Some fun news: teen throws party with drinking games but no booze

[havocmom]

:rofl: I love this one!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23851011/from/ET/

Cars lining the street. A house full of young people. A keg and drinking games inside. Police thought they had an underage boozing party on their hands.

But though they made dozens of teens take breath tests, none tested positive for alcohol. That's because the keg contained root beer.

...

Dustin Zebro, 18, said he staged the party after friends at D.C. Everest High School got suspended from sports because of pictures showing them drinking from red cups.

The root-beer kegger was "to kind of make fun of the school," he said. "They assumed there was beer in the cups. We just wanted to have some root beer in red cups and just make it look like a party, but there actually wasn't any alcohol."

Let's make sure any of those kids who are 18 are registered to vote! They sound like they have some brains AND humor. Unbeatable combination. We need their energy and inventiveness!

They taught some lessons about assumptions and stereotyping to the school admin, local law enforcement and local adults. They taught each other that fun can be had while pointing out the danger of judging without proof, and that it doesn't take booze to have a good time, that with a bit of thought and planning, fun can be had within the law AND making some important socio-political points. WIN/WIN

Bravo!

Sorry if this is old news to you all here, but I missed it when it happened. Just got link in email today from a brother who knows I love kids finding ways to have clean, constructive fun in life.

[IowaGirl]

1. Excellent, thanks for sharing!!

:toast: (It's just rootbeer.)

[havocmom]

2. I was the designated driver way back before MADD and the term came to be

And I probably had more fun than classmates who drank. I KNOW I felt better the next day!

:toast: ::havocmom wanders off singing the old Dad's Root Beer jingle::

[Contrary1]

3. Here's the youtube:

Check out the scene at 4:05. I think the officer was actually having a good time too.

Props to the kids and the officer.

[havocmom]

4. Did you forget the link?

;)

[Contrary1]

7. Noooo...I typed it out in double super-secret invisible bold text

:eyes:

But here it is for those of you who couldn't figure it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfQCE2917NE

:P

[lame54]

5. How many kids got tasered?

[havocmom]

6. Nothing about tasers in the story

But I think they OWNED the police and the school admins who decided quilt based on seeing kids drinking from cups in the previous instance, but no real evidence.