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Fla. student suspended from bus for farting


The Associated Press
March 24, 2009

LAKELAND, Fla. – An eighth-grader was suspended from riding the school bus for three days after being accused of passing gas. The bus driver wrote on a misbehavior form that a 15-year-old teen passing gas on the bus Monday to make the other children laugh, creating a stench so bad that it was difficult to breathe. The bus driver handed the teen the suspension form the next day.

Polk County school officials said there's no rule against flatulence, but there are rules against causing a disturbance on the bus.

The teen said he wasn't the one passing gas.

Whether he did it or not, he might have gotten off easy. A 13-year-old student at a Stuart school was arrested in November after authorities said he broke wind in class.



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Laura in Commieland

Mar 24, 2009

Why is this breaking news? Shouldn't it be called "Breaking Wind"?

 

Smarmy

Mar 24, 2009

This is the saddest newspaper in the history of the galaxy.

 

Farty McFarterson

Mar 24, 2009

Why would someone get ARRESTED for farting??? I blame the Obama administration.

 

Dean

Mar 26, 2009

In Japan the expression for fart is O-Nara which would be literally translated as the honorable fart.

 

Jon from NYC

Mar 27, 2009

You have got to be kidding. First off breaking news? With all of the issues in the world, this is the top concern of this silly paper? It is even more moronic on the news this stupid sorry is getting.

 


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