Noogies, Russian Haircuts and Monkey Scrubs

I had no idea what a noogie was before I discovered this little story. Noogies are not something I am familiar with and I don’t even think we have here in England; not by that name anyway. We call this a Russian haircut, or a monkey scrub. Well, people who do this to other people call it so. Perhaps I was the recipient of one of these as a child. I did have two brothers who constantly found ways of annoying girls. However, I  don’t remember.

Source: Flickr Creative Commons:  Getting A Noogie

15 year old Ethan Mirenberg was suspended from school for allegedly giving his former Spanish teacher a ‘noogie’. Apparently the boy didn’t think he had done anything wrong and considered it to be a bit of harmless fun.

However, the female teacher didn’t consider it amusing when he grabbed her by the neck and ground his knuckles into her scalp. (Perhaps it sound a bit more vicious than it actually was.)

The boy’s father protested and claimed that the straight A student had done nothing improper. However, a court case went ahead and the family concerned had to move to a different area to get the boy back into school.

The state supreme courts judge, despite appeals from the boy’s father, allowed the school’s decision of a ten month suspension to stand.

Apparently the boy denies the noogie and his lawyer is trying to get him totally vindicated. Lawyer, Edward Palzik, says that all the boy did was to hug the teacher lightly and pat her on the head. 

Another odd case that has found its way to the US courts!

So, I learned a new word.  Stay away from me if you don’t want a noogie!