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South Carolina Student Arrested For "Killing Pet Dinosaur"

Posted by timothy on from the tell-me-again-about-our-troubled-youth dept.

Rambo Tribble (1273454) writes In South Carolina a 16-year old boy, Alex Stone, was arrested and charged with creating a disturbance at his school, as well as suspended, for choosing to write: "I killed my neighbor's pet dinosaur. I bought the gun to take care of the business," in response to a class writing assignment. The story has attracted international attention.

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  1. Re:LOL by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    The child understood that dinosaurs don't exist anymore. It's not clear that the police were operating from the same viewpoint.

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  2. Re:Please, don't tell them ... by Eevee · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... but I strangled my neighbor's unicorn, last night.

    Now, I've heard the phrase choking the chicken before, but that one's a new euphemism to me.

  3. Re:LOL by 0123456 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The police were probably just hoping they'd get a chance to shoot a dinosaur themselves.