The funniest day of my life!!!

                             Rewind…… I was doing my final year higher secondary. My school was much aware of the safety precautions and they installed a fire extinguisher in every classroom. The fire extinguisher hung in front of every class. It looked like a scary doll hanging in front of new houses. They installed a clamp to hold on the extinguisher. Unluckily, the clamp which was installed in front of our classroom broke… The extinguisher was kept inside the class as it could no longer be hung out. My classroom had three rows and four columns of desk accompanying with chairs. Only two persons can share a desk. We had a cupboard which stood at the front corner. The extinguisher was placed on top of it. We use to have lunch in the class and almost everyone was there except the hostellers. Krishna would play with the extinguisher after having his lunch. To us it looked different and everyone would watch him. He would carry the fire extinguisher to us and will make noises pretending that the white smoke came out. He would mimic the exact noise of an operating extinguisher. It continued as a routine and he kept on doing the same. One fine day, Krishna was holding the extinguisher as usual and he was scaring people. It was February and we were busy filling our slam book.

“Krishna!!!Did you fill my slam???” Geetha shouted from a corner. Krishna turned towards her and I don’t know how it happened but the white gas spread out. Everybody tried to get out of it but soon the place turned into a mass of white powder. I saw a white mist surrounding me and I couldn’t see a single soul near me. I was irritated by the smell. I went near the window and was peeking out, trying not to inhale the bloody CO (Carbon monoxide) powder. Krishna was still there trying to put out the extinguisher but he couldn’t. He took it and ran out. He didn’t hold the tip of the extinguisher’s pipe and due to the pressure the pipe swung forth and back, up and down. It made circles wherever he carried. The mist cleared from the class . I was the only one who got stuck inside. Everything turned white including the floor, desks and chairs. The powder settled everywhere in the class. My friends came inside and Krishna was back too. He was white allover from his hair to his shoes. We began laughing at him. Everyone burst out of laughter. We laughed like we never had. The funniest part was he inhaled CO and was taken to the clinic. He had a stomach wash and was normal after a day. We blamed the school for keeping the extinguisher inside and luckily no one was punished for it. It happened to be a day which was the funniest of my life.