Stay in school kids…
Our good friends on The KC Show ran an item today about two kids from England who skipped school. That wouldn’t normally be newsworthy but what made this tale of two 16-year-olds on the hop interesting was that it is believed that the two boarders went in a taxi to the airport in the middle of the night before jetting off to the Dominican Republic. That’s a slightly higher level of mitching than normal.
With that in mind, KC asked listeners to send in any wild tales of their skipped school adventures and while a trip to the Caribbean never got a mention, virtually everything else did. Here’s a small sample of the texts and emails the show received.
‘While mitching in athy I fell into the river got soaked and spent the rest of the day under a bridge over a fire drying my clothes’
A cousin of mine was caught on the hop years ago. It was beautiful morning so he was jumping off the shakey bridge in cork but when he got home his picture was front page of the echo
Went to the gym with a friend while mitching. Went for a Jacuzzi after..hopped in and there is one if the teachers sitting there. Mark in Galway’
‘KC it wasnt me but couple of my mates decided to go on the hop one day but unfortunately on same mornin the local post office was robbed. The garda helicopter was deployed to the area and thermal imaging on camera seen two lads hiding in a stand in local gaa pitch. The cops surrounded the football stand only to find my to mates hiding. Wat a way to get caught mitching school.
‘Hey guys when in fifth year 3 of us headed off to Dublin to see ac/dc in the rds in 1984, got a spin to cork and when walking across Patricks bridge the school bus heading to some football match stopped with 2 teachers on board asked us where we were off to, we told them so they dropped us down to the train station and told us to enjoy the gig, still to date the best gig I was ever at… Frank from Bandon’
‘Myself and my best friend went mitching in 2nd yr from the tech in Athlone to balinasloe on a bus, she ended up getting her nose pierced and had to tell her father{who went ballistic} that a girl in Home-Ec pierced it with a needle !He ended up ringing the school to complain and we got codded out! M 4m Athlone ‘
‘I went on the mitch one thursday, on the Friday i was called to the office. Obviously i thought i was in trouble but when i got there i was handed a book with a sticker inside the front cover saying 2nd place, student of the year! I had missed the presentation the day before!! Vince, Drogheda.’
‘Whilst on the hop from school years ago, I was climbing over a gate when my foot slipped and I ended up impaled on the gate. My mates lifted me off but I wouldn’t go home cos I was afraid I would be killed 🙂 Stayed in an abandoned shed for an hour or two until my mates convinced me to go to hospital. Ended up with a fair few stitches! Sinead’
Can you do any better? Let us know below.
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