Oh, there were plenty of pranks. I wasn't really embarrassed by them.

[Except, right after he says that, he winces, because there sure came a memory flooding back into his brain...]

Well, there was one time. Dad wanted to try and get money the legal way, so he was uh, a school custodian for a while. That, I was proud of. The other kids insulting him for it? Way less cool.