In fact, I'd say it was full of shi-*shot by mods*
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. - Some eighth graders got an early start on April Fools Day when they handed out doughnuts laced with laxatives to classmates, but it was no laughing matter when five were ticketed by police.
There were no apparent injuries but ambulances were dispatched Friday to Sequoya Middle School on Long Island as a precaution, a spokeswoman for the Sachem School District said.
Suffolk County Police said 19 students and a teacher ingested some of the doped doughnuts. They were screened by the school nurse, Holtsville Rescue personnel and field physicians from the county health department.
Two 13-year-olds and three 14-year-olds were charged with second-degree tampering with a consumer product. The teens, who were not identified because of their age, were issued appearance tickets for Family Court and released to their parents custody.
Classes proceeded as usual, but parents were given the option to pick up their children. The district also said it would take appropriate disciplinary action.
....Yeah. I'm pretty sure April Fool's pranks were supposed to be relatively harmless. Unless that somehow changed when I wasn't looking :p
XD
Wow. And I thought pranks at my school were bad...
Ouch o_o; **hugs the people who ate the laxatived donuts** I'm glad nobody ended up getting hurt.
It wasn't an April Fool prank, but a Senior Prank last year that I missed due to a field trip. We have this huge festival in May held at my high school where all the superior art pieces and music performances from half the schools in our district are brought to and displayed at this huge event. The Friday before, a bunch of seniors thought it would be a good idea to dump sawdust from the third floor across all the elementary school art projects.
I think they were arrested for that one, as it set off the fire alarms. **shakes head** Some people can be rather stupid.
~Shadowed Spirit Sage
Wow, ya'll act like it was laced with cyanide. It's just laxative, guys. Makes ya have to use the bathroom. Big deal. What's with all the "Wow, glad noone was hurt!" crap?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't diarrhea cause death due to dehydration or something?
In excess, yes.
My coworkers had an idea for a farewell party for one of us who was leaving for college: give him a drink laced with a tasteless laxative like psyllium husk.
Alas, we didn't get a chance. :p
Man.
Gone are the days when we can make someone go poopy. =(
You forget we're getting older, Cooki.
Everything today has to be EXTREME. No more harmless fun.
Gonna make a prank where you put laxative in someone's food/drink? N'ah, no fun. MAKE IT EXTREEEME!!! Take the whole school out!!!
Parallel park the correct way? N'ah, no fun. MAKE IT EXTREEEME!!! Friggin' drive up 60 miles an hour, slam on the brake +ebrake, and make your car do a perfect 180 in the parking spot!!!
Gonna take a dump the "normal" way. God damn, you're no fun. MAKE IT EXTREEEME!!! Do a cartwheel then hold yourself up on the toilet's tank while bent upwards with your butt aiming at the toilet!!!
NOW THAT'S A RUSH!!!
What is this April Fools? I have never heard of it? And why is an obviously plural word used like a singular word?
Why are they so quick to arrest kids for giving someone a laxative? Man... whatever. This is why we kill each other, because we cant mess with each other so its either do nothing or go the distance and make sure they die. If someone fed me a laxative, ide want to get them back, but not sue them or take them to court...
Ridiculous.
...death due to dehydration? Dude, unless they put more than a reccomended dose in, I just don't see it. Seriously.
And if they're dehydrated, there's plenty of drinks available in a school, water foundants, drink machines...and that happens more with like, illness (Cholera was it, that killed that way? Agh, one of those, used to be deadly until people realized that if you took in a ton of fluids, you'd be fine.) that causes that, rather than laxatives. Those wear off after a few hours, no more than 12.
Ah, that MSNBC article is so short. Considering this prank happened close to my neck of the woods, this article from Newsday gives a few more details.
There's no way you pull a prank where others get sick from it (and yes it would obviously be temporarily sick but that's not the point as most things are temporary) then you're going to get in trouble. The police would get involved because some parents would press charges (especially if some are "fuming" as the article stated)--and it only takes one to do it. Parents sue schools when their kids get hurt playing gym (among other things) & press charges whenever they think they've got a case.
However, this isn't one of those times where I think anyone is stepping their bounds to do it. You don't put medicines in food. You have no idea what medicines people are or aren't taking & how someone may react to them being mixed. There are certain things that we aren't allowed to bring into the school I'm because just one kid (out of 1500+) is allergic in a way that is potentially fatal.
But whatever, as Jin basically said, I'm old. ;p
I think the point of Jin's post was more that these were stupid kids pulling a stupid prank. And instead of the school going, "Oh you you didn't" and suspending them or giving them a month detention or something.
These raving psycho's, many of of which are my generation go, "THEY MADE MY KID POOP! BUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRNNNNN THEM! SEND THEM TO ADULT JAIL TO BE RAPED BY PEDOPHILES!!!! KILL THEM! MESSING WITH MY KIDS IS WRONG BUT LETS KIIIIIIIIIIIIILL SOMEONE ELSE'S FOR BEING KIIIIIIIIIIIIIDS!!!!! #@#$#RE@$!%#Q$@!oneoneone" Instead of, you know, acting like adults. Hence the parodies of taking everything to the "XTREME".
That or I'm reading that into it because I'm basically fed up with my generation and think none of them should be allowed to have kids.
~Tobe
today i got bord in school so i super glued a quarter to a tabel and like 20 people tried to get it off i also super glued a pencel to johns locker and a pen to jim's i was so funny....and then i super glued my hand to my locker i was late for 4th bell...super glue is wonderful i fixed my PS2 with it!
There are certain things that we aren't allowed to bring into the school I'm because just one kid (out of 1500+) is allergic in a way that is potentially fatal.
Oh, c'mon. That's pushing it. Am I not allowed to own a dog, because if dog fur gets on my backpack, it'll kill the kid next to me? I see what you mean about actually putting things in food, but really.
Except, that's all the school did, Rico. You're confusing what parents do with the school. But considering we're talking about kids in their teens, unless the parents had kids in their teens, these parents are a bit older. I know some people consider those of us born in the early 80s as the "end" of a generation, but I consider us the "beginning" of a generation. But that's just me. ;p
No, it's not pushing it in this instance. This particular kid gets sick to the point of needing hospitalization when exposed to latex (which happened once when the kid was younger). If there's too much for the kid, the kid could die. This particular kid isn't "normal" for a variety of reasons, many of which would be obvious if you saw the kid (but a nice kid & very smart). A lot of people forget that decades ago, schools (much less society) didn't allow a lot of people a chance if they weren't "normal." Nowadays, schools, especially public ones, are charged with accomodating just about everything. It's not any different from schools banning peanut butter at times when there are kids that are potentially fatally allergic (even though that's never happened to me & probably not you either). It happens--though usually some parent(s) have to push for it. However, for every parent that wouldn't, there's one that will.
TR, in the Sports Med and Health classes, latex gloves are all over the place.
What about the school nurse? Aren't they REQUIRED to wear gloves?
There are other types of gloves besides latex. I don't know if they use vinyl, nitrile, or whatever. I do know it isn't latex.
