I didn’t realize this was a thing until a few years’ back when my nephew had a ‘kindergarten graduation.’ I don’t recall if Barney was the guest speaker or not. . .
“Blah blah blah blah, you are special, blah blah blah defend the nation blah blah blah America blah blah blah. . .” were how they all went. I think. I tended to drift off to wonder how the Devils were doing in the playoffs. I did perfect the “forklift” move though–invariably the person in front of me would start to wobble (leading up to fainting), so wooop, I hooked my arms underneath theirs and dragged them back through to the rear of the crowd. I kept someone from falling out, and I got to check the playoff scores.
Geez brother, how many times did you have to take Geometry until you passed? :rimshot:
I have 4 neices who all went to the same HS. They were spaced 2 yrs apart, so the graduation was every other year. The school decided that in order to placate the poor folks whose names started with Y and Z, that in alternate years they would call up the grads in reverse alphabetical order. Their last name started with “A”. So all four of them were called just about last every time. Sheesh.
I didn’t go to any of my three college graduations. They just mail the diploma out anyway.
I didn’t go to my second one. I was tired, was already in another ‘trade school’, wanted to sleep in that weekend, and knowing they mailed out diplomas anyway, just didn’t see the point. I won’t “walk” for any other of my schools where I have the choice.
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Nor will I let family/friends suffer through that on my account.
That was my (very belated) interpretation, as well. I think when I heard it at the event I heard ‘inflated’ and was confused.* Therefore the scandal for me was that Kenney had given alcohol to a kid who was way too young to drink and he wasn’t even supposed to be getting alcohol for himself. My sister told me the family was pretty famous in the town for having some of the best beer in the country so Kenney probably had access to a supply in the basement or garage and he was known for giving it away to “make friends.” Then when I asked how a person could be inflated while driving, she just walked away laughing her head off. It probably took me a couple more years to hear and comprehend the correct term.
–G!
*I was young and really ignorant about slang terms, too.
