Comments on: Hallowe'en mannequin prank http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 12:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1258414 mccrum Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1258414 That can only end badly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnDa2Zqvl6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQrGtdAGnZI That can only end badly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnDa2Zqvl6c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQrGtdAGnZI

]]> By: aydiosmio http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1258359 aydiosmio Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1258359 As seen on 10+ year old reruns of America's Funniest Home Videos! As seen on 10+ year old reruns of America’s Funniest Home Videos!

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1258334 awjt Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1258334 Yeah, that shit's gettin' old.  People are so unoriginal. Yeah, that shit’s gettin’ old.  People are so unoriginal.

]]> By: Bruce Arthurs http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1258201 Bruce Arthurs Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1258201 AARON Ay, that I had not done a thousand more. Even now I curse the day--and yet, I think, Few come within the compass of my curse,-- Wherein I did not some notorious ill, As kill a man, or else devise his death, Ravish a maid, or plot the way to do it, Accuse some innocent and forswear myself, Set deadly enmity between two friends, Make poor men's cattle break their necks; Set fire on barns and hay-stacks in the night, And bid the owners quench them with their tears. <i>Oft have I digg'd up dead men from their graves, And set them upright at their dear friends' doors,</i> Even when their sorrows almost were forgot; And on their skins, as on the bark of trees, Have with my knife carved in Roman letters, 'Let not your sorrow die, though I am dead.' Tut, I have done a thousand dreadful things As willingly as one would kill a fly, And nothing grieves me heartily indeed But that I cannot do ten thousand more.      -- TITUS ANDRONICUS, Wm. Shakespeare AARON
Ay, that I had not done a thousand more.
Even now I curse the day–and yet, I think,
Few come within the compass of my curse,–
Wherein I did not some notorious ill,
As kill a man, or else devise his death,
Ravish a maid, or plot the way to do it,
Accuse some innocent and forswear myself,
Set deadly enmity between two friends,
Make poor men’s cattle break their necks;
Set fire on barns and hay-stacks in the night,
And bid the owners quench them with their tears.
Oft have I digg’d up dead men from their graves,
And set them upright at their dear friends’ doors,
Even when their sorrows almost were forgot;
And on their skins, as on the bark of trees,
Have with my knife carved in Roman letters,
‘Let not your sorrow die, though I am dead.’
Tut, I have done a thousand dreadful things
As willingly as one would kill a fly,
And nothing grieves me heartily indeed
But that I cannot do ten thousand more.     

– TITUS ANDRONICUS, Wm. Shakespeare

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1258185 Jim Saul Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1258185 That is so awesome.  I could see that really scaring the crap out of someone a little later in the evening, in a less crowded neighborhood. A clown costume would be even more scary.  Or maybe that's just me. Oh crap I wish I'd seen this a few days ago... there were "haunted history" tours of my neighborhood three times a night on weekends for the last month but I think I missed the last of them.  It would have been perfect to plant a mind bomb like that on the corner where they stop to tell stories about my building. That is so awesome.  I could see that really scaring the crap out of someone a little later in the evening, in a less crowded neighborhood. A clown costume would be even more scary.  Or maybe that’s just me.

Oh crap I wish I’d seen this a few days ago… there were “haunted history” tours of my neighborhood three times a night on weekends for the last month but I think I missed the last of them.  It would have been perfect to plant a mind bomb like that on the corner where they stop to tell stories about my building.

]]> By: Jakob Drud http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1258048 Jakob Drud Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1258048 For some reason, Google saw fit to include a series of ads centering around heart starter kits, CPR courses, and various first aid services... Seriously, it's not THAT scary. For some reason, Google saw fit to include a series of ads centering around heart starter kits, CPR courses, and various first aid services… Seriously, it’s not THAT scary.

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1258022 Mark_Frauenfelder Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1258022 Such a fun prank! It's fun to see the people's smiles slowly fade. Such a fun prank! It’s fun to see the people’s smiles slowly fade.

]]> By: fergus1948 http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1257986 fergus1948 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1257986 Maybe it's just me but the scariest thing about that was the number of people who had  wrought iron bars in front of their doors. Maybe it’s just me but the scariest thing about that was the number of people who had  wrought iron bars in front of their doors.

]]> By: Their feldspars http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1257981 Their feldspars Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1257981 There was a couple in my old neighborhood who sat scarecrows with masks on their porch chairs a week before Halloween, so the kids would get used to seeing them there. On Halloween night, just after dark, they put the scarecrow clothing and masks on themselves, with straw sticking out of their cuffs and collars. Then they positioned themselves in the chairs so they looked like the scarecrows. And waited very patiently. So, kids came and rang the doorbell. Nothing happened. As the kids turned to leave, the scarecrows would suddenly stand up and scream. Good times. There was a couple in my old neighborhood who sat scarecrows with masks on their porch chairs a week before Halloween, so the kids would get used to seeing them there. On Halloween night, just after dark, they put the scarecrow clothing and masks on themselves, with straw sticking out of their cuffs and collars. Then they positioned themselves in the chairs so they looked like the scarecrows. And waited very patiently.

So, kids came and rang the doorbell. Nothing happened. As the kids turned to leave, the scarecrows would suddenly stand up and scream. Good times.

]]> By: Glen Able http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1257944 Glen Able Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1257944 Perfect in its simplicity. Although I would like to see what would happen if it played a recording of a child's voice saying "Satan wants me to skin you alive" Perfect in its simplicity.

Although I would like to see what would happen if it played a recording of a child’s voice saying “Satan wants me to skin you alive”

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1257931 Art Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1257931 Clever, Spooky and Funny. Thanks for the post. :) Clever, Spooky and Funny.

Thanks for the post. :)

]]> By: Red Monk http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1257922 Red Monk Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1257922 The Tick-O-Treater is quantum locked just don't look away and don't blink. The Tick-O-Treater is quantum locked just don’t look away and don’t blink.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1257921 bcsizemo Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1257921 Maybe I'm old school but I usually like the kids to say trick or treat before I give them the candy... But this is pretty good...  It'd been nice to have a webcam in it's eye... Maybe I’m old school but I usually like the kids to say trick or treat before I give them the candy…

But this is pretty good…  It’d been nice to have a webcam in it’s eye…

]]> By: daneyul http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1257908 daneyul Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1257908 Or just put a real kid in the same getup staying perfectly still until the curious, scared homeowner reaches out to touch him at which point he screams and lunges.  I love Halloween! Or just put a real kid in the same getup staying perfectly still until the curious, scared homeowner reaches out to touch him at which point he screams and lunges. 

I love Halloween!

]]> By: Ben Ehlers http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1257905 Ben Ehlers Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1257905 Add a motor that tilts the head ever so slightly to the side about 30 seconds after it hears a voice, and it would be super creepy.  Add a motor that tilts the head ever so slightly to the side about 30 seconds after it hears a voice, and it would be super creepy. 

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/10/30/halloween-mannequin-prank.html#comment-1257879 Guest Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126852#comment-1257879 uncanny. uncanny.

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