Monday, December 9, 2013

This Reminds Me Of My Childhood

Animated Snowball Fight
From ESPN: Oregon has suspended starting tight end Pharaoh Brown for the Valero Alamo Bowl for his role in a snowball fight.
Unidentified players reportedly organized the snowball fight and more than 100 students participated.
According to a video that went viral Monday, the group stopped several cars and pelted them with snowballs and dumped containers of snow on windshields. In one case, a driver who got out of his car -- identified by KATU-TV as former professor Sherwin Simmons -- was hit repeatedly and had a large container of snow thrown on him through the driver's side door.
"I was one of the many UO students involved in the snowball fight on Friday, and my actions escalated to an inappropriate level and, for that, I sincerely apologize," Brown said in a statement released by the university. "We never should have engaged innocent people, and I deeply regret my actions and will accept the consequences."
The suspension was announced Monday by coach Mark Helfrich, who has apologized to the targeted drivers. Helfrich had promised discipline during the weekend, saying the behavior shown in the video was "completely unacceptable and dangerous."
Other players involved in the fight received unspecified punishments but will be allowed to play in the bowl game. All students involved in the fight, including nonplayers, are subject to further discipline from the dean of students, the university said.  http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10108429/oregon-ducks-football-players-face-discipline-organizing-participating-snowball-fight
When I was growing up in Wauwatosa, WI., me and my friend Mark would sit out on Swan Blvd. and throw snowball at cars.  If we had a good day, we would hit about 30 cars in a day.
One day, we hit an undercover cop car and he gave chase.  I ran away and hid in a friend's garage while Mark ran home and hid in his garage and underneath the car parked in the garage.  The cop knocked on the door and talked to his mom an mom said "Wait until your dad gets home".  When his Dad got home, Dad just laughed, making Mark's mom horribly mad at dad and Mark.
We didn't have too many more snowball fights against cars after that, but it was fun, though, in retrospect, not fun for the drivers.
So, when I saw that some stupid professor got out his car to confront the snowball throwers, all I could think of is that this professor is a complete idiot and devoid of any fun and that the Oregon Duck who was suspended should not have been suspended for a silly snowball fight.

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