Bert and Ernie Packing Heat on Sesame Street

Fox News ^ | 5/25/06

[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.

[lowbridge]

[Gordongekko909]

[Al Simmons]

THAT'S HILARIOUS!! (Grover especially). By the spelling of the street name, this appears to be the work of some Euro-wags...

[oldleft]

[MadIvan]

Bert's done better since -

Regards, Ivan

[P-40]

See what happens when you take government handouts for too long...

[llevrok]

When guns are outlawed, only puppets will have guns....

[OB1kNOb]

[wingnutx]

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.

[wolfcreek]

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

[Slings and Arrows]

On others, Bert and Ernie are standing in a gang posture, armed with automatic weapons.

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[JillValentine]

Homicide: Life on Sesame Street

[pissant]

That's terrific. LOL

[KarlInOhio]

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.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Guns don't kill Muppets. Muppets kill Muppets.

[geopyg]

"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 .....

[rattrap]

http://www.bertisevil.tv/

[King Prout]

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

[Alas Babylon!]

The results of the gang war!

[King Prout]

*snicker!*