Why You Shouldn’t Go to Your School Reunion

[@Lesliekentyoutubeuser]

As a teacher, we dread reunions too. It's not funny to see the cheater become a banker later 😂

[@sarah.bea.]

My best friend now teaches at our old school and dear god have I learned things about our old teachers from him. So I feel for both sides 😅

[@johndoe5555]

I once met my math teacher... I just informed him that despite the grades, now I am counting the amount of his pension 😆

[@jmurray1110]

So nothing changed

[@burnyizland]

Why are teachers going to these?

[@burnyizland]

@@johndoe5555I once met my favorite teacher from elementary school just after I'd graduated high school and he got fall down drunk and hit on me really inappropriately(while mentioning his thoughts about me when I was in 5th grade). Never meet your heroes, kids.

[@hehemusicauthorfreak]

The fact that Hog's character's school uniform still fits 🤣 loving the sitcom guys returning!

[@garyneilson1833]

My school uniform still fits me 😀 well it's just the tie really 😂

[@danielreed5199]

@@garyneilson1833 I understand, my trousers still fit me, if I wear them as a scarf :)

[@Lernos1]

​@@garyneilson1833Going to a school reunion in just the tie? Brave, but cool ;⁠)

[@michellebyrom6551]

​@@garyneilson1833at least its not just the scarf.

[@TooLateForIeago]

Good on him for keeping fit.

[@TooLateForIeago]

When my 20-year school reunion came around, I happened to be a 10-minute walk from the pub where it was to be held. I was a regular there, and still decided that attending wasn't worth my time.

[@sauron2000000]

Well done

[@101runaways]

5 min drive to mine, would not have gone even if I could.

[@alphagt62]

A bunch of women tried to get me to go, I wiggled out of it. I couldn’t think of a single soul I wanted to see there.

[@Number6_]

I went to the 10 year. Had a good time, it was even held at the school.

[@noone12748]

That's kinda sad

[@GetYourChicken17]

For those who remember Duck Dynasty, Jase once said "If I haven't talked to you in 20 years, there's probably a reason for it."

[@DavidVance-p8z]

U & J's both made good decisions

[@nadogrl]

In his case, it’s probably because they moved away, and he still lives in West Monroe?❤

[@williambaker2938]

I never went to my high school reunion and I think I'm a lot richer for it who cares about going to him I really don't want people to know what's going on my life because I'm going to do what I'm going to do and I don't need anybody to tell me otherwise

[@turtleanton6539]

​@@williambaker2938yeeh

[@mrcooljay7276]

What are you implying

[@laurenconrad1799]

“Why school reunions? You don’t go to prison reunions.” This is hitting a little too close to home for me. 😂

[@nikkikindinger2718]

Exactly. Other than prison, school is the only place people are forced to be in life, with no choice to leave.

[@marciadanemayer2251]

😂

[@newagain9964]

Bots are getting better at generating SM comments. 😮

[@Number6_]

Of course there are prison reunions. You think people only get caught once and that's it.

[@marknewton6984]

The 3 most popular girls in HS have been married three times with no kids.😮

[@MismeretMonk]

When you leave highschool: "Well goodbye everyone, I'll remember you all in therapy."

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

🎯🎯🎯

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

Good one!

[@seatime674]

😂😂

[@Nero-was-Right]

Most relatable comment ever

[@milesdyson]

Seriously, these high schools in the USA here are nothing more than factories pumping out mental health problems.

[@NiaJustNia]

As someone who was bullied in school, I cannot imagine anything worse than a school reunion. They'd all be there passing pleasantries like they didn't set up a class wide competition of throwing scissors at me because I was reading a book.

[@vyvienn]

I skipped a few, then went to one. All the wankers had shown up, all the interesting people had stayed away. The one nice girl from our year had just got engaged and got an earful from the doofus who’d got herself pregnant during our last year about how martiage changes your life for the worse. I’ve stuck to skipping since then.

[@guitar19971]

I’m with you on this one. Am I expected to make polite conversation with the dickheads who made my life at school hell? Bugger that.

[@82mabli]

I went to my tenth and told my bullies how they f'ed up my life. 15 years later I am still proud of myself.

[@thedevil1667]

Oh Jesus. Scissors??? That is a murder attempt. I hope no one ever has to go through that ever again

[@samanthahardy9903]

My daughter had to have surgery and the nurse who changed her dressings used to bully the hell out of her in school. My daughter was incredibly nervous as she remembered how horrible she was in school.

[@jameswilliamstreet]

I didn't want to be in school when I had to be there, now pushing 30 years later I have no intention of going to any kind of reunion. Ever.

[@Studio-62]

Exactly why I don’t go. Everyone remembers the person you were. They have no idea and you have no way to convince them of the person you have become.

[@wapa171]

..you don't have to convince somebody.. you are the person who you are und thats it.

[@ChaadFairservice20022]

*gets dropped off on school grounds by h3licopter w/ 3 supermodels on your arms in tailor made, silk lined suit and aligator skin loafers. Holding 8ball of bolivias finest marching powder in jacket pocket. 😬

[@scientistmilorad9735]

Why would you have to convince anyone? I wanted to go to school reunion to show everyone that now I'm successful, fit, and happy in life, but I decided not to because I made this life for myself and not for others

[@scientistmilorad9735]

​@@ChaadFairservice20022 did you censor the helicopter? 💀

[@maenad1231]

Well im still smarter and morally superior & I still wouldn’t go to one

[@DennisMoore664]

The best thing about High School was never having to go back once I was done with it. Intercourse the reunions.

[@scientistmilorad9735]

Lmao 😂

[@theyisnothere]

Real

[@JohnWilliams-ij4gj]

😂😂👏👏👏👍🏻

[@kufreibanga7980]

😂😂

[@tbk2010]

I need a sequel after the reunion where everyone's expectations have been turned on their heads.

