JSM's BEGGING FOR BAN THREAD # 8

[Missiontoconvict]

CC said to tell everyone HI! and THANKS! For some reason, he can now log on, he just cannot post.   

Thanks Fanny - Hi CC 

[Fanny Mae]

I think this will brighten our day - it sure did mine 

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[Missiontoconvict]

I think this will brighten our day - it sure did mine 

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/7EYAUazLI9k&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/7EYAUazLI9k&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1</a>

 

[trimmonthelake]

Night Monkeys. I pray for Shaniyah and that her killer is brought to justice.

I am very very tired and worried about my Mom's surgery Wednesday. She will be fine, but I still worry.

Thanksgiving is coming and then Christmas and then I have to go on vacation. I always have an overwhelming sense of doom when I go away.

Why the doom?  I will take your vacation if you don't want it. 

12 hour car ride with my family. 

Better load up the Ipod and get an audio book and put on your headphones 

Don't forget the Valium.     

[Tevye]

I think this will brighten our day - it sure did mine 

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/7EYAUazLI9k&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/7EYAUazLI9k&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1</a>

 

[Northern Rose]

Northern Rose, sometimes your pics are so beautiful they make me want to cry. I think that might be cos I want to be IN the pictures, way out west in the mountains. Alaska west, to be specific. Thank you SO much for posting them. I look at them as therapy. 

Glad you like my couch of therapy.   

Now who is gonna pick the stale popcorn out from between the cushions?

[Northern Rose]

I want these two little pigs.   

So do I.  They make me smile when I look at them.

    They make me think of Norbert in your freezer.     

Norbert was a guest for dinner on Sunday.  My neighbour smoked the hams with apple wood and we had Norbert Ham on Sunday with the leftovers going into my split pea soup yesterday.  I am lovin me some Norbert! 

[Northern Rose]

What's wrong with 'meep'? It's all in how you say it

By Ethan Forman
Staff writer


DANVERS — It's no surprise that using bad language in school can get you into hot water. But "meep"?

Danvers High parents recently got an automated call from the principal warning them that if students say or display the word "meep" at school, they could face suspension.

Meep doesn't mean much, unless you are Beaker — the hapless, orange-haired assistant to Dr. Bunsen Honeydew on "The Muppet Show."

While meep may be nonsense, what it represented was no laughing matter to the high school's administration. High school Principal Thomas Murray said students were using it and other words to disrupt school in a particular part of the building on Cabot Road. The term later became part of a disruption some students were planning online.

"It's really not about the word in particular," Murray said. "The reason for the message (was) a group of students were instructed to refrain from that language and other language in a particular part of the building."

Murray gave students "a reasonable request" not to use the word to disrupt school in a hallway, and to stop other behaviors, but they did not listen, Murray said.

"Students were not going along with the direction or refraining from a particular type of language," he said.

Murray did not elaborate on how the students were acting out. But he did say the phone call home was an attempt to head off a disruption being planned on the social networking Web site Facebook.

The disruption never happened, and Murray credited students for heeding his warning.

Murray said the school must react when online activity crosses paths with the school day. To that end, some students — Murray did not say how many — were suspended, but there were additional factors involved in their suspension unrelated to simply saying "meep."

"There were multiple reasons why students have been disciplined," Murray said.

And, he said, the matter was not about banning meep at Danvers High.

"It has nothing to do with the word," Murray said. "It has to do with the conduct of the students. We wouldn't just ban a word just to ban a word."

Murray said he called parents via the automated message phone system warning students not to use the term because "it would be seen as going against the request of the administration and cause a disruption to the school day."

Murray said students were not using the term to harass another student or a teacher.

"It's really about language and conduct," Murray said. "For me, it boils down to respectful conduct."

It's unclear what meaning "meep" has, other than it is a popular thing for kids to say when they are at a loss for something to say, according to various Web sites.

A group on Facebook called Meep has 370 members, for instance, and lists three Danvers High students as members. The category heading is: "Just for Fun — Totally Random," and it involves people just typing the word "meep" in various ways and expressing their fondness for the word.

