Date:  Sun, 6 Feb 1994 00:39:04 -0700

From:  Rudy Troike <RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ARIZVMS.BITNET>

Subject: Re: Sluff & Nimrod



To judge from the local Tucson paper, kids here still "ditch" school,

the usual California term. In South Texas ya hace muchos anos, kids

"skipped" school or "played hookey", though the latter had a funny ring

to it, rather foreign-sounding.

        Rudy Troike