[@Leenapanther]

Yeah you think everyone is so sucessful, because of what they post online. I randomly met a former class mate in the train. I knew she was a CEO of some firm and managing a famous restaurant. She told me how a difficult time she had with work and further education.

[@garyneilson1833]

This should be posted into every school Facebook group when a reunion is mentioned 😂

[@SamFAHntha]

Literally ANYTHING for that juicy drama hahaha

[@luminyam6145]

Omg yes!!!

[@liammacaodha4783]

Yet another reason why I'm glad I don't have a Facebook account. I didn't even know there was such a thing

[@MasterNcognito]

Facebook actual ruined the “need” for reunions.

[@rushrush1209]

It's simple. If you had a great time in school and you think you'll see a lot of people you like, then try to go to your reunion. If you had a miserable time in school, then you have no obligation to go to your reunion (actually it would be stupid to go).

[@filippetrovic845]

Yes. Its doesnt matter what changed in your life. Even if you are successful it would be hypocritical to go to reunion to meet people you disliked.

[@myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070]

@@filippetrovic845that's not what hypocritical means and is making a lot of assumptions

[@НевенаНиколова-к6ы]

I am more of an introverted person. Imagining myself with all these people, who will try to impress everybody around how successful they are, combined with the effort to preen myself for a two hour stunt of small talk and high talk... Nah, I am staying at home, there were way better things to do.

[@edthelazyboy]

@@filippetrovic845 Agreed. Even if I think I'm successful I won't go. Chances are very good that others will be even more successful than me, then I will very embarrassed. What if my old bully became a successful CEO and I'm just a high salaried employee. As you said, why would I want to brag about my success with people who I dislike? They will probably try to take advantage of me anyways.

[@SeanReillyEsq]

"A riot started over there" is a genuine comment that could be said about my school. It made national news in the UK. 😂

[@foilarmsandhog]

Oh my god 😳

[@sovietunion7643]

this sounds like something that would come out of a diary of a wimpy kid book or something

[@X.R.808]

My secondary made it on the national news too 🤦‍♂️

[@LuckyCharms777]

Lol, my high school made national news in the US. It was a nice little blemish that showed how horrible my school has become. Heck, even my childhood neighborhood is horrible now. Thanks diversity.

[@AnnaHazel17]

Hog really shines in this one! Something about the raised eyebrows and judicious choice of words such as "prudent" 😂

[@SamFAHntha]

Reminds me of that character in the 'Confronting the school Bully' sketch (or something like that haha)

[@jaengen]

Bullying was a way of life for many, many kids in their school journey from primary through high school. As one of those kids who survived the long nightmare, I have absolutely no desire to see even one of those jerks again in this lifetime.

[@seeleunit2000]

Exactly. You do your time and you get out.

[@Dwayne-mb2uj]

I had a bully say they were sorry and asked to be forgiven.

[@evilbarbie2160]

​@@Dwayne-mb2uj depending on which one of mine we're talking about... I'd probably tell them to pay their portion of my therapy and recovery bills, then we'll talk, and not before... ...so yours asked for forgiveness, but did they apologize SINCERELY?

[@naylorbroughton1159]

exactly. you dont need to come back and "show them" you showed them already by getting on with your life and having no concern to see them ever again

[@williamdaniels6943]

I never got bullied. I did the 50yd dash in 6.9 and had a lug wrench waiting in my studebaker. What FUN in the high school parking lot

[@CraigAnderson-h2h]

I'm 78, never been to a reunion. I've lived my life by the rule, 'never look back.'

[@karendiane9154]

Well Said!

[@socpancake]

“when an inmate gets out of prison…” 😂 10/10 solid reasoning there!

[@SN-sz7kw]

I’ve taught my girls the old joke - what do you call a nerd 10 years after HS? Boss. It’s made them embrace their nerdiness, ambition, & disdain for high school hotshots & bullies. One nice story tho - I heard one of our grade school bullies became an Outward Bound counselor. Seems to me he had a lot of struggles as a boy & dedicated himself to helping other youngsters overcome theirs. 💗

[@edthelazyboy]

I think it's more realistic that nerds end up working for the bullies and popular kids later on in life. I was a nerd in high school and college. Now, as a software engineer, I feel that the higher ups are where they are because of their connections and how they look / talk.

[@scientistmilorad9735]

That's not realistic at all 💀

[@scientistmilorad9735]

​@@edthelazyboy exactly bro

[@trent800]

@@edthelazyboywell not most of the bullies, however they do end up working for the popular kids

[@FirstnameLastnames]

Redemption! ❤ Love seeing someone turn their life around.

[@JeleFili_savage_Filipomena]

I like the new dynamic between the squatters. 3 guys knowing each other from school feels very natural. Aodhagán as the sly one with strange beliefs, Suits the quirky, but secretly quite smart one and Chris the nice and supportive, but also naive one.

[@xshayahyawzi3666]

Yeah, but do you not feel this breaks their characters a bit? well excepting Aodhagan's, he still has the same behaviour. Suits was a gamer and Chris was, well, bit mysterious. But sure I lived the sketch

[@xshayahyawzi3666]

Chris was certainly a stranger to them

[@JeleFili_savage_Filipomena]

​@@xshayahyawzi3666I think Aodhagán and Suits are the same, just a bit tamer. The Chris in this sketch could also be just a friend with the name Chris visiting them and not the roommate. The original Chris didn't really fit in and I wrote a little fahnfiction last month for the fahnartchallenge on Instagram, where the squatters and Chris finding his place are also included. I like the sketch, but to me Chris could also be replaced by Arms as Aodhagáns older brother.

