The year of the great Lisbon egg war

[Panther From the past]

Lets see if any of the Lisbon faithful can remember the year of the great Lisbon egg war. A Jocks vs. stoners event which began on October 6th and ended on Halloween of the same year. This year in particular involved numerous students of Lisbon High school. The freshman initiation was taking place and the stoners came up with the idea to actually attack the initiators as they left the building. However as soon as the main doors to the gym opened the fight was on. Hundreds of eggs flew, Innocents and teachers were struck and the police were called. The scene was so chaotic that they called Littleton Police for back up and this was the start of the worst egg war in Lisbon history before or since. This war escalated so much that a fine of $250 was to be imposed on any one with an uncracked egg in their possession. That was fine was PER EGG. The stoners drew first blood but the jocks would soon strike back. More on that later. Does anyone remember the year?

[Panther From the past]

Since no one remembers the year, how about another part of the story.

The Ambush of Ash Hill

On a certain night after hours of lulls in the action. The jocks went to a relatives home to wash the eggs off of the vehicle they were using to assult the stoners earlier in the night. They drove about four miles out of Lisbon up Ash Hill. One of the stoners,(The leader...K.C.) came up with a brainstorm, he said lets ambush the s.o.b.'s on Ash Hill. The stoners all rejoiced in their hopeful glory. A two pronged attack was set up. First the stoners laid a tree in the road and lined both sides of the road with about ten stoners. We placed a lookout about a mile up the highway with a walkie talkie,(Cell phones were still a thing of the future) When the call came out we all setteled down and waited. The car came to the tree and stopped. The least popular stoner got out of the back seat and went to remove the tree. As he did he mimicked like he was getting pelted with eggs, He even said "Wouldn't it be funny if...." Thats when the call rang out. FIRE! What happened next is the stuff where high school legends were made. The car spun off into the unpaved high school parking lot and left a trail of dust and profanities in their wake. Not to mention the poor un popular guy running behind. They turned down school street where phase two of the two pronged attack took place, Four stoners hid in the tree line and pelted the car as it sped by. No one ever did see the poor unpoplular guy again...Until Monday in school. This went down as the turning point in the Great Lisbon egg war and gave the stoners the edge for the time being. Now mayby I'll get a bite or two from those who were there! The Ambush of Ash Hill has never been topped.

[Panther From the past]

Apparently the Lisbon faithful do not read this forum, however I enjoy telling the tale...It needs to be told...

The Battle of Lisbon Main.

Just off Depot street was a large church and park,(If my memory serves me right) A rod Iron fence seperated the church property from the sidewalk that lined Main street. The fence was elevated making a nice spot to sit and hang out on Friday nights and so. The stoners were enjoying this privelidge one clear and cool Friday night when out of the black of night came about a dozen eggs from behind. The stoners took a beating not being ready for the assult. We all ran away from the assult into Northrops IGA and Cheveloes Pizza. We thought we were safe, however the jocks wanted revenge on this night for the Ash hill assult and darned well got it. Some of the stoners that ran into Northrops IGA bought a carton or two of eggs,(They would only sell 2 cartons to anyone at a time, thats how bad this egg war got)and ran out to defend their spot. When they exited the store, twelve masked jocks stood outside waiting. What happened next was unbeleivable, eggs were flying in every direction for the four stoners brave enough to face the jocks charged. K.C., R.P., S.T., and B.H. were overcome with not only eggs but shaving cream, toilet paper, and even a crab apple or two. We turned and high tailed it into Cheveloes where the other four stoners ran to hide....in the arcade area. When we told them what was happening out side, the manager of the restaurant kicked us out for we were trudgeing egg, shaving cream and a peice of toilet paper or two in with us. We all left the place ready for doom, and doom is what we got. Eggs rained down on us as the leaves falling from the trees on a windy day. They went into the restaurant and hit a few customers. The manager called the police and tried to make us stay. Well we didn't. We ran out into the street covering our heads like scarred little kids and the jocks followed suit. We took the short cut behind the library into the community feild and hid in the trees, when the jocks past us we took off to one of the safe houses close by ending the battle. Later that evening we looked at the small town square of Lisbon. It was a mess. The police came by and asked us who threw the eggs but we wouldn't (Hell couldn't) identify any of them. Since we didn't know who threw the eggs all ten of the stoners attacked had to clean the street, Northrops window and Cheveloes the next day. When word of this got to the jocks they pulled one more little trick, around midnight they went through the whole town and shave creamed all the bussinesses around town, toilet papered the school and city hall and we ten stoners had to clean every bit of it. Not to mention egged our homes which was a rule breaker.(Homes were off limits)It was a humiliating defeat and one big one up on the jocks....Revenge was all ready in the works from the first egg thrown...More on that later.

