Now this is a story for the funny files. Passed on to me by co-worker Mark, it looks like a school has banned the use of the word "meep!"No, not like Roadrunner. More like Beaker the muppet. You know, the crazy-haired partner-in-crime of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew.
Video proof below:
And this video is actually pretty close to what the principal of a Massachusetts high school is afraid of...
Principal Thomas Murray of Danvers High said he told students they would be suspended for saying "meep," a favorite utterance of lab assistant Beaker from "The Muppet Show," because students were using it to disrupt school and it was part of a massive disruption being planned by students on Facebook, The Salem (Mass.) News reported Tuesday.
Murray did not disclose details of the Facebook-related disruption, but he credited phone calls he made to homes with preventing it from coming to pass. The phone messages threatened non-compliant students with suspensions.
Just imagine. Hundreds of students roaming the halls making meeping noises. It's as close to the mooing protest from Rent as you'll ever get.Too bad he threatened suspension. Maybe another school's student population can take up the banner and fight for their right to make puppet noises. I vote for Mr. Magoo's laugh:
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