[@celler1296]

Pretty sure theyre not the squatters in this ond

[@xshayahyawzi3666]

@@celler1296 may be not, but arms is still Chris here and foil looks like Aodhagán from nearly all squatters episodes and is mostly in character. Only Hog does not look like suits at all. But nevermind it was fun

[@ADHDIYuk]

Never been to a school reunion, never will. I was bullied through school and don't have time for seeing people I never liked.

[@andrewmulligan6844]

I can relate to that.

[@GlenRoss-ug5jm]

Likewise.

[@paulconway384]

They continued to bully me even after I left school. 😲

[@ADHDIYuk]

@@paulconway384 that is some sociopathic behaviour

[@thenovicenovelist]

Same here.

[@Chahlie]

Despite still living in the same area (I'm 60) I have managed to dodge reunions. Why on earth would I want to revisit the most ghastly years of my life? I run into teachers quite often, and that is enough,

[@DavidVance-p8z]

Hey bud I'm older than you and I haven't been to any either but I will tell you I still live in the same area as I went to school but yet they can't find my address to send me a paper to invite me to their reunions and I've lived in the same place since 1969 why would I want to go to something like that

[@Critique808]

Same here. My classmates weren't close to me 40 years ago so why go to reunion. I just be friends on Facebook.

[@Jim.Mohammad.Everyman]

Great to see the Squatters crew again! Suits is much more bearable in this avatar, Chris is cooler, and Aragorn is still reliably frustrated but self aware. Nice!

[@SamFAHntha]

Chris is so cool now though, it sounds like he's lost IQ points 😂😂😂

[@xshayahyawzi3666]

yeah cause Aragorn was destined to be the king of Gondor and Arnor. He sure will be frustated being stuck in modern times😂😂

[@LinktoSonic]

Social media definitely makes school reunions an obsolete concept. Everybody already posts updates on their lives on instagram. No point in wasting time and money traveling to an in-person reunion

[@tyarnold4088]

Yeah. No point in anyone ever getting together, because life is nothing but fake social media.

[@Anton43218]

I don't have any social media presence nor have I even posted my face on there, ever.

[@Pappagar]

those of us without social media its a good time

Funny thing is, a person from my old high school wants to a reunion through social media because they went to the school and started to reminisce about the old years. And it's for the 10 year anniversary of the graduation, not entering high school on the first year.

[@myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070]

By your logic there's no reason wasting time and money to go outside ever.

[@kedaver263]

"Gonna punch her in the face" loved that punchline and loved the delivery 😂

[@SamFAHntha]

Ahhhh very punny haha, well done 😂

[@SugarandSarcasm]

It was beautiful 🥲

[@tobiMelka]

How come?? This line totally confuses me... a young man punching a woman?? AEghon must then really be the biggest loser of all!! 🙄

[@SamFAHntha]

@@tobiMelka They're punching everyone else in the face too remember, men included. It's all a joke, no one's actually debating whether hitting a woman is funny or not (because it's absolutely not, Treat People With Kindness people) 🙂

[@tobiMelka]

@@SamFAHntha you mean "punch people with kindness"?? 🤭👍

[@jeanpaulfelix4095]

I went, the same bully was there being a bully. I shit you not.

[@seeleunit2000]

So, nothing changed for that guy ? Some people remain assholes

[@Campaigner82]

Sad….thiugh he has NO power anymore.

[@SRose-vp6ew]

He’s probably principal of the school now

[@naylorbroughton1159]

everyone is just an older version of themself. Sure, people can change. Most dont

[@joshuajabbari168]

The day i graduate from high school i never saw or talked to anyone ever again and i couldn't be happier as Cartman would say "screw you guys im going home" or bender "so long jerks" me i just walked away and never looked back

[@karendiane9154]

Same with me when I graduated from high school. The day after I graduated, I packed my clothes in a suitcase. I moved out of state and lived with my grandparents. I got a job and never went back to my old town.

[@paulsccna2964]

My high school Biology teacher and English teacher tortured me. To this day. I can not write a sentence with out re-writing it over and over. And, in university, I took biology and passed. And biology was not even required for my degree. Just to prove to myself, that I could pass biology.

[@thenovicenovelist]

My Biology teacher was horrendous to our class as well. I would read the chapter and the test questions would come from either other chapters in the book or the answers were in obscure areas like the photo description. And she punished the entire class because a few female classmates left inappropriate notes on the wall for the substitute teacher who took over for a few weeks while she was sick. The first day she came back was misery for all of us. The other science teachers weren't that great either. One literally told me I better enjoy being poor if I wanted to work in the sciences, so I changed my career choices only to learn years later that STEM jobs were in high demand and my career field was actually oversaturated.

[@paulsccna2964]

@@thenovicenovelist I think a core problem with both High school and college educations is they do not provide marketable skills that are relevant to obtaining a job. If someone had pointed that out to me I would have not wasted so much time and money in college.

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

First and foremost, high schools and colleges should be providing you with the knowledge and skills to be an informed and thoughtful citizen. Second, they need to be providing you with the knowledge and skills needed to give you a chance at being successful. Both are extremely important, but I think we have lost sight of the first one. If the country falls apart, it won’t matter how personally good you are at your job.

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

Ugh. Teachers can do so much to either catapult a student on their way or damage them deeply. It’s such a critical job, but the way we pay teachers and bury them in bureaucracy is driving away the good people.

[@mar1za69]

If anyone told me Foil, Arms & Hog would be at my School Reunion (not that I'd ever gave any) I'd be there in a heartbeat

[@josiechaney9010]

That’s the ONLY reason I’d go!

[@sambesisky5517]

😂 That‘s right! Aren‘t these guys just brillant?!

[@yorgunsamuray]

They went to the same uni though.

[@kens2328]

I wasn’t invited to my 20th HS reunion, despite living less than 45 minutes away. Organizers claimed they didn’t know how to get hold of me. However, my wedding was just a few months later and many classmates were on the guest list. They were all very aware of how to contact me. Feels good. I’m looking at you, Eldorado, Illinois, class of 1989. All my “friends” can suck it.

