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26 October 2006

Girls kicked out for going to school dressed as Captain Underpants. Here's the photo gallery (which may or may not resize your browser, so don't freak out). I think they look adorable. This round goes to you, Professor Poopypants.

post by: iconomy at: 09:36 | 30 comments

Dude I love me some Captain Underpants.

Other kid stuff that I love and am not afraid to admit it: Kim Possible, Pixar (admittedly not just for kids), Spongebob, Fairly Oddparents.... oh god I've gone too far.

The best part about having a kid is that I never really grew up myself and now I have an excuse to have a Tivo full of cartoons.

posted by mike9322 26 October | 09:40

Captain Underpants was a little after my time. Kim Possible irks me mainly because I find it vaguely perturbing that even cartoon supergirls have to have bare midriffs now.

And those costumes are tame. When I was in high school, one guy put on a habit and two ammunition belts, toted a toy M-1 and said he was "Sister Rambo." He owns a bagel shop now.

posted by jonmc 26 October | 09:44

Man, that principal is weak sauce. How come it's always stupid authoritarians that get those jobs?

A couple years after I graduated, they suspended a kid at my (alternative, magnet) high school for wearing a sex-ed vagina costume for Halloween. That was bullshit too.

posted by klangklangston 26 October | 09:51

A popular costume when I was in high school was Lady Godiva - beige body suit and long long long blond wig. In comparison, these costumes are pretty tame.

posted by muddgirl 26 October | 09:57

A popular costume when I was in high school was Lady Godiva - beige body suit and long long long blond wig.

Me too. No girl ever had the balls to go all the way with it, sadly. My neighbor Clint went as Brutus Beefcake one year, bare chest, bowtie and all. Still recovering from that.

posted by jonmc 26 October | 10:08

I have a friend who works out (she's in great shape) and she also happens to be a middle school principal. I keep telling her that all she has to do is carry a stake around and dress slightly sexy and go as Buffy on that day. I have even offered her the stake. So far, she has demurred.

posted by danf 26 October | 10:20

They look precious, but... not really appropriate for school( or office, and really, shouldn't school dress codes reflect what's appropriate for the work force?). They weren't kicked out of school, they were sent home for the day when they refused to cover up. Reasonable.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 October | 10:23

not really appropriate for school( or office, and really, shouldn't school dress codes reflect what's appropriate for the work force?).

well, to quote Jay McInerney, "Taste is a matter of taste." And in this day and age, isn't the whole idea of 'dress codes' a bit antiquated?

they were sent home for the day when they refused to cover up.

Except they weren't actually showing flesh, they were showing fake flesh. fake man flesh, which is legal to show. it's vaguely surreal.

There was a similar thing on TV awhile back. On a bet, some dude got breast implants. On the show he opened his shirt to show them but the network blurred them out. We can't see boobies even if they're on a man. I watched The Godfather on SpikeTV awhile back and while they left 2+ hours of shootings, stabbings, beatings, bombings and garroting in, when they had the wedding night scene, Apollonia's boobs were blurred.

The world is weird.

posted by jonmc 26 October | 10:32

well, to quote Jay McInerney, "Taste is a matter of taste." And in this day and age, isn't the whole idea of 'dress codes' a bit antiquated?

No, because they really exist once you leave school. Yea, they can be retarded (like how my Florida high school tried to ban shoes that didn't have a back on them- it's Florida, hello, they don't even sell shoes like that), but they are real. To come to your office in an outfit that simulates nudity would probably not be appropriate, so why should it be appropriate for school?

Plus, part of growing up is dealing with douchey people and realizing that even if they're wrong, sometimes you just have to put up and shut up. This is not OMG TORTUOUS PERSECUTION!!!11 And we wonder why some kids grow up with such grand feelings of entitlement.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 October | 10:37

Kicked out, forced to go home...whatever. Who cares.

