| I just spent the night with Big Puddy, Frog, the | | | | was getting to witness "ooooooh, that walk" again! |
| Pip, Magilla, Hambone, Percy "Sweetness" | | | | "Oooh, that walk" describes the best walk that |
| Freeman, Theodore, and "ooooh, that walk!" | | | | any female has ever possessed, that of my |
| Y'all don't have one clue as to what I'm talkin' | | | | classmate Christy Johnson. Back in our MP days |
| about, do you? Sounds pretty good, though, | | | | she was known as Christy Rodeheaver, and she |
| doesn't it, especially that spendin' the night part? | | | | was a good friend of mine, in fact, Christy was a |
| The truth is that all of the people/nicknames I | | | | good friend to everyone. We all liked her for her |
| listed above are old high school friends of mine, | | | | sense of humor, her natural intelligence, and her |
| and I just spent most of a night with all of them | | | | overall sense of fun. Most of all, though, what we |
| at our thirty-first high school class reunion! | | | | guys liked best about Christy was the way she |
| Yes, the Mary Persons High School Class of '74 | | | | walked. It's sort of hard to describe it here and |
| just celebrated its thirty-first reunion. And look, I | | | | give it full justice, but Christy walks in a very |
| know that having a thirty-first year reunion may | | | | feminine way sans any exaggeration (some |
| seem kinda weird, but we didn't get around to | | | | women walk like they're trying to knock down |
| having a thirty year one, so this was the next | | | | the walls on either side of a hallway, Christy |
| best thing. I'm really sort of glad it worked out | | | | simply walks like she wants to ripple the air |
| this way, as we were always a very unique class | | | | some). She has a naturally sexy walk, and it |
| and having a somewhat unusual class reunion fits | | | | nearly drove all of us guys crazy back then. I |
| us like a glove. It was so good to see my fellow | | | | always felt sort of bad lusting for her because |
| classmates again! | | | | she really was a good friend, but you would've |
| I won't lie, I sort of dreaded going at first. My | | | | had to be a dead man not to notice how Christy |
| Yellow Jackets were about to play (and demolish) | | | | walks. She was sexy without even trying, and to |
| the Auburn War Eagles, it was Labor Day | | | | me, that's the very best kind of sexy. And get |
| weekend, and I had all sorts of excuses milling | | | | this - even at this reunion, with all of us being as |
| about in my brain as to why I couldn't attend. | | | | old as we are, when she walked across the room |
| Thankfully, Percy had already asked me to speak, | | | | to get some food I noticed that most of us guys |
| so I couldn't duck out of it and let him down. And | | | | were watching her as she did so. Folks, she still |
| thank God that was the case, because it was | | | | has it, and yes, it still hypnotized us guys just as |
| beyond good to see all of my buddies again! | | | | much as it did back then. The very best things in |
| I knew it would be special just as soon as I | | | | life really do improve with age, I do believe. |
| walked into the Holiday Inn Conference Center in | | | | The rest of the evening? Hey, we partied like |
| Forsyth - I was immediately recognized by all of | | | | there was no tomorrow - Percy and I sang |
| my classmates as I've changed the least of any | | | | harmony on "Mustang Sally," Robert Ogletree |
| of them over these past few (ha ha) years. | | | | proved that he's the next Barry White, and we all |
| Okay, that's a lie, but I'm writing this, okay? I | | | | shook our booties to The Commodores, Wilson |
| immediately spotted my two good friends, Percy | | | | Pickett, and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Simply |
| "Sweetness" Freeman and Edgar "The Black Ric | | | | put, it was one of the best experiences of my |
| Flair" Slaughter, guys that I rode back and forth | | | | life. As I finish this and sum it up in my mind, I |
| to football practice with everyday for several | | | | think I may have figured out why high school |
| years. "Hambone" Gary Ham pulled me over into | | | | reunions are so important to us - they remind us |
| a corner and reminded me of a couple of our | | | | of just how much we loved our classmates, how |
| youthful exploits that almost had me crying with | | | | important they were to us, and they also remind |
| laughter. I then proceeded to catch up with Ted | | | | us why we'll keep on loving them for the rest of |
| Strickland, Steve Stokes, Ricky Colbert, and Big | | | | our lives... |
| Puddy (Thomas Woodard). Best of all, though, | | | | |