They might just have decided it was a nice reward…
11 students suspended for banana prank – UPI.com
ZION, Ill., April 23 (UPI) — A Zion, Ill., high school has suspended 11 seniors involved in a prank that featured a student in a gorilla costume chasing banana-clad seniors in the hallways.
Zion-Benton Township High School handed seven-day suspensions to the costumed students, who phoned in sick before the stunt and wore pantyhose over their heads to conceal their identities during the prank, the Waukegan (Ill.) News-Sun reported Wednesday.
Some of the students said the school overreacted with the harsh punishment.
“What’s funnier than a gorilla chasing bananas through a school? Nothing,” said Andrew Leinonen, the prank’s mastermind and the student who dressed as a gorilla. “It was a harmless prank.”
However, others said they were just thankful the school decided not to bar them from prom and graduation.
“We think this is a just punishment,” said Brendon Epker, one of the students who dressed as bananas. “We broke rules we shouldn’t have broken.”
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I would have barred these lame cretins from prom and graduation (the ceremony, they could get their diplomas by mail).
Harsh? Not for lame “humor” like this. Was that really the best they could do? The old gorilla gag? Doubt if any of them are college material, but they certainly could write for sitcoms, none of which has had an original line, sight gag, or pratfall since Lincoln was president.
“F” for creativity.