User:ThrowingStick/yrbk ed

Dear reader/person willing to blow €5 on this bunch of pages stapled together in a mediocre fashion,

It's been a sad year in world events, but in our hallowed school, however, things are less gloomy: hallways are clean, the grass on our pitch is green (hey, that rhymes), and, to the full extent of my knowledge, there were no sudden unexplained collapsing of the ceiling. --- In sport, we reached the Louth/Leinster gaelic cup final. We tried our best, but unfortunately, the opposing team proved to be better. Wha... What's that? We WON? Why didn't anybody tell me? --- As for the yearbook itself, I hope you realize that we put a LOT of effort into this edition. And I mean a lot. You know, what with the playing snap during class, randomly waving to people we don't know on the other side of the building, wasting the school's precious time and money, and so on. What I'm trying to say is, it took HARD WORK (as summarized in the previous sentence) for us to achieve our goal - creating a book to immortalize your awkward phase. As to the amount of work we ACTUALLY put in, I can dishonestly inform you that 4 people were involved in deathmatch to decide on the font we were going to use, and I'm convinced someone went insane trying to figure out whether or not to have the word "page" beside the page numbers. And like all good natured people you should follow our example: you need to get on your feet, and your pants to your ears, and go help someone who has no feet! Because the footless animals cannot walk over here on their little non-footed areas and tell us how hungry they are. Or can they? I don't think they can. --- In retrospect, I have to admit this isn't the best yearbook our elite students have ever published, but I can confidently claim that we improved on last year's. And hey, at least it's not as bad at that time I forgot how to sit down. --- On a final note, let me leave you with a piece of advice that might just help you on your way through life: if you are able to laugh at yourself, loud and hard, every time you fall, people will think you're drunk. Thank you. Have an excellent day. And do enjoy the yearbook.

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Acknowledgements The Yearbook Committee would like to collectively thank the following people: First and foremost, Michael and Martin for their vital, uncredited work around the school, Mr. Kennedy, for his guidance and, more importantly, patience, throughout the school year, Mr. Mahon, for not writing a great address, the deputy principals, Ms. McBride and Ms. Donaghue, and last but not least, the 90-odd teachers, who give us the most precious thing of all - the gift of knowledge.