A great April Fool’s Day gag was one some of my college chums pulled on the guy who kept bragging about his SCUBA exploits.
He had gone out of town that weekend, with April 1 being a Sunday.
They got into his dorm room, carefully covered all furniture and lower walls with a big plastic sheet, and rigged the doorway with a plexiglas box so the door could still open. Then they filled the room with a foot of artificial seawater and a small live shark. Some of them wanted to fill it deeper, but it was pointed out that even ferro-concrete buildings have load limits.
Rice University, Houston, Texas.
Not really a complicated prank, not even in the same category as the group who picked up the large statue of W.M. Rice in the middle of campus and rotated it 180 degrees.
gesturpa over 15 years ago
That’s an effect I didn’t notice when I was there.
Akenta over 15 years ago
I was impressed the map and clock were put on the wall correctly, but disappointed on the writing on the chalkboard
JonD17 over 15 years ago
Ahhh Good catch Akenta
stpatme over 15 years ago
The ceiling has great gravity plating.
Digital Frog over 15 years ago
Nah, there was a sale on velcro…
Zaristerex over 15 years ago
This would make a GREAT April fool’s joke!
Miserichord over 15 years ago
A great April Fool’s Day gag was one some of my college chums pulled on the guy who kept bragging about his SCUBA exploits.
He had gone out of town that weekend, with April 1 being a Sunday. They got into his dorm room, carefully covered all furniture and lower walls with a big plastic sheet, and rigged the doorway with a plexiglas box so the door could still open. Then they filled the room with a foot of artificial seawater and a small live shark. Some of them wanted to fill it deeper, but it was pointed out that even ferro-concrete buildings have load limits.
mammacass over 15 years ago
So were these college ‘buds engineering majors at CalSci??? That was one pretty big/complicated endeavor.
Miserichord over 15 years ago
Rice University, Houston, Texas. Not really a complicated prank, not even in the same category as the group who picked up the large statue of W.M. Rice in the middle of campus and rotated it 180 degrees.
http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=10823
http://media.www.ricethresher.org/media/storage/paper1290/news/2008/04/18/News/Willy.Revolutionaries.Return.To.Rice.For.20th.Anniversary.Of.Prank-3333184.shtml