article_snippet.sent: A Washington teen who strapped fake explosives around his body in a stunt to ask a date to Saturday's prom has been suspended from school.
article_snippet.sent: The 18-year-old senior wore a vest filled with paper-tube props made to look like explosives.
article_snippet.sent: But I'm kinda…THE BOMB!
article_snippet.sent: The teen says the prank was all in good fun and simply part of a trend in flashy prom proposals.
article_snippet.sent: I'm Middle Eastern, and I thought the bomb was kind of funny and clever,' School Superintendent Mark Mansell said. '
article_snippet.sent: I wasn't wearing the vest for more than, like, 20 seconds. '
article_snippet.sent: It's kind of a trending thing now, too, where everyone just asks in a really creative way.'