By Amery Gardiner, published July 1st, 2022
It all started with two simple words in French; “chat costaud”. If you know French, you’d recognize that phrase, meaning buff cat.
Buff cat was first introduced to the world by the period 5 class of Ms. Alicia Niemann, a French teacher here at Alpha. The image became the symbol of this French Immersion class, and it quickly spread to its fame. Soon, drawings of the buff cat were surrounding that class on the whiteboards that encircled the students.
It all progressed to the next level when a notorious prank was pulled miraculously during the flex block of Friday, April 1st.
The students of this class printed countless types of buff cat images. Then, the most crucial step of the prank was to distract poor Ms. Niemann, unaware of the destruction that was about to take place. While a diversion was prepared and executed to perfection, students taped the printed images of the cats everywhere. The clock, the markers, the paper. Everywhere. This stunt even struck the desk of the teacher. Buff cats made its way in the pages of books and on the soles of shoes. One sign was hung during this mischievous prank reading; “Saint Patron de fral 8, bénissez-nous, nous avons pêche ''. This literally means “Patron Saint of French language 8, bless us, we have sinned.” It still hangs there to this day. The news of this trick spread across other classes and soon came to the attention of the two Core French classes of Periods 7 and 8.
While the revolution of Buff Cat started, these two classes read simple stories about a character named Jean-Paul. These students worshiped Jean-Paul, comparable to what the others did with Buff Cat, and thus the battle began.
The first moves of retaliation began with graffiti-like drawings over whiteboard images of Buff Cat. The artists of those pieces have expressed their disappointment over the destruction of their prized works of art. One recent piece of Buff Cat as a material girl was destroyed using the words “Long live Jean-Paul! Woof.”
So, whose side are you on?
So, whose side are you on?