Filed under: Children, Crime, Health, Inventions, Kids, Life, Media, Money, News, Opinions, Parenting, School Shootings, USA, United States, World
Today, I’m heading out to buy school supplies. In Saskatchewan, students head back to school next week and I, unlike all those Alpha-Moms out there, take pride in not having the school supplies purchased, labeled and inventoried by July 17th. No, I prefer the last minute rush, duking it out with other moms like me who know that tending to this duty prior to the real end of summer only leads to the total ruination of summer itself!
Shut up. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
I came across one item that I’m just not sure any of my kids will need.
From this article by Mike Underwood at BostonHerald.com:
- “The backpacks, which will cost $175, have a super-lightweight bullet-proof plate sewn into the back which weighs no more than a bottle of water. Pelonzi said the material used is a secret.The plate material meets National Institute of Justice safety standards, said Pelonzi, and during a three-year testing phase, stood up to bullets as well as machete, hatchet and Ka-bar knife attacks. “
Go ahead and watch their video over at Youtube.
I’m not sure about the rest of you, but I just can’t recall the last time there was a machete or a hatchet attack at any of my childrens’ schools. There was a stabbing incident at a local school, but as I recall, it was the kind of knife that’s not… well, a machete.
Nevertheless, the dads who created this are confident it is useful, stating in this article at TheBostonChannel.com:
- ‘”If the kid has a backpack next to them, or under the desk, they can pick it up, the straps act as a handle and it becomes a shield,” Curran said.”
Again, I’m not sure about the rest of you, but at my childrens’ schools, the students keep their backpacks in their lockers, not under their desks. It’s a space issue. Under their desk is usually a storage crate of some sort to hold books and supplies that don’t fit inside the desks. I’m not sure… but should an attack happen, I doubt said attacker would allow the students time to make a dash to their lockers in order to get their bulletproof backpacks.
A local radio station featured a conversation with Mike Pelonzi and he expressed a bit of surprise that commuters were purchasing the pack to give themselves added security on the bus or subway. Perhaps I’ll grant them that one.
As for whether or not it’s something my kids need this year?
I doubt it.
What do you think? Have your say here, or link back to this post from your blog and invite your readers to do the same.
Text links to sources:
http://www.mychildspack.com/
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=1016084
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/13860078/detail.html?eref=googletoolbar
Photo credit: Patrick Whittmore, staff photo, BostonHerald.com
Filed under: Amusement, Funny, Humor, Life, Oddities, Stupidity, Weird Shit
I just don’t know why people take some things so literally.
I like watching that show on television, where the nice British ladies go to the homes of incredible slobs people who are too busy to keep their homes clean, and clean the house up for them.
I like the gumption of those dang little ladies. One wears the rubber gloves trimmed in maribou feathers and the other just doesn’t mince words.
One of the things they frequently tell people, is how they should make the effort to run a Hoover over it every now and then. That sounds reasonable to me, but then again, I know what they mean by that statement.
Sadly, there are the people who take statements like that a little too literally (and I’m not talking about those silly Mexicans and their literal interpretation of our North American saying, “Eat shit.”)
Case in point:
- “Edinburgh – A dwarf performer at the Edinburgh fringe festival had to be rushed to hospital after his penis got stuck to a vacuum cleaner during an act that went horribly awry.
- Daniel Blackner, or “Captain Dan the Demon Dwarf”, was due to perform at the Circus of Horrors at the festival known for its oddball, offbeat performances. The main part of his act saw him appear on stage with a vacuum cleaner attached to his member through a special attachment. The attachment broke before the performance and Blackner tried to fix it using extra-strong glue, but unfortunately only let it dry for 20 seconds instead of the 20 minutes required.
- He then joined it directly to his organ. The end result? A solid attachment, laughter, mortification and… a hospital visit.”
- It was the most embarrassing moment of my life when I got wheeled into a packed A&E with a vacuum attached to me,” Blackner said.”
- I just wished the ground could swallow me up. Luckily, they saw me quickly so the embarrassment was short-lived.” – Sapa-AFP”
I just can’t bring myself to feel sorry for this guy. After all, if he’d have stuck with something his own size (and this lovely one in particular happens to come in a Wet & Dry model) the whole fiasco probably wouldn’t have happened!
