Feb 10 2008

Missiles In Laramie!

Published by Gaius at 11:12 am under Humor, Legal

Three 13-year old girls have been cited with "hurling missiles" in a junior high school lunchroom. The weapon of choice?

French fries.

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Three 13-year-old girls accused of throwing french fries during lunchtime at their school were cited for "hurling missiles," an adult infraction covered by city ordinances.

The principal of Laramie Junior High and a police officer had warned students during an assembly the day before the french fries' launch that if they threw food, they had to suffer the consequences, Police Chief Bob Deutsch said. The warning came after school officials had heard rumors of an impending food fight.

"They saw it as really the planning of a riot, when you think about it," Deutsch said.

The girls decided to test the warning, he said.

"It wasn't a spontaneous thing — a couple of kids giggling, throwing a french fry at each other," Deutsch said. "They intended on getting everybody involved in this and starting something that no doubt would have the potential of getting out of control."

Of course, there is much uproar about the citations and very little about the deployment of ketchup-seeking missiles. Even the ACLU is getting into it - but that may have more to do with the fact that they are already on the warpath against the Laramie school system over police in schools.

We don't recommend french fries for food fighting, by the way. Insufficient splash. 

5 Responses to “Missiles In Laramie!”

  1. # piscivorouson 10 Feb 2008 at 2:10 pm

    It’s not anything real new. I was expelled from school, nearly 4 decades ago, for starting a riot. The cafeteria food really sucked and there was that add for Alka-Seltzer where the prisoners were slamming their lunch trays on the table chanting Alka-Seltzer-Alka-Seltzerr-Alka-Seltzer. Well it started out with just me and a couple of friends but then the whole cafeteria was rocking tho the refrain of Alka-Seltzer-Alka-Seltzer-Alka-Seltzer.

  2. # feeblemindon 10 Feb 2008 at 5:38 pm

    Heh heh heh. I had forgotten about that piscivorous. I am sure that scene was played out in countless school cafeterias across the land. I remember being played out in my school cafeteria.

  3. # Mockinbirdon 10 Feb 2008 at 6:07 pm

    Squeese bottles of tartar sauce in Catholic junior high! Deadly.

  4. # Purple Avengeron 10 Feb 2008 at 7:20 pm

    A flick of the wrist will launch a hotdog out of a foot long piece of 3/4″ EMT conduit with authority. I’m just saying…

  5. # Maggieon 10 Feb 2008 at 11:23 pm

    For some ungodly reason our high school football team had this VERY strong aversion to the green Jello squares centered on those small white paper plates that made for highly interesting Frisbees that defied the Laws of Physics as they sailed through the crowded cafeteria …

    COME ON, LARAMIE !!!!

    I expect a hell of a lot more out of cowboy territory!

    Buck up and go easy on the kids of The Grand Tetons!!!!