Ole Timer
MY NAME IS xxxxxx
I WAS SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR MY FIRST
APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW DENTIST. I NOTICED HIS DDS DIPLOMA,
WHICH BORE HIS FULL NAME. SUDDENLY, I REMEMBERED A TALL, HANDSOME,
DARK-HAIRED BOY WITH THE SAME NAME HAD BEEN IN MY HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS SOME
40-ODD YEARS AGO. COULD HE BE THE SAME GUY THAT I HAD A SECRET
CRUSH ON,
WAY BACK THEN? UPON SEEING HIM, HOWEVER, I QUICKLY
DISCARDED ANY SUCH
THOUGHT.
THIS BALDING, GRAY-HAIRED MAN WITH THE DEEPLY LINED FACE WAS WAY
TOO OLD TO HAVE BEEN MY CLASSMATE.
AFTER HE EXAMINED MY TEETH. I ASKED HIM IF HE
HAD ATTENDED
MORGAN PARK HIGH SCHOOL ? "YES YES, I DID. I'M A MUSTANG,"
HE GLEAMED
WITH PRIDE.
"WHEN DID YOU GRADUATE?" I ASKED.
HE ANSWERED, "IN 1959. WHY DO YOU ASK?"
"YOU WERE IN MY CLASS!", I EXCLAIMED.
HE LOOKED AT ME CLOSELY.
THEN, THAT UGLY, OLD, BALD, WRINKLED, FAT, GRAY, DECREPIT
SON-OF-A-@%$%^^ ASKED,
wait.... wait...... wait....... wait.......
"WHAT DID YOU TEACH?"