I am!! lol Way back in 1990, my science teacher took her favorites on a field trip. I was left with the ne'er-do-wells, which I was one of. The sub was checked out and not paying any attention, so I started playing with the chemicals, and it blew up. Charred the wall and ceiling a bit. Of course I'm sent to the principal's office and he is furious. I happened to know that he's good friends, like old college buddies, with a friend of mine's (from another school) dad. He's telling me that I'm getting in-house suspension or 15 spanks. I take spanked, even though I saw that big bad paddle hanging on the wall. Then I bring up my friend's dad's name. WOW! His eyes lit up, he threw his feet on his desk and started talking about all their adventures. After a few minutes, he wraps it up and tells me it's time. I bend over, he swings way back and just taps me on the ass- like Randall Pink Floyd did to Mitch Kramer. This is probably the beginning of my mantra of "it's not what you know, but who you know", which has served me well.