From the 'Don't they have anything better to do!?' Department:

posted by The Vidiot @ 2:27 PM Permalink

Girls attempt real-life version of video game
Residents alarmed; teens could be charged*

With pending charges this must have been one of those violent video games, right? You know, like Cop Killer, Grand Theft Auto, Your Mother Wears Combat Boots (OK, I made the last one up;-), but no, they are facing charges for imitating ... wait for it ... Mario Brothers!

Five teenage girls from Portage County face potential criminal charges after attempting to play a real-life version of Super Mario Bros.

The Portage County Hazardous Materials Unit and Bomb Detection Unit were called in to downtown Ravenna on Friday morning after seventeen suspicious packages -- boxes wrapped in gold wrapping paper with question marks spray painted on them -- had alarmed residents.
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Five girls -- age 16 and 17 -- claimed responsibility for making and placing the packages. The girls said they found an Internet site that included step-by-step instructions for creating replicas of blocks featured in the game.

The Ravenna Police Department will be working with the Portage County Prosecutor's Office regarding possible criminal charges as a result of the game.

If only it was as easy for blocks to be created as it is for blockheads to procreate.

*Via Fark.