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| Concord, CA School: Hot Sauce Is Deadly Weapon |
| 2006-10-21 |
| CONCORD, Calif. -- A 16-year-old girl is back in school Friday after school officials recanted their decision to suspend her for bringing hot sauce to school, NBC11's Jodi Hernandez reported. School officials said Laura Martin's $25 bottle of Mad Dog 357 sauce hurt two students on Thursday. The Concord High School senior said she and her friend Stephanie Goins, 15, were given a two-day suspension for possession of a deadly weapon. The school's principal said the girls were suspended for the way they used the sauce, not because they had it. Martin said they brought the sauce to school because some of their friends said they could handle the sauce's heat. Before their first class, Martin said a 16-year-old boy drank the sauce and started having breathing problems. He also started shaking, Hernandez reported. The school called paramedics, who arrived and said nothing was wrong with the boy. Paramedics were called again after another student got the sauce in his eye, Hernandez reported. Neither girl was in trouble with their parents. Laura's father said the school overreacted. School officials refused to speak with NBC11, Hernandez reported. SLIDESHOW: Images From Case |
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| #7 I was a real pistol, and my mother never let me forget. Apparently I used to steal chili peppers from a neighbor's plant and eat them - at 18 months. I still like hot stuff (including Thai food and pepper sauce), but I don't do foolish things - any more. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-10-21 19:12 |
| #6 I made a great discovery about young men. I had with me some fresh habanero peppers and was showing these to some friends when this young stud approached. I knew that if I told him it was a mild pepper and that he should try a nibble, he wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. But being in an evil mood, I said to him: "Son, this is a habanero pepper, the hottest pepper around. If you eat even a little bit of it, it will kick your ass from here to Tuesday. If you eat even a nibble of it, you will run into the bathroom and put soap in your mouth to take away pain like you have never felt before." Well, my attention was distracted for a second and sure enough, he grabbed that pepper out of my hand, shoved it into his mouth, chewed it eight or ten times and swallowed that sumbitch. (Pregnant pause lasting about 15 seconds when nobody said a damn thing, just stared with baited anticipation. They were not disappointed.) And yes, he did end up in the bathroom, washing his mouth out with that nasty pink hand soap. And as impatient as he was, I didn't even get around to telling him what he could look forward to in about a day... |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-10-21 18:24 |
| #5 All the other geniuses would then have a direct example as to why this is not recommended Geez, SpecOp, next you'll be advocating that we teach kids to think clearly and take responsibility for their actions! |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-10-21 17:08 |
| #4 Jesus H. God-dancing Christ! |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-10-21 16:59 |
| #3 Why are they being punished? Stoopid is still stoopid. Who forced the jackass to chug-a-lug it ? This is the penalty of being an idiot. Everything has to be learned the hard way. I think I would have just stood there and laughed at the fool while he panted and drooled and tried to get his breath. All the other geniuses would then have a direct example as to why this is not recommended. |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2006-10-21 13:43 |
| #2 It was the capsaicin in the hot sauce. It's rather a nasty compound, actually; I used it in some lab experiments some years ago (actually published them, too!). In small doses it stimulates the sensory nerves to release 'neuropeptides'; in larger doses it kills the sensory nerves. You find it in hot sauces, peppers, etc. It's the stuff that makes your eyes water and your sinuses swell. If my daughter had done this I would have punished her suitably. Inside, of course, I'd been laughing like hell at the dumb-ass boys that she suckered, but I'd never show it. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-10-21 11:35 |
| #1 Before their first class, Martin said a 16-year-old boy drank the sauce and started having breathing problems. He also started shaking, Hernandez reported. The school called paramedics, who arrived and said nothing was wrong with the boy. Paramedics were called again after another student got the sauce in his eye, Hernandez reported. It's a well known fact that young women can inspire males of all ages to perform acts of incredible stupidity. Blaming them for it is another matter entirely. He also started shaking That was probably just his butt-hole quaking in abject terror. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-21 05:18 |