Comments on: Marshmallow Shooters Banned at Public Elementary School http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/ Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy. Mon, 21 May 2012 11:55:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Fundraising » Marshmallow Shooters Banned at Public Elementary School http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-168932 Fundraising » Marshmallow Shooters Banned at Public Elementary School Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:04:13 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-168932 [...] School 24 Apr 2008 | 09:00 am | Category: Uncategorized       Steve Collins wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe school in rethinking the sale of [...] [...] School 24 Apr 2008 | 09:00 am | Category: Uncategorized       Steve Collins wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe school in rethinking the sale of [...]

]]> By: The Razor » Blog Archive » Speak Truth To Power - Just Not to Liberal Educators http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-159927 The Razor » Blog Archive » Speak Truth To Power - Just Not to Liberal Educators Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:51:04 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-159927 [...] is the same school board that decided to ban the sale of plastic toys that shot marshmallows - and used school funds in a “marshmallow shooter buyback [...] [...] is the same school board that decided to ban the sale of plastic toys that shot marshmallows – and used school funds in a “marshmallow shooter buyback [...]

]]> By: Choosing One’s Battles Carefully — Dean’s World http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-155397 Choosing One’s Battles Carefully — Dean’s World Sat, 03 May 2008 20:52:44 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-155397 [...] few weeks ago I wrote about some trouble we ran into with our local school district over my kid’s sale of marshmallow shooters. This wasn’t the first time we’ve had difficulty with it. The Kid’s primary [...] [...] few weeks ago I wrote about some trouble we ran into with our local school district over my kid’s sale of marshmallow shooters. This wasn’t the first time we’ve had difficulty with it. The Kid’s primary [...]

]]> By: Scott Kirwin http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-154895 Scott Kirwin Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:26:00 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-154895 detroitVB I like your idea. I think the best way to fight political correctness is to use their own tactics against them. detroitVB
I like your idea. I think the best way to fight political correctness is to use their own tactics against them.

]]> By: detroitVB http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-154858 detroitVB Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:47:41 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-154858 Parents at this school should join together and write letters to the admins saying that just because something is not appropriate that doesn't mean that it is inappropriate. They should schedule meetings with the admins and anyone else who cares to explain that it is inapropriate to classify things as not appropriate unless they are unappropriate. They should picket the school with signs that say "Not appropriate isn't inappropriate. Yes for Marshmellow shooters." Then maybe for once the admin/legal/PC idiots would get a taste of their own doublespeak. Another reason I send my kids to private religious schools. Parents at this school should join together and write letters to the admins saying that just because something is not appropriate that doesn’t mean that it is inappropriate. They should schedule meetings with the admins and anyone else who cares to explain that it is inapropriate to classify things as not appropriate unless they are unappropriate. They should picket the school with signs that say “Not appropriate isn’t inappropriate. Yes for Marshmellow shooters.”

Then maybe for once the admin/legal/PC idiots would get a taste of their own doublespeak. Another reason I send my kids to private religious schools.

]]> By: Duncan http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-154854 Duncan Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:42:40 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-154854 This is not an appropriate use of a marshmallow. Marshmallow golf ( a great fund raising idea by the way ). Yes. Used in scientific experments to determine the speed of light? You bet.   Respect your marshmallows. The are to be used as shooter glasses. (<em>I could elaborate, but this might not be</em> <em>the best place for that)</em>.Not shooters ammo. This is not an appropriate use of a marshmallow.
Marshmallow golf ( a great fund raising idea by the way ). Yes. Used in scientific experments to determine the speed of light? You bet.

  Respect your marshmallows. The are to be used as shooter glasses. (I could elaborate, but this might not be the best place for that).Not shooters ammo.

