11 students suspended for banana prank

Mark Frauenfelder 8:12 pm Wed Apr 23, 2008

UPI reports that a high school in Illinois "has suspended 11 seniors involved in a prank that featured a student in a gorilla costume chasing banana-clad seniors in the hallways."

The students were suspended for 7 days. How sad to punish seniors about to graduate for doing something harmless and delightful. If I were the principal, I would have given them gold stars and a letter-grade boost in the class of their choice. Link

Previously on Boing Boing:
• Gorilla suit making workshop
• National Gorilla Suit Day
• Brains turn gorilla suits invisible
• Silicon Valley traffic report: gorilla suited guy on freeway

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