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A school mistook a huge burrito for a weapon, and went into lockdown.
This gave me a good laugh, and sadly I am not suprised.
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — A 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 into Marshall Junior High.
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 and wrapped inside tin foil and a white T-shirt.
"I didn't know whether to laugh or cry," school Principal Diana Russell said.
State police, Clovis police and the Curry County Sheriff's Department arrived at the school shortly after 8:30 a.m. They searched the premises and determined there was no immediate danger.
In the meantime, more than 30 parents, alerted by a radio report, descended on the school. Visibly shaken, they gathered around in a semi-circle, straining their necks, awaiting news.
"There needs to be security before the kids walk through the door," said Heather Black, whose son attends the school.
After the lockdown was lifted but before the burrito was identified as the culprit, parents pulled 75 students out of school, Russell said.
Russell said the mystery was solved after she brought everyone in the school together in the auditorium to explain what was going on.
"The kid was sitting there as I'm describing this (report of a student with a suspicious package) and he's thinking, 'Oh, my gosh, they're talking about my burrito.'"
Afterward, eighth-grader Michael Morrissey approached her.
"He said, 'I think I'm the person they saw,'" Russell said.
The burrito was part of Morrissey's extra-credit assignment to create commercial advertising for a product.
"We had to make up a product and it could have been anything. I made up a restaurant that specialized in oddly large burritos," Morrissey said.
After students heard the description of what police were looking for, he and his friends began to make the connection. He then took the burrito to the office.
"The police saw it and everyone just started laughing. It was a laughter of relief," Morrissey said.
"Oh, and I have a new nickname now. It's Burrito Boy."
March 19, 2010 at 4:04 am (This post was last modified: March 19, 2010 at 4:09 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
On this day: March 19 1834; the Tolpuddle martyrs were sentenced to seven years transportation.
Quote:The Tolpuddle Martyrs were a group of 19th century English agricultural labourers who were arrested for and convicted of swearing a secret oath as members of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers. The rules of the society show it was clearly structured as a friendly society and operated as a trade-specific benefit society. But at the time, friendly societies had strong elements of what we now consider to be the predominant role of trade unions. The Tolpuddle Martyrs were subsequently sentenced to transportation to Australia.
Relevant? Well,at least as much as what some dumbarsed Americans did in 2005.
March 19, 2010 at 5:23 am (This post was last modified: March 19, 2010 at 5:24 am by Violet.)
Student quoted in USA Today Wrote:"Oh, and I have a new nickname now. It's Burrito Boy."
I've been called many things... but never 'Burrito Boy'...
Would it be particularly difficult for legislation to be passed that everything brought into a school is searched as a security screenout prior to its entering? The places are close enough to prisons that they shouldn't be too hard to convert to this format
(March 19, 2010 at 10:43 am)theblindferrengi Wrote: I am amused by the stupidity of others, and that is not hard to come by anymore, so I suppose I am.
In Oregon we have a town called Hillsboro, and it is very well known for it's Hispanic population, hince the well known town name Hills-borrito. And man the food out in that neck of the woods is good.
Thanks for the story theblindferrengi, it was very funny.
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