Be careful what you wish for.

A sixth grader attending New York City’s Medgar Evers College Preparatory School wanted to attract a little extra attention from his female classmates. So the kid coated himself with Axe body spray.

He got more attention than he’d bargained for. The boy had marinated in so much of the stuff that eight fellow students had to be taken to the hospital and another two went to their own doctors. Emergency crews rushed to the scene and ordered the school shut down while they investigated the scent. (Time)

Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife Wendy and his two children. Follow him on Twitter.