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3 February 2003

Student Suspended For Swearing at "Jeeves"

A student from Essex in the U.K. has been suspended from school after sending an abusive email to staff at search portal Ask Jeeves. According to The Register, the 72-word email " contained a heavy sprinkling of expletives before ending with the threat of bodily harm".

Apparently the email was sent because the boy was frustrated with the quality of search results served up by the search engine. Because the email was sent from his school email account, staff of Ask Jeeves were able to forward it to the school's headmaster, apparently resulting in the boy's instant suspension.

The incident is currently the subject of a police investigation.

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