"Caution! Yellow light! Red light! Keep your mouth closed!"

[LoZoccolo]

My second and third grade teacher (I was in a split second/third grade class in second grade) said this once when she was frustrated with us not being quiet while flashing the lights on and off. It's one of the funniest teacher fits I've ever seen! Normally she'd turn off the lights and make us put our heads down on our desks until we stopped being so hyper - this variation was unique!

Post the funniest fits your teachers had here!

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. My teacher used to spin around and around until ...

My teacher used to spin around and around until we would stop talking loud - we noticed that she would not stop until we stopped , then we realized that we had control . Once she spun around for a good 2 minutes and then had to sit down feeling light headed . Mind you , we ran that teacher away .

Of course I was never one of the loud ones , I was the perfect O8) O8)

[Pirate Smile]

4. Why would any kid shut up? Wouldn't the goal be to see if she can take

flight or drill a hole to China?

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

5. I remember kids would take bets to see how long she would spin .

All I know is that one day , she did not come back to teach us the next day . Maybe another class made her mad - and maybe she actually did drill a hole to China LOL LMAO .

[Pirate Smile]

2. Can we use this when flame wars break out - Caution! Yellow light - take

a deep breath before posting. Red light! Red light! Don't you dare touch post message until your brain reaches your fingertips! Stop!!!!!

[LoZoccolo]

6. You don't see blinking text that much anymore.

It was all the rage in like 1995-1997 or whenever. I looked into how to do it but it turns out it's different for Netscape and Internet Explorer, and so I wonder if it's even standard HTML and supported by Safari, Mozilla, Firefox, etcetera. Or even if they still have it in Netscape and Internet Explorer - maybe they took it out because of annoyed people!

[tsakshaug]

3. HS basketball coach

Christmas break pratice, we wanted to to anywhere else. Were doing a full court press drill, and would always throw a "homerun" pass.
Coach threw his clipboard down,said " if that is how you want to play, then leave" we all did

[progmom]

7. Mrs. Depasquale used to throw a mug of water at offending talkers.

Mr. Blaho had two wooden rulers that he had taped together that he would use to scare people. Usually he would just come up and whack your desk, but Billy Martin would actually get smacks from it.
I snuck in during recess and hid it once, but dumb-ass Joanna Burgie told on me.

[progmom]

8. We sent our philosophy teacher off the deep end.

Every time he turned around, we would all hurl mints at eachother. Then we would take turns humming under our breath. As soon as he thought he had identified the culprit, that person would stop and someone across the room would take it up. He actually had a nervous breakdown after about a week. I feel terrible about it now. Kids are cruel.