tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695120232450962671.post1680052790874303459..comments2023-06-21T03:14:19.197-05:00Comments on Grumpy Old Men--The Prequel: 2" Pocket Knife = 20 Day Suspensionkingdavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17818391759424588698noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695120232450962671.post-20236734456150901292009-10-15T02:15:51.125-05:002009-10-15T02:15:51.125-05:00zero tolerance came in the last couple of years I ...zero tolerance came in the last couple of years I was in high school ... somehow they never got around to suspending the top student in the class when she (me that would be) took out her 2" jackknife and sharpened her pencil during class ... <br /><br />... but I hear the year after I left they did actually crack down.<br /><br />I didn't tell them I knew about a gun one kid kept in his car. I actually think I probably *should* have told about that, because I didn't trust that kid's friends ... and guns are a long-range weapon.krhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01257941393760753111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695120232450962671.post-50592792875443683112009-10-14T07:55:02.320-05:002009-10-14T07:55:02.320-05:00Victorinox Spartan, previously a Leatherman, and b...Victorinox Spartan, previously a Leatherman, and before that another Victorinox. This is one of many, many reasons I don't send my children to the government's schools.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695120232450962671.post-115450162192342572009-10-14T05:48:37.690-05:002009-10-14T05:48:37.690-05:00I carry a Leatherman micra. Tiny little knife, but...I carry a Leatherman micra. Tiny little knife, but I use the thing pretty much every day for some task or another. Zero tolerance = zero thinking = 100% stupidity.Mr. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695120232450962671.post-42315322587054642892009-10-13T22:08:07.508-05:002009-10-13T22:08:07.508-05:00Ah yes, I'm an old pocket-knife man, myself. G...Ah yes, I'm an old pocket-knife man, myself. Grandpa Crankbait gave me my first when I was a boy and insisted I get in the habit of carrying one, and I pretty much have. Had a few interesting moments in school, too, but things were different back in the day. <br /><br />I think all the G.O.M. ought to get some of those new-fangled pocket-knives, though; the ones that come with a spell-checker!R.A. Crankbaitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695120232450962671.post-70003907494873674692009-10-13T21:51:42.057-05:002009-10-13T21:51:42.057-05:00I wish I hadn't seen this right before bed tim...I wish I hadn't seen this right before bed time. Stories about the 'pansy-fication' of America's young men and boys always get me worked up.kingdavidhttp://www.lifeofkingdavid.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695120232450962671.post-39676305764886948832009-10-13T20:50:26.911-05:002009-10-13T20:50:26.911-05:00i carried a knife in high school, to school, in cl...i carried a knife in high school, to school, in classes... thats what carrying a knife means.<br />and i was open with it: strapped to the outside of my boot (i thought it was cool to carry a knife that way. hey, it was a long time ago, ok?)<br /><br />it usually came out at lunch time (and often got passed around) to open a bag of chips or something like that.<br /><br />it was a private school even, and nobody ever showed any concerns about it.Ginohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606046924332159076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695120232450962671.post-78466197298805267592009-10-13T20:15:47.363-05:002009-10-13T20:15:47.363-05:00It's yet another illustration of how "zer...It's yet another illustration of how "zero tolerance" policies allow for zero common sense.<br /><br />Watching O'Reilly just now, they mentioned this story, and in the same segment, they also discussed a woman who hired a man to "abort" her unborn child by kicking her repeatedly in the abdomen. That was perfectly legal (in Utah), while this poor kid gets the book thrown at him. That's where we are as a country.<br /><br />I wish someone would inform these school administrators that stupidity is a dangerous weapon, too.Dan S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13965170351878994938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695120232450962671.post-12476483986299861182009-10-13T18:15:18.897-05:002009-10-13T18:15:18.897-05:00Yet another reason not to send my kids to public s...Yet another reason not to send my kids to public schools. Not that I needed another.W.B. Picklesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187309512838841997noreply@blogger.com