The biggest prank ever

[bladespark]

The media never reported on it. I heard a rumor about it on the net before it happened, and assumed it had failed, because I never heard the screaming news stories that ought to have resulted from success.

But it seems that it didn't fail.

It went off without a hitch.

Why didn't I hear? Why didn't you? Why does nobody know what happened even though the results were broadcast on national television? Well... you'll have to read about it and decide for yourself.

Comments

[aoanla.livejournal.com]

You might want to fix that anchor tag - at the moment it has a "herf", not an "href" property... and I assume the prank is that the linked page has a horrible timed advertising redirect on it?

[jtbeckett.livejournal.com]

hmmm, yeah... not getting a link or anything here...

[shadesfox.livejournal.com]

That one was pretty good. But I think this one was better.

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/pranks/rosebowl.html

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Honestly you've missed my point. It's not the goodness or badness of the prank that makes it interesting.

People reported on the Caltech prank. There were news stories written about it. "To this day the Great Rose Bowl Hoax, as it was soon dubbed, remains one of the best known college pranks ever perpetrated."

Why is it that decades later you know all about Caltech, but nobody heard about a prank that ought to have been on everybody's lips the night it happened?

[jtbeckett.livejournal.com]

I agree... it was impressive... but one flaw I found was when I looked at the footage, it wasn't very legible. I could barely see it... they should have used red lights, or yellow, or green... i mean, I understand them using purple, 'cause of the Prince thing... Had they used a brighter color, they wouldn't have needed to approach the news about it afterwards... it would have been too obvious to miss... so in that sense, they made a mistake with the execution of the prank. If you're gonna cover a toilet seat for a prank, use saran wrap, not cheesecloth... the prank just wouldn't work as well if you don't use the right materials. Other that the materials... their execution of the plan was flawless... and disturbing.

[lightgreendryad.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's awesome. In so many ways.