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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 12:14 PM Mar 2013

'Fresh Prince' Theme Song Causes High School Lockdown

19-year-old Travis Clawson had a super shitty day on Thursday after his outgoing voicemail message was mistaken for a mass shooting threat.

Clawson was enjoying another day of high school in Ambridge, Penn., when Ambridge Area High School went into lockdown mode. Clawson probably didn't know it yet, but it was all his fault, unintentionally.

A doctor's receptionist had phoned Clawson during the school day to remind him of an upcoming appointment. Clawson's voicemail greeting, which quotes the The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song, was misinterpreted by the person on the other end of the line. The receptionist reportedly misheard the line "and all shooting some b-ball outside of the school " for "shooting some people outside of the school."


http://www.vibe.com/article/fresh-prince-theme-song-causes-high-school-lockdown

Could have been worse. A kid could have a shirt with a gun picture or played with his pop tart and made it into a gun - both of which will get you suspended. Fear, it is what the government wants us to have and what, it seems, we need.

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'Fresh Prince' Theme Song Causes High School Lockdown (Original Post) The Straight Story Mar 2013 OP
Rec'd... Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #1
What if he had 'Bang, Bang' or 'Hey Joe"? panader0 Mar 2013 #2
Obviously some words will have to be banned now. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #3
...and food carvings! Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #4
Or Frankie and Johnny... Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #6
Or "all the little kids with their pumped out kicks..." pamela Mar 2013 #9
Jeez, You Have A Few School Slaughters, And Everybody Gets Touchy. Paladin Mar 2013 #5
Yup. Let's make fun of the unreasonable reactions of the terrorized Robb Mar 2013 #13
+1000. (nt) Paladin Mar 2013 #14
Happiness is a warm gun, bang bang, shoot shoot. Sunlei Mar 2013 #7
Couldn't the cops have Go Vols Mar 2013 #8
Could that have been the answer to the prayer of the other kid taking the bio-exam? HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #10
School's Out Forever! intheflow Mar 2013 #11
The latest edition of the terrorists having won. (nt) Posteritatis Mar 2013 #12
Zero Tolerance libodem Mar 2013 #15
 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
6. Or Frankie and Johnny...
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 01:03 PM
Mar 2013

Frankie reached under her kimono
And pulled out a little(?) .44

Rooty-toot-toot three times she shot
Right through that hardwood door

A. Chint Anonamous

pamela

(3,469 posts)
9. Or "all the little kids with their pumped out kicks..."
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 01:18 PM
Mar 2013

"better run, better run...faster than my bullet." God, that song was so popular last year and just chilling right now.

Robb

(39,665 posts)
13. Yup. Let's make fun of the unreasonable reactions of the terrorized
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 02:58 PM
Mar 2013

rather than address the people doing the terrorizing.

DU gun-related threads are unrecognizable as progressive discussion.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
7. Happiness is a warm gun, bang bang, shoot shoot.
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 01:09 PM
Mar 2013

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HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
10. Could that have been the answer to the prayer of the other kid taking the bio-exam?
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 02:40 PM
Mar 2013

I mean somewhere in a mess THIS BIG must be the hand of God!

intheflow

(28,408 posts)
11. School's Out Forever!
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 02:52 PM
Mar 2013

School's been blown to pieces... no more pencils, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks.

libodem

(19,288 posts)
15. Zero Tolerance
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 03:12 PM
Mar 2013

Equals zero understanding and comprehension of individual instances of behavior. All cookie cutter all the time.

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