I am pretty much tone deaf in my joking to offensive material and
that makes for some uncomfortable situations. After we were divided
into groups we were supposed to play some get-to-know-you games, we
did that. We were supposed to say our name and then give a unique
anchor phrase. The only name I remember from the game was Pepper, a
easy name to remember in its own right, but she added the anchor
phrase 'like's paprika' and that was all I needed. After we played
the games we were supposed to choose a leader and was often the case
in my youth I sought out, and was selected for leadership positions.
I wanted the glory of being the head man in charge but my
personality, lack of propriety, and general laziness made for very
frequent catastrophes. This time was no exception. After I was
elected class president of my new group our first order of business
was to come up with a school name and mascot as well as a service
project idea. We were group 'K' and we were supposed to work that
into our theme. Having been raised on Monty Python's 'The Search For
The Holey Grail' I suggested we be called the Kanuck Knights -
pronounced Ka-Nig-Etts. After I got everybody on board with that
idea and we had made a school logo and mascot. I pitched the idea of
our project being the Kunuck – Knights - Klean-up and the initials
made for a great attention getter. We made some posters and were
ready for the pre-lunchtime presentation. We went last and all of the
big KKK signs were a little unsettling to many of the more sensible
students and teachers. I am of the opinion that unintentional humor,
or fake unintentional humor is the best kind. I had wrongly assumed
that a school unwittingly making the initials of of the school and
service project spell out KKK would be funny. Many were not amused
and I was taken aside after the last presentations and told that it
was not going to be acceptable to have KKK iconography as our
school's main theme. We had to rework our signs and projects in the
time after lunch. We changed the signs to Canuck Knights Cleanup or
CKC which is not going to bother anyone.
