An Ohio seventh-grader was suspended last week for doing arguably the most predictable thing a 13-year-old boy could do for a laugh on the school bus. He cut the cheese.
Canal Winchester Middle School students Anthony Nichols and another boy lost their bus privileges on Friday for their stinky stunt, which prompted the customary rousing laughter and “lowering of windows,” according to the Columbus Dispatch.
Administrators ruled that the flatulence was in violation of the school’s code of conduct, but if you ask Nichols’ parents, the decision reeks of poor judgement.
“It’s very laughable, that’s what it is,” said Anthony’s father, James Nichols. He said he spoke with the school’s vice principal, Daniel Senu-Oke, who “suggested my son should hold his gas on this hour-long bus ride.”
For a concerned parent, however, that answer just doesn’t cut it.
“When it happens, it just happens,” he said. “It’s not intentional.”
But perhaps it is. According to the bus driver and school officials, the 13-year-old Nichols and his partner in crime are repeat offenders with a history of passing gas on the school bus.
Still, for the boy’s mother, Kristine Kuzora, who has suffered from gastrointestinal issues herself, the incident hits a little too close to home.
“I take great offense to passing gas being cause for suspension and marked as an obscene gesture,” Kuzora wrote to The Dispatch.
