Burger King crashes McDonalds
Youtube Direktburger, via BoingBoing
Vom Rome News Tribune: „A man apparently dressed as a competitor’s mascot handed out free food and took pictures with children at the West Rome McDonald’s on Monday afternoon, according to Rome Police reports.“
Own Hair Wig Prank
Youtube Direkthair, via Laughing Squid
Schöner Prank von Youtube-User Jozaeh, der seine Haare abschneidet, daraus ‘ne Perücke bastelt und die er dann vor Freunden und Bekannten abzieht.
Step 1: Cut off my long hair of three years
Step 2: hot glue it into a wig (yes, slightly serial killerish, but wait..)
Step 3: Wear that wig, my friends thinking it’s my hair
Step 4: Pull it off suddenly and presto, friend freakouts
Shell really really wants you to see this Video
Shell wurde heute Opfer eines Hoaxes einer Truppe, die eine Fake-Party fingierten und dort einen „Bohrturm-Kuchen-Unfall“ zeigten. Das Video ging schnell rum, wurde aber von Gawker ebenso schnell als Hoax entpuppt. Soweit, so uninteressant. Jetzt legt sich allerdings nochmal Shells PR-Abteilung ins Zeug und will sicher gehen, dass auch wirklich alle Leute dieses Video sehen.
Lawyers operating on behalf of Royal Dutch Shell plc. (Shell) are considering formal action against unknown activists who staged a counterfeit campaign launch event at the Seattle Space Needle.
The groups released a stream of social media content, with the defamatory hashtag #shellfail, which deliberately misrepresents the safety of Shell’s drill rigs heading to the Arctic, and extensively violated Shell’s intellectual property rights.
Shell is monitoring the spread of potentially defamatory material on the internet and reporters are advised to avoid publishing such material. [Hervorhebung von mir]
Shell sends legal intimidation to journalists who might report on #shellfail hoax video
Bank of Americas Truth Machines
Schöner Prank von Aktivisten in San Francisco, wo sie alle (!) Geldautomaten der Bank of America mit Stickern überklebt haben, die ein neues Menü anboten, auf denen man gegen Klimawandel lobbyieren, Kohle verfeuern, Familien aus ihren Häusern rausschmeissen und sich selbst natürlich fette Bonusse ausschütten konnte. Hätte man hierzulande schon längst mit der Deutschen Bank machen sollen.
The activists used special non-adhesive stickers designed to look exactly like BoA’s ATM interface. But instead of checking and savings accounts, these new menus offered a list of everything BoA customers’ money is being used for, including investment in coal-fired power plants, foreclosure on Americans’ homes, bankrolling of climate change, and paying for fat executive bonuses.
Bank of America ATMs In San Francisco Turned Into Truth Machines (via Boing Boing)
Careless Whisper Saxophone Prank
(Youtube Direktcareless, via Dangerous Minds)
Wie Remi Gaillard mit besserer Frisur und George Michael.
Real Life Mario Kart 2011
(Youtube Direktkart, via Laughing Squid)
Remi Gaillard hat sich zwei Jahre nach dem erstem Video wieder als Mario verkleidet, sich in einen Gokart gesetzt, heizte damit durch die Stadt und durch Einkaufszentren und schmiss mit Bananen um sich.
Vorher auf Nerdcore:
Rémi Gaillard vs Hunters
Rémi Gaillards Pizza-Prank
Remi Gaillard geht tauchen
Real Life Pacman by Remi Gaillard
Real Life Mario Kart
Urban Olympics
Urban Soccer by Remi Gaillard
Everything is OK on the New York Subway
(Youtube Direkt, via HYST)
Ihr erinnert Euch an das Projekt Everything is Okay, das ich vor rund einem Jahr hier gebloggt hatte? Die nennen sich mittlerweile The Love Police, haben ein Blog und haben seitdem jede Menge Videos in ihrem Youtube-Channel gepostet. Jedes einzelne davon eine absolute Empfehlung, oben verbreiten sie gute Laune mit Anspruch in der New Yorker U-Bahn, in diesem Video erklären sie Polizisten in London, was es mit Free Speech auf sich hat, in den folgenden zwei Videos erklären sie, wie man einer Untersuchung wegen Terrorverdachts entgeht.
