Ah, it’s that time of year when hormones are in bloom, and sweaty teenagers everywhere try to build up the nerve to ask their future-anecdote to the prom. Most horndog high schoolers probably text a photo of their penis/boobs with “want 2 prom w/ me,” followed by 17 poop emojis, but Ibrahim Ahmad had a different idea. A more explosive one, if you will.
A La Center High senior was suspended from school Wednesday for strapping a fake bomb around his waist in a stunt to ask a girl to prom. (Via)
Ahmad said he felt the need to “go big” because that’s what you’re supposed to do in “promposals,” the obnoxious portmanteau of prom and proposals that Vitamin C is already writing a song about. During lunch one day, Ahmad “strapped a paintball vest to his waist and filled the open pockets with red paper tubes attached to red wires, a prop made to look like explosives.” He also carried a sign that read, “I kno it’s A little Late, But I’m kinda…THE BOMB! Rilea, Will U Be My Date To Prom?” (Excuse his typo; that should read “DA BOMB.”)
“I’m Middle Eastern, and I thought the bomb was kind of funny and clever,” he said. “I wasn’t wearing the vest for more than, like, 20 seconds. I asked her, took a picture, took it off, and then the school got upset.” (Via)
So upset, in fact, that Ahmad was suspended five days and can’t attend the prom.
https://twitter.com/DatArabKiid/status/590632280135180288
Best one yet 😂 pic.twitter.com/nTCHuVFgFX
— Jaymason (@datbrownkid51) April 21, 2015
Ahmad is claiming that his school’s decision is “really unfair” and that “it kind of felt racist.” (“If anyone else did that, I feel like no one else would have gotten in trouble for it.”) No. Just, no.
His thirst is clouding his judgement. This is stupidity, not racism. On the plus side, she said yes!
Via the Columbian