Practical Jokes and Mischief - The Art of the Prank

September 2, 2007January 15, 2019

Shaolin Temple Monks to Prankster: Say What?

Chinese Monks Fume Over Net Slurs
August 31, 2007

Beijing (AP) — China’s Shaolin Temple has demanded a public apology from an Internet user who claimed a Japanese ninja beat its kung fu-practicing monks in a showdown, a lawyer said Friday.

An open letter from the temple posted on the Internet Thursday denied the fight ever took place and called on the person who posted the claim to apologize to the temple’s martial arts masters.

Monks from the temple, nestled in the Songshan Mountains of central China’s Henan province, said they will consider legal action if the person doesn’t make a public apology. Continue reading “Shaolin Temple Monks to Prankster: Say What?”

August 31, 2007January 15, 2019

How Do You Spell Stupid?

Student suspended over stadium prank
August 30, 2007
Yahoo News

Hilliard, Ohio – A high school student who tricked football fans from a crosstown rival into holding up signs that together spelled out, “We Suck,” was suspended for the prank, students said.

[Here’s the Davidson vs Darby video]:

Kyle Garchar, a senior at Hilliard Davidson High School in suburban Columbus, said he spent about 20 hours over three days plotting the trick, which was captured on video and posted on the video-sharing Web site YouTube. He said he was inspired by a similar prank pulled by Yale students in 2004, when Harvard fans were duped into holding up cards with the same message.

[Here’s the Harvard prank]: Continue reading “How Do You Spell Stupid?”