Rubes by Leigh Rubin for July 13, 2024

In 1968 the Hong Kong flu hit just before Christmas and it was bad enough to close the college for a month. I threw all my stuff in a duffel bag and got a ride back home arriving at 12:30am. I didn’t have my key so when mom answered the door and asked why I was home I told her that I had been kicked out of school. She asked why and I said drugs and the next I know she is going down and I am quickly saying “It’s a joke, I’m still in school”. Needless to say she was thankful but my breakfast the next morning had ‘runny eggs’.