October 23, 2003     

The Top 8 Signs the School
Cut Corners on the New Gym

8> The floor is linoleum with a simulated woodgrain design.

7> There are two backboard-shaped holes in your English teacher’s
dry erase board.

6> The basketball goal is actually a deep-frying basket on loan
from the cafeteria.

5> Before every game, the janitor has to set up the bleachers…
by taping together 500 chairs with duct tape.

4> Instead of springing for a rock-climbing wall, they just
left the construction scaffolding up.

3> The tent pole at the free throw line is a tip-off.

2> You have to be in the first three rows to read the Lite-Brite
“scoreboard.”

and the Number 1 Sign the School Cut Corners on the New Gym…

1> The roof is visibly sagging from the weight of the prom
streamers.

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Credits:

Selected from 26 submissions from 8 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Scott Witmer, Hanover, PA — 1, 8 (15th #1)
Chris White, Los Angeles, CA — 2, 6
Steve Scherer, Rochester, NY — 3
Dan Rone, Medford, OR — 4
Upton O’Connor, Pompano Beach, FL — 5, 7
Jeff Scherer, Brooklyn, NY — Topic, Guidance Counselor