Mitch
By now, those who read this blog have figured out that my friends, family and have had some experiences that are unusual. Today, I offer one of the most untypical adventures. The Book of Ecclesiastics says, “There is nothing new under the sun.” However, I cannot imagine that the following prank is something anyone, besides my cohorts and I, have done before or since. It was 1986 and I was hanging out a lot with Rick Criscione and Mark Thompson. I do not recall who it was that came up with the idea that was nothing short of brilliant, but I reckon that Mark and I jointly hatched the idea. Now, Mark and Rick went to and graduated from San Jose’s Yerba Buena High School in 1976. So, in 1986 they made plans to attend their ten year class reunion. They were talking about it one day and discussed the deadline for sending in their money, what to wear, etc. Because I had attended both the five and ten year reunions of Ceres High School’s class of 1975, I was regaling them with t