In elementary school, Grade Six I think, I was in a play where I was supposed to get a bundle of sticks and say to a girl "I have brought this faggot to keep you warm in your home" - some twisted Dickens or similar Christmas play.
I debated and debated on how to get through play with all my pals and, worse, the Grade Sevens in the audience on the big night (this was WAY before Seinfeld and, so, there was "LOTS" wrong with that). I ended up botching the line and going with pile or sticks or something and getting evil eye from teacher, and a crappy mark for drama, but avoided being the "faggot boy" for the rest of the year.