Following a blog link a friend sent (so I could watch SNL mock Sen. Bobby Byrd, D-W.Va.), I came across a picture of a shark's tooth necklace. A seemingly unimportant item, it immediately flooded my mind with a high school memory.
This particular flashback involves my closest friend, Patti. And like any story I tell involving her, it is probably only really funny to us. What makes the memory even better for me is that if i even mention seeing a picture of shark's tooth, she will bring up this particular story, too.
One day after parking the car, we were walking down the hill to school. Typically, we cut through a covered walkway between the cathedral and the Catholic elementary school adjacent to the high school. As we walked along, Patti looks down and says, "Look a shark's tooth?!?" She was excited, yet puzzled. Because of the early morning hour and minimal light coming in through the short passage, I could not see it clearly. So, we were both curious as to why a shark's tooth would be lying here miles upon miles away from any saltwater.
But, it quickly dawned on us, it probably fell off of a necklace. Obviously, everyone wears a shark's tooth necklace. The it souvenir number one when you go to the beach (forget sand dollars and iron-on decal fringed t-shirts).So with out further delay, Patti attempted to pick it up. Well, it turns out it was a slug. She screamed, I laughed, and we both ran into school. I know no one else is bowled over laughing at this story right now, but it does bring HUGE smiles to our faces.
By the way, we both have shark tooth necklaces (well at least had, not sure where mine ended up).
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