The Engineers vs. The Artsies (1102 hits)
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Submitted by Nuclear Fuckin Weapons (View user info) at 2007-07-31 19:20:29 EDT
I was a mere first year student, in the Engineering lounge with my headphones on. I was doing a bit of Chemistry review, and listening to Snoop Dogg's confirmations of which clique he affiliated with.
I noticed a huddled group of upper years students talking excitedly. I looked at my watch and realized it was nearing midnight, and that I better be on my way back to the travesty of a home I called Student Housing. As I packed up my books, one of the students approached me by the name of Kevin.
"Hey man, are you a first year?", he asked.
"Yeah...", I replied timidly, looking around for older students who might try to initiate me. Then I realized I could probably kick their asses, as they probably haven't played a sport since middle school.
"My name is Sunjay, nice to meet you."
"It's prank-week, we need some help with our prank on the Arts students...wanna help?"
"Sure."
A legend was born that night ladies and gents. I asked one of the students why we would do anything to harm the Arts department. After all, they too were fellow students in pursuit of higher education. The response I got was elitist and rude.
"Because they suck ass, and their degree is useless".
Then it dawned on me. Yes, I have heard this before. In class, how professors would tell us that we, the engineers, are better than the others in the school. I recall how a professor told our class, "If you can't get this right, you should maybe study psychology, or sociology."
I then realized what the Engineers were trying to do; form us into some sort of elitist war machine that would conquer the earth. After all, ERTW is our motto (Engineers Rule The World).
It was immaturity at best, since some of my good friends were in Arts, and I didn't totally agree with their view (who knows, some more brainwashing might do the trick).
I accompanied the crowd of older students to the arts building, where I saw a fantastic sight. Car parts strewn everywhere.
"What are you guys doing?", I asked.
"We're going to put a car on top of the arts building, neat eh?"
"I'll get the flashlight"
It was easily one of the best moments of being at University. I won't reveal our secret as to how we got a car fully assembled on top of the roof of a locked building without breaking in, but I will tell you the aftermath.
Arts students came to see a car on the roof of their building spray painted with ERTW, and "Arts: $40,000 wasted"
Needless to say, there was an uproar. Fuming hippies everywhere. The dean of Engineering Science got a barrage of hate mail, demanding the students responsible be apprehended. We merely laughed, encouraging the "Good old fashioned rivalry" even more.
Hey, I have nothing against the Artsies, but being a part of such a great prank that drove people insane was awesome.
It didn't end there.
For some reason, the Arts faculty never replied to our childish antics. They did indeed take the high road, but the pranks never stopped. The joke was on us because all the hot Psych majors didn't want anything to do with the Engineers...when they were sober.
Pranks some students have pulled include:
-Hacking a vending machine to sell Bachelor of Arts degrees
-Cutting power to their buildings
-Putting a massive McDonald's sign on the building (to signify how 'easy' it is to obtain the degree)
I asked one of my elders what our response would be if they retaliated. His reply is something legends are made of;
"What are they gonna do? Flood our building with essays?"
Several of my friends who are doing engineering at other schools tell me of similar rivalries. Good folks on Uber, feel free to share your famous rivalries that may have gotten a little out of hand.
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Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-02 08:57:43 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-01 23:12:41 EDT (#)
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I'm rich. You're a mo.
Ta da.
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Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-08-01 23:45:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-08-01 23:45:14 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-01 23:12:41 EDT (#)
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I'm rich. You're a mo.
Ta da.
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-01 22:21:50 EDT (#)
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Ok I'll actually be serious and myself for a moment, and I encourage you to do the same.
I'm willing to call a truce to our little insignificant flame wars. I'm sure you're a fun guy in real life, as am I. So let us just drop this and both behave like adults.
99% of me expects a comment about my homosexuality and about how rich you are, but I figured I'd try. I was raised to respect my elders.
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-01 22:07:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-01 20:31:09 EDT (#)
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Why don't you try messing with the OTHER minimum-wage earning teenage zitboy virgins - your peers - and take a break from "zinging" Shlongy with my own material, asseyes?
Just a thought...
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Min. wage? Shlongboy, I'm probably making more than you did at my age..that's for damn sure.
I could ask you to stop messing with people 1/3 of your age and twice your size, but really, it's a fucking website. Suck it up, Nancy. Learn to dish it and take it, in the meantime, quit bitching. I'm not the one spamming people with -2s and declaring myself 'lord of uber' like a fucking tool.
More proof your mother should have learned to swallow.
