Artist Stuart Semple released over 2,000 “happy clouds” recently in London. The clouds were made from a mixture of soap, helium, and vegetable dye. They lasted for about 30 minutes before dissolving into the air.
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Down With This Sort Of Thing
Cabinet Maker Prank
The first 1:32 of this video tell the story of cabinet maker Lucas Murgida’s experience hiding in one of his cabinets in a public space and waiting for someone to come and take it. It’s a modern day Trojan Horse.
Unauthorized Aquarium Dive
French prankster Remi Gaillard continues to push the limits of what he can get away with. This time he takes a dive in an aquarium without permission. The video has an quick elevator prank thrown in for good measure. Enjoy.
Crossing Times Square By Her Teeth
Ever wonder what an urban publicity stunt looked like in 1932? Well, here you go.
Gothamist explains:
The performer is Tiny Kline (who lived from 1891 to 1964), and during her time she was a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performer, where this type of signature “slide for life/iron jaw” stunt captivated many. Later in life, at the age of 70, the talented acrobat played Tinker Bell in the “Fantasy in the Sky” fireworks show at Disneyland.
I Hate Crowds
I’ve seen a few protests of protests, but showing up at a protest to protest crowds is a new one.
Invisible Car
From the BBC:
A design student made a battered old Skoda “disappear” by painting it to merge with the surrounding car park.
Sara Watson, who is studying drawing at the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan), took three weeks to transform the car’s appearance.
She created the illusion in the car park outside her studio at Uclan’s Hanover Building in Preston.
The car is now being used for advertising by the local recycling firm that donated the vehicle.
‘Just amazing’
Ms Watson, a second year student, said: “I was experimenting with the whole concept of illusion but needed something a bit more physical to make a real impact.”
She was given the Skoda Fabia from the breaker’s yard at local firm Recycling Lives.
Owner Steve Jackson described her work as “amazing”.
“When I first saw the photos I was convinced it was something which had been done on the computer,” said Mr Jackson.
“But when you look more closely you see the effort and attention to detail she has put into it. It is just amazing.
You can see a video of it at BBC News (embedding disabled due to lameness!)
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Push Button Receive Bacon
photo by Noah Britton‘s cellphone
Spotted in a men’s room at Hunter College in NYC. I’ve never thought about it, but the graphic for “heat” coming out of a hand dryer does indeed look like strips of bacon.
Vader Rakes
This is not really a prank, but the photo is just too funny not to post. It’s a staged photo by Adam Hester and is part of his “Playful Surroundings” series. I hope some of the neighbors walked by and caught Lord Vader tidying up his yard.
Guy Fieri Impostor
KansasCity.com reports:
A Guy Fieri impostor was interviewed on-air Monday night during Fox Sports Net’s broadcast of the Royals game.
Guy Fieri, for those who don’t know, is the Food Network host of “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.” He travels the country visiting these places. He has been to Kansas City before.
The impostor gave interviewer Joel Goldberg’s questions short, rude, one-word answers. He was acting like he wanted no part of the interview. He took a phone call during the interview.
The real Guy Fieri updated his Twitter status to let everyone know it wasn’t him. I wonder if the guy planned to impersonate Fieri or if the sportscaster just spotted him, and he decided to play along?
Our friend Chris Kula sums it up:
If I were to rate a fill-in-the-blank contest of “Who’s a random, specific celebrity to impersonate in a public setting?” the host of cable TV’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives would receive awfully high marks.
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