Anyway our 6th grade teacher Mrs. G had us play a joke on the other teachers. We were to keep these ball jingle bells in the palm of our hands. Then at the appointed time someone would yell "now!" And we'd start ringing them and singing. Just keep them well-hidden she said. That will be the test. It didn't go so well in the first teacher's room, Mrs. O. She heard the ringing but she couldn't tell where it was coming from. Then she got paranoid and started accusing people. "You did it! No you did it! No you!" She said. The kids kept saying now is the time already. Don't wait for the appointed time. Then she thought she must be going insane. We said this African American boy C was responsible for it. Look it's the keys around his neck we said. "You're punished!" She screamed at C. Then again she thought she was losing her mind. Finally we did it, rang the bells. And she covered her ears and walked out of the room. Then when Mrs. G explained it she said, oh I get it. It's a joke. Ha ha ha. Then she turned to C and said, oh, your not in trouble. But she told us we did it well. When I was slowly losing my mind I never saw the Bells. Then when we did it for Mrs. M everything went well. And Mrs. O quickly ran in a room with a cardboard box to pick up the bells. Was that funny? I have a rule. When no one gets hurt it's funny. One time Ed McMahon had a joke played on him by Johnny Carson. He had the security guards pretend to find stolen contraband in the trunk of his car. There were a lot of items including a pay phone. When the guards pretended to find it, he thought his limo driver did it. With his voice shaking with anger he said "You're responsible for this! Aren't you! Aren't you!" Eventually the head security guard, Johnny Carson himself, showed up, and Ed got the joke. Again was that funny?