Now get back in your booster seat and shut the fuck up.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-01 20:31:09 EDT (#)
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Why don't you try messing with the OTHER minimum-wage earning teenage zitboy virgins - your peers - and take a break from "zinging" Shlongy with my own material, asseyes?
Just a thought...
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-01 19:59:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-01 19:53:25 EDT (#)
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DON'T BEAT ME UP, SUNNY BOY!!!
Cluck cluck faggot
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I hope for humanity you haven't spread your genes, knob-shiner.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-01 19:53:25 EDT (#)
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DON'T BEAT ME UP, SUNNY BOY!!!
Cluck cluck faggot
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-01 19:40:42 EDT (#)
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Oh fuck off you pathetic cunt
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-01 19:39:01 EDT (#)
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Wow, I fucked up and gave this douchebag a 0.
DON'T BAN ME FOR THAT RATINGS TYPO, BART!
Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2007-08-01 18:43:14 EDT (#)
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Submitted by fidelcity (user info) at 2007-08-01 17:36:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-01 17:35:10 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-01 17:24:31 EDT (#)
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You truly are gayer than Zoidberg.
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Do you know that because you're gay, and you know who all the gay people are?
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-01 17:24:31 EDT (#)
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You truly are gayer than Zoidberg.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-08-01 16:15:38 EDT (#)
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+2 for shenanigans
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-01 13:24:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-08-01 11:53:05 EDT (#)
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does anyone remember their college years in fact?
all i remember is the smell of alcohol.
we used to drink orange juice vodka with our muffins in the morning.
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Caul I think you might have had a problem...
Screwdrivers in the morning? Damn.
I leave the binge drinking time to the occasional weekend and thursday night.
Submitted by Newty (user info) at 2007-08-01 11:53:45 EDT (#)
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I laughed.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-08-01 11:53:05 EDT (#)
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does anyone remember their college years in fact?
all i remember is the smell of alcohol.
we used to drink orange juice vodka with our muffins in the morning.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-08-01 11:51:31 EDT (#)
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i honestly never gave a shit about college rivalries and what people are studying. nor did any of my friends.
partying was the only thing that mattered to us.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-08-01 11:42:40 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-08-01 11:26:25 EDT (#)
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You should look up the MIT v. UCLA(?) rivalry. It's a tradition and completely condoned by both institutions. Also it's engineer v. engineer so they're always pranking back
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It's MIT/CalTech. Those guys are serious.
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-08-01 11:26:25 EDT (#)
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You should look up the MIT v. UCLA(?) rivalry. It's a tradition and completely condoned by both institutions. Also it's engineer v. engineer so they're always pranking back
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-01 10:58:20 EDT (#)
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Submitted by William_Q_Percy (user info) at 2007-08-01 10:33:49 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/62544
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I cannot WAIT for my iron ring. Apparently we start the day off with a breakfast kegger...but nobody has ever revealed to me what happens...and frankly, I dont wanna know till I get there.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-08-01 10:54:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by William_Q_Percy (user info) at 2007-08-01 10:33:49 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/62544
Submitted by William_Q_Percy (user info) at 2007-08-01 10:30:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sideshow (user info) at 2007-07-31 19:40:12 EDT (#)
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At the U of Calgary, Engineers rival Management / Business students. We've installed a car inside a building, and once we were going to suspend a car off one of the main bridges in town, but the car was towed and impounded before we were able to pull it off.
We've also installed a car inside a building, sealed it off completely, and filled it up with water. That was fucking cool!!
They also cut a car in half and welded it around a tree. That was a few years before my time, but I saw the pictures.
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Don't forget Joe Pillar!
U of C Engg students created an entirely fictional student named Joe Pillar. They took turns taking his exams and completing his assignments. When administration finally caught on to these shenanigans and put an end to Pillar's academic career, he was three classes away from completing his degree. They were simpler times.
Also, there was a massive slingshot that was once housed in the engineering complex that could launch huge water balloons across campus, and into Scurfield hall (management building).
Also, a VW bug was hung from the arch at the entrance of the university. (link for pic) http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/supplements/16/index.php?sid=3169
iddqd, it is my opinion that an engineer is a person that is capable of creation. Many people who do not call themselves engineers, are indeed engineers. Humankind would be nowhere without this trait.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-08-01 09:18:33 EDT (#)
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*shrugs* Some people like to sit around all day taking drugs and talking chuff about "The post modern reflectivity of Rembrandt" inbetween trying to seduce their next door neighbours. Other people like to learn how to design light switches.
It's all clicks and whistles to me.
