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31 October 2007

Local newscasters get pranked for Halloween So funny!

post by: ThePinkSuperhero at: 11:18 | 16 comments

I got a video about the Madrid terrorists bombings trial verdict.

posted by essexjan 31 October | 11:28

Really? Hmmm... every time I try the link, it works.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 31 October | 11:32

I can see the newscasters' thing too - it's definitely funny :)

posted by Sil 31 October | 11:36

That makes my day.

posted by BoringPostcards 31 October | 11:42

"It was a great gag"
* forced grin *

posted by dodgygeezer 31 October | 11:51

"i laughed, i cried, i peed a little."

posted by ethylene 31 October | 11:52

It could be because I'm outside the USA, I end up with Euro-centric video feeds.

posted by essexjan 31 October | 11:54

I had Flashblock on in Firefox, so opened it in IE, where I got the Madrid thing. So I disabled Flashblock for CNN and got the prank.

Yeah, definitely a peeing moment, if I'd been there in person.

posted by essexjan 31 October | 11:57

I wish I had sound on this stupid computer!

posted by Specklet 31 October | 11:59

i wish i had maracas.

posted by ethylene 31 October | 12:04

My local ABC affiliate. I'm so proud.

posted by mudpuppie 31 October | 12:19

Yet another reason I hate Halloween. Anyone who tries to scare me gets it in the 'nads.

posted by desjardins 31 October | 12:28

It doesn't play for me at all, in either FF or IE... maybe some we-don't-want-no-damn-furriners-in-our-tubes thing. If anyone finds it on youtube, post linkee, plz.

posted by taz 31 October | 12:40

Youtube Link!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 31 October | 12:42

thanks, TPS! Funny! The two women on the outside are either better survivors, or more easily spooked than the two in the center.

It's a dangerous game, though. I'm afraid I might break a chair over someone's head or something, if they try that with me.

posted by taz 31 October | 13:10

I'm afraid I might break a chair over someone's head or something, if they try that with me.

Warning: Not a halloween story.

In my younger days, I was working at a local fast food restaurant. I was alone by the front drive thru window when a couple of co-workers thought it would be funny to sneak around the building outside and pop up right next to me and shout. They succeeded in scaring me; my reaction was to try to punch them as hard as I could. The only thing that kept one of them from having several broken teeth was that the window was closed, and it takes more than a hard punch to break a drive-thru window. My hand hurt for a couple of days afterward.

posted by deadcowdan 31 October | 18:22

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