Pure Hilarity...

[tricstmr]

http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/05/hug-it-out.php#comments

...especially in the comments...

And people wonder why the NYTimes is going bankrupt..

Seriously, an article on School Administrator Angst over kids hugging?

Comments

[nyhcx516x]

ROTFL!!!

OMG!!

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/fox_5_links/Top_50_Text_Acronyms_Parents_Should_Know_052009

What??

[tricstmr]

Banana is the acronym for penis?

That makes no sense while texting.. a longer word?

How about "Dick"

Some people are TEH DUMB!

Re: What??

[nyhcx516x]

i dont think shorter is what they are going for, just *code words* that the parents wont know.

like I would have no idea if i saw "I want you to suck my banana" on my daughters cell phone... lol.

[nyhcx516x]

comments:

"I think if we really want to start a moral panic about this, we should point out that that’s how people greet in Latin America."

or...

[tricstmr]

comment:

When I was in high school we ran around in a circle sniffing each others butts as a greeting. It was an all boys high school, so hugging would have been a little weird.

[audiate]

"No touching!!!"