Narrator: 4 school boys, Dinesh, Suresh, Mahesh and Manpreet have been asked to visit the principals office, it is a well acknowledged fact that the three boys although short of delinquent behaviour, have been responsible for more than one catastrophic occurrence in the school. As fate would have it, on that particular day only the weakest 12th standard students were in school for special class.
Dinesh: Do you know why we have been bought here?
Suresh: I am sure Manpreet did something, he is always getting us in trouble
Manpreet: oh come one guys,what have I ever done to deface your pristine image?
Mahesh: Using big words does not make you guilt free, you blew up the chemistry lab, our teacher quit because of you
Manpreet: How was I supposed to know that the chemical was going to explode?
Dinesh: It had explosive and volatile written on the label, in capital letters
Manpreet: I must have missed that part
Suresh: What have you done now? (Holding Manpreet's collar)
Manpreet: Nothing I swear (Mahesh and Naresh hold back Suresh)
Narrator: The students have been waiting outside the Principal's office for half an hour and are getting restless, when the principal calls them in. The principal is a retired army officer, and is very strict about protocol and procedure. The boys are all nervous as already their parents have come to visit the principal over the past few months
Principal: Well do you know why I have asked you to come here?
Principals: Listen to me if you admit to your mistake now, I will be lenient, however if you continue to tax my patience I will be forced to reprimand you severely.
Dinesh: But sir..
Principal: Don't you dare give me that patronizing but sir tone, you should be ashamed of doing what you have done. Now tell me who blasted a firecracker in the boy's bathroom.
Manpreet: oooooooooh...
Principal: Ooh what Manpreet, I am still trying to explain to the school board why my chemistry lab was annihilated and has nothing but broken glasses and black walls left..
Manpreet: But sir it was an accident
Principal: Really how come no one was in the chemistry class when this desecration took place
Manpreet (looking at Suresh): What is desecration?
Suresh: Don't know
Principal: Not only are you 4 naughty but your English is completely inept for the class you are in
Suresh: Inept means..
Manpreet (irritably): I know what inept means
Principal (Agitated): Will the 4 of you shut up
Naresh: But I didn't say anything
Principal (about to scream): Now look here, I don't have all day to be part of your juvenile banter, I want to know which one of you is responsible for exploding a firecracker in the boys bathroom.
Narrator: There was complete silence in the room, as none of the boys wanted to take responsibility for the actions, as they had been warned that the next infraction they committed would be punishable by suspension, and the boys parents had already punished them enough for their last mischievous act.
Principal: Fine, I am going for a meeting with the school board, none of you will leave this room till you tell me who did this (Principal exits)
Naresh: Manpreet I am sure its you, you have always been getting us into trouble
Manpreet: Hey listen now, don't behave like a saint here, the English teacher caught you trying to sneak into the girl's bathroom
Naresh: I had dropped my pen, it rolled into the bathroom
Suresh: Just like Manpreet did not read the warning on the chemical bottle
Naresh: Hey I am not the one who punched the opposing team's captain in the face
Suresh: That was a sporting accident
Mahesh: You were playing football, not boxing, how the hell is that a sporting accident?
Suresh: You stay out of this, I suspect you just as much as I suspect Manpreet, after all you are the one who was caught with a dirty magazine in your bag
Mahesh: I think we are deviating from the topic here, one of you three did it because I didn't do it.
Naresh: Look Manpreet I think its best if you accepted your involvement in this whole ridiculous incident, so we can go home.
Manpreet: Just because I accidentally blew up the chemistry lab, it does not mean I am to blame for everything , next you will blame every natural calamity on me
Mahesh: Stop exaggerating you know very well you are our prime suspect here.
Suresh: I agree with Mahesh, Manpreet you did it
Manpreet: You know what, I am not taking the responsibility for something I did not do
Suresh: Fine
Mahesh: Fine
Naresh: Fine
Manpreet: Fine
Narrator: The boys have been sitting in the room for the past hour, and have not said anything to each other, they are sick and tired of waiting when the principal arrives again
Principal: Well it looks like you 4 have had some time to talk, so which one of you did it?
Principal: Pay heed to the words I speak, I am going to punish you severely if you don't tell me who did it
Manpreet: Sir I swear on my mother it was not me
Suresh: Same here sir
Naresh: It wasn't me
Mahesh: I swear on my dead dog it was not me
Principal: Respect my authority! You children you have no manners, just because your parents are lenient you take liberty, I tell you in the army, I would make you carry your back packs and rifle, and parade you all over the battalion. Now this is your last opportunity tell me who did it!
Manpreet: Now now there is no need to use harsh language there's children present here
Principal: Fine, Manpreet get up and write I will not explode firecrackers in school on the board 2000 times.
Naresh: But sir it could have been someone else
Principal: Really! There are 7 students in school today, out of which 3 are girls, that leaves 4 students you!
Mahesh: Damn it!
Principal: Did you just use profane language in my presence?
Mahesh: No sir
Suresh: Sir I can confidently say it was not me
Principal: So can Manpreet and the rest of you! Now all of you start writing on the black board what Manpreet is writing
Naresh: Sir there is only one blackboard and Manpreet is using it
Principal: You think you are smart? You can write it 4 thousand times in your notebook and the next person who asks me to clarify myself gets to write it 6 thousand times.
Narrator: The principal has left the room again, and the boys are busy writing down what he has told them to do, the monotony of the task at hand is getting to the boys, and Manpreet's hands are hurting already. When another explosion reverberates through the school.
Manpreet: What was that?
Naresh: I don't care I still have 2000 more of these to write
Manpreet: I have 983 to go
Mahesh: Manpreet you idiot, you did not have to write it again and again, you could have just said that you wrote it that many times
Manpreet (Scratching his head): Damn
(Enter Principal)
Principal: You boys can leave, its appears the perpetrator was a maniacal college student who lives nearby, it seems he always wanted to do this kind of thing, but I warn you boys, I have my eyes on you.
Mahesh: Sir do you want to check the notebook?
Principal (Throwing the notebook at Mahesh) : Get out
A contest entry
- Humour - Weird - Fun by Asfand.
135 points, ended July 20, 2007, 11 entries
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This is the first ever skit I have written.. be brutally honest please
Comments
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I think this was quite nicely done. I liked it, the entire idea was not totally cliche but some was quite original, i liked the end, though i didn't like the beginning that much. I think this was quite good.
However, your usage of punctuation is poor, commas are missing, question marks, periods and exclamation marks. In addition some of the big words were VERY much OUT OF PLACE. while writing a skit, the prime thing is to keep the viewers attention, make it quick and to the point and make it natural. The usage of big words by 4 kids in school while talking is extrememly unrealistic.
"natural calamity, deviating, prime, involvement and so onwards" i suggest changing these words to some other that are more naturally spoken.
Plus, the humour is more noticeable towards the end. The middle and the begnning could use some polish! over all...i loved this. For a first try this is fantastic!!
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