Category: College Pranks

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Wandering Cheese Sculpture Reaches New Heights

Submitted by ArtofthePrank.com reader David Miller:

cheese425.jpgReminiscing about my college days brought back memories of a few enjoyable pranks that occurred at my alma mater long ago which involved moving a very large, very heavy “cheese” sculpture to high places.

Here’s the link to a student article detailing the elaborate planning and execution of these pranks.

The college even offers an award for good pranks. “The Moses Award encourages the college’s long tradition of intelligent and creative pranks and practical jokes.”

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Time capsule hoax, by very patient pranksters, revealed

Submitted by Marcy LaViollette:

Timeless prank: UW time capsule from ’50s reveals porn from ’70s
By Brian Alexander
Seattle Times staff reporter
April 26, 2007

Here’s something you wouldn’t expect to find inside a time capsule from the 1950s: pornography from the 1970s.

But faculty members at the University of Washington Department of Communications found just that when they opened a half-century-old time capsule Thursday and saw a centerfold and copies of Playboy and Hustler.

Atop the 50-year-old memorabilia were items from the late ’70s and early ’80s: adult magazines, an April Fools’ edition of The Daily, UW’s student newspaper, clip-on ties, women’s underwear, and nearly petrified Twinkies, among other things. Continue reading “Time capsule hoax, by very patient pranksters, revealed”

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A John for the Jolly Green Giant

nmtech_toilet_042307.jpgTwo days ago, Eyewitness News 4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico reported that a lime green toilet and a pirate flag were discovered atop the Joseph Skeen Library clock tower at New Mexico Tech in Socorro. Alas, the toilet has been removed from the REALLY tall building, but so far, there’s been no report on who did it, why or how.

Watch the news video.

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