huh?!? Saw this little article from the UPI and I had to stop and read. Sounds like no bananas were hurt in the prank, so I am happy. Though it does sound like the school administrators have no sense of humor.
ZION, Ill., April 23 (UPI) — A Zion, Ill., high school has suspended 11 seniors involved in a prank that featured a student in a gorilla costume chasing banana-clad seniors in the hallways.
Zion-Benton Township High School handed seven-day suspensions to the costumed students, who phoned in sick before the stunt and wore pantyhose over their heads to conceal their identities during the prank, the Waukegan (Ill.) News-Sun reported Wednesday.
Some of the students said the school overreacted with the harsh punishment.
“What’s funnier than a gorilla chasing bananas through a school? Nothing,” said Andrew Leinonen, the prank’s mastermind and the student who dressed as a gorilla. “It was a harmless prank.”
However, others said they were just thankful the school decided not to bar them from prom and graduation.
“We think this is a just punishment,” said Brendon Epker, one of the students who dressed as bananas. “We broke rules we shouldn’t have broken.”
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FYI, this week’s Science Talk from Scientific American with Steve Mersky starts off with a long piece on bananas:
http://www.sciam.com/podcast/
Figured you’d get a kick out of it.
Thanks Crap – will check it out!