Weekly BlogScan: Pranks and Presidential Portraits

Part of: Weekly Blogscan
Author: DrPatPublished: May 27, 2005 at 9:46 pm 0 comments

The news that two US high schools had "Presidential Picture Malfunctions" this week prompted my drunkards' walk through the blogosphere today. The yearbook of Mesa Grande High School in Colorado labeled one student's portrait "Most likely to assassinate President Bush," prompting a visit from stoney-faced Secret Service investigators. Students at El Camino Real High School near Los Angeles, California, put up posters depicting the President as Groucho Marx—and had them taken down by school authorities because Groucho/Bush's cigar violated school policy against "promoting smoking."

How common is the decision to commit what the perpetrator invariably calls a "just a prank"?

Jonathan Rowe's eponymous blog points out the dangers of running pranks in Prank Calls & the Law. He was prompted to this topic by the infamous Junkyard Willie CDs, in which incoming customer service calls, misdialed, wind up on Willie's phone. Hilarity ensues—but is it against the law?

Dr. Alec Broers is impotent.
Image from Viagra PrankMany goofy pranks are documented on John Hargrave's blog ZUG, but you should ration yourself when reading the multi-part entry "The Viagra Prank." I can't vouch for the safety of so much side-splitting laughter!

Here's Dr. Alec Broers from the renowned medical journal s95forcheapmeds.nepzzz.com, who claims "This product is 100% SAFE medically tested in labs, and by myself personally." Which means that Dr. Broers is impotent. Ha ha! "I happen to know this drug will work," went the second (and more revealing) part of Dr. Broers' endorsement, "because I myself have a limp, sagging penis." You'll notice they don't mention what kind of doctor he is. That's because he is a doctor of love.
Hargrave documents his experiments with Viagra in a five-part series. I skipped right to Part 4: Taking Viagra in Church.

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