[gvmeabrk]

Still waiting..lol

[Wowzer]

gvmeabrk wrote:

Still waiting..lol

Me too. Every time I go through Lisbon now I think of this egg war and chuckle.

[Panther From the past]

The Revenge Of Lisbon Main

Two days after the assault on Lisbon Main a few stoners and I were contemplating our next move....How could we top the butt kicking we received the other night. The fact that they hit our homes pissed a few of us off. Considering they busted a down stairs window to my home...pissed my mother off. We were gonna hit them where it hurt....Their families.
Now call us sick but the idea K.C. came up with was one of the best ever to be conceived by teenagers in all the history of egg wars. The leader of the jocks had one awesome looking sister whom thought her crap did not stink. So on the following evening we followed her in her Jeep. She never seen us once. We followed her to her boyfreinds house and plotted everywhere she went. A small map was drawn out to give us multiple targets. When she left we egged the crap out of the five locations she visited. When she got back into town we followed her up to her best freinds home where there was a gathering of jocks to our surprise. The fight was on. They spotted our rusted out Nissan pick-up from the begining of the street. We managed to my knowledge the first drive by egging in New Hampshere history. We blasted the unsuspecting jocks where it hurts...There home base.(We found this out later)They returned fire but missed miserably. Well needless to say by the time we got back to Lisbon Main. Officer Greyson was waiting for us. The driver got a ticket and again we were made to clean the yard of their home base. There was no mention of the other places we hit that night. We cleaned the yard under some tough conditions. They nagged us to no end. When the job was done we left and continued our assult. We hit the leaders home and their vehicles. This attack pissed the jocks off, they were going to get revenge and we new it. At midnight they attempted to hit our homes. This time we were waiting. When they pulled up down the street they never even got out of their car when we attacked. They sped off and the battle ended. The effects of the battle hit them hard. The five locations that we hit held another surprise. We left a note that read...
This is what you get for screwing over my sister...Signed M.K.(The leader of the jocks). The next day they were cleaning the five locations cursing the whole way. Ranting things such as They want a fight...well give them a fight...The fight they were talking about would come and a dandy it would be. It would include Jocks and stoners from four other towns and numbering over a hundred. This egg war began to spill over into Littleton, Woodsville, Bath, and North Haverhill. Halloween night was still two weeks away. The war now included the Lisbon Police department also for this was the time the $250.00 an egg fine was added to the ordanance for Halloween night. They also requested additional patrols that would include four undercover police officers from Littleton.(some of us found this out the hard way.) These officers would patrol on foot behind the homes and alleys in Lisbon....All hell was about to break loose and I'll give you more on that later.