[@scientistmilorad9735]

I hope they stopped being on the list after that

[@kens2328]

@scientistmilorad9735 Unfortunately, I didn't even know the reunion took place until recently, some 15 years after the fact. A classmate texted a pic to me that was taken at the party. So it was really just an accident that I found out. I'm not sure what I would've done back then about the invitee list if I'd found out about the reunion before the wedding took place. If it happened now, I think I'd be OK telling them all to go straight to hell.

[@scientistmilorad9735]

@@kens2328 Damn. Better have honest enemy than a fake friend

[@tomriddle8933]

​@@kens2328most of those people had nothing to do with organizing the thing.

[@amitabhhajela681]

I'm class of '89 from an American high school as well. I was not popular and middle school/high school were not great years for me (never bullied per se though).. but what I realize more and more is that the 80s were a GREAT time for the popular kids to have grown up.. some great great movies and music.. MTV.. etc. I enjoyed that in relative isolation but many kids enjoyed that in a social context and I still envy them that.

[@kaamirani]

The prison analogy is 100% correct!

[@atwitchyferret]

I went to my class reunion and remembered that almost all of my friends were in other grades and nobody I really cared about was there and I felt alone among 100 people. I just left without telling anyone.

[@johnbrylledomingo6377]

Yeah, you would've kept in touch (even if only a little bit) with the people you cared about and the people who cared about you (of course with effort ) . Everyone outside of that are just people you met one time and didn't make that "friend" connection and likely never will. Even worse is if you see people you hate (either you're just showing up to brag the them about your successes or for them to shove it in your face about your failures). it is what it is.

[@stefanogalimberti1416]

6 years since I graduated from the italian equivalent of high school. During/after covid we started seeing again and now almost half of the old class hangs out quite frequently. We may have lost touch with some, but it's great that we can go along as we were 17 again.

[@FreeloadingBird2584]

That's quite impressive.

[@Karuuhnia]

We had a class reunion recently and it was quite interesting: Most of the women looked almost exactly like they did 15 years ago, some even prettier! Among the guys there were huge differences: Some still had babyfaces and some unfortunate souls looked like 50-year-olds, mainly because of the hair loss. The most shocking sight however was a guy who apparently never stopped the partying and boozing after his teenage years and looked and smelled like he lived in a crack house. Can't say I didn't feel a bit of Schadenfreude though. That guy was one of my biggest bullies back in school, so I guess karma is real sometimes.

[@martavdz4972]

Same with our class bully, once they get their swagger they hold on to it and don´t move on from it.

[@laurenconrad1799]

I wonder if Foil, Arms, and Hog look exactly like they did back in high school. Based on content from 15 years ago, they look the same now as they did right after they finished University. 😂

[@221b-l3t]

Alcohol... also no sports or moisturizer.

[@paulacostescu1041]

I just had my 20y reunion from College, and I have the same first conclusion. Girls looked amazing!!! I am definitely feeling better than 20 y ago. ❤

[@w0t3rdog]

I mean, he cant be doing too badly if he could party non-stop the past 15 years, can he?

[@Neutral_Tired]

02:16 love the implication that the riot and the stabbing were at the school, not the prison.

[@nate7790]

I sure am glad school reunions aren’t a thing here in Switzerland. Apart from a couple friends from much later studies, I’ve kept no contacts with anyone from my other schools and high schools. Going to one would feel to me like I’m gonna spend an evening pretending to be interested in the lives of a bunch of total strangers who’s lives I couldn’t care less about. And yet I don’t even consider myself as someone who would have reasons to be ashamed of who I’ve become. Totally agree about the prison trip down memory lane here. The only thing in a reunion that might bring me a little satisfaction would be if I saw an old bully had become a complete loser…but then I would feel ashamed of myself. So really nothing good I can imagine coming from such an event

[@TheChocoDoll]

I was loser in school and still a loser = absolutely not going to reunion 😂

[@kens2328]

As a lifelong underachiever, I feel your pain.

[@paulconway384]

Same. Still living at home in my 50s. 😂

[@sipho513]

​@@paulconway384😂

[@timotejlovrec9029]

Same bro, but despite that im going, might make someone else feel better about themself xD

[@bsnf-5]

Loser is not a fact, it is a state of mind. Stare into a mirror and see a lion and don't let other bring you down. By the way, I am no better; many people would see me as a loser. But guess what I don't give the slightest

[@theweirdo61]

Would absolutely love to see a sitcom written, directed and performed by you guys!

[@chrisV8]

I left school 20 years ago, I have no idea how I would even fit in a school uniform. 😅 Then again, our school didn’t have a uniform. It was also a terrible place, with unmotivated teachers and students. I was told consistently I wouldn’t make anything of myself, I showed no interest other than trying to get as many hours of sleep in during class as I could. All those teacher were wrong, I made a life for myself they can only dream of. Now for any kid in school reading this, school isn’t bad, education is a good thing. I’ve come across multiple things in life I’ve had to re-educate myself on because I didn’t pay attention back then. But, schools fail to teach us how the system works, how money works. (Unless you have rich parents who sent you to an expensive business school, those kids are thought with a different mindset). Schools are designed to teach you some of the basics and become a cog in society, a sheep in the flock, teachers can’t help it, they are a product of that themselves. Pay attention in school, but find something you are truly passionate about, it can be anything and think about how that can work for you. Education will get you only so far, educating yourself will get you that extra mile that will make all the difference.

[@tigretora1]

I disagree. School does teach us how the system works. We are drones who go to school-prison so we can get a job-prison to make money for a warden who already has enough money but they are in competition with the other wardens for who dies with the most money. Granted, there are non-system exceptions, mostly by rebels who fought and continue to fight the system their whole lives. And outside of work can be good if you stay away from the system aka pop culture.

