An Arkansas school teacher who gave her students a fish-shaped water gun is under fire

Fox News ^ | 5-31-2004 | Scott Norvell

[Diddle E. Squat]

Arkansas, Arkansas
I lust love ole Arkansas
Love my ma, love my pa
But I just love ole Arkansas
Well, I ain't never traveled much
But someday when the money's such
I'd like to see the world and all
And take a run through Arkansas

I'd like to get my picture took
And put in it my memory book
And someday hang it on my wall
To say that I'd seen Arkansas

Arkansas, Arkansas
I lust love ole Arkansas
Love my ma, love my pa
But I just love ole Arkansas

Grandpa he has always good
I'd play horsey on his foot
He'd tell me when I'd get tall
We'd both go see Arkansas
Arkansas, Arkansas
I lust love ole Arkansas
Love my ma, love my pa
But I just love ole Arkansas

Arkansas, Arkansas
I lust love ole Arkansas
Love my ma, love my pa
But I just love ole Arkansas
I just love ole Arkansas

[Bigg Red]

...the gun she was beating him with went off...

????

Are you sure this isn't from the Onion?

[dighton]

The parent who complained, Karen Young, doesn't want fish-shaped toy guns in her house because she accidentally shot an ex-boyfriend one time when the gun she was beating him with went off.

Can't possibly do it justice . . . . . so, ping!

[Diddle E. Squat]

"Sure gotta pretty mouth" ping

[dighton]

Arkansas, didn't mean to leave you out.

[Doug Loss]

I guess I'm just dense(no comments, please!). How is a plastic fish that squirts water from its mouth in any way connected with the concept of "gun?" These people are insane.

[Auntbee]

Truth is stranger than fiction!!!!

[general_re]

http://www.nbc24-51.com/Global/story.asp?S=1902337&nav=F8n2NWH1

Young says two of her brothers were shot in domestic disputes, her uncle committed suicide with a gun and she accidentally shot her ex boyfriend when the gun she hit him with went off.

[b9]

Squirt guns work great for barking dogs, BTW :-)

[Xenalyte]

If I had a nickel for every time I was beating up Xena's Guy with my Smith & Wesson and it accidentally went off and shot him, I'd have, like, five nickels.

[AdequateMan]

Safety lesson, boys and girls:

Before pistol-whipping your spouse, significant other or life partner, be sure your pistol is unloaded, and of a weight and size corresponding to the severity of the infraction.
It is unfair to beat anyone with a loaded weapon, or one which is larger proportionally than the offense committed. For example, it is unfair to beat your wife with a Desert Eagle .50 cal pistol for burning your grilled cheese sandwich.
I would have thought this was common sense, but hey, they had to have the "rule of thumb".

[Cagey]

Squirt guns work great for barking dogs, BTW :-)

I'm sure they do. But I'd imagine these fish squirt guns would have an interesting effect on cats.

[Tamzee]

Jerry Springer needs to dedicate an entire show just to her...

[Xenalyte]

And for cats. It's how Bacon keeps discipline among his menagerie.

[blau993]

Leave the flounder . . .
Take the cannoles

[Chad Fairbanks]

This is my rifle, this is my gun... this is for fighting... and this is for beating my boyfriend with.

[anonymous_user]

Two of her brothers were shot in domestic disputes, her uncle committed suicide with a gun and she accidentally shot her ex boyfriend when the gun she hit him with went off.

They need to pawn their guns and buy some chlorine for the gene pool.

[aruanan]

An Arkansas school teacher who gave her students a fish-shaped water gun is under fire

The reason a water gun is a water gun is because it's something that's shaped like a gun that squirts water. If it's shaped like a fish, then it's no longer a "gun", otherwise dish-soap or Windex bottles are all guns. It's sad enough that the person complaining has had family tragedy, but it's even worse that she's a complete moron.

[ntnychik]

Why would the teacher apologize? A little administratively enforced image vs. reality? The poor teacher probably spent hours thoughtfully coming up with a creative and motivating lesson plan.

[freeangel]

This dingbat mom whould be taken out and shot--with a fish water toy.