Entries for the word "meep" in the online Urban Dictionary include "ouch," "uh-oh," a substitution for a swear word, a greeting, an exclamation or "a random expression of happiness used to fill gaps in conversation."

Some Danvers High students said yesterday they were not sure what "meep" means.

"No one really knows," said sophomore Melanie Crane, who said some freshmen used the term, but she has not heard the term used herself.

Other students outside Danvers High who declined to give their names said they got the phone message from Murray saying they risked suspension if they uttered the word.

They said the term is meaningless, comes from the Muppet Beaker or is a sound Japanese anime characters make. One student said nearly all the students think the whole thing is ridiculous.

Murray said the matter should be a wake-up call to parents about how kids are using social networking sites.

"I'm not sure parents are aware of what students are getting into on the Facebook sites," Murray said.

In the near future, Murray is planning a student-and-parent forum on the pitfalls of Facebook.

http://www.school-survival.net/blog/p/whats-wrong-with-meep-its-all-in-how-you-say-it/1504

What the frak???? Seriously? These admin don't have anything better to do? Sounds more like a problem at the top than a student problem. Perhaps it's a social experiment? Whatever, it's stupid! Meep Meep!!

The administration clearly has too much time on their hands.  I would be sending my kids to school with T-shirts that I painted MEEP on front and back and say bring it on.  There are far worse things that kids could be involved in.

[Fanny Mae]

I'm going to be spot cleaning the carpets. Son is going to do the full cleaning for me. BBL

[Northern Rose]

Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meeeeeeeeeep Meep-Meep
(Ode to Joy)

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[Northern Rose]

Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meeeeeeeeeep Meep-Meep
(Danny Boy)

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[trimmonthelake]

I think this will brighten our day - it sure did mine 

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That's great.   

[trimmonthelake]

Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meeeeeeeeeep Meep-Meep
(Danny Boy)

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[trimmonthelake]

Ft. Hood Combatant Casualty
Status Deepens Terror Debate

Awarding victims of the Fort Hood massacre combatant casualty benefits could intensify debate over whether the shooting spree was a terrorist attack

http://www.foxnews.com/

[joesamas mama]

I want these two little pigs.   

So do I.  They make me smile when I look at them.

    They make me think of Norbert in your freezer.     

Norbert was a guest for dinner on Sunday.  My neighbour smoked the hams with apple wood and we had Norbert Ham on Sunday with the leftovers going into my split pea soup yesterday.  I am lovin me some Norbert! 

          First Norbert, who is next Fanny Mae's Gertrude and Albert for Christmas Dinner?

[joesamas mama]

Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meeeeeeeeeep Meep-Meep
(Danny Boy)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/OCbuRA_D3KU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/OCbuRA_D3KU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;</a>

 

 

[Northern Rose]

I want these two little pigs.   

So do I.  They make me smile when I look at them.

    They make me think of Norbert in your freezer.     

Norbert was a guest for dinner on Sunday.  My neighbour smoked the hams with apple wood and we had Norbert Ham on Sunday with the leftovers going into my split pea soup yesterday.  I am lovin me some Norbert! 

          First Norbert, who is next Fanny Mae's Gertrude and Albert for Christmas Dinner?

Now theres a thought.  Some lovely goose...yum!   

I take it you will not be helping name the chicken this spring?   

[Fanny Mae]

Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meeeeeeeeeep Meep-Meep
(Ode to Joy)

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MEEP! MEEP! MEEP! 
Thanks, I needed that! Cleaning carpet is no fun. 

[Fanny Mae]

Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meeeeeeeeeep Meep-Meep
(Danny Boy)

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That one cracked my puter screen!!!!! It was that high MEEP!! 

[Fanny Mae]

I want these two little pigs.   

So do I.  They make me smile when I look at them.

    They make me think of Norbert in your freezer.     

Norbert was a guest for dinner on Sunday.  My neighbour smoked the hams with apple wood and we had Norbert Ham on Sunday with the leftovers going into my split pea soup yesterday.  I am lovin me some Norbert! 

          First Norbert, who is next Fanny Mae's Gertrude and Albert for Christmas Dinner?

Not to worry. I don't like cooked goose. I've had mine cooked too many times.  (And lived to tell about it!  )