My 16-year-old son has a shirt that says, “Fear the Couch.” It’s one of his
favorites. He came home with it after Quiz Bowl practice one afternoon and said
it was their official shirt. Something about whoever was sitting on the couch
usually won the round. It’s one more example of the teenage silliness that
fills my house. That and the plethora of rubber chickens, the pirate metal
(yes, it’s a genre) music blaring on the ipod speakers, and the sign on the
fridge which says, “This Freezer is Not Out of Control.”
I remember being silly myself when I was a teen, saying and doing
odd
One time, on a trip to the Capitol for a Youth in Government
Seminar, a friend and I stood in front of the elevator doors in the Senate
Building with a camera, waiting for the doors to open. When they did, we
snapped a picture and ran away giggling. I’m sure if you tried this today, you
would be tackled to the ground and your camera confiscated. Things were
different then. The funniest part of the picture is that when we finally had
the film developed (remember when you had to wait for your pictures?), Ted Kennedy
was in the back of the elevator! All of the well-dressed people, plus one
service person in a gray jumpsuit, looked very surprised. I wish I knew where
that picture was now.
Our other elevator stunt (we lived in a small town and there
weren’t many elevators to play in) was
