This SOUNDS like a Snopes-ish internet myth, but mom swears she saw the car in the gym..
My dad also swears this was done while he was at MIT. So either they went to school together, this is an urban legend, or it's a lot easier than it sounds.
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Jul 22, 2009 2:18:49 pm PDT #375 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Trudy Booth - Jul 22, 2009 2:24:59 pm PDT #376 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I've heard two versions of it myself. I don't think it's all that hard to do.
Jessica - Jul 22, 2009 2:28:06 pm PDT #377 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I'll believe almost anything my dad tells me about MIT pranks because MIT is full of batshit crazy nerds.
ION, I love YouTube. The same moment BabyCenter sends me a "Refreshingly Realistic TV Guidelines for 2-4 year olds" email, Dylan is cackling like a maniac while this plays on my second monitor. (It's his second-favorite, after Manahmanah.)
-t - Jul 22, 2009 2:28:50 pm PDT #378 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
We did that to a friend of mine in college. Disassembled his VW bug enough to get it into his dorm room and reassembled.
Also put a different small car into the dorm lounge by taking apart part of the wall. Come to think of it, I think there was some wall disassembly for the other one, as well.
Jesse - Jul 22, 2009 2:28:58 pm PDT #379 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, MIT kids don't fuck around when it comes to pranks.
Barb - Jul 22, 2009 2:43:14 pm PDT #380 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Yeah, MIT kids don't fuck around when it comes to pranks.
Totally figured they got those scenes for Real Genius from SOMEWHERE. (Although Mythbusters totally disproved the popcorn theory. The bastards.)
Vortex - Jul 22, 2009 2:44:56 pm PDT #381 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
There's a famous story about a car on the roof of a building at Oxford in the 20s. the story only came out officially when the last member of the team passed away.
Okay, totally bad memory. It was Cambridge in the 50s and nobody died, they just finally revealed it at a reunion.
Jesse - Jul 22, 2009 3:03:35 pm PDT #382 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Recent MIT hacks: [link]
-t - Jul 22, 2009 3:10:42 pm PDT #383 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw, that first one with the cannon makes me all nostalgic. What a nice homage.
Hil R. - Jul 22, 2009 3:16:19 pm PDT #384 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Me too - I'd assumed it was anti-Semitic. But it's not! So I can say it!
Shyster shyster shyster shyster shyster shyster shyster!!!
That one's kind of iffy for some people. It doesn't have antisemitic origins, as far as I know, but it's been used in an antisemitic way often enough that some people will bristle at pretty much any use of it now.