You throw it, you eat it

New creative rules drive my class. My students are constantly thinking of something clever to do in order to not pay attention or shirk off. One of the most innovative rules in class is the you throw it, you eat it rule. It's amazing how students will gang up on one another. If someone throws a pieces a paper, the entire class erupts into EAT IT EAT IT EAT IT. Just the other day, one of my students sitting in the front row was playing with a pen cap before it broke in half, flying in the air. I turned my head and smiled at him. He look at me in terror. Scrambling, he tried to tell me that his pen cap had broken and that it was all really a mistake - I calmly told him to pick it up. He whimpered. After the cap was in his hand, the class had begun to chant EAT IT. I told him to toss it in the trash bin.. He sighed in relief. I enjoy when rules work!

So far, I've only had to have one student put a crumpled sheet a paper in his mouth.