Spring Break
Yeas & Nays
Issue date: 3/6/09 Section: Forum
Nay to starting out Yeas and Nays negatively, but really - we've got two whole weeks before spring break, and we feel like whining. So, nay.
Yea to homemade bongs. Arts and crafts gets so much more fun when we're out of elementary school.
Nay to homemade bongs used for punishment of 6-month-old kittens - no joke. A Nebraska man was caught by police smoking marijuana out of a box-like bong that was housing his "hyper" cat. Apparently potheads aren't cat people.
Yea to brief pockets of sunshine this week causing our Seasonal Affective Disorder to take a 15-minute vacation.
Nay to cutesy, public marriage proposals. Single people are insecure, okay?
Yea to cutesy, public marriage proposals that go horribly awry, like what happened to the plans of a New Mexico man whose girlfriend swallowed the engagement ring he had hidden in a milkshake. This may have seemed like a cute idea if the "milkshake" wasn't a Frosty from Wendy's. We're guessing the engagement ring came out of a Cracker Jack box.
Nay to childhood issues being relived in adulthood. A 24-year-old bus driver from Virginia was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor by offering students money to throw snowballs at a 13-year-old. In other crazy bus driver news …
Yea to justice for big, fluffy anti-crime mascots. A Washington, D.C., bus driver was charged with simple assault for punching a police officer dressed as McGruff the Crime Dog, who was handing out flyers to kids on the street.
Nay to wasting time, even in the name of shoplifting. A woman was arrested in Longview, Wash., for shoplifting more than $300 worth of items from a WinCo grocery store. The woman spent 12 hours at the store, hiding more than 100 items.
Yea to demanding customer-effing-service. A Florida woman called 911 three different times to complain about a local McDonald's after being told the fast-food restaurant had run out of chicken nuggets after ordering a 10-piece Chicken McNugget meal. The woman was cited for misuse of 911.
Nay to getting hit by a car, which happened to a Florida man when he tried to save a parking spot for his wife at a gas station. That just sucks.
Yea to Florida and all its awesome news. A Florida man was arrested after taking a golf cart for a joy ride and ending up in a swamp. Here's a quick rundown of how golf carts work: push on the gas and they go forward, take foot off gas and they stop. So yes, the man drove the golf cart into a swamp.
Nay to drilling in Snell Hall and giving the Barometer staff one more reason to have a headache.
Editorials serve as a platform for Barometer editors to offer commentary and opinions on issues both global and local, grand in scale and diminutive. The views expressed here are a reflection of the editorial board majority. Disagree? E-mail a letter to the editor or guest column to editor@dailybarometer.com.
Yea to homemade bongs. Arts and crafts gets so much more fun when we're out of elementary school.
Nay to homemade bongs used for punishment of 6-month-old kittens - no joke. A Nebraska man was caught by police smoking marijuana out of a box-like bong that was housing his "hyper" cat. Apparently potheads aren't cat people.
Yea to brief pockets of sunshine this week causing our Seasonal Affective Disorder to take a 15-minute vacation.
Nay to cutesy, public marriage proposals. Single people are insecure, okay?
Yea to cutesy, public marriage proposals that go horribly awry, like what happened to the plans of a New Mexico man whose girlfriend swallowed the engagement ring he had hidden in a milkshake. This may have seemed like a cute idea if the "milkshake" wasn't a Frosty from Wendy's. We're guessing the engagement ring came out of a Cracker Jack box.
Nay to childhood issues being relived in adulthood. A 24-year-old bus driver from Virginia was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor by offering students money to throw snowballs at a 13-year-old. In other crazy bus driver news …
Yea to justice for big, fluffy anti-crime mascots. A Washington, D.C., bus driver was charged with simple assault for punching a police officer dressed as McGruff the Crime Dog, who was handing out flyers to kids on the street.
Nay to wasting time, even in the name of shoplifting. A woman was arrested in Longview, Wash., for shoplifting more than $300 worth of items from a WinCo grocery store. The woman spent 12 hours at the store, hiding more than 100 items.
Yea to demanding customer-effing-service. A Florida woman called 911 three different times to complain about a local McDonald's after being told the fast-food restaurant had run out of chicken nuggets after ordering a 10-piece Chicken McNugget meal. The woman was cited for misuse of 911.
Nay to getting hit by a car, which happened to a Florida man when he tried to save a parking spot for his wife at a gas station. That just sucks.
Yea to Florida and all its awesome news. A Florida man was arrested after taking a golf cart for a joy ride and ending up in a swamp. Here's a quick rundown of how golf carts work: push on the gas and they go forward, take foot off gas and they stop. So yes, the man drove the golf cart into a swamp.
Nay to drilling in Snell Hall and giving the Barometer staff one more reason to have a headache.
Editorials serve as a platform for Barometer editors to offer commentary and opinions on issues both global and local, grand in scale and diminutive. The views expressed here are a reflection of the editorial board majority. Disagree? E-mail a letter to the editor or guest column to editor@dailybarometer.com.
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