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To: [headmistress]
From: [headmaster]
Subject: I'm having second thoughts...

Maybe the whitewater rafting isn't such a good idea. I'm suddenly imagining what certain mutant powers could do to inflatable rafts. And they'd probably charge us triple for insurance.

(I may just be procrastinating calling them back to find out whether or not this is an issue.)

-S

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To: [headmaster]
From: [headmistress]
Subject:

Seeing how students (and certain teachers) act around a small, calm body of water (i.e. the lake), I for one would not like to see how they behave in the presence of a large, very cold moving body of water. I would be less worried about the rafts and more worried about the threat of pneumonia, if I were you.

-O.

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To: [Ororo]
From: [Scott]
Subject: well, true.

Although I don't think it would be that cold, and they'd have lifejackets? I'd be very strict about water safety and all.

I just want them to do something relatively energetic out in the sun this summer. I keep getting mailings from various 'Don't let our schoolchildren become obese!' lobby groups. Why do they all come to me, by the way?

-S

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To: [technologically deficient, obviously]
From: [good at bribes]
Subject: I never worry about pneumonia.

Perhaps you ought to bring water-wings. Make the chaperones wear them too.

I doubt that most of our students are in danger of becoming obese, what with a majority of them having energy-projector metabolisms. Still it is a good idea to promote, and I am sure we can afford a bit of extra deposit if the company is that stringent.

-O.

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To: [making fun of me]
From: [chastened, but never humbled]
Subject: Of course you don't.

Water wings. Check.

This is true, although sometimes I do wonder about the level of exercise they do get. Whether we're relying too much on those mutant metabolisms. I think the key is to make it not look like work... of course, that leads in scary directions. I won't tell you what else I had on my list.

-S

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To: [healthy ego]
From: [never]
Subject: Or sunburn. I suppose you don't, either.

And a camera. That demands pictures.

Of course you are going to tell me what you had on your list. We are both still stuck in the office and obviously in need of amusement. Shall I try guessing first?

Jousting?
Lawn bowling?
Water skiing?
Skydiving?
Caber-tossing?
Interpretive dance (outdoors)?

-O.

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To: [definitely making fun]
from: [crushed, really]
Subject: Nope! No sunburn here!

My eye just strobes.

Bungee-jumping. Hang-gliding (for those who don't already fly, obviously). Base-jumping - no, just kidding. Hiking, and that one's really on the list. We don't do a lot of outdoor education and we maybe should.

-S