Pranking the Bible Teacher With Our Watches

Our Adventist academy faculty (and probably the conference) finally okayed chain watches for the girls. It was a big deal because they were just barely "functional", so not quite jewelry. Also, we'd just gotten pant suits approved!

Our Bible teacher was also the academy pastor and very longwinded. When he was in the pulpit, we rarely got out before 12:30. Those of us who worked in the cafeteria were regularly harangued by the cook.

So I went around to all the girls who were lucky enough to have one of those watches (which needed frequent winding, and were so loud). I instructed to let them wind down overnight and at high noon Sabbath we all discretely wound them.

The noise was jarring and no one could tell where it was coming from, all over the small chapel. It so unnerved the preacher that he just sat down. Game over. That was North Dakota in 1970, and I still smile when I think about it.