Haha, I'm An Idiot.

I LIKE YOUR HAT

I screamed at people today. Here's why.

Our school had a collective Christmas feast-thing today in the gym. Us, the oldest, were assigned to set everything up and serve people. That meant two things: A) we barely had time to eat, and B) we had to take everything down too. Thankfully, older kids came from outside our school to help us take things down.

There was one kid who was wearing a flat cap-type thing that I liked. I wanted to tell him that I liked his hat. I was sitting on the bleachers with zombiepeasant , so I had to yell a bit to try and get his attention. He wasn't hearing us, so we resorted to screaming "I LIKE YOUR HAT"at this poor guy who had no idea about anything. Eventually, he turned around looking confused and we just told him we liked his hat.

We laughed at the ordeal and went back to talking. It didn't last long when I spotted another guy with a cool hat. (It was a Snorlax toque.) He was even further away than the last guy, so we had to pterodactyl-screech "I LIKE YOUR HAT" at this guy who was even further away. I don't think he ever did hear us.

After that, we started telling people that we liked their hats just for the hell of it. The majority of the people in the gym weren't wearing hats, but that wasn't stopping us. Everybody who came by the bleachers was told they had a nice hat. Here's when you can split the unsuspecting passerby into two categories.

First category is "The Confused". The Confused didn't get the "I like your hat" joke or simply had no clue what was happening. They often looked at us with confused expressions, replying with "What?" quite often. The funniest part was that they frequently put a hand to their heads as if to check for a hat that may have been put on them. It was almost a reflex and entirely hilarious.

The second category is "The Knowing". While the name is a bit of a stretch, The Knowing at least went with the gag. They said things like "Thanks," and "I like your hat too." Sometimes they stuck around to see the outcomes of other jokes. In short, they knew what was up.

The climax of the entire event came when I spied a big group stacking chairs. I wanted to know what might happen if I ran headfirst into the crowd, screamed "I LIKE YOUR HAT!" and ran straight back out again. I asked Zombie and a few others if I should do it, resulting in a unanimous positive response. I waited a bit, looking for an opening, and then jumped down from the bleachers at near Sonic speeds. Keeping the pace, I barrelled into them delivering my signature line. I turned on a dime and left quickly as I came, not waiting to see the reaction. My friends later told me what happened. Do you know what happened?

ABSOLUTELY.

FREAKING.

NOTHING.

The crowd showed no response to my outburst, barely batting an eye or lifting a finger. I have no idea if I came and left to quickly to register or they were choosing to ignore me on the fact that I may be unstable. Somehow, this turned out to be even funnier than if they did notice me.

All-in-all, I screamed a compliment at people and had a fun time instead of doing my work. I had my friends to accompany me, so I think it was all worth it. On a final note...

I like your hat.