[Wowzer]

Panther From the past wrote:

The Revenge Of Lisbon Main
Two days after the assault on Lisbon Main a few stoners and I were contemplating our next move....How could we top the butt kicking we received the other night. The fact that they hit our homes pissed a few of us off. Considering they busted a down stairs window to my home...pissed my mother off. We were gonna hit them where it hurt....Their families.
Now call us sick but the idea K.C. came up with was one of the best ever to be conceived by teenagers in all the history of egg wars. The leader of the jocks had one awesome looking sister whom thought her crap did not stink. So on the following evening we followed her in her Jeep. She never seen us once. We followed her to her boyfreinds house and plotted everywhere she went. A small map was drawn out to give us multiple targets. When she left we egged the crap out of the five locations she visited. When she got back into town we followed her up to her best freinds home where there was a gathering of jocks to our surprise. The fight was on. They spotted our rusted out Nissan pick-up from the begining of the street. We managed to my knowledge the first drive by egging in New Hampshere history. We blasted the unsuspecting jocks where it hurts...There home base.(We found this out later)They returned fire but missed miserably. Well needless to say by the time we got back to Lisbon Main. Officer Greyson was waiting for us. The driver got a ticket and again we were made to clean the yard of their home base. There was no mention of the other places we hit that night. We cleaned the yard under some tough conditions. They nagged us to no end. When the job was done we left and continued our assult. We hit the leaders home and their vehicles. This attack pissed the jocks off, they were going to get revenge and we new it. At midnight they attempted to hit our homes. This time we were waiting. When they pulled up down the street they never even got out of their car when we attacked. They sped off and the battle ended. The effects of the battle hit them hard. The five locations that we hit held another surprise. We left a note that read...
This is what you get for screwing over my sister...Signed M.K.(The leader of the jocks). The next day they were cleaning the five locations cursing the whole way. Ranting things such as They want a fight...well give them a fight...The fight they were talking about would come and a dandy it would be. It would include Jocks and stoners from four other towns and numbering over a hundred. This egg war began to spill over into Littleton, Woodsville, Bath, and North Haverhill. Halloween night was still two weeks away. The war now included the Lisbon Police department also for this was the time the $250.00 an egg fine was added to the ordanance for Halloween night. They also requested additional patrols that would include four undercover police officers from Littleton.(some of us found this out the hard way.) These officers would patrol on foot behind the homes and alleys in Lisbon....All hell was about to break loose and I'll give you more on that later.

What a hoot! Can't wait for the next chapter.I only wish I could have been there.:)

[Anne]

this is great! I hope it is a true story!

[Panther From the past]

As was previously mentioned the Lisbon Police department had gotten involved. The scene at Chevaloes and IGA was not a pretty one. Four customers were struck by eggs and other things. One was a five year old little girl. She cried and her daddy was pissed. He raised all kinds of hell at the police department that evening and to our surprise was also on the board of directors for Lisbon. At this time in our life Lisbon employed four police officers. One was a part timer and the others alternated shifts. These four officers on the night of October 16th decided that enough was enough...This was the time the PAINT EGG was introduced as a weapon.

[Panther From the past]

The Hush before the Storm

My name is Robert. I lived with my mother on school street and enjoyed the life Lisbon had to offer. However...I had this problem, I was infatuated by a little lady named Michelle H. She was a skinny blond haired little cutie that stole my heart on a ski trip with the Lisbon High School ski team. It was a night I will never forget and still to this day remanence about with my inner thoughts...(No Im not a perv.) Anyways she was by all means a Jock and I was by all means a stoner, You get the picture...when our little escapade was over so were we. This did not sit well with me so that whole year I dedicated myself to this girl.(I was ate up) Well on the night of October 16th I finally had the gonads to go to her home and see if we could well hook up as they say it today. When I got their she greeted me at the door and everything seemed to be going okay. That was until of course the back of my head exploded in an array of red. I fell to the ground holding my head...she screamed and bent down to help me. I thought my head just blew off, the red was everywhere, it looked just like blood...My blood.