[@destro9955]

Life taught me more than school ever did.

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

School is an opportunity to acquire knowledge and reasoning skills, if you are smart you will extract as much as you possibly can from it, no matter how lousy or great the school is. It will always pay dividends later no matter what path you choose.

[@stuartward1755]

I skipped my 10 year reunion and I'll most likely skip the next one as well. The way I see it, if my former classmates and I wanted to stay in touch with each other we would have.

[@lynncai587]

I honestly don't think I would even bother to go to either my high school or college reunion. Heck, I barely knew anyone in college lol. Anyways, great sketch once again lads- nice to see another edition of Squatters. You guys definitely deserve a TV show of your own! It's ever too late to revive these dreams once again ;)

[@impalabeeper]

Having a TV show would ruin it. They'd be under pressure to keep the ratings up or lose the show. I'd say they are already doing well with sticking to KZbin and doing live shows.

[@moonhunter9993]

People from my two main schools were having reunions all the time. Turns out I was the only pupil they could never trace or find (until I contacted an old friend 30 years later). I had left the country... still don't get school reunions.

[@lynncai587]

@@impalabeeper I was just kidding with them. Yea, I do agree that having their own TV show wouldn’t be the best for them. They’re very lucky for KZbin

[@dillarddillard-p4e]

“ when you’re a convict you don’t go back to prison for a reunion’’ Hahaha , that on took me out!

[@llamasugar5478]

Attended my class’s 40th this summer (only missed 2 over the years). We have a good time; the rivalries are settled for the most part, and now we’re just a bunch of people with shared experience getting together to catch up. In my work life, I’m one of the “senior” employees. Some days, I feel _antiquated._ So I appreciate being in a room full of geezers like myself. For a couple hours, everyone gets my references.

[@andrewmueller3872]

That's my line of reasoning as well. 10th and 20th year reunions would just be competitions, after that people might actually be interested in each other.

[@skoffco]

Graduated high school 1975 never thought for one second about attending any high school reunion.

[@oldbatwit5102]

Yep. Same for me.

[@jimclarence5441]

I'm about the same age as you. Many of high mates were ones that I also attended public school. We have an active FaceBook site. We have formal reunions every 10 years. Just a different place I guess.

[@karendiane9154]

I have never attended any of my class reunions My last reunion was $175.00 to attend. It was too expensive for me.

[@Melhappens]

I scanned the parkrun barcode of an old teacher two weeks ago. She recognised me, I’d forgotten about her! That’s enough school reunion for me. “Look, Miss! I’m a Director!” (A voluntary parkrun Run Director in charge of 600 people and 50-60 volunteers is still a Director)

[@SamFAHntha]

"that's enough school reunion for me" made me giggle 😂

[@Heleendje]

I think the dog ate Chris's character backstory along with everyone's homework 😅

[@gabsie7224]

Last "school reunion" I went to - basically a few days after graduating 😂 - one of my teachers laughed in my face when I told him I was going on to study foreign languages, meaning it was the stupidest subject to waste a few years on. I hated that guy... and I still do 😊

[@bluehouse2112]

Reunions ‘are just a circle jerk and we’re all squares’ - what a classic!!😂

[@tinigella]

Guys, you deserve a whole full lenght show/TV series/sitcom.. as well as raiding all possible awards.... get ready with additional shelves in your office, or you will not know where to put all the prizes and awards you'll be receiving in 2024🎉!

[@foilarmsandhog]

Haha 😄

[@r.d.493]

My high school permanently closed 16 years after I graduated. Six months before news of the closure was revealed, my school had a reunion to celebrate 40 years. I had no intention of going, but I’m still friends with one of my old teachers and she persuaded me to go. I’m glad I did because it was nice to make peace with some of my classmates and it was fun to give the cold shoulder to my old algebra teacher. I was all ready to ask him if he was still teaching or if he was finally doing something he was good at, but instead I refused to acknowledge his presence.

[@h.h.6171]

Graduated in '83. Havent been to ONE reunion. I plan to keep that streak intact.

[@JohnWilliams-ij4gj]

Graduated in ‘83 also, and I would not go to a reunion if they were holding it next door to my home.

[@naylorbroughton1159]

1985 here! I went to the five year in 1990. Realized it was a mistake.

[@rhyfelwrDuw]

Never been to a school reunion and never plan on going to one either! I've always said it felt like doing the time for a crime I never committed! The sporty girls when it was games lessons, VM & JR - always the captains, always chose their buddies first and if you were not part of their in crowd, you were demeaned and chosen last! Form 4 (year 10 these days) was freedom as I could go play badminton with the lads instead of netball with the girls!

[@WillyBluefield]

My 30th was great because I got to see all these old chubbed-out schoolmates, including the jocks and cheerleaders, who looked like they were in their 50s while I looked like I had just turned 40.

[@RoyalRaj-ou7zm]

Amazing 👏

[@UncleGingersChronicles]

45th year of freedom. I'm never going to a class reunion. We had a senior class of 90, and most of them are dead. 😢

[@trekkie-cat]

So glad I never went to my 20th high school reunion! No desire to reconnect with bullies!

[@ippolitius]

Never look back, never return.

[@LuckyCharms777]

It’s like visiting your old neighborhood and seeing how everything has changed for the worse.

[@SoJangHo37]

Bro this Sounds like the Dialogue of many Horror Movies

[@Greg-ii6nq]

School was a sentence, never truer words...

[@sarah.bea.]

Oh, that hit home. My 10-year reunion was cancelled because of COVID (yes yes, so sad) and I‘m a bit anxious someone will have another attempt at organising one. Unfortunately, I would definitely go because I‘m too damn nosey 🙈

[@foilarmsandhog]

That's a great reason to go

[@roesi1985]

Haha, same here. Have been to both school reunions we've had so far because I'm nosey and just wanted to know what had become of them all! I was definitely the shy, nerdy, boring one at school, but I didn't fare that bad in life and have become much more confident since then, so I didn't feel anxious about going. It was also interesting to see that the nicer people all came to the reunion and most of the bullies stayed away. The one bully that did left early. Guess she felt misplaced because her game-playing didn't work anymore.

