Ohio Boys Suspended for Farting on School Bus

[soozievt]

<p>Ok, now I have heard of everything! This is funny. Imagine, on the college application where you have to fill in if you have ever been suspended and the reasons why and what you have learned from the incident…</p>

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Ohio Boys Suspended For Farting On School Bus</p>

<p>An Ohio seventh-grader was suspended last week for doing arguably the most predictable thing a 13-year-old boy could do for a laugh on the school bus. He cut the cheese.</p>

<p>Canal Winchester Middle School students Anthony Nichols and another boy lost their bus privileges on Friday for their stinky stunt, which prompted the customary rousing laughter and “lowering of windows,” according to the Columbus Dispatch.</p>

<p>Administrators ruled that the flatulence was in violation of the school’s code of conduct, but if you ask Nichols’ parents, the decision reeks of poor judgement.</p>

<p>“It’s very laughable, that’s what it is,” said Anthony’s father, James Nichols. He said he spoke with the school’s vice principal, Daniel Senu-Oke, who “suggested my son should hold his gas on this hour-long bus ride.”</p>

<p>For a concerned parent, however, that answer just doesn’t cut it.</p>

<p>“When it happens, it just happens,” he said. “It’s not intentional.”

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<p>PLEASE WARN YOUR KIDS! :eek:
:D</p>

[jym626]

<p>This reminds me of the “clam fart” thread by the kid who got into Yale. So maybe this Ohio 7th grader is destined for greatness? :)</p>

<p>*edit: Here is the link. A cc classic <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/470497-clam-fart-oh-my-god-what-did-i-do.html?[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/470497-clam-fart-oh-my-god-what-did-i-do.html?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[EPTR]

<p>The article I read was funny too, but mainly because the kids mom was “offended” because she had recently been hospitalized for gastro intestinal issues. (I don’t find her medical issues funny, just that it cracks me up that she took it as a personal affront) </p>

<p>This article makes it a bit clearer that the school felt that the students had been doing it on purpose to cause a rukus and had previously been warned by the bus driver. If it was my kid I would have kept a low profile in fear of it ending up in the national news and on discussion forums!</p>

[sunnyflorida]

<p>There has to be more to the story than this… Come on. 13 yo boys have been “farting” for laughs for centuries.</p>

[eddieodessa]

<p>I have always LOVED the clam fart thread.</p>

[EPTR]

<p>^^^
Me too. I have it bookmarked. lol funny.</p>

[queen4aday]

<p>A suspension sounds too severe. Couldn’t they have just given detentions or community service?</p>

[Hunt]

<p>Cleaning some toilets in the school might have been the perfect punishment.</p>

[hayden]

<p>jym626 - that thread was hysterical - one of the funniest things I’ve ever read. I can’t believe I never read it before. I was almost crying.</p>

[SlitheyTove]

<p>Googling on clam flatulence, I learned the following:</p>

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A second category of animals that probably don't fart are animals that live very deep underwater. At high pressures, gas remains in solution rather than forming bubbles. So there is a good chance that all those clams, echinoderms, fish and other animals living near the sealer don't fart because their farts stay in solution and never emerge as bubbles, even though the animals possess perfectly good intestines and anuses.

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<p>This raises interesting philosophical questions, akin to “if a tree falls in the forest, but no one hears it, does it make a sound?”</p>

[DougBetsy]

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“It’s very laughable, that’s what it is,” said Anthony’s father, James Nichols. He said he spoke with the school’s vice principal, Daniel Senu-Oke, who “suggested my son should hold his gas on this hour-long bus ride.”

Really? Hold a fart in for an hour? I’m a very polite grown woman, but I doubt I could do that. How in the world can he expect a 13-year-old boy?:rolleyes:</p>

[smile12157]

<p>Imagine, on the college application where you have to fill in if you have ever been suspended and the reasons why and what you have learned from the incident…</p>

<p>you never know, it could be the elusive hook they are looking for… self confidence, freedom of expression, risk taker, etc.</p>

[hayden]

<p>DougBetsy, technically speaking, you are correct. But with our mom- or dad-radar, let’s be honest here. What do you think the chances really are that a 13-year old boy was trying to hold it in? We’re talking about a demographic that puts arm-pit sounds into the realm of high comedy.</p>