[Panther From the past]

I freaked a little then heard the car tires screach away. I never found out who threw the egg. I noticed the pain easing a bit and smelled what I found out later to be paint...The first paint egg had been thrown...They drew first paint not me! Unfortunately it hit me in the head. Of all the people involved in this egg war I was always able to dodge these weapons of mass destruction...until tonight. Well if you havent figured out by now I was standing in Michelles doorway when this egg hit home, Paint covered her foyer walls and door way. Her parents went balistic. I was the one they went balistic on. Within ten minutes the infamous Lisbon P.D. was on the scene and I was being escorted out of her yard into the cruiser and down town. This was the straw that broke the camels back. The police hit me with a $250.00 fine and a ticket...(of all things) for the damages to their home. I didn't even throw the freakin egg. Well it was on now...Everyone was called into the police station that was involved with the egg war that they knew of. One by one they told us that if we were caught by the police to have any eggs on our person that we would be fined the $250.00. They also told us to stay away from the town hall Halloween dance to come and to stay indoors Halloween night..If not we would face the consequences. Little did they know that this war just escalated into some pretty serious crap here. The Jocks were going for Blood...opps I mean Paint. That was an invention that would rank the cost of clean up on November 1st to the heights of thouseands of dollars. Not to mention some pretty peeved off parents. Well Michelles parents came to bat for me and the fine and ticket was dropped...Thank God, however I did have to repaint their foyer and door. Oh yeah and stay away from their daughter. That evening when the stoners regrouped we planned a revenge. We made numerous paint eggs and started building our weapons stash for Halloween. Some of us called freinds to help as did the jocks, The battle was to come but the jocks still had another plan up their sleeve. As for Michelle and I, well as sure as I said we were meant for each other...She would be dressed in camaflauge and totten eggs for the jocks Halloween night and that would be the end of that...for they drew first paint not Me.

[gvmeabrk]

If you have written any books,please let me know at the end of your story. I would love to read them!

ROFLOL

[Wowzer]

I will forever see Lisbon in a different light each time I drive through and wonder if the houses I am passing have any traces of the red paint from years gone by.
Great story Robert. Can't wait to see what happens next.

[Panther From the past]

Lisbon at this time was an exciting little town, We had our things to do and enjoyed most nights. My mother was a single parent and she worked nights so I was able to get away most evenings and not get into trouble sneaking out of the house. This was the case with many of the stoners around town. We were able to get our things together and meet at the safe house on Woolson Rd. Kevin C. lived in this house and he was the mastermind behind the future battles to come. This man was a mini genius in the flesh. He plotted the Ambush on Ash Hill and The Revenge of Lisbon Main. Not to mention other skirmishes that are just to plentiful to discus on this forum. Just to much writing and not enough time...Every night a skirmish or two took place, we (The stoners) performed numerous drive by's and even tossed an egg or two at each other in school. We began building a stash of eggs at the Woolson Rd. safe house, We had two other stashes at the School street safe house and the South Lisbon Main safe house. We had the town covered. The Jocks had their safe houses at a home on Lincoln ave, A home on High street, A home on Ash Hill, and the leaders home on Sunset Lane. This was the home that we stoners had to clean when we avenged Lisbon Main. Call us nuts but we were flat out getting into this war. The Jocks would egg our parties every year and we would retaliate in some manner or another...Usually with fist. This year was different. This was the year of the Stoner and we were not going to go down without a fight...However the Jocks weren't going to just lay down either. Why is this important...because a promise was made to tell this story and Now that I'm forty years old I have to tell the tale...For this is the twenty fifth anniversary of the Great Lisbon Egg War. The year was 1984 I was fifteen years old and full of piss and vinegar. The stoners took years of humiliation at the hands of the Jocks in this town and by God it was to come to an end this year. And it would!

