Schools are nearly out for the summer. Students and teachers everywhere are rejoicing. Even those of us not in education have something to look forward to: not getting stuck behind school buses.
To celebrate school’s end properly, I had to get into a school frame of mind. I did that by watching The Breakfast Club.
I broke down what I learned into 2 categories. Here’s Part 1: Student Edition.
- If you mess with the bull, you get the horns.
- Fake IDs aren’t for buying alcohol. They’re used so you can vote.
- Back in the day, principals could crack skulls. Consider yourself lucky.
- The best way to keep your dope from catching on fire is to put it in someone’s underwear.
Here’s Part 2: Adult Edition.
- “Eat my shorts,” originally came from Bender. That means Bart Simpson is a poser.
- Wrestlers don’t wear tights. They wear the required uniform…which is tights.
- If you’re getting divorced, don’t use your kids against each other. Your daughter will start dating the bad boy.
- Don’t pressure your kid to tape another kid’s butt cheeks together.
And most importantly, I learned that “We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better are hiding it.”
Favorite Comment From Last Post: “Buy a 3D printer, copy the dog, and send the duplicate with your brother.”—Ironic Mom
May 17th, 2012 at 7:46 am
I feel like people will be disappointed with me for admitting this, but I always hated that movie. Watching it was like being trapped in detention all freaking day.
May 17th, 2012 at 10:33 am
Maybe that’s why I liked it. I never had detention, so I could live vicariously through the characters without actually getting into trouble.
May 17th, 2012 at 4:04 pm
Um, I’m going to vote this. I was such a little angel. I had to get my detention fix through movies where people danced around all 80’s like and ended up with boys they liked at the end.
May 17th, 2012 at 7:50 am
Loved this movie! Pretty much summed up my high school experience in the late 70’s. Everyone had one of each of those characters in their class!
May 17th, 2012 at 7:55 am
I feel like TBC is very prevalent lately. On HIMYM (I know you saw that, priceless!), Jen’s blog yesterday and now this. I’m feeling all nostalgic! I cannot describe the level of love I have for this movie. I used to watch it incessantly and knew every word, nuance and song. It is a glorious movie.
Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?
May 17th, 2012 at 10:35 am
I don’t have a TV, so I’m always a season behind on HIMYM, but I can’t wait to see it! Did you see Clay’s tribute to TBC?
May 17th, 2012 at 11:53 am
Wait. You . . . you don’t . . . what? Oh, Thoughtsy. No TV?? I’m not even sure we can be friends anymore! For shame.
Fine. Here . . . Educate yourself!! 🙂
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I didn’t see Clay’s tribute. When was it? I just looked quickly and nothing jumped out. Help?
May 17th, 2012 at 8:12 am
I learned in that movie that nerds always got jipped. Bad boy got the prep girl, jock got the crazy chick, and the nerd dude being the odd one out got to write the paper. Oh and here’s a pop-tart http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=5014486547890602&id=c7bfed2c62bba8cbcc549508b30a6505
May 17th, 2012 at 8:22 am
Now I have that song stuck in my head….
don’t you forget about mmmeeeeeeee
May 17th, 2012 at 10:36 am
That song goes hand in hand with that movie. Don’t worry, it’s stuck in my head, too.
May 17th, 2012 at 8:56 am
I enjoyed breakfast club somehow… and just a few days ago I thought about watching it. Probably because of the time of year.
May 17th, 2012 at 9:09 am
I seem to recall that Emilio Estevez drinks a lot of milk in that movie?
May 17th, 2012 at 9:19 am
I want to know how Molly Ringwald was able to take care of Ally Sheedy’s truly heinous scalp condition in just 5 minutes in the bathroom?
May 17th, 2012 at 9:34 am
You know how happy this makes me right? By the way, tomorrow is eduClaytion funeral day wink wink.
May 17th, 2012 at 10:38 am
I know! I watched it the other day, and I had to hurry up and post it after I saw your tribute.
May 17th, 2012 at 9:57 am
One of my all time faves…even if subjected to Barry Manilow’s wardrobe….
May 17th, 2012 at 10:32 am
“Well, well, well…here we are.” Thanks for bringing the memories back!!
May 17th, 2012 at 10:49 am
I loved every one of those little movies. “Pretty in Pink”, “Breakfast Club”, and another one I can’t think of the name. They were all funny and sweet and darn good!
May 17th, 2012 at 10:56 am
The only flaw in that movie is that you never find out what happened with the naked chick with the salami and the poodle. Keeps me up nights, sometimes.
May 17th, 2012 at 11:37 am
I loved that movie and pretty sad that my children, now 23 and 20, also enjoy it. Oh, it is a classic, I hate calling one of my movies a Classic,Ugh!
May 17th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
I never got a detention either; I was way to square in high school. But I did get a “whack” once, because teachers were indeed allowed to beat your ass.
@Freakonature: Don’t feel bad for the nerd. The jock and the badboy are probably pushing a broom today, for the nerd’s company.
May 17th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
Thank god for the school buses going into hibernation. It’s been far too long since I have watched this movie.
May 17th, 2012 at 12:43 pm
I love this movie.
I really don’t understand it but I love it!
I need someone to really dissect it. So this all about kids whiny about how their life is so bad??
May 17th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Nice! I’m pretty excited to Peppermeister to be off for the summer, actually, because then I don’t have to do the dishes or pay for the dog walker! 😉
May 17th, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Lols this movie reminds me of my high school – gotta love it 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
May 17th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Oh dang, the school bus. Don’t get me started (again).
In addition to my son’s trials and tribulations with the school bus, there is a bus that pulls out in front of my boyfriend Every. Single. Day. on his way to work. Even when he tries to speed past before she can turn the corner. She’s like Roller Derby school bus driver. I’m pretty sure he’s been late for work 94.6% of the school year.
May 17th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Having never been sent to detention in my entire school life, I always assumed this is exactly what was happening every day.
May 17th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
I spent half of high school in detention, mostly for getting detention and deciding to skip it, which produced an ugly snowball effect…
Not once did I ever witness any BC antics go down, but it’s entirely possible there was a cool detention I didn’t get invited to.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:15 am
yenno what’s sad? i don’t think that i’ve ever watched the breakfast club before 😦
May 18th, 2012 at 9:55 pm
LOVE that movie. I think I’ll have to watch it this weekend…