School bans tag: What?

[Tuck]

(http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html)

[Chewie]

Did anyone else thing it was referring to the body spray?

To be fair, I sucked at tag. So. It's okay to ban it. Because I was never good at it.

And Tuck, I know I've read somewhere about dodgeball being banned.

[Meho]

i totally thought the body spray when i first read the topic....i was like...what? who cares?

then i read the post...and my questions didn't change >_<

[Dern]

Actually in my school district (Paradise Valley School District #69 in Phoenix) just banned dodgeball. This crap is ridiculous.

[Meho]

I <3 Dodgeball...it's stupid to ban it.

stupid.

[Megan]

Well, you know.

If all children can't win at a game, it's pointless, right?

If all kids can't be picked first, it's a terrible game.

Geesh.

[nirorivers6]

i too thought it was the spray... and i was thinking to myself that they didn't want a flock of girls swarming guys like in the commercials and it made me laugh...but that is stupid...they'll ban hide and seek because the kids will surely develop some abandoment phobia...heh

[theatrix04]

i too thought it was the spray... and i was thinking to myself that they didn't want a flock of girls swarming guys like in the commercials and it made me laugh...but that is stupid...they'll ban hide and seek because the kids will surely develop some abandoment phobia...heh

When all else fails read the directions or the article.... LOL

[nirorivers6]

"Another Willett parent, Celeste D'Elia, said her son feels safer because of the rule. "I've witnessed enough near collisions," she said."

the child feels safer, or she feels safer. somehow i have a difficult time imagining a little kid saying "now that tag and other contact sports have been banned i feel safer and much more secure...another point for national security."

[Chewie]

"Another Willett parent, Celeste D'Elia, said her son feels safer because of the rule. "I've witnessed enough near collisions," she said."

Really, woman? REALLY? He feels safer? You think your son is gonna grow up happy and well-adjusted because he won't COLLIDE with anyone? Listen, idiot, I don't know if you've ever been to a city with more than one person per square mile, but people have to come in contact with other people.

Brushed shoulders, helping people up who have fallen, accepting change from clerks...this stuff happens in the REAL WORLD. I know the idea of your son actually passing by someone on the elevator SEEMS traumatic, but I'm afraid it's commonplace in this day and age.

Obviously this kid is going to be screwed up, whomever it is, since his mom's parents had the gall to name their daughter "Celeste", but you're not helping matters but expressing, incorrectly, his joy of not being able to make physical with anyone ever again.

I wish I could have a transcript of how you explain *** to this child.

[tysoncoy_pwnduo]

wow chewie...that was amazing. and i'm totally without sarcasm here, and if you ever get that transcript let me know.

[wrestlespeech]

My school banned dodgeball...citing discrimination against "nerds" (i'm not kidding)

[x_kayla]

Stuff like this makes me hate people.

[Amber_rebmA]

hahahaha

First of all...I totally thought they were talking about the body spray because that would be amazing. I wish that and Axe would get banned...it lingers through the freshmen hallway all day long..gross.

Second of all, this makes me sad. I loved tag!! And dodgeball...how depressing, yet the fact that this is even an issue cracks me up.

[KrispyKreme]

Tag and Dodgeball both support survival of the fittest. By banning them, we are effectively weakening the future of our society.

Tag and Dodgeball are integral parts of the American Dream. Therefore, both tag and Dodgeball are needed for a happy existence.