IF GEORGE BERNARD SHAW was to be believed, youth is definitely wasted on the young. Part of that is probably because although some of the funniest moments of our lives happen when we’re young, they are often eroded or lost by time.

Your school days can be melting pot of embarrassing moments, steadfast friendships, unexpected adventures and general divilment. And we want to hear all of yours before they slip from your memory.

To get the conversation rolling, we asked a few of our colleagues to share the moment from school that never fails to make them laugh. Here’s what they said: 

Wardrobe malfunctions…

This lad in my class – his friends stood on the back of his trousers and ripped all up the seam on the inside of his legs, essentially making them into flares. He tried to staple them back together but just kind of made things worse to be honest.

We had a substitute teacher who was reaching for something above the blackboard when he split the back of his trousers open. All of us first year girls were in bits laughing but he nearly died. He even tried to Sellotape them to no avail…

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Captive in a cabinet…

We once put a phone in the lockers at the back of the class and selected a voice-recorded ringtone so that when it rang, it shouted, “Can someone please help me? I’m stuck in the locker”. This was when phones were a novelty, obviously.

Putting your foot in it… 

In our primary school, we could only wear slippers inside to protect the floors. One day while telling a story I kicked out my foot and to my horror, my slipper landed smack bang in the middle of our principal’s desk inches from her nose. It all happened in slow motion…

Rinne siad trolláil orm ar líne…

On the first day of fifth year, my Irish teacher barked at me to get out of class. Outside he said, ‘You’re lucky I haven’t suspended you.’ I had learned off an essay answer from boards.ie without translating it. As it turned out, it had been packed full of NSFW insults about the poet.

Duck, duck, DUCK…

We were playing Duck, Duck, Goose outside in senior infants and I was in the middle. Just as the person ‘on’ had passed me, a bird decided it was the perfect time for it to use my head as a toilet. 

Bag it up…

I was walking to a prefab between classes down about eight steps. I had a cheap bag on and when I went to go down them not only did it break on my back, it broke from the top so it flew and hit me in the back of the knees. I was thrown down the remaining steps with all the classrooms around me watching, absolutely mortified.

So, what was your funniest school moment? Tell us in the comments.

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