This Kid is SO Grounded!

[quidditchgrrl]

He's either fucking brilliant or fucking stupid, but he's got balls, that's for damn sure.

How does he get those things in his pants, anyway?

Comments

[instantramen]

Of course he survived, he's a fool AND a child! *is glad she's not quite THAT optimistic*

[kirixchi.livejournal.com]

*hee* I was about to ask, "How does he get /what/ in his pants?" and then I saved myself at the last minute *g*

I read that story too. DAMN! I can't imagine! I love how the dad is vaguely proud, and the mom is HORRIFIED.

Kids :P

[longtimegone]

Brilliant and naive for wanting to do it and making it happen. Fucking stupid for actually doing it. :))

[poconell.livejournal.com]

O_o

I'm not sure if he deserves a medal for bravery or a good spanking! If my kid did that, he'd have been safer staying in Iraq!

[registeredreddd.livejournal.com]

If nothing else, the AP knows this kid after he gets out of J-school.

A guy at work wondered whether he was mentally deficient or something worse. I said he's a teenager, which is pretty much the same as mentally deficient. It took A LOT of balls, and a damn lot of idealism and self-suffiency. Maybe we shouldn't worry about the next generation so much.

[sadslacker.livejournal.com]

The real question is how did a sixteen year old arrange international transportation? I didn't think you could buy airline tickets unless you were an adult.

[didi75.livejournal.com]

That's insane!!! But at least he got to live it up in Beirut for a while, one of my all-time favorite cities in the world.

I can't believe he got away with it.

[redblaze.livejournal.com]

LOL! I have such mixed feelings about this story. . .The rebel side of me wants to say, right on, my brother! You live your life and try to make a difference in the world. . . I can't help but think that a 16 year old boy who is that concerned with the world and the war and the state of everything that he'd take a trip like that, is going to be SOMEBODY someday. . .He'll make a dent in the universe (if he doesn't get killed first.) Most 16 year olds are concerned about having the coolest shoes and the best ipods. . .So, yes, I was pretty impressed with this story. . .

The parent side of me is saying. . .Holy sh-- are you frecking insane. . .I would tan my son's HIDE for doing that! I can almost imagine what that child's poor mother must have felt getting a call saying, hey, mom, I'm in the middle east for a class project, but don't worry. . .LOL! That poor, poor woman, she needs a life time prescription of valium after that!

[bana05.livejournal.com]

idiot.

that's the only thing i have to say.

[rebeccasama.livejournal.com]

Must have taken him about 30 seconds to realize he wasn't in Kansas anymore... Stupid teenage boys...think they can do anything...

[mindyfromohio.livejournal.com]

Well, *that's* certainly going to be a college application essay the readers haven't read before.

[annibug.livejournal.com]

I am torn between being extremely proud of this boy and wanted to meet him just so I can smack him upside his amazing head!

[megome.livejournal.com]

I hope he at least gets an A on his essay.

[slappytanker.livejournal.com]

He's DAMN lucky to be alive.

AND WHO THE HELL GIVES THEIR KID $900 WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT?!??!?!

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