Did you ever mitch from school as a child?

stevejr · 25-03-2011 12:12AM #1

...I did but i never really enjoyed it.

The terror of being caught always overshadowed the enjoyment of a school-free day.

Mitch means(to avoid confusion);

Go on the Hop.

Skip school.

Play truant.

Doss.

Daegerty · 25-03-2011 12:13AM

No, but I did plenty of dossing

MagicMarker · 25-03-2011 12:14AM

I only did it in the last couple of years of school.

It was awesome, and way too easy.

ballsymchugh · 25-03-2011 12:14AM

i did once. went to the local snooker club where all the other shams were mitching. got bored after 20 minutes and just went back to school!

TeddyTedson · 25-03-2011 12:19AM

Very rarely when I first went to secondary, mainly the odd class here and there.
But in the last two years I did it all the time. The school never really cared about 5th or 6th years. They kind of said it was up to ourselves, which is fair enough I suppose. Regret it now though, my leaving cert results are embarrassing.

If I could go back to 5th year now I'd study my absolute ass off.
Hmm, need to stop typing now because I'm depressing myself.
Stay in school kids

jimthemental · 25-03-2011 12:19AM

Not until college when it actually mattered to be in. Pity I didn't hit the demon drink in secondary a bit harder and I could've got it out of my system.

Buceph · 25-03-2011 12:21AM

Yeah, did it loads.

Naikon · 25-03-2011 12:23AM

Pretty often. It's was only in the last 2-3 months of 6th year I decided to just stop showing up at all. Just crammed like fook.
Horrible time, but it worked in my favor thankfully. I don't believe sitting in class is a very productive means of learning.

Pauleta · 25-03-2011 12:24AM

Twice properly and got caught twice. The 2nd time i got sent for a drugs test because of the people i were caught with plus i was rather suspicious myself with my lethargic attitude and bloodshot eyes

. I cant wizz in front of people so i never took the test. I went on the hop for a week when my family went on holiday except from me and my da. My da went to work at 6 and came home at 5 everyday so i just stayed at home and threw on my uniform when he came home.

damagegt · 25-03-2011 12:25AM

I built a hut on the grounds of my school and mitched at least a 2-3 classes everyweek for 2 years in 5th and 6th.I told them I was very sick in 4th year and that i would be missing days,noone ever asked a question and when it was raining you could break into the old dorms and go back to sleep ahhh they were the good old days..................Im on the dole now

W.Shakes-Beer · 25-03-2011 12:26AM

I didn't, actually had good laugh there.

My Dad though, bailed outta a school on his first day haha

I like to remind him every now and then.

Chaotic_Forces · 25-03-2011 12:27AM

Once I did and felt horrible about it. I remember going back to the school the next day and just saying "yeah, I didn't come in yesterday, I don't have a note, there was no reason for me not to come in".

To which the reply was "you're doing all the homework from yesterday and today over the weekend and we'll call it even".

Tayla · 25-03-2011 12:30AM

Yep, all the time and I got caught which wasn't surprising because I took every tuesday and wednesday off!

Sergeant · 25-03-2011 12:30AM

I used the excuse that I was training for Galway United Youths to successfully mitch from Religion and Geography for a period of 3 months.

pragmatic1 · 25-03-2011 12:32AM

Loads of times. Was mostly **** though.

Cupcake_Crisis · 25-03-2011 12:32AM

I ditched the odd class here and there but never an entire day, I was too chicken. Pulled plenty of sickies though!

Dangerous Man · 25-03-2011 12:35AM

Most of my school life was spent on the hop. Still got my leaving. Still went to college. The man can't keep Dangerous Man down.

dark crystal · 25-03-2011 12:41AM

Yep.

One particular day, I pretended I was sick. The parents believed me and went to work, so I stuck a mannequin in my bed and set it up to look like I was sleeping and snoring in case they came back.

I then got my best mate to make a fake call to the school and got my girlfriend the day off too.

We had a great oul day in my best mates' dad's Ferrari, touring galleries, eating in fancy restaurants and I even managed to blag my way onto a parade float and sang a Beatles song to the crowd, who did the Thriller dance to it.

The principle suspected I was blagging it and tried to catch me out, but he ended up with the arse of his trousers torn out and a shoe missing, the fool.

Aaah, that was a great day.

stovelid · 25-03-2011 12:44AM

A fair bit, yes.

I usually just forged sick notes from my mother to cover my tracks.

MagicMarker · 25-03-2011 12:44AM

dark crystal wrote: »

Yep.

One particular day, I pretended I was sick. The parents believed me and went to work, so I stuck a mannequin in my bed and set it up to look like I was sleeping and snoring in case they came back.

I then got my best mate to make a fake call to the school and got my girlfriend the day off too.

We had a great oul day in my best mates' dad's Ferrari, touring galleries, eating in fancy restaurants and I even managed to blag my way onto a parade float and sang a Beatles song to the crowd, who did the Thriller dance to it.

