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May 27, 2005
Most Likely to Whine
Michelle Malkin tips us to this story:
High school yearbooks were recalled so that administrators could black out a joke caption under one student's picture: "most likely to assassinate President Bush."You know what, Christina? In a few years, that yearbook is going to be in the back of your closet, forgotten, until the day you pull it to show people what you looked like in high school for some laughs. In ten years, you'll probably find it while looking for something else and take the time to read what people wrote about you - and realize you have no idea who some of those people are or why you let them sign your yearbook.Mesa Ridge High School officials recalled about 100 yearbooks earlier this month and had staffers use markers to obscure the words in them and in the still-undistributed copies. The Secret Service even launched an investigation.
"They kind of ruined our yearbook," said Christina Tredway, who just graduated from the school just south of Colorado Springs. Most students thought the blacking-out was a bad idea since the caption obviously was a joke, she said.
At least, that's what happened to me.
Until then, though, you should learn that some things just aren't funny. I didn't like assassination humor when Clinton was president, and I don't like it now. Actually, I liked it less then, because it annoyed me that my side was making the jokes.
If these pinheads didn't want their yearbook "kind of ruined" then they should have shown better judgment while putting it together.
Posted by slublog at May 27, 2005 11:29 AM
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oh don't get your panties in a bunch. a joke is a joke. why would they advertise if it was even remotely near a threat?
Posted by: steve at May 28, 2005 07:06 PM
Like I said, there are just some things that aren't funny.
Humor about killing people is on that list.
Sorry if I don't share your sophisticated sense of humor.
And why would they have published it? Considering what passes for humor these days, I'm not surprised it got into the yearbook.
For the record, I don't think it was a threat. Just stupid and unnecessary.
Posted by: Slublog at May 28, 2005 10:10 PM