[@chadnorris8257]

Highschool was the worst four years of my life. No way I'm going back to that building, seeing those people again, every ten years.

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

This is so true and honest. I never went to any school reunion and never was tempted.

[@steampaul3442]

the timing of this is hilarious. my mom didn't go to her school reunion next week because we're going to your live show in cologne.

[@GhostofTheUchiha22]

Going to high school reunions is a prime example of peaking in high school💀💀🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@stereotypespecialist]

I went to one reunion and that was as a courtesy for a former classmate. It wasn't a bad reunion, it was fairly pleasant. I had poignant conversations with some classmates during the dinner part of the reunion. That was probably the best part since it was at a restaurant in my home town. There were some odd questions by one person I remember who made a comment about where I lived. They said," Oh, you didn't move far away." I was like, "Oh, was I supposed to?" Some classmates didn't talk to me at all and at the end of the dinner, there was a homecoming festival so I went there for a bit and hung out for a little while. It was relatively boring so that was where the reunion fizzled since everyone was just kind of doing their own thing. I was talking to the classmate I came to the reunion for and we were talking to this other classmate that was pretty stand-offish towards me. I headed out shortly after that. My observations were that a lot of the people who were at this reunion still thought it was high school. The next reunion I made it known that I was vacationing in Dallas so I couldn't make it and I've never even considered going to another one. Long story short. Save for a few people, these individuals are not my friends. If they wanted to reach out at some point, they would have. Facebook doesn't count which is why I'm not on it. The End.

[@kdavidsmith1]

I've never been to a HS reunion and I can say I'm happy to have not wasted the time.

[@karendiane9154]

Well Said! I never went to any of my high school reunions.

[@christineslattery3351]

In 2019 we had a reunion marking 70 years since we started school in country South Australia, which began with dinner on Friday evening, and went through to Sunday afternoon. It was great, as some of us hadn't seen each other for over 60 years, and most of us had gone through the 7 years of primary school together, and the class numbered around 24. Of these, 8 became Registered Nurses, one teacher and a Baptist Minister, an Anglican Priest, and a Lutheran Deaconess.

[@tamsmartin1]

I am shit at remembering people, faces, names, I retain nothing when it comes to most humans. So at a school reunion I would be wondering around looking at nearly everyone blankly going 'Who are you then ' and 'Nope, that did not help at all'

[@leecowell8165]

My spouse was like that... could NOT remember a name or attach faces to them. I'm exactly the opposite. However I hated school so why go back to visit it? Never did. I only live about 50 miles from it and have never gone back for a look. I do look at it from Google Earth every few years though. Of course its changed a LOT.. Back then no A/C, no heat.. this was in South Florida so really didn't need it at the time. Everything was pretty much outdoors. Nowadays A/C everywhere school is completely enclosed.

[@tamsmartin1]

@@leecowell8165 That is another very good reason not to go - you are correct high school in itself was more of a time to get through from necessity rather than anything else.

[@FRODIII]

2:07 best argument!

[@User8vfjhejf]

I had no friends in High School, that's why I'll never go. Didn't go to the prom, or take the senior class school picture...I'm not even in the yearbook.

[@Zamorakphat]

Heck you don’t even have a username User8vfjhejf, you’re really flying under the radar!

[@SRose-vp6ew]

Well, God sees you and loves you even if you’re really good at being incognito. Have you ever read the book quiet or seen the Ted talk? Nothing wrong with quiet, but I am glad you talked here. My husband actually met me by forcing his introverted self to cold call people from his church on 4th of July till he called someone from the group I was going with. When I tell you there were fireworks the first moment we met it’s not a metaphor, there really was. He was a He was an introvert, I was an extrovert. It’s a good balance. We agree on everything that’s an important core value, but approach life differently, and that’s a good thing. He also skipped prom. I went to a few proms. Ezer Kenegdo

[@Avrelivs_Gold]

same deal... i didn't even get along with any of them online... absolute randoms not worth wasting any second thought

[@KlausKokholmPetersen]

Hoping life treats you better now.

[@SamFAHntha]

Had a dream last night where I was at my first next show gig. Arms couldn't be there all of a sudden (he was fine don't worry) and so Foil and Hog were wondering what to do. I said "if you want, I know Hogwash pretty well..." You know how I know this is a dream? BECAUSE THEY SAID YES BAHAHA So I got up on stage and did all of Arms' lines 😂 I can't sing and don't particularly enjoy deafening people so Hog took over those parts and I did his. It was all so weird? But a heck load of fun 😂 In the interval we figured out an ending and afterwards they said I did a great job 😆 When the show was over, we went to go visit ya and you were happy and sort of proud, but also very, very jealous. Foil rubbing it in your face was not helping either 😂😂😂 I'm not really sure where I was going with this story, but since I'm here I may as well say... Sorry Arms... Foil, Hog, this is my resumé, I can start whenever 😏😌

[@foilarmsandhog]

If it had to be anyone, I'm glad it was you

[@SamFAHntha]

​@@foilarmsandhogOkay I'll just go cry then. That's the best compliment I've ever- please excuse me 😭❤️

[@ellie.b.e.]

@@SamFAHntha Keep it together, keep it together, if you cry now it'll make the singing on stage bits tougher.

[@IntensivePorpoise]

A fun alternative to "is there a doctor on the plane?" "Excuse me Ladies and Gentlemen, is there a comedian in the theatre?" (Heckler: "I paid good money on the understanding there would be three of them!")

