fandomhigh | Humorous History: Friday, Period 1, Class 1

When the bell rang, Jim checked out the door quickly to make sure that there was nobody else hurrying to class. Satisfied that he had everyone, he closed the door and walked back towards his desk.

"Hi," he told the class, giving them a friendly smile. "If you're here, hopefully you've signed up for Humorous History. If not, go ahead and just take notes anyway. I promise I won't tell anyone."

"For the next few months, we're going to be looking at historical events and figures that make me laugh. Don't get me wrong. When we talk about Andrew Jackson, we're going to have a very serious discussion about him. But our serious discussion isn't going to focus on the fact that he was a powerful politician who did a bunch of historically significant things. Our discussion is going to be about how he shot a guy in the crotch one time. On purpose. For the record, the Jackson class is probably going to be the only time I talk about crotches in this class except for right now. I'm usually more highbrow than that."

"Oh, and we're also going to have a few movie days because," Jim paused for a moment and shot a glance at the camera. It had been here the whole time. It was pretty clear that he just wasn't going to reference it at all. "... well, I have a Netflix account and I might be able to write it off on my taxes now."

"But we'll get to stuff like that next week. For today, let's just go with introductions. I know, you've probably done this fifteen times by now, but on the plus side you only need to do it with me once. So let's hear it. Name, class, and something humorous from your own personal history. But none of this 'Fandom weirdness' stuff. No turning into animals, no meeting a different version of somebody you know. That's way too easy for you and it's still way too weird for me."

[OOC: ~~Still up for a bit before sleeeeep. And then~~ woooooork.]

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Priestly took a few moments to think over any funny stories from his history that didn't involve, say, whacking the ear off a zombie that only said "duuuuuude", or getting lost in a broom closet while spending the weekend as a vapid moron. The rebel in him was kind of stuck on the whole Fandom weirdness thing.

Well, probably best to stick with the classics.

"I'm Priestly, I'm a senior, and I once set fire to my mom's garden accidentally while trying to burn my khakis in protest. She didn't think it was that funny, and it got me shipped off to boarding school, but the look on her face when the geraniums went up was pretty priceless."

"Do you mind if I ask what you were protesting?" Jim asked. It could always make the story that much worse, so he had to ask.

"Khakis." Why did everyone always ask that? "And, you know, everything they represent."

"Of course," Jim said. Who needed a symbolic protest when you could set fire to a pair of pants? "Did you go for a polo shirt too, just for good measure?"

"No time, man. Mom's garden caught pretty quick."

"Well, keep it in mind if you ever stage that kind of protest again. And try not to do it around a bunch of flammable things," Jim said.

Jim POSSIBLY wasn't being a great role model there.

"Oh, I dunno. Things didn't turn out too bad this time around."

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