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&ecorir VOL. CXVI NO.1 To the best thing that ever happened to meThank you for everything. I love you. J.M. To Ami, Nancy, Melanie, Terry, Jamie, Tania, Nannette, Jerry, Netu and GeoffI hope you all have a very happy Valentine’s Day! Love from Stefany To LisaI’m really glad we decided to become leaders together this year. It’s given me a chance to get to know you and you’ve become a super friend! Thanks alot for everything. I’ll never forget you or the memories! Love always, Jeff To Neil, Jay, Jen, Kim, Harry, Steve, Alex, Nicole, Deena and WayneYou guys are great! We love you!! Happy Valentine’s Day. Love, Lisa and Jeff To Nirpa1*11never forget Trivial Pursuit on Friday nights, or all the other times we’ve found something to do! We always joke about “having no friends,” but don’t worry, you’ll always have one right here! Love, Jeff To SueEver since I came here to Pingry, you’ve been a great friend! I’ll miss you alot next year. Love always, your fellow “weeble,” Jeff Dear Mr. Sunshine, You make my day every time I’m with you. Love your corny expres sions! “Whatever floats your boat!” (like hitting trees) Love, Miss Chatterbox Hola, Mercedes! I think you’re hot. Let’s meet to play some tennis and maybe after wards go for some Stouffer’s pizza and pop. ’Til then, Trevor.
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To Flip, Na, Squiggy, JoeHappy Valentine’s Day Buddies! I’m re ally gonna miss you guys next year so keep in tounch. Thanks for being the best buds anyone could ever have! I love you guys, Gordy To Rich, Nina, Scott, Mike, Emily, Kelly, Seb, Amy, _ Derek, John, Melin, Nirpa, Doug, Colin, Jeff, Ti, Sue, Lydia, Ronna, GeoffHappy Valentine’s Day! Love, Flo and Amy Happy Valentine’s Day Mary, Apu, Steven, Susan, Vasantha, Sean, Shadi, Stephen, Todd, Ryan. From, Amy and Sanjiv To WinnieThanks for being such a great friend. I love your body! I hope all your dreams come true. Love, Bubbles To LipsI am glad you’re finding your way home because you deserve to be happy. Thanks for living with me! What a Lovemuffin! Love, Bubbles To AwexOh my God my house is on fire! I love you! Kywa To JessaThanks for all your advise! By the way is that cancerous? Love, Kyra I propose a toast to all members of the Heman Woman Haters’s Club (and all women we don’t hate). Life,
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Liberty, and the Pursuit of silliness! To A.P.S.I love everything about you, even the croaky frog noise you make when you laugh. It’s totally sexy. Love always, I.S.S. To J.G., B.H., B.B., L.P., N.C., E.L., K.B., A.W., S.S.You guys are the best! Happy Valentine’s Day! Love you always, Mara
FEBRUARY 14,1989 To Eddie, Doug, Jon, Brett and LauraYou are deal ing with the odd ity of silliness with the greatest of ease. Be silly to each other. Cheers! Hise
Happy “V” Day Lucy or Pep perm int Patty, whichever you preferAnyway, Charlie Brown wants you to know two things; ILY and FYF. Love, C.B. To John NeumanYou’re awesome and you can come and sleep at my house anytime. But you’ll have to watch out for the housekeeper. Love, Dear AndyFirst it was Lydia, next it was Stephanie...strike three and you’re out From, T K a K o o L o t K o 11 t p o m
To WookieIknew that would catch your eye! Hold my hand. I thought you said fate would tell us, well it did and we passed the “true test!” Please keep faith in me ’cause I’ll love you forever! Wookie To Anyone who is reading this but hasn’t received a message-
H a p p y Valentine’s Day! Love, Someone who doesn’t have any one to send a Val entine to.
