Saturday, April 30, 2005
I have a large burrito
A call about a possible weapon at a middle school in Clovis, NM on Thursday prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. Someone called authorities after seeing a boy carrying something long and wrapped into Marshall Junior High.
The drama ended two hours later when the suspicious item was identified as a 30-inch burrito wrapped inside tin foil and a white T-shirt. The burrito was part of eighth grader Michael Morrissey's extra-credit assignment to create commercial advertising for a product. "We had to make up a product and it could have been anything. I made up a restaurant that specialized in oddly large burritos," he said. When he recognized that he was the reason for the panic, he took the burrito to the principal's office and explained. "The police saw it and everyone just started laughing. It was a laughter of relief."
"Oh, and I have a new nickname now. It's Burrito Boy."
- posted by Woofwoof @ 7:30 AM