[@anonymous_selkie]

If true, that would have been such an awesome dream. 😁

[@ghostlylover99123]

Let's just say, those reunions are just there for people who peaked in highschool.

[@queeg6473]

My Happiest school memory was finishing my last GCSE, ripping off my tie and top shirt button as I walked out of the exam hall, emptying my locker and getting the F out of there, while ignoring all the teachers I passed who were telling me to put my tie back on. What were they gonna do, put me in detention ? Good luck with that........

[@MSte21]

Damn, Aodghan really summed up why I'd never go to school reunions.

[@dgsquare]

great sketch as usual! I like how the characters are developing, they are getting better! But if you want to make a sitcom, here is the perfect set up: A street in a small town in Ireland, with the Flanagans (Ann and Oisin) Living next door from Barry, the McCormicks across the street, the squatters lads in the apartment building, Grandma Gerharty living near her Dereks grandsons, in an assisted living facility with the other older characters (grandpas and grandpas from the future), with the hard lads in the back alleys, and the office people in a commercial building near by. Of course there has to be an art studio and acting school for La Bullshat and Richard Chandley III, and for the Snob to visit. Make them interact with each other at times, and you'll have a perfect sitcom!! You don't need TV! Do it here and we'll be glad to pay you what you need to run it! You want to keep your creative freedom!!

[@melinalack6224]

Another good thing about being homeschooled is that I never have to worry about reunions!! 😆😆Fantastic tour lineup, how exciting!!! You three deserve a full sitcom, and all the awards to go with it!! you are hilarious!

[@SamFAHntha]

Hmm that's partly true.... as long as you don't see visiting your parents as school reunio-... Oh I'm so sorry 😂

[@rumigraciea8216]

In homeschool case family reunion would be also be a school reunion.

[@flakerflip01]

Yeah, you can be reminded of how much more successful your siblings are every time you call your mom.

[@KgrK13]

Loved this! Always happy to watch more Squatters & it definitely should be a full length series!

[@korky0104]

Pissy Cliff 😂😂 It is funny how in reality some people get stuck with such nicknames the whole life 😅 And congratulations on expanding your tour on previously not visited countries! I would be curious to know how you lads feel playing the same show for more than a year - do you miss having some new sketches in the live show every year?

[@foilarmsandhog]

Love it, get to improve it all the time

[@thecocktailian2091]

I once gave a fellow the Nickname Goodbye Horses. It was spot on, so it naturally stuck. I feel bad to this day, with just a tinge of pride.

[@Emma_W_]

I was 100% on board with everything Aodghán said - but then Suits comes in with his face punching and his discussion with Mr Wall about his 99%... and good god I'm Suits! 😱 Had a surprise gormless laugh at 'its on school grounds'.

[@SamFAHntha]

They know us all too well, it's not fair 😂😂😂

[@Emma_W_]

@@SamFAHntha I feel so called out!

[@SamFAHntha]

My theory for Foil wanting to put a moustache on every character he plays is so he can increase the chances of new people coming in and thinking it's real 🤔😆

[@Emma_W_]

He's really going for realism with those moustaches 😂

[@Jim.Mohammad.Everyman]

He could just grow one....😂

[@somebodyCHBiH]

I hope that is his plan. Maybe we should help him and not mention in comments that the moustache is fake.

[@SamFAHntha]

@@somebodyCHBiH Naaaah, if he wants this, he's gonna have to earn it 😂😂😂

[@IntensivePorpoise]

​@@Jim.Mohammad.Everymanbut that would mean no more Oisín 😭 (Sure, phone. I definitely wanted to say pain not Oisín.)

[@glebarhangelsky4351]

I've made a guest speech at my school recently, and yes, "trip down memory to prison" is a good analogy. Though I had not been bullied, we had mostly very good teachers and nice classmates, but still...

[@LiliumSylvanum]

Great to see another chapter of The Squatters. And see you in Prague next week! 🎉 Can’t wait.

[@foilarmsandhog]

See you there!

[@LiliumSylvanum]

@@foilarmsandhogsee you, Arms!

[@jennyormrod2288]

I love the Squatters sketches! I've never had a school reunion thank heavens! I just have various friends on Facebook who I don't recognise anymore so I assume I went to school with them! 😂

[@IntensivePorpoise]

I sometimes have to look at mutual friends to work out if I knew someone from school or uni... 🥺

[@phillwainewright4221]

I left school in 1976 and since then I have not laid eyes on anyone I was there with. Furthermore, I never want to.

[@jaengen]

We are soulmates dude.

[@yizhou5903]

It's too accurate, so I can't laugh. Foil's character has said every reason why I hate my school reunion. School is a sentence (University is a little bit better but I won't go to university reunion either.)

[@thomasgeddes4817]

I returned to my hometown after 40 years. I avoided anyone who may have known me at school. One day a complete stranger came up to me "Don't you recognise me?" I didn't. Then he told me his name. It took me all my strength not to say "Oh yes, I remember you. You were one of the little shits who made my life such a misery!!" You see this was in church and he is now a good Christian!! Beware of good Christians. Give me a bad one anytime!! Great sketch. 😊

[@foilarmsandhog]

I love this comment.

[@Lazydaisy646]

Well clearly he's changed as we all do. .You sound full of unforgivness though, try letting it go , it was another life .

[@thomasgeddes4817]

​@sillysewer Just have to answer to this. My daughter's comment was simply "He read your comment!?!"

[@thenovicenovelist]

I don't blame you for your reaction. So many of the girls who bullied me in high school and did all sorts of stereotypical non-Christian stuff are now snooty, judgemental Christian women who treat wait staff and other Sunday workers like garbage, complain about various groups of people who aren't like them, and act like they've never sinned in their lives while complaining about the youth of today 🙄.

[@roberthurley6860]

@@thenovicenovelist Or they are now managers at the senior living condo HOA.

