Comments on: The Great Rose Bowl Prank of 1961 http://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-rose-bowl-prank-of-1961 A collection of Damn Interesting things Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:03:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Locifer http://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-rose-bowl-prank-of-1961#comment-24079 Locifer Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:54:45 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=132#comment-24079 [quote]Jeffrey93 said: "This is nothing. I heard this one guy stole a rival school's mascot one night, it was a pig. He split some malt liquor with it. The pig became quite ill. It also didn't seem to like having it's tail played with non-stop. The mascot thief found this incredibly hilarious. "Curly, straight. Curly, straight." He would say. The Dean of the school heard the pig fall over because of the malt liquor, and the jig was up. The pig was airlifted out to a local animal hospital. Greatest prank ever."[/quote] Watched the Simpsons to many times? :) [quote]Jeffrey93 said: “This is nothing. I heard this one guy stole a rival school’s mascot one night, it was a pig. He split some malt liquor with it. The pig became quite ill. It also didn’t seem to like having it’s tail played with non-stop. The mascot thief found this incredibly hilarious. “Curly, straight. Curly, straight.” He would say.

The Dean of the school heard the pig fall over because of the malt liquor, and the jig was up.

The pig was airlifted out to a local animal hospital.

Greatest prank ever.”[/quote]

Watched the Simpsons to many times? :)

]]> By: Jeffrey93 http://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-rose-bowl-prank-of-1961#comment-13392 Jeffrey93 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:27:55 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=132#comment-13392 <p>This is nothing. I heard this one guy stole a rival school's mascot one night, it was a pig. He split some malt liquor with it. The pig became quite ill. It also didn't seem to like having it's tail played with non-stop. The mascot thief found this incredibly hilarious. "Curly, straight. Curly, straight." He would say.<p></p><p>The Dean of the school heard the pig fall over because of the malt liquor, and the jig was up.<p> The pig was airlifted out to a local animal hospital.<p> Greatest prank ever.</p> This is nothing. I heard this one guy stole a rival school’s mascot one night, it was a pig. He split some malt liquor with it. The pig became quite ill. It also didn’t seem to like having it’s tail played with non-stop. The mascot thief found this incredibly hilarious. “Curly, straight. Curly, straight.” He would say.

The Dean of the school heard the pig fall over because of the malt liquor, and the jig was up.

The pig was airlifted out to a local animal hospital.

Greatest prank ever.

]]> By: eatmydust57 http://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-rose-bowl-prank-of-1961#comment-10708 eatmydust57 Sat, 02 Dec 2006 12:12:18 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=132#comment-10708 <p>thats stuped! why not 69 copies.not 2232</p> thats stuped! why not 69 copies.not 2232

]]> By: Nytmare http://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-rose-bowl-prank-of-1961#comment-6518 Nytmare Thu, 22 Jun 2006 07:05:37 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=132#comment-6518 <p>You could try reading the article, blueracoon, instead of just looking at the picture.</p> You could try reading the article, blueracoon, instead of just looking at the picture.

]]> By: blueracoon http://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-rose-bowl-prank-of-1961#comment-6275 blueracoon Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:36:30 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=132#comment-6275 <p>i wonder how they got so many little tiles to fit together just to say CALTECH</p><p>what kind of idiot would go thru the trouble just for that</p> i wonder how they got so many little tiles to fit together just to say CALTECH

what kind of idiot would go thru the trouble just for that

]]> By: rezophonic http://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-rose-bowl-prank-of-1961#comment-6018 rezophonic Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:11:28 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=132#comment-6018 <p><span class='quote'>sligocki said: "It would appear that rather than having 14 flash cards per fan (and thus simple instructions), the Huskeys had the same set of colored cards at each seat with instructions on which color to show at each of the 15 frames. Thus the instructions for each seat would be different."</span></p><p> If every instruction sheet had to be different, how did they pull it off by stealing only the one sheet? It still stands to reason that they could have made the changes and then copied the instructions. Nevertheless, an excellent execution of a good scheme.</p> sligocki said: “It would appear that rather than having 14 flash cards per fan (and thus simple instructions), the Huskeys had the same set of colored cards at each seat with instructions on which color to show at each of the 15 frames. Thus the instructions for each seat would be different.”

If every instruction sheet had to be different, how did they pull it off by stealing only the one sheet? It still stands to reason that they could have made the changes and then copied the instructions. Nevertheless, an excellent execution of a good scheme.

]]> By: dr H http://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-rose-bowl-prank-of-1961#comment-5820 dr H Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:29:14 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=132#comment-5820 <p>There's a story about an MIT student who spent an entire summer going to the Harvard football field every day wearing a black and white striped shirt, walking up and down the field for ten or fifteen minutes throwing birdseed all over the field, blowing a whistle and then walking off the field.</p><p> At the end of the summer, it came time for the first Harvard home football team, the referee walked onto the field and blew the whistle, and the game had to be delayed for a half hour to wait for the birds to get off of the field. </p> There’s a story about an MIT student who spent an entire summer going to the Harvard football field every day wearing a black and white striped shirt, walking up and down the field for ten or fifteen minutes throwing birdseed all over the field, blowing a whistle and then walking off the field.

At the end of the summer, it came time for the first Harvard home football team, the referee walked onto the field and blew the whistle, and the game had to be delayed for a half hour to wait for the birds to get off of the field.

]]> By: schuylercat http://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-rose-bowl-prank-of-1961#comment-5799 schuylercat Wed, 31 May 2006 16:59:26 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=132#comment-5799 <p>That's awesome - it reads almost like urban folkllore! Great story, and cool prank!</p> That’s awesome – it reads almost like urban folkllore! Great story, and cool prank!

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