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May 09, 2006
Miss, we baked cookies!
In a story from Maine Today, reminiscent of Douglas Lynch and the mormons, a mother has been charged with misdemeanor assault for...
... helping her daughter make cookies laced with the laxative Ex-Lax appeared before a judge Monday and pleaded innocent ...
The cookies were never eaten by the target of the prank, a teacher who had reportedly given one of the girls a low grade ... (they) were left on the desk of the teacher on April 10, along with a note saying "We made these cookies just for you, hope you enjoy them."
According to an affidavit filed in Skowhegan District Court and signed by Maine State Trooper Hugh I. Landry, Hunt told the girls how to crush the laxative pills and add them to the cookie batter. They used an entire box of pills, according to the affidavit.
Which is the kind of young criminal genius activity I would normally appreciate, though the mothers obvious encouragement and involvement negates that. Aparently, the teacher, a sharing type, did not scoff the tainted treats as hoped, and instead shared them with the class.
None of it, however, has the sheer schadenfreude potential of Doug's - which also landed him in court (as reported in Australia's Age newspaper, 16/12/1999 - the original article is available as a pay-per-view here)
Douglas Lynch and his mate Alexander McLean invited some door-knocking mormons in for cookies and tea. For unbeknownst reasons, it appears the mormons got more peckish ...
Elder Tom Pettit, a U.S. citizen, told the court that he and his companion went to the home to teach a man named Doug who they had met in the street earlier in the week. Lynch and McLean then offered the missionaries 30 freshly baked small (hash) cookies, of which the Elders ate 10 to 12 each, while their hosts ate three or four.
Which led to hospital, a stomach pump and legal charges.
McLean plead not guilty ... while Lynch plead guilty to charges of cultivating, using and possessing cannabis. Upon leaving the court, Mclean said that "If they knock on our door again they are quite welcome to come in and have a cup of coffee and a biscuit".
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at May 9, 2006 09:18 AM
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