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Jell-O Shots Lead To MS Suspension

Posted by DFO

Jan. 26, 2012 11:28 a.m. • 12 comments

Five students were recently suspended and charged with being minors in possession of alcohol for allegedly drinking Jell-O shots at Kalispell Middle School, according to a letter sent to parents by school officials on Wednesday. In the letter, Principal Barry Grace confirmed the incident, which had been rumored among parents, including one who contacted him directly. “The alcohol came to school in the form of Jell-O shots as well as mixed with another drink in two liquid containers,” Grace wrote. “The substance and drink was shared around and we were alerted to these incidents and responded”/Daily Inter Lake. More here. (Photo: WikiHow)

Sub Question (courtesy of CollingwoodCDA: Were you at least out of out middle school the first time you were intoxicated?

12 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

duroc on January 26 at 11:34 a.m.
Sure, at a Halloween party. They’re a bad idea though, in general, because it’s quite difficult to regulate your intake, and there is a delayed effect. That’s how college kids get in trouble - too many shots, too fast, and it all hits them at once.
hmoffsuite on January 26 at 11:35 a.m.
Yes. They seem to be a big deal in Hawaii.
idawa on January 26 at 11:42 a.m.
in college and perhaps in high school, I can’t really recall, but it’s been a while - never quite understood the appeal as I like my booze wet and there is no sense in ruining good jello (of course, i probably have had jello since college either, so there you go …)
OrangeTV on January 26 at 11:44 a.m.
When we bring out the Jell-o shots on a busy night at the bar I work at, we sell them for $2 each and they go fast! I’ve seen 100 of them disappear in 30 minutes. Everyone loves them, and considering how relatively cheap they are to make, so do we.
CollingwoodCDA on January 26 at 11:47 a.m.
Oh, I’ve dabbled. Would rather have a Jack ‘n Coke or White Russian, though.

Duroc’s right. I’ve been one of those kid who put down about 10 of those Jello shots and got pretty cocky about it — a half hour later I was out for the count.

Kids these days — OK, even some folks my age unfortunately — are doing vodka gummy bears. When you soak gummy bears in vodka, they absorb the alcohol.

Whatever happened to just taking a shot? Jesus Christos.
CollingwoodCDA on January 26 at 11:53 a.m.
Suggested DFO question: Were you at least out of out middle school the first time you were intoxicated?

DFO: I like your question better than mine and have subbed it in. Hat Tip.
casinoreverend on January 26 at 12:37 p.m.
Mebbe out of school for 40 minutes prior to boozing it up?
casinoreverend on January 26 at 12:40 p.m.
These damn kids have the time & access to booze to make Jello shots? That’s creative to say the least. The big fad during my college years was kamikaze shots, same effect, one would drink too many and taste it twice
Norther on January 26 at 12:46 p.m.
Jello shots are little gremlins in disquise. I haven’t had them since last halloween, when I had two.

Subquestion: nope.
Cindy_H on January 26 at 12:53 p.m.
Jello shots are on my bucket list.
That’s all I’m saying about that.
duroc on January 26 at 2:24 p.m.
To answer the sub question: Yes, I was out of middle school. I made until I was 19 (the end of my freshman year in college) before I was ever intoxicated.

A delightfully cute brunette English literature major from Portland took my sobriety.
CollingwoodCDA on January 26 at 2:57 p.m.
To answer the sub qeustion, no, no I did not.

My friend’s dad bought him a 12-pack of Raineer for his 13th birthday but said we couldn’t leave the house if we polished it.

Well, we had six beers each and subsequently prayed to the porcelain gods. Pretty hardcore for a coupla sevies (seventh graders).

The summer of eighth grade going into my freshman year, we’d somehow attain vodka and cheap beer and take it out to Twin Lakes while throwing a bonfire out in the woods.

I think I drank more between the ages of 13-21 than than 21-28.

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