The costumes were deemed inappropriate because they supposedly looked naked, which doesn't make sense, unless in that town no one has nipples. How can you look naked with a perfectly smooth chest with no nips? The solution to the costumes (put on gym shorts) didn't make sense either, as it didn't cover any of the parts that supposedly looked naked.

jon, that photo you linked to! He looks so...stretched and tight. Like he would pop if you poked him with a needle. And he's so....pink and greasy. He looks like he just came off of a spit.

posted by iconomy 26 October | 10:37

No, because they really exist once you leave school.

I know, but the whole 'standing on formality,' is fading. I work in the same clothes I wear at meetups. Most of the middle management level people are pierced and tattooed and in jeans, t-shirts, sports jerseys, ballcaps, hoodies and bling and the business world survives.

Eventually, I think the insistence of 'businesswear' will be gone. Another generation or so.

This is not OMG TORTUOUS PERSECUTION!!!11

Of course it isn't. But it is kind of dumb. and funny when you think about it

posted by jonmc 26 October | 10:43

So what? Do the girls want a cookie? A book deal? A visit to the Today show to cry about how hard their life is? Boo fucking hoo. I bet this is all their parents doing. I hate those kind of parents, who cater to their Precious Darlings like they can Do No Wrong (met more than a few in my years of babysitting- and, go figure, their kids are always the most wound-up, most spoiled, most bratty). They end up being the rudest people.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 October | 10:45

Pinky: easy. Seems more like they're poking fun at the ridiculousness of the whole thing to me. (and I hate spoiled brats worse than you do)

posted by jonmc 26 October | 10:48

Man, must be a slow news day. Is nothing else going on in the world? No child-stealing celebrities, or gay marriage fights, or wars, or housing markets falling apart?

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 October | 10:51

And don't ever tell me "easy" again. "Easy" is for horses, not people.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 October | 10:52

Sorry. I was just suprised how upset you were over a puff piece.

posted by jonmc 26 October | 11:00

I'm not "upset"; I'm debating the topic. I'm allowed to do that; this is an internet forum, after all. But feel free to write me off as a stupid emotional woman, if you want to.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 October | 11:08

Pinky: this has zero to do with gender. I say 'easy' to everybody. And in your last comment there seemed to be way more venom than this admittedly trivial story warranted.

posted by jonmc 26 October | 11:11

Man, must be a slow news day. Is nothing else going on in the world? No child-stealing celebrities, or gay marriage fights, or wars, or housing markets falling apart?

What's going on here? That 'must be a slow news day' is one of the oldest and not so subtle digs at a poster. Me? Are you mad at me for something, TPS? What's up? We're just gabbing and chatting about inane stuff here like we always do.

If you want to start a discussion about something "important" that's going on in the world, then please do. But there's no reason to put down the value of someone else's post.

posted by iconomy 26 October | 11:11

I'm not putting down your post, iconomy; I just think it's weird this story is getting news play, especially since I don't think the girls want anything, other than attention. Just a little weird. Not putting down the post, enjoying it, thanks for posting it, I enjoy a range of posts, carry on.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 October | 11:13

Easy is for tigers.

posted by Hugh Janus 26 October | 11:15

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posted by chewatadistance 26 October | 11:16

Awww, cute little smiley. Does anyone have those animated smileys on their e-mail? The kind you download? Do people know what I'm talking about? We have them at work and I love to send them out.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 October | 11:16

I just think it's weird this story is getting news play
O RLY? Yesterday the main event was a kid stuck in a vending machine. I wrote it off, but when I got to the gym later that evening, it was on the TVs there too.

posted by pieisexactlythree 26 October | 11:21

HAHAH. I must admit, I didn't look at the article- was it the stuffed animal kind or the food kind? There are some times I'm that desperate for a bag of chips.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 October | 11:22

Pink, there's a photo in the thread.

posted by pieisexactlythree 26 October | 11:26

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA. The look on his face is great. I can't decide if it's, "I'm mad I got caught", or "Get me out of here!"

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 October | 11:29

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posted by iconomy 26 October | 11:33

My daughter and I did several Captain Underpants mad-libs just this past Sunday. We did one Randy-style, using "butt" in every blank. Much fun.

posted by mrmoonpie 26 October | 14:07

That little pink smiley is meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 October | 14:35

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