Sometimes I can be such a smart-aleck punk and sometimes, unfortunately I can't.

I am not sure my Principal likes me at the beginning of the year.  I have become a master of the well placed funny antidote during our faculty meetings.  I have found that you can get away with saying almost anything if you say it with enough innocence.  Let me provide you with a couple of examples.  

My Principal was discussing what to do if a child brings medicine to school. Every year we have the same chat - Send any medicine to the office.  But what about an inhaler?  Those the child can keep them in their backpack.  Well, what about cough drops?  No, a child can have cough drops.  They are fine.  So I chime in - "Well what about a nicotine patch?  Do I send those to the office?"  My Principal is great, he always gives me the same grin and just shakes his head.

During a separate meeting, my Principal was discussing our budgets.  He stated,  "The district only gives us $76.00 a year for nursing supplies.  I couldn't resist, so I chimed in, "Do we have a lot of teachers that are nursing?  What do they need, like a pump or two?"  Again with the grin and the nod.  

Finally, and thankfully I don't think my Principal heard this one, during our yearly sexual harassment powerpoint, there was a slide that read "Men can harass men, woman can harass women, men can harass women and women can harass men.  I asked, "Who do transvestites harass?"  

Knowing that my Principal occasionally reads my blog, I am hoping that he will find this post humorous.  I don't think that my comments are ordinarily out of line or inappropriate, so I think I am safe.

The best people in the world to make laugh is a room full of women.  I'm not sure, but it is a lot easier than cracking jokes for say, the Elders Quorum.  During EQ I tend to keep my wise butt comments to myself.  Perhaps I should start speaking up and spreading my wisdom with the rest of the world? Perhaps not.