]]> By: RyanR http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-154839 RyanR Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:52:20 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-154839 I knew a guy who built arrows by using the old bic mechanical pencil eraser holder. He stuck a needle through eraser to make a nasty little dart. He then shot another student in the stomach with it, leaving a nasty puncture wound and bruise. Both kids thought it was funny as heck.  Another kid made an arc cutter out of a camera flash which he used to blow holes in Coke cans, and I designed and built the first semi-auto assault spitwad shooter. I think it would have fallen under the assault weapons ban. It held like 20 .177 caliber BBs for ammo. I also had plans sketched out for a fully automatic multi-barrel Gatling-style version. I was a ticking time bomb I tell you. In college I discovered that Wal-Mart will give you the old disposable cameras. The ones with a flash have a 300 volt capacitor charging circuit. It wasn't long before I had stuck a 150V capacitor into a large ballpoint pen and made a really wonderful gag. It's sitting on my desk now. (uncharged) Ryan <em>RyanR's last blog post..<a href='http://ryantheengineer.blogspot.com/2008/04/faces-of-math.html' rel="nofollow">Faces of Math</a></em> I knew a guy who built arrows by using the old bic mechanical pencil eraser holder. He stuck a needle through eraser to make a nasty little dart. He then shot another student in the stomach with it, leaving a nasty puncture wound and bruise. Both kids thought it was funny as heck.  Another kid made an arc cutter out of a camera flash which he used to blow holes in Coke cans, and I designed and built the first semi-auto assault spitwad shooter. I think it would have fallen under the assault weapons ban. It held like 20 .177 caliber BBs for ammo. I also had plans sketched out for a fully automatic multi-barrel Gatling-style version. I was a ticking time bomb I tell you. In college I discovered that Wal-Mart will give you the old disposable cameras. The ones with a flash have a 300 volt capacitor charging circuit. It wasn’t long before I had stuck a 150V capacitor into a large ballpoint pen and made a really wonderful gag. It’s sitting on my desk now. (uncharged)

Ryan

RyanR’s last blog post..Faces of Math

]]> By: bcostin http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-154801 bcostin Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:46:26 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-154801 It's all in good fun until someone puts an eye out. Or eats a marshmallow. When we were in middle school we'd take apart pushbutton ballpoint pens and reassemble them backwards, so that the spring would shoot the small projectiles across the room. I think our science teacher taught us how to do this. <em>bcostin's last blog post..<a href='http://bcostin.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/today-well-be-reading-from-pelosi-422/' rel="nofollow">Today we'll be reading from Pelosi 4:22</a></em> It’s all in good fun until someone puts an eye out. Or eats a marshmallow.

When we were in middle school we’d take apart pushbutton ballpoint pens and reassemble them backwards, so that the spring would shoot the small projectiles across the room. I think our science teacher taught us how to do this.

bcostin’s last blog post..Today we’ll be reading from Pelosi 4:22

]]> By: Phelps http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-154789 Phelps Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:08:28 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-154789 So the school wanted them... <em>demilled?</em> I'm guessing that rubber bands and paperclips are next. Bic pens after that?  Hell, when I was in school, we used spitballs as sabots for straightened paperclips to shoot at each other.  And when rubber bands weren't enough power for shooting paperclips at each other, some genius managed to score some surgical tubing (god knows where.) <em>Phelps's last blog post..<a href='http://phelps.donotremove.net/?p=1214' rel="nofollow">Biased Much?</a></em> So the school wanted them… demilled?

I’m guessing that rubber bands and paperclips are next.

Bic pens after that?  Hell, when I was in school, we used spitballs as sabots for straightened paperclips to shoot at each other.  And when rubber bands weren’t enough power for shooting paperclips at each other, some genius managed to score some surgical tubing (god knows where.)

Phelps’s last blog post..Biased Much?

]]> By: Martin L. Shoemaker http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-154786 Martin L. Shoemaker Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:44:16 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/04/24/marshmallow-shooters-banned-at-public-elementary-school/#comment-154786 Scott, how much for shipping and handling to deliver one to Michigan? Tell the Kid I'll place an order for one large Marshmallow Shooter. You and I can work out the payment arrangements. The school can make whatever stupid rules they want, but the Kid can step out of their centrally-planned economy and find a more open market. Scott, how much for shipping and handling to deliver one to Michigan? Tell the Kid I’ll place an order for one large Marshmallow Shooter. You and I can work out the payment arrangements.

The school can make whatever stupid rules they want, but the Kid can step out of their centrally-planned economy and find a more open market.

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