the way: two blocks straight ahead then a left turn, three blocks and a right, two more blocks before another left. They continued on this zigzag pattern for quite some time when the nurse felt compelled to ask, "Are you POSITIVE you know the way home?"
"Yes, ma'am," the little girl replied indignantly, "This is EXACTLY the way the school bus takes me every day!
GOT MILK?