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-01 09:03:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-07-31 23:30:54 EDT (#)
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oh, and we get laid a WHOLE lot more than you and have a whole lot more fun getting our degrees than anyone else. those bitter professors youve got are still shitty because the douchebags who lazed around at uni, getting drunk and laid while they studied their arses off are now advertising execs and whatnot earning shitloads. and being about as useful to society as they were when they were students.
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More fun? Laid more? Isn't it accepted worldwide that engineers are alcoholics who throw insane parties because they hate their lives?
Oh well, maybe just in Canada.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2007-08-01 08:59:21 EDT (#)
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Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-01 08:48:48 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2007-08-01 06:58:13 EDT (#)
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This was almost amusing (the vending machine degree made me smile), but any group that plans pranks like this and more importantly actually gets away with them doesn't rely on random strangers they met in a study lounge for help.
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Actually,
Our Engg building has electronic locks and only the engineers with swipecards are allowed in. I had seen these group of guys before, which is why they asked me for help.
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No prank I have been involved with that potentially could involve charges or getting booted from school(this definately could) would involve the help of some random dude, even if he was in my major, so it is a little hard to swallow.
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-01 08:49:11 EDT (#)
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Oh and the car on the building bit....it's tradition, why mess with a good thing?
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-01 08:48:48 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2007-08-01 06:58:13 EDT (#)
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This was almost amusing (the vending machine degree made me smile), but any group that plans pranks like this and more importantly actually gets away with them doesn't rely on random strangers they met in a study lounge for help.
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Actually,
Our Engg building has electronic locks and only the engineers with swipecards are allowed in. I had seen these group of guys before, which is why they asked me for help.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-08-01 08:42:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by storm (user info) at 2007-08-01 08:24:06 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/6768#33938
http://www.ubersite.com/m/6768#33986
My how ubersite has changed.
Submitted by CHR15 (user info) at 2007-08-01 07:40:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2007-08-01 06:58:13 EDT (#)
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This was almost amusing (the vending machine degree made me smile), but any group that plans pranks like this and more importantly actually gets away with them doesn't rely on random strangers they met in a study lounge for help.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-08-01 06:45:46 EDT (#)
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Submitted by czwij (user info) at 2007-08-01 04:17:44 EDT (#)
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old.
why is it that engineers everywhere pull the same pranks.
are we that uncreative?
the car bit we did in 1996.
a red VW rabbit (golf) on the roof of the arts building.
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My dad graduated CalTech in 1952. They moved a 1948 Ford into the Engineering Dean's office (3rd floor), and left it running. Some things never change.
Submitted by czwij (user info) at 2007-08-01 04:17:44 EDT (#)
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old.
why is it that engineers everywhere pull the same pranks.
are we that uncreative?
the car bit we did in 1996.
a red VW rabbit (golf) on the roof of the arts building.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-08-01 00:54:09 EDT (#)
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Awww, IndoNinja will want to suck your cock for this post...
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-08-01 00:26:15 EDT (#)
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psych students are funny. so easy to piss off. all you have to do is question their sources, their 'research', the statistics that even they hate and point to shit like dr phil and all those tv snake-oil salesmen peddling the fledgling 'science' of psych as a panacaea for all societies woes.
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-08-01 00:17:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-07-31 22:27:34 EDT (#)
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steak, our profs know what we do...its no secret, and we don't get thrown out for inter-departmental pranks.
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I meant the Psych majors are laughing at you. Everyone else knows what you do. Pull a big enough prank and you'll get thrown out. You're wasting your time and money on this.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-07-31 23:30:54 EDT (#)
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as an arts student myself, i can tell you that that vending machine prank is fucking gold. fucking bachelor of table service.
70% of arts students shouldnt be at uni. it is a useful degree, just not for as many people as engineering is, as we need more engineers than we do writers, journalists, philosophers etc. basically my work is how it should be - there are a couple of artists (including myself) sitting around talking, reading books, drinking coffee and occasionally writing 3000 word documents, or drawing a bunch of concept designs once we feel good feng shui about the thoughts in our head, while in the next room a bunch of programmers, level designers and engineers actually do stuff. the thing that we in the creative side do is give those guys something to do, we give them direction for their useful skills with our art/creativity, while they with their useful skills make our ideas a reality. without us, theyd have nothing to code, and without them we'd have no purpose for our creativity.
oh, and we get laid a WHOLE lot more than you and have a whole lot more fun getting our degrees than anyone else. those bitter professors youve got are still shitty because the douchebags who lazed around at uni, getting drunk and laid while they studied their arses off are now advertising execs and whatnot earning shitloads. and being about as useful to society as they were when they were students.
