God, this story and your comment reminded me. When I was... 13 or so probably, I was at some event for my brother and his group. People were speaking and I was half paying attention. I heard them say .... <> please come up. I thought they said my name, I started getting up, my mom tried to stop me but I was indignant. I got up there and was mortified as everyone stares at me, wondering why I'm up there. To this day I think of that, and I don't get up in front of anyone unless I'm damn sure it's supposed to be me.
It was right out of an awkward teenage drama. Only thing that could have made it worse would have been if I peed myself. I sheepishly just walked back to my seat
I once did the same in a roll-call. Someone else had my exact name with an extra letter, and neither of us heard the small phonetic difference. This was at a new-job orientation, so forever after we were branded. >.<
Am I the only one questioning the reality of any of this? What kind of kid just happens to have an Elvis costume laying around?
No, the dialogue between a mother and child every time a school wants kids to dress up as something is "Oh hell how are we going to throw this together?" Yes even for an elf costume. And I can't think of any scenario where a school would suddenly spring this on a family "oh by the way you all need to dress up like an elf for tomorrow's morning assembly."
Being a caretaker for small humans, as well as an educator, I would say that no amount of info material will guarantee a successful delivery. Only way is to require a parental signature, and enough time to follow up a couple of times. IDK that seems a bit over the top for a theme morning assembly.
Really it's just a dumb claim, because any school event kids are going to dress up for is always planned in detail ahead of time. It's a big thing the kids look forward to and talk about. A teacher doesn't just say, "Dress up like elves, ok bye."
I once made an actual Robo Elvis costume for a Halloween contest at work. I got kneepads and other safety equipment from the company surplus store and attached them to an Elvis jumpsuit from a thrift shop. The surplus store also had a weird helmet with a dropdown visor that covered most of my face. I screwed and hotglued various junk circuit boards onto the helmet, one of which I powered up and used pulses from it to blink LEDs at various places on the arms and legs. On the back I wrote ROBO ELVIS in glitter glue. It won $75 at the costume contest and I got a few years of mileage out of it.
It's totally believable that a kid would think he was supposed to dress up as Elvis, because there probably wasn't any discussion about elves or why the kids were supposed to dress up like elves. It wasn't Elf Day or Lord of the Rings Day or anything - there was probably just a single intercom announcement, "Kids, tomorrow dress up like elves," and he misheard it, as in a particularly implausible sitcom episode.
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mo_lave@reddthat.com · 162 pts · 84d
homes@piefed.world · 21 pts · 84d
Yes, yes, let the poor child hide in his hobbit hole… He will finally be able to come out in 30 or 40 years for his next adventure…
Just like the rest of us
NannerBanner@literature.cafe · 2 pts · 83d
You're coming out of your hole? I think mine's getting more comfy by the day.
homes@piefed.world · 1 pts · 83d
Don’t you talk about my hole like that
CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml · 92 pts · 84d
Sounds like he's all shook up... Uh huh huh.
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 82 pts · 84d
Man, that sounds like something great to do on purpose.
SalamenceFury@piefed.social · 44 pts · 84d
Sometimes you gotta let a kid make a mistake to teach them lol
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 28 pts · 84d
God, this story and your comment reminded me. When I was... 13 or so probably, I was at some event for my brother and his group. People were speaking and I was half paying attention. I heard them say .... <> please come up. I thought they said my name, I started getting up, my mom tried to stop me but I was indignant. I got up there and was mortified as everyone stares at me, wondering why I'm up there. To this day I think of that, and I don't get up in front of anyone unless I'm damn sure it's supposed to be me.
SalamenceFury@piefed.social · 3 pts · 83d
Damn, that sounds like the most anxiety-inducing moment in your entire life 😭
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 3 pts · 83d
It was right out of an awkward teenage drama. Only thing that could have made it worse would have been if I peed myself. I sheepishly just walked back to my seat
NannerBanner@literature.cafe · 2 pts · 83d
I once did the same in a roll-call. Someone else had my exact name with an extra letter, and neither of us heard the small phonetic difference. This was at a new-job orientation, so forever after we were branded. >.<
Delta_V@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 84d
Went to school as an elvish impersonator.
JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 83d
Am I the only one questioning the reality of any of this? What kind of kid just happens to have an Elvis costume laying around?
No, the dialogue between a mother and child every time a school wants kids to dress up as something is "Oh hell how are we going to throw this together?" Yes even for an elf costume. And I can't think of any scenario where a school would suddenly spring this on a family "oh by the way you all need to dress up like an elf for tomorrow's morning assembly."
This didn't happen.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 83d
That part makes sense. They could've told the kid way sooner and sent several notes home that are still in his backpack.
BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 83d
Being a caretaker for small humans, as well as an educator, I would say that no amount of info material will guarantee a successful delivery. Only way is to require a parental signature, and enough time to follow up a couple of times. IDK that seems a bit over the top for a theme morning assembly.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 83d
Really it's just a dumb claim, because any school event kids are going to dress up for is always planned in detail ahead of time. It's a big thing the kids look forward to and talk about. A teacher doesn't just say, "Dress up like elves, ok bye."
NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 83d
Not to mention that Elvis died 50 years ago - what elementary aged school child knows who Elvis is? My kids find the music of the 2000s to be retro
Phoenix3875@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 83d
It's quite plausible though, considering they just returned from the class trip to Las Vegas.
JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 83d
Ah yes that annual third grade class trip for gambling and hookers
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 83d
One in Collingwood.
plyth@feddit.org · 1 pts · 78d
The ones with a TikTok addiction.
NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 77d
Admittedly I don’t use TikTok and had no idea Elvis had made a resurgence there
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 84d
lolololol
Melobol@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 84d
Top Mom move if the kid had a spare elf costume. I hope he did have one, and just had to change :)
Etterra@discuss.online · 7 pts · 83d
Too bad he didn't figure out how to ham it up properly. Hail to the King, baby!
hopesdead@startrek.website · 6 pts · 84d
Which one was he meant to be?
dalekcaan@feddit.nl · 47 pts · 84d
If I understand correctly, his mom let him go as Elvis but it did turn out to be elves.
hopesdead@startrek.website · 17 pts · 84d
Now I’m imaging Elvis singing a song in Elvish.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 84d
The Muppets did The Elves and the Shoemaker as Elvis and the Shoemaker, and they sang Blue Suede Shoes
dafta@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 84d
https://youtu.be/JHxBuntHKZw
mushroommunk@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 84d
Knew it was gonna be Brennan before even clicking. Only one who could
hopesdead@startrek.website · 4 pts · 84d
They always give Brennan the LOTR prompts.
homes@piefed.world · 2 pts · 84d
+1 point for the undying lands?
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 84d
Since it says the king returns home he went as Elvis so he was supposed to be an elf
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 83d
I once made an actual Robo Elvis costume for a Halloween contest at work. I got kneepads and other safety equipment from the company surplus store and attached them to an Elvis jumpsuit from a thrift shop. The surplus store also had a weird helmet with a dropdown visor that covered most of my face. I screwed and hotglued various junk circuit boards onto the helmet, one of which I powered up and used pulses from it to blink LEDs at various places on the arms and legs. On the back I wrote ROBO ELVIS in glitter glue. It won $75 at the costume contest and I got a few years of mileage out of it.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 83d
It's totally believable that a kid would think he was supposed to dress up as Elvis, because there probably wasn't any discussion about elves or why the kids were supposed to dress up like elves. It wasn't Elf Day or Lord of the Rings Day or anything - there was probably just a single intercom announcement, "Kids, tomorrow dress up like elves," and he misheard it, as in a particularly implausible sitcom episode.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 83d
Elves never died; they just went home.
djdarren@piefed.social · 4 pts · 83d
Elves lives!
Catalyst_A@quokk.au · 3 pts · 84d
Kids going places!