Growing up, you probably made slime at least a time or two as part of a science class or just as a fun home-experiment. All you had to do was take some Elmer's glue, borax, and water, and mix it all together to create the gooey, stretchy substance. Maybe you even took the opportunity to sell the slime to your classmates for some easy cash. But as one third-grade teacher hilariously documented, things can quickly go downhill if your school decides to ban the slime-selling business.
Rather than hang their heads in defeat, a group of fourth graders decided to revolt against the administration by reviving the slime market in the school's bathroom in what New York Magazine called an "underground slime ring" of epic proportions.
A third grade teacher at the school gave a play by play of the rise and fall of the enterprise on Twitter, so settle down, ladies and gents, because this one is wild from start to finish.
So my school broke up an alleged underground slime selling ring. Students were selling homemade slime out the bathroom. It gets better.
— Fly Eagles, Fly. (@DapperDapo) September 14, 2017
The girl who started selling it was the sole proprietor. She was Griselda Blanco. Had the game on smash. Had mad different flavors too.
— Fly Eagles, Fly. (@DapperDapo) September 14, 2017
She's selling the work out of the girls bathroom. How they knew to come to the trap to cop, I dunno. Game is to be sold not to be told.
— Fly Eagles, Fly. (@DapperDapo) September 14, 2017
Shorty even kept a receipt booklet of all her customers. You can't make this shit up.
— Fly Eagles, Fly. (@DapperDapo) September 14, 2017
So now another girl comes around to compete in the business. Keep in mind these are 4th graders. 9 years old. And they're moving weight.
— Fly Eagles, Fly. (@DapperDapo) September 14, 2017
New shorty offers not only different colors, different types. And the jars they're in are labeled. One said "fluffy"
— Fly Eagles, Fly. (@DapperDapo) September 14, 2017
They all get hemmed up and sent to the dean. Happy they got caught early before it turned into a turf war. Only one girls bathroom upstairs
— Fly Eagles, Fly. (@DapperDapo) September 14, 2017
The Dean and the Data specialist debriefing after charges were filed. pic.twitter.com/2RXREnGGhZ
— Fly Eagles, Fly. (@DapperDapo) September 14, 2017
The teacher later clarified how the whole ring came tumbling down (and it's worthy of a Law and Order episode): One customer got caught with her slime and snitched on her dealers.
The teacher also made sure to specify that the slime ring didn't actually get the girls in trouble. Instead, they just got a call home because they aren't supposed to be building business empires on school grounds.
Those girls were not in trouble. Didnt get any discipline besides a call home because soliciting money bt students is against the rules.
— Fly Eagles, Fly. (@DapperDapo) September 15, 2017
The girls may have gotten caught at the end, but they fought the good fight for as long as they could —and the internet loves them for it now.
