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Bert and Ernie Packing Heat on Sesame Street
Fox News ^ | 5/25/06

Posted on 05/25/2006 1:44:20 PM PDT by lowbridge

Bert and Ernie Packing Heat on Sesame Street BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — Brockton High School has banned T-shirts with Sesame Street characters. But these are no regular pictures of Bert and Ernies.

On some, Oscar the Grouch emerges from his garbage can, wielding a 9 mm handgun. On others, Bert and Ernie are standing in a gang posture, armed with automatic weapons.

"We were amazed," said the school's principal, Susan Szachowicz. "You focus on the Sesame Street character. But the more we looked at it, the more we saw the things in it, the guns, the gang stuff."

There have only been a few shirts at school, but officials said students are being told to stop wearing them because of the pro-gang message. School officials also said they violate the school dress policy.

Last week, Brockton was awarded $685,000 in state anti-gang funding.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: banglist; bert; dresscodes; ernie; jimhenson; muppets; sesamestreet; tshirts
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1 posted on 05/25/2006 1:44:22 PM PDT by lowbridge
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2 posted on 05/25/2006 1:46:27 PM PDT by Gordongekko909 (I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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THAT'S HILARIOUS!! (Grover especially). By the spelling of the street name, this appears to be the work of some Euro-wags...


3 posted on 05/25/2006 1:47:20 PM PDT by Al Simmons (Hillary Clinton is Stalin in a Dress)
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4 posted on 05/25/2006 1:49:43 PM PDT by oldleft
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Bert's done better since -

Regards, Ivan

5 posted on 05/25/2006 1:51:56 PM PDT by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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See what happens when you take government handouts for too long...


6 posted on 05/25/2006 1:51:58 PM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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When guns are outlawed, only puppets will have guns....


7 posted on 05/25/2006 1:54:05 PM PDT by llevrok (Stop the Latin Insurgents !!!)
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8 posted on 05/25/2006 1:54:51 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (This is no time for bleeding hearts, pacifists, and appeasers to prevail in free world opinion.)
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To: lowbridge

17 years ago I bought a shirt with Bert and Ernie on it, with Bert holding a sniper rifle.

Ernie says "There's another one Bert"

Bert says "Consider him dead, Ernie"

I picked it up in the Philipines.


9 posted on 05/25/2006 1:55:14 PM PDT by wingnutx (tanstaafl www.punk-rock.com)
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To: lowbridge

Reaching out across a wide range of cultures to children everywhere.


10 posted on 05/25/2006 1:56:07 PM PDT by wolfcreek
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To: lowbridge; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
On others, Bert and Ernie are standing in a gang posture, armed with automatic weapons.



11 posted on 05/25/2006 1:57:23 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Pray for peace, prepare for war.)
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Homicide: Life on Sesame Street


12 posted on 05/25/2006 1:57:23 PM PDT by JillValentine (Big government is never the solution and usually the problem.)
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That's terrific. LOL


13 posted on 05/25/2006 1:58:24 PM PDT by pissant
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And they didn't even cover the dirty extra verse from Hokey-Pokey Elmo.

You put your $&$&$ in.
You pull your $&$&$ out.
You put your $&$&$ in.
And you shake it all about.

14 posted on 05/25/2006 2:00:20 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Never ask a Kennedy if he'll have another drink. It's nobody's business how much he's had already.)
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To: lowbridge; Slings and Arrows

Guns don't kill Muppets. Muppets kill Muppets.


15 posted on 05/25/2006 2:00:22 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
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"We were amazed," said the school's principal, Susan Szachowicz. "You focus on the Sesame Street character. But the more we looked at it, the more we saw the things in it, the guns, the gang stuff."

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Boy - she's right. Look at those cute little muppets. I remember when I first saw Seasame Street - I really like Big Bird. Is Big Bird in that picture. Oh, no I don't see him. But I see Bert and Ernie and.... wait, what is that? (squinting) Why I believe Ernie has a letter opener -- no - its a KNIFE! Why would Bert let Ernie have a knife? Wait- is that BERT holding a .....


16 posted on 05/25/2006 2:00:39 PM PDT by geopyg ("I would rather have a clean gov't than one where -quote- 1st Amend. rights are respected." J.McCain)
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http://www.bertisevil.tv/


17 posted on 05/25/2006 2:00:40 PM PDT by rattrap
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To: Darksheare; scott0347; timpad; Conspiracy Guy; NYC GOP Chick; MeekOneGOP; Fedora; OSHA; cyborg; ...

***shouting "LOOOOOOOOOOOVE... SOFT AS AN EEEEEEEEEEASYYYYYY CHAIRRRRRRRRR!" at the top of its lungs like a (heavily-armed) tone-deaf brain-damaged muppet on crack***


18 posted on 05/25/2006 2:01:19 PM PDT by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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To: JillValentine
The results of the gang war!


19 posted on 05/25/2006 2:01:27 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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*snicker!*


20 posted on 05/25/2006 2:01:54 PM PDT by King Prout (many complain I am overly literal... this would not be a problem if fewer people were under-precise)
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