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gulliver

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6. "Hi Mom, it's John"

Reply to lapucelle (Original post)

Sat May 4, 2024, 10:26 AM

May 4

"I got suspended."

"You what?"

"I got suspended."

"For what?"

"I was wearing a traditional Palestinian headdress and spray-painting a few things."

"What things?"

"Oh, George Washington statues and stuff."

"Ok, that's fine. George Washington was a fascist colonizer. They even admit that the original thirteen colonies were colonies!"

"I know, right? Listen, Mom, I need some money to go to Yemen and be a Houthi."

"Ok, I'll add it to your card. I'm so proud of my little boy!"

"Mom, I'm 29."

"You'll always be my sweet Johnny-pie!"

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Houthis offer education to students suspended in US protest crackdown [View all] lapucelle May 3 OP

Now that's a scary thought. marble falls May 3 #1

I guess it could be considered an opportunity to study abroad... lapucelle May 3 #2

It is to laugh. LauraInLA May 3 #3

LOL! Go to Houthi school and have fun...(Maybe not) LOL!!! LeftInTX May 4 #4

Better not inquire about the nature of the senior prom DFW May 4 #5

"Hi Mom, it's John" gulliver May 4 #6