Florida DJs May Face Felony for April Fools' Water Joke Worse Than Rubio's

The Atlantic Wire.com ^ | 2APR2013 | Alexander Abad-Santos

[Jack Hydrazine]

Florida country radio morning-show hosts Val St. John and Scott Fish are currently serving indefinite suspensions and possibly worse over a successful April Fools' Day prank. They told their listeners that "dihydrogen monoxide" was coming out of the taps throughout the Fort Myers area. Dihydrogen monoxide is water.

[Sacajaweau]

Serving suspensions....Ridiculous....

Their prank was absolutely harmless....and only proves "people ignorance".

[mvpel]

Did you know that dihydrogen monoxide causes about 3,500 deaths per year, 20% of whom are children 14 and younger?

[ConradofMontferrat]

The two most common things in the universe: hydrogen gas and stupidity.

[DManA]

Major headline disconnect.

Last sentence of the article: officials with the local health department tell The Atlantic Wire that felony charges are not expected.

[BipolarBob]

Jail time for the Truth Tellers!! More garlands and accolades for the lying thieving politicians!! There is something screwed up about this country.

[verga]

Seriously, felony charges. There is something in the water in Fort Meyers, but I don't think it is just water. Might be some stupid pills.

[ShadowAce]

Exposure to dihydrogen monoxide is 100% fatal—eventually.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

And what does Rubio have to do with it?

[coloradan]

Growing vegetables are treated with this chemical during sprouting and growth (a practice which Congress refuses to regulate!) and, even when said produce is washed, retains easily-detectable traces of this chemical.

[I want the USA back]

Madness.

In order to have a sense of humor, a certain level of intelligence is necessary.
Obviously, the country’s intelligence level is plunging rapidly.

[Former Fetus]

It must refer to his reaching for a water bottle during his rebuttal to the SUA.

[Red Badger]

If only we could harness that overabundance of stupidity........oh, the Dumbocrat Party already did........

[THE_RAIDER]

Good thing they didn't tell them their epidermis is showing they may have gotten 10 years. "Idiocracy" is here.

[Bob]

That information was in an update to the original story and wasn’t posted until yesterday. The headline wasn’t changed to reflect it.

[Maceman]

I'm so glad that the DJs did this. The radio station is run by idiots.

BTW, here is the video by Penn & Teller in which they get idiot environmentalists to sign petitions to ban water (dihydrogen monoxide).

[Standing Wolf]

Did you know that dihydrogen monoxide causes about 3,500 deaths per year, 20% of whom are children 14 and younger?

Ban it! Government studies! EPA regulations! Get some PhDs on this right this minute! This is terrible! This is awful! This is really really scarrrrrrry!

[Tupelo]

Well, I guess they must protect the stupid.
No better way than to jail someone for uttering a word or a phrase that the illiterate do not know.
Kinda like the storm over the use of the word “Niggardly”.
Since STUPID really is terminal, they must be protected at any cost. After all their votes are sometimes needed.

[dfwgator]

This is really really scarrrrrrry!

[kevkrom]

The U.S. military, and especially the Navy, conduct a large number of weapons tests involving DHMO.