Ganz ganz großartig, die Jungs. Die sollten mal schleunigst Urlaub in Deutschland machen und hier ein bisschen gesunden Menschenverstand in die Köpfe der Leute hämmern. Vor allem, wenn man sich das hier durchliest (via Fefe), da geriet jemand unter Terrorverdacht, weil er seltsame Musik hörte. Wait, what?
The Love Police was doing the usual, enjoying free speech in a corporate zone, and the Beefeaters (Royal Guardians) of the Tower of London called the Police on us. Again. This time, the Police knew to send more than one officer. They sent an Inspector (rather senior), two Sargeants, and five officers. 4 Police cars. Sirens.
This is our attempt to show you how to stop yourself getting arrested under this RIDICULOUS and OVER-USED Terror Act.
Do not consent.
No one rules if no one obeys.
Live Free. Die Free
Hier noch ein bisschen Hintergrundinfo aus meinem letzten Posting über die Jungs:
In einem Designstudio entstand zur US-Wahl 2006 ein Polizeit-Absperrband mit der Aufschrift „Everything is OK“. Daraus hat sich mittlerweile ein „Soziales Experiment in öffentlichem Raum mit Megafon“ entwickelt, so würde ich das mal nennen. Snip von ihrer Website:
„Today, Everything is OK exists as a kind of social design experiment in subversive positivism. It explores the relationship between medium and message, challenges accepted modes of communication, and provides everyday citizens with tools for social commentary.
We read “Everything is OK” as both an affirmative phrase and a condemning indictment of mediocrity — a tension that is amplified when delivered through the cautionary medium of barricade tape. Once deployed, the message takes on additional layers of meaning as it becomes an interactive caption, modifying spaces, objects and events.“
Dr. Who besucht das Massachusetts Institute of Timetravel und beweisst, dass die Zukunft die Gegenwart beeinflusst.
Dr. Who ist gestern mit seiner Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space-Zeitmaschine auf einem Gebäude vom MIT gelandet. Auf dem Schild steht: „Hacker Telephone – Free for use of hackers“. Hier die Meldung auf Boston.com, hier die Prank-Site vom MIT mit allen Hacks, mehr Bilder gibt’s im Flickr-Stream von BBCAmericanGirl. (via Mister Honk)
In der Zwischenzeit haben Experimente von Quantenphysikern gezeigt, dass die Zukunft die Gegenwart beeinflusst und die Zeit wohl nicht nur vorwärts fließt beziehungsweise die Zeit in der bisherigen Vorstellung eine nette Illusion ist. Kiss your brain goodbye und: John Carpenter hatte (möglicherweise) Recht (siehe Video unten).
Tollaksen’s group is looking into the notion that time might flow backward, allowing the future to influence the past. By extension, the universe might have a destiny that reaches back and conspires with the past to bring the present into view. On a cosmic scale, this idea could help explain how life arose in the universe against tremendous odds. On a personal scale, it may make us question whether fate is pulling us forward and whether we have free will. […]
And yet, as crazy as it sounds, this notion of reverse causality is gaining ground. A succession of quantum experiments confirm its predictions—showing, bafflingly, that measurements performed in the future can influence results that happened before those measurements were ever made.
Back From the Future (via Fefe)
Facebook had a very small Penis, lost in Translation
Bis vor ein paar Tagen meldete die türkische Version von Facebook bei nicht abgeschickten Chatmitteilungen: „Your message could not be sent because of your tiny penis“ und die hatten da auch keinen Like-Button, sondern einen Fuck-Button. Das kommt davon, wenn man zu geizig für ‘nen Übersetzer ist und den Job von den Usern machen lässt.
