Pop In Real Life: Sixth Grade Fight Club

Every now and then something pop culture will bleed out of the movies, TV, books, or music and penetrate the real world. When that happens, I like to bring it to people's attention.

Not just for people who think they're Brad Pitt anymore

News of Fight Clubs that base themselves off the rules and principles established in the film or book has been around as long as the book and film have. But rarely have I heard of an instance as hilarious or confusing as the one that happened recently in Tacoma, Washington.

Nine sixth grade boys were turned in by their parents for starting an after school fight club in a school restroom. They were promptly expelled.

This raises a few questions:
First, who broke rule number one?
Second, who broke rule number two?

Seriously though, is expulsion really the answer here? These kids were on school grounds after hours, hiding in a bathroom, beating the crap out of each other.  Nobody heard nine sixth grade boys fighting in a bathroom. From what I remember, middle school bathrooms are super echo-y.

I don't think all the blame can be placed on the kids in this instance, I mean at least there wasn't any soap involved. 

Let's me be honest, I don't really have a point to this post, except that maybe kids shouldn't be allowed to watch Ed Norton films.

Here's the link to the full story, with a nice video piece.