[@PedroG78]

I went to a high school reunion once, I discreetly left before dessert and have never ever thought of coming back

[@miriam2526]

That Oscar was long overdue 😉 can't wait to see you all next week!!! It's been too long!

[@SamFAHntha]

Too right it has!!! ❤️

[@karenrussell5831]

That award seems .....familiar somehow, maybe? 👀 😊 I love that Hog can still fit into his old school uniform. Best wishes for the gigs next week, look after yourselves xx

[@xanthias2001]

Not just that he can fit in it… He still HAS it ! [Oooh, school reunion ! Which drawer did I put my jumper in? …Here it is under my 2nd 15 shirt! Great days! … would my sub-prefect’s badge be going too far …?]

[@SamFAHntha]

I hope they had permission from Richard to borrow it for this 😤😉

[@rdb4996]

Never been to a school reunion. Moved too far away and didn't connect with most kids. Since Lee Mac has a sitcom, I am convinced you will have one too! Would be great fun!!

[@foilarmsandhog]

It would be nice

[@thesagebrushkid1]

I really loved the vibes here. Felt less of a sketch and more a sitcom. It was brilliant

[@gimmethatplease2224]

Brillant - the Squatters trio, but in a parallel universe (Chris has gone cool)! Speaking of travel: It's time to pack your Taschen for Europe very soon! I hope youse are as excited as we are - and don't forget the Important Travel Documents you received in the post! They're full of valuable information *and* contain a QR code leading to that northern German nursery rhyme... (better than a dm on the bird site anyway)

[@foilarmsandhog]

Ahhh brilliant! I'll check it out

[@TimothySchulting]

My 40th will be next year, so far I have a perfect records of missing them and I do not want to break the streak.

[@zacheriksson]

When is the new merch dropping on the website ?

[@SamFAHntha]

Thanks for asking! I've been not-patiently-at-all waiting 😂

[@joanneaugust6611]

There's this dream that probably every outcast in school has to come back one day as a rock star, a millionaire, a scientist, a famous author,... or at least happily married - just to rub it in their faces they were wrong about you. As long as I've got nothing to show for, I'm not going. I would be right back to being awkward and self-conscious, and I don't miss that feeling. When my English teacher told me I was "intelligent, but lazy", my entire class laughed at me - and not at the lazy part. A rather immature part of me has been hoping to prove I am in fact intelligent ever since, but how do you do that? You don't by coming to school reunions.

[@filippetrovic845]

Wow you would actually show up if your life improved? Hypocrisy.

[@dand3975]

That dream came true for Gene Simmons, and Paul Stanley. Ace Frahley, he was always cool and still is.

[@arielgoldfarb4118]

You dont have to prove anyone anything by the way.

[@samhavoc1066]

"When an inmate gets out of prison, do they go back 10 years later for a trip down memory lane?" Pretty much sums it up...

[@Emma_W_]

Really enjoyed this squatters - think it's the funniest one so far! Foil and Hog's characters seem pretty set now and work very well. Foil's is a very funny foil-like character, a realist who does give much of a damn. A fantastic contrast to Hog's Suits - who was so convincingly Suits despite different clothes and non-comedy hair. A loser or nerd of the highest degree! The delivery of some of those lines was hilarious. The 'school grounds' bit especially. Them being friends from school does make sense. Losers who have stuck together... or got stuck together. Arms character... I still don't exactly know who he is or how he fits. But that's OK, there's still heaps of space to build on and fill in the blanks. Is he a loveable idiot, is he just really unaware, is he the foil that isn't quite foiling? Them all being school friends does tie in why he's also with these other guys... Though I like him being a little removed. Maybe he's going to their school reunion because he went to his own but no one remembered him or he was banned from going because of an 'incident' which stays ambiguous or paints his character a certain way. This was definitely my favourite squatters sketch and I laughed a lot. But I want to be able to quiz Chris about - his hobbies, his childhood, his family, embarrassing incidents - anything! I'd have no idea of the answers. Foil and Hog's character I could take a stab at some answers, but they could still say the opposite and it would be surprising and funny. I'm on board with Squatters - theres some really good stuff!

[@foilarmsandhog]

Thanks Emma, thats a really nice summary, all characters developing all the time through the sketches. Chris' is just a bit behind, but he'll get there

[@michellebyrom6551]

Squatters - useful device for variable storylines and very pertinent in this era of unaffordable housing. Definitely potential for a tv series in the middleground with Shameless, between The Young Ones and Friends.

[@O-Demi]

I went to the school reunion and didn't see any of the people I would have loved to see, and have realized that some of those people who showed up had in fact been bullies and stayed being bullies, just with a profession now

[@Emma_W_]

The sell at the end for the sitcom there 😂 So convincing!

[@SamFAHntha]

Can't believe he failed the Plugging with Confidence course. 12k down the drain. Tut tut tut 😂

[@Emma_W_]

@@SamFAHntha the amount of money they've spent on courses at this point!!

[@SamFAHntha]

@@Emma_W_ no wonder why they're selling merch now 😂😂😂

[@somebodyCHBiH]

I haven't been to any reunions and I have the best excuse, 1400 kilometeres (870 miles for you across the sea).

[@Jsmith2024]

Why go? I remember two people from my graduating class 50 years ago. Two. And I've had virtually no contact with them during that same 50 years.

[@leecowell8165]

Yep just about the same here. I graduated in 61 and most of the kids in that class are now dead. I still live in the area. One was riding his Harley and fell when he hit something and the tractor behind him ran over him. Another bully caught glioblastoma in his 40's couldn't happen to a nicer guy, that sorta thing. The valedictorian turned into an addict. I recognized the name but not the pic I would not have recognized her she was gorgeous in school who woulda thunk it?

[@isabellakeman2016]

high school reunion turns into a brawl 😂😂😂

[@foilarmsandhog]

It could well do