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[woolymonkey]

This morning's email from the monkey school:

Dear Families
We have recently been made aware of a new "craze" among certain students of grabbing someone around the neck, and throttling them so that they pass out for several seconds.
Needless to say we have banned this highly dangerous "pastime" at school but wished to alert parents in case their offspring decide to indulge in this "party trick" over the Christmas period.
Regards
Heads of School

Meanwhile, the crucial information on whether monkeys will be released at lunchtime or 3pm remains Top Sekrit. Spider is at home anyway (feeling better, but wobbly). I'll see Squirrel when I see him--assuming he hasn't been "strangled" or "arrested" for "monkeyslaughter" in the "meantime".

Comments

[penknife.livejournal.com]

... because otherwise parents might be fine with allowing their kids to strangle each other over the Christmas holidays?

... because otherwise parents might worry that the school was telling their kids "Go ahead, throttle away! It's quieter when you're all unconscious"?

Messages from school can be so weird.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Kids, killing each other is bad. Nearly killing each other is bad too.

Because how can they know this if we don't tell them?

[penknife.livejournal.com]

Kids, don't strangle each other for fun. (If you want to get high, just do drugs.)