Thank you to everyone who entered our lunchtime story contest! I asked for funny, memorable stories and you really delivered! It was tough (but FUN) reading through all the entries and choosing a favorite, but we’ve finally narrowed it down to a winner. This story was a great mix of action, suspense, and a pretty epic food fight. Congratulations, John N!
Here’s his winning story:
“It was 6th grade in 1992. My friends and I were settling into our usual booth to discuss normal topics of the day (i.e. girls, sports and band). We recently got our first government IDs made up and we were comparing our horrible photos. You don’t exactly look your best at the onset of puberty. Anyway, a commotion broke out on the other side of the cafeteria where different cliques were yelling at one another.
Then, out of the corner of my eye I saw something fly across the great expanse. Thinking it was nothing, I settled back into my sandwich. Then, another mysterious object sailed across the fluorescent light. This time a chunk of something appeared on our table. At this point it seemed the mute button was unclicked after being set at full blast and kids roared with laughter, yelling and screaming.
Almost instantly, food began flying from almost every direction. My friends and I sought cover under our little booth’s table while I distinctly remember witnessing a can of Dr. Pepper spewing foam and fizz as it flew across no-man’s-land. The cafeteria was symmetrical which yielded an almost perfect storm for the food fight. Ranks naturally broke down the middle as each group sought protection behind the paneled railings to enter the service line. A good 5-10 minutes passed before virtually all the teachers in the school were brought in to breakup the event.
For the next week each student was subjected to intense interrogation to locate the culprits. We were threatened with the 6th grade dance being cancelled. This eventually proved impossible since 95% of people in the room ended up throwing something. I remember being asked why I didn’t leave. I wasn’t trying to be a smarty, but the excuse of ‘the bell hadn’t rang’ didn’t seem to earn me any fans in the principal’s office.
The dance went on as scheduled, ruler rule in total effect.”
Thanks again to everyone who entered! And be sure to keep an eye on this blog for more contests like this one in the future!
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@Andy, did your favorite not win?