Däs Bällöömläütmönster

Last Friday (a little over a week ago) was the Seniors' last day, and it's always set apart from the other days by a celebratory atmosphere that permeates the school. The day started off with an announcement that there were no announcements, so the team had come up with some to read just for fun, including that the Spanish Honor Society was having a toiletries drove that ended yesterday, so bring in all your shampoo, soap, etc by yesterday, yet another urge to share your innermost thoughts and secrets with the yearbook people (which hasn't changed in the many months since we've been reading this announcement), etc. All the seniors are really happy, and it lightens the overall mood significantly. Walking into fourth hour German, I found the floor (and the freshpeople's hands) full of balloons the colors of the German flag: black, red and yellow. I asked Frau Boyle (who, by the way, is no relation to Susan Boyle...I asked) why there were balloons, and she said that they had been used at the German Honor Society induction ceremony the previous night. However, there was a product team in her room earlier in the day who had thought it would be fun to pop them, not knowing that she had planned to use them later in a class of seniors for a last day celebration. She had made them get her more, so she still had some when we got there. I managed to get a red one, and asked Amisha for an emergency drawing of Däs Ümläütmönster (becäüse she känn him viel better als ich dräw) on the balloon. I added a talk bubble and a tittle...and voilà: