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TODAY WE BESTOW THREE BONEHEAD AWARDS
Zero Tolerance School Policy. Need We Say More?

Bonehead award one, a “zero tolerance” bonehead award, goes to the Struthers Elementary School in Ohio for seeking the suspension of a 6-year-old student on a “dangerous weapons violation” because he took a plastic butter knife FROM THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA and put it in his backpack so he could take it home and show his mother that he can butter his toast by himself. Now the boy faces a 6-month suspension.

Why We Need Lawyers

In response, the parents have hired a lawyer and say that if the school continues to seek a suspension then they will seek, in return, to have criminal charges brought against the school for supplying weapons to children. Touché!

Want to tell Principal Betty Washington what you think? Her Email address is stru_bw@access-k12.org. I'd like to see any comments you send to Ms. Washington. If you'd like to share your comments with me, please send a copy to ZT@BoneheadOfTheDayAward.com

WLWT Channel 5 (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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The Vindicator (Youngstown, Ohio) 10-Mar-03
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Not The Best Way To Find Your Main Squeeze
Bonehead award two goes to some guy in Florida, a loser, who has been going into Florida restaurants and faking that he’s choking so he can then have an excuse to shower rescuing women with hugs and kisses for “saving his life.” Police say they can’t do anything because he hasn’t committed any crime.

WECT TV Channel 6 (Wilmington, North Carolina) 6-Mar-03
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Explosive Stupidity
Bonehead award three goes to a San Francisco woman, Maria Martinez, who, wanting a gas stove for her apartment, stole one from another apartment, in another building, without turning off the gas first, which eventually caused an explosion and $200,000 in damage, and then hooked the stove up at her own apartment using nothing but duct tape to attach the gas line to the stove, according to panicked Pacific Gas and Electric crews who managed to rush to the apartment and turn off the gas before there was another massive explosion.

San Francisco Chronicle 26-Feb-03
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WEIRD EXTRAS
Giving Up Too Soon

When British forces in Kuwait began test firing their weapons during a routine exercise they were suddenly confronted by about a dozen Iraqi troops who came over the border after them, thinking the war had started, ... to surrender.

They were sent back over the border after being told that it was too early to surrender.

The UK Mirror 9-Mar-03
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Psychic Shmychic
A woman in the UK, Anna Kunhi, claiming to be a psychic not only found out that she won $4.5 million in the lottery 6 months AFTER the fact but has also been unable to locate, despite her supposed woo woo abilities, the winning lottery ticket which will expire in about a week. So she will forfeit the win.

So much for awing everyone with her psychic abilities.

UK Sun 5-Mar-03
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Telemarketers Admit That They Are Terrorists. Great Day For Truth In Advertising
Governor John Hoeven of North Dakota installed a new emergency telephone number so his office can be notified of disasters and terrorist attacks. The telemarketers discovered it in less than a week.

Speaking about one of the calls, Lt. Gov. Jack Dalrymple said, “It was a guy trying to sell him [the governor] two pizzas on special. We’re trying to figure out what kind of disaster is taking place, and it’s some guy trying to give the governor a two-for-one.”

PressRepublican.com 9-Mar-03