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-07-31 22:28:39 EDT (#)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-07-31 20:50:55 EDT (#)
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At my Engineering school, we have a tradition of a 'delayed inception' prank week that's actually takes much longer to plan and execute, but is way more effective than putting a car in an art building.
It goes like this: We would all 'study' and 'learn useful things', then we 'graduate' and 'get decent and good-paying jobs wherein we build or make or otherwise improve the world', and then (this is where the delayed inception part comes in), we never have to say "Would you like fries with that?" in any context outside of a joke aimed at Artisms.
Like I said, it takes some effort, but there's a huge payoff.
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hahahahahah, good plan. I'll suggest that next time.
Submitted by Zeglamancer (user info) at 2007-07-31 22:28:02 EDT (#)
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When I put on third class, I got my crow tacked on. My chief hit like a fucking bus full of concrete going 60mph. Damn near broke my arm the bastard...
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-07-31 22:27:34 EDT (#)
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steak, our profs know what we do...its no secret, and we don't get thrown out for inter-departmental pranks.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2007-07-31 22:21:31 EDT (#)
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what school?
My parents pulled this off when they were in high school...disassembled the drivers ed teacher's car and reassembled it in the lunch room.
A few years ago...these kids created a riot in my school, it was awesome.
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-07-31 21:22:13 EDT (#)
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You know what's great?
Laughing when the engineers and art students have kids and have to pay in blood for therapy for their fucked up kids.
Laughing, because we know why you're really playing pranks when you're in college.
Laughing at those who get caught and kicked out, thusly wasting whatever they've spent.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-07-31 21:04:23 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2007-07-31 20:56:48 EDT (#)
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Fuck'n scrapmetal is on fire today.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2007-07-31 20:56:48 EDT (#)
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Fuck'n scrapmetal is on fire today.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-07-31 20:50:55 EDT (#)
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At my Engineering school, we have a tradition of a 'delayed inception' prank week that's actually takes much longer to plan and execute, but is way more effective than putting a car in an art building.
It goes like this: We would all 'study' and 'learn useful things', then we 'graduate' and 'get decent and good-paying jobs wherein we build or make or otherwise improve the world', and then (this is where the delayed inception part comes in), we never have to say "Would you like fries with that?" in any context outside of a joke aimed at Artisms.
Like I said, it takes some effort, but there's a huge payoff.
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2007-07-31 20:10:02 EDT (#)
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Another one because this reminds me of old-school Uber. Short, funny, to-the-point. No eight paragraph introduction to the punch.
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2007-07-31 20:09:08 EDT (#)
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hahaha
The vending machine one is my favorite.
Submitted by Saeki (user info) at 2007-07-31 20:06:54 EDT (#)
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Funny. I'd do the same thing but the engineering department is kind of looked down upon at my school.
Submitted by mikethescottish (user info) at 2007-07-31 20:04:32 EDT (#)
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We don't need to prank back, we just laugh at you when you're stuck inside studying 24/7 to scrape a pass whilst we drink and play frisbee- and still get straight A's.
It's a short-lived pyrrhic victory- but dammit, we'll take it.
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-07-31 20:00:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sideshow (user info) at 2007-07-31 19:40:12 EDT (#)
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At the U of Calgary, Engineers rival Management / Business students. We've installed a car inside a building, and once we were going to suspend a car off one of the main bridges in town, but the car was towed and impounded before we were able to pull it off.
We've also installed a car inside a building, sealed it off completely, and filled it up with water. That was fucking cool!!
They also cut a car in half and welded it around a tree. That was a few years before my time, but I saw the pictures.
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I'll keep those ideas in mind for the upcoming semester...
Submitted by Tom (user info) at 2007-07-31 19:52:22 EDT (#)
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I greatly enjoy art but I wouldn't do it as a profession. I'll likely take quite a few art classes in college but I won't major in that shit.
Submitted by sideshow (user info) at 2007-07-31 19:40:12 EDT (#)
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At the U of Calgary, Engineers rival Management / Business students. We've installed a car inside a building, and once we were going to suspend a car off one of the main bridges in town, but the car was towed and impounded before we were able to pull it off.
We've also installed a car inside a building, sealed it off completely, and filled it up with water. That was fucking cool!!
They also cut a car in half and welded it around a tree. That was a few years before my time, but I saw the pictures.
Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2007-07-31 19:37:44 EDT (#)
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We used to have ketchup eating contests with the Marine-option NROTC guys at the "Rat", when I was in college. After 6 or 7 pitchers of beer, it seemed like a really good idea. Funny what you do whilst drunk.
Thanks for bringing back this obviously repressed memory.