The Devil Made Me Do It!

Last Saturday Morning, I received an email announcing the results of a new study.   It basically said if you exercise you live longer.   Nothing earth-shattering, but it gave me a devilish urge! 

And so my story goes:

Email: To all Students  

Please Listen:

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/19/health/study-not-exercising-worse-than-smoking/index.html

The leaders at the School of Nursing are taking this research seriously and are determined to help you live longer.

So on Monday, October 22nd all the students will meet at Eve Leary Field in their exercise clothes.   Then, under the leadership of the faculty:

·       Nurse Elsie will lead the weight lifting rotation.

·       Nurse Roberta will demonstrate the high intensity calisthenics.

·       And Nurse Candy will conduct the maximum interval training part.

Worship will begin immediately after.

This is evidence-based practice at its best!

Rev.

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From:  One student
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 7:27 AM
To: John JSPS
Subject: Re: All Students in School of Nursing

Rev you're joking right?

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From:  Another Student

Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 7:34 AM
To: John JSPS 

Good morning Rev, Are we coming in our nurse uniform and change off?, what time is it going to start?, Is it gonna cancel some of our subjects in class?

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This was looking more and more like a real idea!  So I responded:

From: John JSPS [mailto:revsx2@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 7:40 AM
To: Everyone 

Good questions.

You will need to arrive in your workout clothes and change back into your regular uniforms. 

So as not to cause too much upset, we will begin at 7:50 am, the normal time for worship.  

The faculty values your learning so we will not be shortening any subjects; instead, we will shorten lunch period to 30 minutes.

Remember:  This will be good for you! And you will have more energy to study harder.

Rev.

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From: Another Student wrote

Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 7:44 AM
To: John JSPS
Cc:  Everyone

Good morning rev

But after we finish working out won't we be sweaty ?

Do we get to take a shower?

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From: John JSPS [mailto:revsx2@gmail.com] 

Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 7:55 AM
To: Everyone

               

Yes there are showers in the locker rooms at Eve ..…  

But depending on how long the faculty make you work out, there may not be time to shower!  

Don’t worry as you will all smell the same.

Rev.

From:  Another Student

Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 11:58 AM
To: John JSPS

Thank you for clarifying Rev.

And so I left it... I did know that they were emailing each other trying to decide whether it was a prank or not.   I let them simmer.   Until this morning...

And in the classroom was [an unnamed] student:

She was skeptical, but ready to go... We walked over to the athletic field.  While she was the only one, she texted the others to hurry up.    Some time later anther student showed up looking for the locker rooms so she could change.

I confessed that it was a prank ..... and it was a good thing that they were not carrying any deadly weapons.   We laughed all the way back to the classroom.   And they were frantically texting the others in the batch...

However, now that they were in the know, they played it up.   And when a male student showed up, they told him to hurry and change.

And so it went as others arrived...

And some students came in uniforms and the ones who knew it was a prank played along and tolf them to change into their workout clothes .....

And a few came so late that they said they weren't pranked ..... but may have already gone back home and changed!

I had a great time and laughed a lot.

And as luck would have it, the other faculty didn't check their email all weekend.

Since then .....  I have heard rumblings of "revenge".