A selection of 56 words and phrases that are commonly used across the Facebook platform, words and phrases such as “Like” or “Your message could not be sent because the user is offline” had their Turkish translations, erm… “improved” The attackers abused the official Facebook Translate interface, a crowdsourcing method for improving the linguistic accuracy of the site. Discussion forum members then went on to provide enough votes to push these translations into use for anyone viewing Facebook in Turkish resulting in some very red faces. The terms of course were offensive and insulting, some may have found them amusing, not I of course!
The word “Like” for example was substituted for another word that rhymes with Luck but begins with an F. The familiar notification in Facebook chat “Your message could not be sent because the user is offline” became “Your message could not be sent because of your tiny penis”
Star Wars Subway Car: Outtakes
(Youtube Direktsubway, via Urban Prankster)
Nettes Video mit Outtakes von ImprovEverywheres Star Wars Subway Car. Die Szene, in der Darth Vader seinen Helm am Türrahmen stößt, wird noch witziger, wenn man weiß, dass es genau so eine Szene tatsächlich in Star Wars gibt, nur mit ‘nem Stormtrooper.
Improv Everywheres Star Wars Subway Car
(Youtube Direkt, via Rebelart)
Improv Everywhere haben die Eingangsszene aus „Star Wars: A New Hope“ nachgespielt… in einer U-Bahn. Das Galactic Rebellion for Dummies-Buch mag ich an der Aktion ja am liebsten.
The mission started when Leia entered her train. She had two full stops by herself before the other actors entered.
I created a book for Leia to read using a template I found online. I printed out the fake cover and attached it to one of my favorite prank books, which just so happened to be the right size and color.
Agent Lindquist got a few funny looks from the passengers around her. She was unmistakably Princess Leia with her hair buns and white robe. Yet seeing one person in a costume on the subway isn’t all that strange. Maybe she’s going to a party? Unless you took the time to notice the book she was reading, you might not think too much of it.
The Stormtroopers got a nice reaction when they entered. The car wasn’t very crowded the first time we did it, but those who were there were laughing, particularly when the Stormtroopers grabbed Leia.
At the next stop, Vader’s entrance got a great reaction. Agent Scordelis entered the car with force and authority, but unfortunately didn’t account for the height of his helmet. He knocked his head on the door when he entered! It was hysterical, and we should have video of it in an upcoming “outtakes” video.
LHC Blackhole-Cam
Ich weiß, das Datum oben ruiniert den Witz etwas, but still. Von Reddit:
1. Look at your watch.
2. Say, “Oh shit, they’re firing up the LHC in a few seconds; we have to check it out because this is their biggest collision ever and they have a live webcam IN the collider.”
3. Rush to the computer and go here. While it’s loading say, “Hope we’re not late. It’s starting literally any second.”
4. Take the joke as far as you want. It can be a great way to get someone to admit a secret they never wanted to tell you until they were about to die.
Improv Everywheres Ghostbusters-Prank in der New York Public Library
Improv Everywhere jagen Geister in der New York Public Library.
When brainstorming ideas for the mission, I immediately thought of Ghostbusters. The NYPL is heavily featured in the beginning of the movie, opening with a crane shot of the lion statue outside and cutting to the reading room. The thought of bringing the Ghostbusters back to the library 25 years later cracked me up.
Agent Rodgers was the first ghost to enter. He grabbed a book off of a shelf on the way in and started heading for a seat. He was quickly stopped by a security guard, who had no idea what was going on.
Guard: Sir, what are you doing?
Rodgers: Um… haunting the library.
Who You Gonna Call? (via /Film)
Defaced Pink Emo-Lenin
English Russia hat grade ein paar Bilder einer Lenin-Statue, die man über Nacht bunt angemalt hat. Fand ich nicht wirklich spektakulär, aber sie erwähnten da auch noch einen weiteren Lenin-Statue-Prank von 2007, in dem ein paar russische Emo-Kids Lenin pink bepunkteten.
Rémi Gaillard vs Hunters
(Youtube Direktrabbit, via Boing Boing)
Remi Gaillard rächt in seinem neuesten Video alle von irgendwelchen Jägern dahingemeuchelten Hasen. Go, Rabbits, go!