To YouHappy Valentine’s Day Bubba! Well Mr. Sunshine, we’ve been thru alot but it’s been an experience. I’ll miss ya next year. Luv ya, Me To LidjW hat a woman! Happy Valentine’s Day! You’re a great buddy. What would I do without ya? Hey- beware of those M.F.’s Luv, Huey Coestein said unto us, “There shall be homework, and there was. And the homework was good.” Happy Valentine’s Day Chuck, April, Jon, Brett, Doug, LauraEd DearD.V.,A.K.,C.T.,L.C.,K.H„ L.H., M.H., K.D., N.S., L.F., I.H., L.K., V.M., J.P., J.M., T.R., M.S., C.T.Happy Valentine’s Day! Love, Angel Thanks, David, for always being a friend. To AliThanks for the last four months and all the ones to come. You make me the happiest and luckiest guy I know. Love, J.C. Dear A.Had the greatest time being the best pals! Always remember our “many” hombres and the sand through the hourglass. Love, Shaggy’s other admirer Dear Patricia GoogenheimerSFU. Love, Matilda Woogersnock Hi BJ, Ben, Ann Marie, Christa, Corey, Emily, Alex, April and any one I may have missed. Happy Valentine’s Day! From, The Sunny south, Drew
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THE PINGRY SCHOOL MichelleDo I really have to send a mes sage in the paper to tell you what a good friend you are?! Icouldn’thave gotten through A.P. you-know-what without you. Thanks for everything, Lisa To Law ClubListen, everyone is gay, every one is harassed, everyone is guilty, everyone is objectionable...but the important thing to remember is: watch out for yellow ties!! Love, Jackie and Yaz (in that order) To My Law ClubGo, Fight, Win, Kill, Kill, Kill, BREAK!!! Remember, Hurley loves us. It’s not whether we win or lose, because we never win guys! (And I wonder why?) Luv, Yaz
Captain HookYou’ve been right about us all along! We just couldn’t tell you and deal with the abuse! So, we were thinking of a June wedding. What do you think? We’d be honored if you’d be bridesmaid at our wedding. Heehee. Love, Schnookims and Peachtree To All My Nostril HairsThis is it guys! I would say that our Pingry Experience has been “a very nice story.” Remember to act natural and I love you and all that other stuff. Forever and ever friends, A1 Dear A.K.I hope you have a “sw eet” Valentine’s Day. I ’ll be thinking of you as always. Love, ??? J.C.You’ve brought so much happi ness into my life. I love you more each day. You’re very special to me. Happy Valentine’s Day! A.F. Oatmeal BearYou’re so cute I could just die! I can’t wait to party with you next year (’cause I know I will be). Love, Jolly Bunny Ronna ShainSaturday, Feb. 17th, 3p.m. Pane and Cocolato 10 WaVerly Place N.Y.C. Keep the Faith. From, A Longshot No way. No exit. Deep. Is there heaven? TM is the way to go. Susan is
ugly. Don’t look at me that way, Matt Zugzug, Seth Our group is performing like a well-greased machine. We’re calm and relaxed but we’re fierce and we’re mean. You guys are real spe cial and we’re stating it clear. Happy Valentine’s Day, and you made a great year. Ant and Rach LaurenChicago isn’t so far away. I love you! Free SnookumsPlease don’t be mad at this; you said I could. Happy Valentine’s Day to my one and only. Thanks for last year’s dance. Guess Hey S.N.!Mirrors should crack! ...C.W.Linguini!...J.C.-Ducks!...M.M.-Sir Jaws!...S.K .-Y our neck!...J.B.UNHM! ...MD-I called Peter L.S.L.Hockey all the way! Thanks guys for everything. Happy Valentine’s Day...I’ll bring my tray up soon. Love, K.C. To all my friends, “Let each thing act according to it’s own nature,” (Lao Tzu)...Act natural guys (guess who)...I love you all for who you naturally are. (O.K., bad pun). Have a great Valentine’s Day! Lots of Love, Jen
Once again, To Law ClubMike: What exactly did you say? Jackie: We’d all have to die three times before you could be a law yer!!! Lisa: Winner of the “Michelle Friedland For A Day” prize. Blythe: I’ve been trying to get you to look over my briefs for months. Stewart: How about that reason able victim standard? Doesn’t that implicitly imply beyond the shadow of a preponderance of a reasonable doubt that the accused harasser who is accused of a hostile environment type of quid pro quo sexual harass ment is definitely, absolutely, posi tively guilty of the aforementioned im plied sexual harassm ent !@!@!@@!@!@! Well, maybe not? J.J.: Nice cop tie...I mean, you’re a married man. And SIT UP!!! Hanni: Sorry, but you’ll have to bring your own dinner to the court house. Michelle: Jesus! Yaz: We’re all so glad that you utilize your trial time to catch up on your sleep. Can we say “Objec tion?” Yasmeen: We love you...and that’s a great opening, Yasmeen. Kevin: Section 19103 of the Handbook states... Sanjiv: Do you have anymore gum? Elizabeth: Don’t let the legal tur keys get you down!!! Mr. Raby: Make sure you have a meeting to plan the meeting for the arrangement of schedules. And get some sleep. Love, Mr. Hurley. Querida Señora Grant y Señor EnglishEstoy mirándoles. Con carino, La Inquisición Es pañola.