The principle suspected I was blagging it and tried to catch me out, but he ended up with the arse of his trousers torn out and a shoe missing, the fool.

Aaah, that was a great day.

Bueller?

Bueller?

Chaotic_Forces · 25-03-2011 12:45AM

dark crystal wrote: »

Yep.

One particular day, I pretended I was sick. The parents believed me and went to work, so I stuck a mannequin in my bed and set it up to look like I was sleeping and snoring in case they came back.

I then got my best mate to make a fake call to the school and got my girlfriend the day off too.

We had a great oul day in my best mates' dad's Ferrari, touring galleries, eating in fancy restaurants and I even managed to blag my way onto a parade float and sang a Beatles song to the crowd, who did the Thriller dance to it.

The principle suspected I was blagging it and tried to catch me out, but he ended up with the arse of his trousers torn out and a shoe missing, the fool.

Aaah, that was a great day.

So you had to humilate him instead of just lying?

Columbia · 25-03-2011 12:47AM

Yes indeed, went to Killarney with my girlfriend, ended up at her friend's house playing video games, I think.

Another time I just walked out, and spent the next six hours walking around Tralee absolutely terrified of bumping into my mother. I saw a car the same make as hers and leapt behind a bench.

Yep, I'm a dangerous guy to know.

stevejr · 25-03-2011 12:47AM

dark crystal wrote: »

Yep.

One particular day, I pretended I was sick. The parents believed me and went to work, so I stuck a mannequin in my bed and set it up to look like I was sleeping and snoring in case they came back.

I then got my best mate to make a fake call to the school and got my girlfriend the day off too.

We had a great oul day in my best mates' dad's Ferrari, touring galleries, eating in fancy restaurants and I even managed to blag my way onto a parade float and sang a Beatles song to the crowd, who did the Thriller dance to it.

The principle suspected I was blagging it and tried to catch me out, but he ended up with the arse of his trousers torn out and a shoe missing, the fool.

Aaah, that was a great day.

And then you married a horse...

policarp · 25-03-2011 12:48AM

Was supposed to go to school Wednesday afternoons if we didn't play games..
Never went ...

Shryke · 25-03-2011 12:49AM

Bom bom, chicka chicka.

Novella · 25-03-2011 12:49AM

Nope, never did. I went to the kinda school that was impossible to mitch from though. If you weren't gonna be in, one of your parents had to ring in the morning to say so or else the principle would ring them.

You signed in when you got to school and I mean the classes were so small, you'd definitely be missed. There were 4 people in my Irish class. Don't think I would've bothered even if I could have gotten away with it though.

jackiebaron · 25-03-2011 12:50AM

dark crystal wrote: »

Yep.

One particular day, I pretended I was sick. The parents believed me and went to work, so I stuck a mannequin in my bed and set it up to look like I was sleeping and snoring in case they came back.

I then got my best mate to make a fake call to the school and got my girlfriend the day off too.

We had a great oul day in my best mates' dad's Ferrari, touring galleries, eating in fancy restaurants and I even managed to blag my way onto a parade float and sang a Beatles song to the crowd, who did the Thriller dance to it.

The principle suspected I was blagging it and tried to catch me out, but he ended up with the arse of his trousers torn out and a shoe missing, the fool.

Aaah, that was a great day.

Do you have a sister? Because I remember I was down the cop-shop having been pulled in yet again for drugs. I was sitting there waiting to be processed and this chick sits down. She was all bitchy and I told her that she wore too much eye makeup and she, like my sister, looked like a whore.
She threatened to bust my nuts. Anyway she started complaining about her brother and how he was always getting away with shït and mitching school and she couldn't stand it. I eventually calmed her down and we started snogging. Then her mother came to get her. She was well mortified but laughed it off. Nearly slipped down the stairs too.

Good times.

By the way I'm still getting done for drugs.

stevejr · 25-03-2011 12:50AM

stovelid wrote: »

A fair bit, yes.

I usually just forged sick notes from my mother to cover my tracks.

"Please excuse my writing, I busted whichever hand it is I write with"......

stovelid · 25-03-2011 12:51AM

stevejr wrote: »

"Please excuse my writing, I busted whichever hand it is I write with"......

You'll go a long way.

stevejr · 25-03-2011 12:52AM

jackiebaron wrote: »

Do you have a sister? Because I remember I was down the cop-shop having been pulled in yet again for drugs. I was sitting there waiting to be processed and this chick sits down. She was all bitchy and I told her that she wore too much eye makeup and she, like my sister, looked like a whore.
She threatened to bust my nuts. Anyway she started complaining about her brother and how he was always getting away with shït and mitching school and she couldn't stand it. I eventually calmed her down and we started snogging. Then her mother came to get her. She was well mortified but laughed it off. Nearly slipped down the stairs too.

Good times.

By the way I'm still getting done for drugs.

And then you beat up a hooker....

Dudess · 25-03-2011 12:54AM

Yeah - always got caught though.

Did you ever mitch from school as a child?

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