[Panther From the past]

The Woolson Road Raid

As was previously mentioned the stoner safe house was on Woolson Road. Kevin turning eighteen years old decided to throw a party. Yet he had a rather smooth plan included with this party. He invited about four Jocks to join us. They said they would come and on Friday October 27th the party was on. keving thought it would be a great idea to keep your friends close but your enemies closer. As the night came we decided not to engage in any egg war activity you know a quiet little break before the onslaught of yoke and paint! We thought we could get a secret or two out of them before Halloween night. The party started and the fun was to be had this night. The four jocks showed up and partied right along side us for a while. Little did we know that the plan Kevin had was to be the only mistake he would make in stratagizing this war. Sometime during the night we all got to teasing each other about the egg war and the jocks gave their fair share of flak back to us. Someone..(We never knew who) said "Come Halloween night the shed around back will spell your doom boys..." In this shed we stored over a hundred paint eggs, about 20 dozen regular eggs,(Spoiling so that they would be a real treat for whomever they hit) And numerous other items we would be using on Halloween night. None of us found it odd that the four jocks left by elevan o clock this night. As we partied something mid-evil was happening to the shed out back. The Jocks and a few freinds raided the shed. Well around 1 A.M. we decided the egg war break was over and wanted to do another notoriuos drive by. When Kevin and the stoners went out back they froze in their tracks. The shed door stood open and a broken pad lock laid on the ground. We were devistated. We lost everything...Gone! all of it was Gone! The Jocks whipped us without throwing a single egg. Kevin's plan back fired and we stood their in the cool damp air with our heads hanging Low. It was the 27th and we didn't have time to recouperate the loss...Kevin felt awful. So on Saturday he left bright and early for Littleton, Woodsville, Bath and North Haverhill for reenforcements. Little did we know that he would make up for the raid and bring us not only reenforcements but two legends in our own minds...The Wilton Brothers....Lex and Ron.(Names changed to protect the innocent) These two barbarians would not only single handedly change the balance in our favor but would also in four days come up with a couple new surprise weapons that even the U.S. Military would admire. Halloween was four days away and the battles to come would be broken up into four phases. I'll try to write each phase so that you can get a mental picture of the final battle. This war was going to end with the population of Lisbon growing to over a hundred more souls, for the jocks, stoners and the law. Our initial plan was to attack the very place the police told us to stay away from, The city hall Halloween dance. Many of the jocks were working the dance and wouldn't get out until 9P.M. If you think anything before this was shocking wait until I tell you about the Lisbon town hall massacre. The final battle however would also rear out a couple of war cries..."REMEMBER ASH HILL!" for the Jocks and "LETS KICK SOME ASS!...CHARGE!" For the stoners. For the Great Lisbon Egg War was about to get ugly!

[Wowzer]

I can only say that I'm happy the weapons of choice were only eggs because it sounds like it was one hell of a war.LOL
Can't wait to hear about the massacre

[gvmeabrk]

Hey Robert..you invented paintball! lol

[Panther From the past]

gvmeabrk wrote:

Hey Robert..you invented paintball! lol

LoL.

Never thought about that.

[Panther From the past]

Halloween Night
5P.M.

The Lisbon Town Hall Massacre

Around 5p.m. on October 31st 1984 the usual Halloween activities were begining to take place. Little Trick of Treaters were wandering about begging for candy door to door, The shinny cut Jack o-lanterns were flickering with their melting candle firelight. The smell of fall was everywhere. The coolness of dark was blanketing the town. This night the weather was a little colder than any other night this season...thus far. Inside however my self included we were preparing for battle. Kevins mother made about twenty camaflauged masks for us. She had an old camafluaged blanket and made the mask out of this material. Our thoughts were that we couldn't get into trouble if they couldn't see our faces. Well after twenty minutes of...This one doesnt fit my big head bickering and trading for the right mask we were set for battle. At 6P.M. The town hall in Lisbon used to throw a dance on Halloween night as an alternative for kids on the streets.(I have no idea whether or not they still do this) This was to be our first target. We were going to go inside the dance...free to the public, and attack some of the jocks working the dance. It would be dark enough inside and this would shock the hell out of them. Like I said before...Kevin was nuts. However we were just as dumb and thought "Why Not?" We left the house at 6 p.m. and drove to my home two houses from the town hall. My back yard had a stair case behind the house which lead up to the house on the top of the hill behind my home. This was our escape path. We parked Kevins pick-up and covered it with a large blue tarp. We felt we were going to need the truck later and parked it in a manner for quick escape. At 7 p.m. the dance was pumping loud and clear..."Bryan Adams...then Aeromsith...Then Tone Loc...you get the idea. First inside was Kevin and I, We walked up to the desk where a police officer was standing and nodded.
"Do you really think those disguises work, Keving and Robert?" The police officer said.
We could of crapped our pants. We couldnt beleive he new who we were...(Later our fathers last name on the front of our cammies would reveal how he did it. Hey easy now we were young and apparently dumb.) We walked threw the dance hall and stood in the far right corner of the building. Next in was Scott and Rob P. they took the far left corner, followed by four others whom took the other corners near the stage. We waited til 8 p.m. for the call. Kevin said he was going to request a song and that would be our signal. At 8:05 p.m. our signal came...Twisted Sisters...Were Not Gonna Take It. We looked at each other and the eggs began to fly.