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To my best love and best friendI cannot count the moments of happi ness, they are too great. I cannot count the laughs, they are too numerous. I cannot count the tears, they are too infrequent I cannot state the love, for it still grows. Love, Shorty To Bad YogurtWhen is Miles joining the tour? To The Speaker SuckersThere is nothing in the world like roller-rink organs. Keep the faith and keep time with the metronome. SanjivCare to dance? I’ll bring the pearls. LauraI only promised I’d sit up front; you never said anything about staying awake. (So, it’s your fault we passed a silo). To the one who cleaned my glasses in Chicken Noodle SoupPeanut Butter is better. Is the Fireball still by the accelerator? You learn the strangest things about people by the way they can’t keep food in their mouth... Y.F.I don’t care what they say... it WAS a great story. J.S. To the best group of friends everThanks for dealing with my PMS and other problems. (Not that it really mat ters because we’re all going to die any
way.) We’ve been writing in each other’s yearbooks for so long that I’m running out of things to say. I call that we all have to keep in touch for ever and ever. Love, the best friend ever (that’s me, dumb @#$%s) LeiDo you promise that even if we haven’t seen each other in twenty years you’ll still invite me to your wedding? Ok, at least just call me after your first date. Love, The only person who talks to you on Saturday nights Miss SwitzerlandThanks for keeping me com pany while we watched Trem do our math programs and thanks for making me feel like everything is going to be ok all the time. Rhode Island and Pennsylvania aren’t really that far away. Keep acting natural. Love, Someone who doesn ’t think you are Blah. To my left nostrilOh Mighty Tomahawk Woman, it goes from God to you to the cleaners. Non sequiters from hell and noses in the sky. It’s been real! Love, Your right nostril To the leader of the Speaker SuckersWhen people talk about you it’s not always bad, especially when its me talking. We’ve ravaged the al tered beast together and survived
being ejected from the park in a box. Everything is going to be allright and if it isn’t then I’m always here to listen. Love, You better know who EmBest friends are hard to come by. I love you a lot. Love, your tall, dark, handsome...well, o.k., maybe not! Keep me anyway? Love, C. MatildaIt’s Woogershnook, not Woogersnook!!! Yeah, well, I love you and all that other stuff. (Really mom, who called?). SFU. Love, Gertrude YazBummer! Everyone GoreefaceYou and you-know-who by the end of the year...we predict it. Jen, I love you forever and ever and ever and ever. Lei I love you all...seriously. D. S. JackieI can’t believe you ate the whole dinosaur. Love forever, the Altered Beast SueYou’re a geek in cool shoes. Love from, the nerd
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eye poked out by a sonnet. I love you. I got love for sale. I ain’t got nobody. Won’t some sweet momma come and take a chance with me? ’Cos I ain’t so bad. Drop everything! Happy V-Day! Love, Pop To my favorite twinsYou Tinaris make me smile. Thanks for always being there. You’re the best! Love, Em It was a long, wide, silly, strange, translucent, blue, shiny, soft, squishy, sloppy, poofy, slimy, wet, eliptical, twisty,paisley,chocolate rabit Happy Birthday, Sandy Dear HeidiYou are the only girl for me. I know I have been unfaithful, but will you please take me back? Love, A1 ENB23GSeven hours...Mr. Big...the “city,” ...journey ...tiger... IL Y ...FY F... you’re wonderful, AFX864 Tommy KYou’re swell, Guess Dear Professor Irish Wandering Indian Agnostic DetectiveANYWAY!!! Sorry this isn’t a poem, but I know a girl who got her
To Our Peer GroupYou guys are the best...just a bar rel of laughs. Let’s just be like one big family, (yeah, right). Ha ha. Love, your peer leaders To all the students on stage and behind the scenes and to the students in my Drama classes...Happy Valentine’s Day, A1 Romano A and CNo more early morning bus rides or late night spaz sessions. I’m going to miss both of you so much. But you’ll visit! (Right?!) Remember: we’re all the same but different! I love you! Dear LisaI can’t believe you ate the whole dinosaur, you altered beast. I lost my bolsa. WantedA valentine. Must be lean, lissom, lithe, with a great personality. HarryI haven’t forgotten. Thinking of you. Joe LucasClap on, clap off...thanks for the clap. Do you think we could move on...how about the Chia Pet theme song? Love, The seniors in fourth period P.E. Dear YazThat’s a great Odegard, Yaz. See you across the yearbook page. Inci dentally, if you were a reptile, you would be an iguana. Objection... bummer. Love, J.A.S. Dear KevinCould you turn that cymbal down? Care for some Frostiana? Can I have a G-Sharp please? Love, Jackie Dearest PopPlease don ’t let the “two-by-twos” get you down. Happy Valentine’s Day. Drop Dear AliHave an awesome V Day, even if you don’t get a flower. Good luck with...every...thing(?). (Original, huh?) Remember everything worth remembering, (i.e. granola), Dani AllanYou have great legs! ??? Happy Valentine’s day Pingry, my
