Dangerously Spicy?

Schools are in a conundrum.

While they are not allowed to do anything that would mortally inconvenience actual mass-murderers, like allow guards (much less teachers) to come to school armed, they are allowed to criminalize mentioning, even via gesture, the tools of the mass murderer's trade.

And of course, they're allowed to panic at will.

A 911 call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito.

Someone called authorities Thursday after seeing a boy carrying something long and wrapped up into Marshall Junior High School.

The drama ended two hours later when the suspicious item was identified as a 30-inch burrito filled with steak, guacamole, lettuce, salsa and jalapenos. It was wrapped inside tin foil and a white T-shirt.

"I didn't know whether to laugh or cry," school Principal Diana Russell said.

Fortunately, school security and teachers are allowed to carry concealed donuts; against food-bearing assailants, they are prepared.

Posted by Mitch at May 3, 2005 05:34 AM | TrackBack