Get a room! The detention room, in fact.

Sky View Middle School in Bend, Oregon has passed a rule prohibiting public hugging and other displays of affection. One mother said that she didn't agree with the ban. "I'm trying to understand what's wrong with a hug," she complained.

School officials, in order to make the rule more clear to confused parents, have amended it to read: "No groping, fondling, embracing, kissy-facing, clinching, massaging, nuzzling, petting, touching, rubbing, patting, dandling, nestling, embosoming, cosseting, handling, entwining, snuggle-bunnying, or canoodling of any kind is permitted at this school."

Another mother was reported to have responded, "I'm trying to understand what's wrong with a good, old-fashioned embosom."