friends and my teachers. Thanks a lot. To Y .F.C ., J.A .S ., B.G.N., K.M.K., S.RJ., A.J.L., L.F.F., and J.H.G.Remember “Fatal Passion,” warm nerds, noses in the sky, biting pens, candico, “Reflex,” 5th period P.E., special sauce, “Love Shack,” oriental rugs, mice on turntables, “Nice boat, Yaz,” and “Whoa Garcia, cappuc cino.” Love always, Y.S.F. and L.R.J. Guys, Don’t you hate when you don’t remember your own private jokes? Guess Y.F., L.J., A.L., L.F., J. S., B.N., J.G.Remember, Odegard is always with you. Babble, babble, babble...Bah. Let’s get nosed this weekend? Well, maybe n o t I love you guys, Yaz P.S. That was a great story, Yasmeen! To Farah, Anne, and FayeI just wanted to type in those names. Love, Joy ToDThank you for everything. I am not afraid. (You really do have a nice...nevermind!) We’re both crazy. Love Always, Me
To???The bestest big sis in the universe. Eww! You smell... like lilacs! W e’ll miss you, we love you. The sign has got to go! Love, A andC C. Who ever told you to grow up? I’ll promise not to if you promise, too. Where do we belong? I can’t figure it out! I’ll always love you. Happy V Day to all my wonderful advisees. May you find what you want, Lisa, David, Jake, Flo, Jenn, Boyce, Colin, Sophie, and Kevin. Love, Mr. E. To Deen, Bubbles, HomegirlTake a shower for me! The end of the world might never come! You are me and I am you! Love, NORGY, SAP To the b$st peer group everHappy Valentine’sDay! You guys are awesome. We’ll miss you, so keep in touch. Love, Michelle and Mark AlexiaYou are so beautiful, I can not find the right words to express how I feel about you. You’re a real dude!!! Love, ME D. D. & G.W.What if Nike Air uses this as a fake “Romano?” Then we could give HIM dirty looks. Sike! Happy V-Day! Luv ya, I.B.&B.B.
Page 4 Dear “B J .”I know you, but you don’t know me. You seem like a guy that I’d like to meet. You’re cute, you’re cool, And I’m your fool, So be my Valentine, under the sheets To Jake and JamieEven though you love your nintendo more than me, (you never cawll me!) I love you (hot sex) long time. Love, The Assasin o’ Love SanjivI hope you know the way because that’s our only hope. Ow, my mam mary gland. (SanJose!) Oh, the smell of i t Passionately, Jill AlGet a nickname. MargaretWhen I see your shining copper like hair, I know you are my only love goddess. This is a lie. Thanks for my birthday surpise. Love, Whoopie cushion
THE PINGRY SCHOOL AinsworthNice rotten fruit and fresh egg plant, nice VCR, nice life. I love sleeping with you. Nice Elephant. Can I pet your pussycat? Love, Sally
J.C.E.So we’re both losers with nothing to look forward to. Maybe one day you can have a life one day. At least we have each other. (Wow), love, J.S.V.
Lab-losersLyla, “Honest, I’m cold so I bor rowed his jacket.” Yeah, whatever. People say, if you don’t love A.P. Biolgy, well then you can get the hell out! Rach, nice gum, RRRR. Love, Vig
To our peer groupYou guys are the best Every ses sion is like a planting of a seed that blossoms into something special! (Yeah, right)! Love and Kisses, Andy and Jill
AnnYou’re very cool. Stop talking about “harder harder.” I’m getting mad. We love old crows. Daveed Mellech Y’israeL.get psyched for four speakers in our room. I love you, Rodriguez Handleman
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D.C. Called Iowa lately?
Mr. K.People may try to stifle our love. Just wait till I’m out of High School! Y.N.W. To my right nostrilDoc still has a nose., .we have breath.
J.W .Still free to be you and me. Come visit me next year. J.A.S. Ms. OliveriThis valentine is pending. Love, The Senior class For the last time, That was a great story Yasmeen !!! David F.You’re definately the coolest middle schooler! Love, The Senior Girls To S.N.After all we’ve been through, we’re still together. I love you. L.O.
Dear K.P., D.H., L.J., J.D., R.W., J.A., S.M., S.T., J.R., K.G., A.S., J.E., G.V.: J S., J ¥.., C.McD., L.H., L.K., A.H., J.E. From calamity, success extricated. You've all been so nice and I very much appreciate it. Congratulations to a great team of editors, photogra phers, artists, and crew ,on an even greater book. Luv y'all, MLS Kevin Komasikerak, 15 miles to the love shack!
AliTo my twin...can you believe we made it through six years of Pingry together without killing each other?! Remember Greg T ’s brownie, and, of course, Anteaters/Sunlight washes over turnips. How profound.
To a certain Governor’s School applicantI like your smile. I hope I can get to know you better, A Senior To The Record StaffYou guys are awesome!!!
To Laura and MaraNo portamentos. To my friendsI wanna make cheese! AnteaterWhat is the meaning of life? Love, Turnip
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