What's in a Name...?

Well, .... 

We began school last week.  I was decidedly puzzled by my last class of the day.  The boys giggled.  Giggled like little children.  Day after day.  I couldn't figure out what in the world was going on ... until the last day of the week.

Two boys came in from lunch laughing ... like they'd done something bad. I asked what was going on. Nothing. "Boys, is Ms. Ladd going to call in a minute?" No.

One of the boys said, "It wasn't us. It was Doug!" 

Doug! 

"Doug!" I yelled and walked into the hall.

The boys laughed and laughed. I figured they were trying to falsely blame Doug but decided to play along.

No Doug.

Well, Doug came in a minute or two later.

"Doug! Did you do something naughty at lunch?"

"No."

"The boys were trying to blame you for doing something bad, Doug. Imagine!"

One of the original giggling boys said, "Oh, Doug was in on it. So was D----."

Well, at that point, the entire class started laughing. I had a bad feeling and went for my class list.

I prize myself for memorizing their names in the first 30 minutes to an hour. I do it and don't look back.

Yeah....

I have no Doug. I have a D----.

So, there I stood, looking at my list in confusion and horror.

"Ummmm...." I said, looking at "Doug" ... "Is your name really D----?" He nodded his head. "How long have I been calling you Doug?"

"Since the first day."

Sigh....

"I just graded some assignments. You wrote "Doug" on your paper."  

He grinned.

Sigh....

Everyone laughed.

Hellfire!

But, the reason for their giggling has been solved!