River ,'Out Of Gas'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
I think kids should *definitely* be suspended if the do the "gun" thing with their hands -- as long as they're doing it in the cheesy way that, say, Larry from Marketing does to indicate something along the lines of "You betcha, sporto!"
(Does everyone know what I'm talking about? I don't know a shorthand term for that cheesy I'm-"shooting"-at-you-to-indicate-I-agree-and-am-totally-cool" thingy.)
Like this, Teppy? Owen's cousins taught him how to do it. I wasn't there when it happened.
Doing the douchebag finger-gun should carry heavy penalties! Especially if they wink and click their tongues at the same time.
Like this, Teppy?
Yes!
Especially if they wink and click their tongues at the same time.
You know exactly what I'm talking about! It's SO obnoxious!
What if they go "pew pew pew"?
What if they go "pew pew pew"?
Hmmm. They're exempt only if they do it ironically.
Is it possible for an adult to go "pew pew pew" unironically?
Is it possible for an adult to go "pew pew pew" unironically?
Clearly you have never been hit with a blast from my finger guns.
Yes, I am a douchebag.
Is it possible for an adult to go "pew pew pew" unironically?
Perhaps we don't know the same adults...
Even if the context is such that making the gesture is wrong, I still don't think it should be treated the same as an actual gun. In general zero tolerance means zero brains. I don't remember any case where zero tolerance works out well. Take a strong stance against bullying, drugs, sexual harrassment other bad things. But "zero tolerance" always ends with things like suspending two kids who are having a mock fight, expelling a 5 year old who kisses another five year old, suspending a kid for not checking in her tylenol with the nurse.