[Panther From the past]

Its amazing how you can see an egg glitter in the darkness of the town hall by the flashing dance lights they had going. Mike H. was working the music. He was one of the top jocks and it still sends chivers down my spine when I think about the spray of egg yoke, egg white and shell as it connected with his forehead. He let out a yelp grabbed at his forehead and fell backwards into the stage. The music never missed a beat. I cant tell you who threw that egg but it connected. Their was a scream and just as the scream faded in the music the other dozen eggs connected. Jocks were falling like flies. Egg matter was flying everywhere. The idea was to strike and run. What we didn't consider was the police officer at the door. He came running at us with the first egg, that is when Scott T. planted an egg into his chest and ran for the door. The police officer turned his gaze upon Scott and turned into his direction. he slipped on some egg and hit the floor. That was our out. A couple jocks ran for the door as well to block us in. Rob P. was a tall slanky looking fellow and he yelled "Get Em Boys..." We fired. About twelve eggs hit their targets. The jock ducked for cover and we ran straight into them. They were cursing us as we ran past. Officer Freindly was back on his feet by that time and gave chase. The dance which was interupted by running and screaming patrons stayed quiet for the duration someone stopped the music while we made our escape. We high tailed it down School street to my yard and ran up the drive way. Officer Freindly was moving now let me tell you. Poor Billy H. in the back was loosing ground. He was carrying five eggs on his possession. The rule was when you got caught with eggs crush them in your pockets. They cant charge you if you do not have any eggs on you. Well poor Billy H. apparently missed that rule. Officer freindly grabbed Billy and pulled him to the ground. We could here Billy screaming for us to help as we ran up the stair way behind my home...."HEEELLP! Guys dont leave me!!..." Forget that. Chivalry is dead brother we were running. The officer yelled up to us..."I know it was you Kevin...I'll be looking for you later young man..." Thats about all we heard as we ran on Woolson Road. Kevins apartment building was right in front of us. He had always planned to go this way to escape and trek straight past his home down Woolson Road hill to Water street. Then double back to the cemetary on Lisbon Main.(Sorry but I cannot remember the name of this cemetary but I do remember the fact that its a rather large cemetary straddeled by train tracks on one side, Landaff Road to the other and some gas or water tanks on the opposite side which faces High Street. For arguement sake I'll call this place Lisbon Hill Cemetary.)Our plan was to meet the others at this cemetary at 9 P.M. We knew the attack at the town hall dance would be risky and we didn't think it would be smart to trudge down Lisbon Main right afterwards. From this point on we were to stay hidden. The opening battle to this Halloween Night was a doozy...It topped in my opinion any other daring thing we did. It also pissed the jocks and local law enforcement off pretty bad. The Jocks were now leaving the dance as we ended the dance pretty early. We knew if we didn't get to the cemetary soon we'd be sitting ducks for their stood an army waiting for it's leader. And our leader was standing tall. The Lisbon Town Hall Massacre was complete....