HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jhines@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Joseph Hines)
Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
Subject: Re: Idea
Date: 26 Jan 93 16:03:42 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA

cstringe@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Chuck Stringer) writes:

>bsmith@osf.org () writes:
>| I just noticed a.s in a r.h crosspost. Made my day when I subscribed to
>| discover the nefarious goings-on, especially the HK thread. It gave me an
>| idea for another net.shenanigan. People often post to rec.food.cooking
>| spouting off about how wonderful and flame-free it is. (This is generally
>| true, much to my annoyance, although I did manage to get a small flap going
>| several years ago...that's another story, though.)
>| 
>| Now, isn't there something that could be done to "stir things up" in r.f.c?
>| Along HK lines, someone could ask for a non-existent recipe -- "Coca-Cola
>| Bread," f'rinstance. Then we could submit several different recipes and even
>| argue about which is the correct one. Whaddya think?

>How about the recipe for hash brownies or flamable Jello? Ought to
>upset a few bunheads.

>----
>Chuck Stringer
>E-mail cstringe@ucs.indiana.edu


How about the proper method of making chicken a la rou   (french spelling)

translation    road kill chicken...

Joe Hines
jhines@csugrad.cs.vt.edu

P.S.  In my senior year of high school our class one day broke in to the school and put all the flourescent light bulbs in a pile out sde the offfice.  

The principal was frantically putting in light bulbs so that the school whould have light.

If anybody has ever been to chantilly Virginia  CHantilly high school you would know that the school has NO WINDOWS

**CACKLE**
Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
From: reid@ucs.indiana.edu (Frank Reid)
Subject: Re: More restaurant shenanigans
Keywords: worms, quarters, forks
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:04:20 GMT

pettit@cs.unc.edu (Cynthia Pettit) writes:

>Another fun one is to leave one quarter of your tip like this:

>Take two forks and hold them together, tines matching on top of one
>another [so you can see through them] and the handles going opposite
>directions.  Put one edge of the quarter through *both* tine-holes of the
>forks, leaving as much of the quarter sticking out as possible.  Now
>balance the other edge of the quarter carefully on the edge of a glass. 
>If it wants to tip or fall off, you can "adjust" the construction by
>moving the quarter to a different "notch" made by the tines, or by
>changing the [slight] angle of the handles.

>Before you leave the restaurant, blow sligtly so it rocks slightly...

>Variations:

>My mom can do this by forcing the two inside tines of the fork into the
>bowl of a spoon and proceeding above with the quarter -- but I find the
>two forks work best.

>Also, I've been told that you can do this with wooden matches, then burn
>the match down to the edge of the glass [the glass puts the flame out.] 
>Then it's balenced even *more* precariously!

>Cyn
>-- 
>        "It's not about driving down rt 66 and stopping at the Holiday Inn!
>                It's about *adventure*!!"
>                                ---Richard P Feynman
                                    ^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^^

A shenanigan and physics-lesson described in _Surely You're 
Joking, Mr. Feynman_ (required reading for shenanifans):

If the service was really lousy, deposit your tip in a full glass 
of water.  Cover the top of the glass with a paper card, invert 
the glass on the table, slide the card out.  When someone picks 
up the glass, GLURP-- water everywhere!  The proper way to defuze 
this trap is to hold a bucket under the side of the table and 
slide the glass over to the edge, but they _never_ think of that.

--

Frank     reid@ucs.indiana.edu
From: russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Russell Schulz)
Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
Subject: simple need-more-sleep TA stapler fun
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:47:48 MST
Organization: Private System, Edmonton, AB, Canada
X-Newsreader: rusnews v0.99

I'm marking this term, and I had to give about 300 sheets of paper to the
prof to hand back to the class tomorrow.  unfortunately, they were all
loose, so I stapled all the assignments together so they wouldn't get
totally screwed up when they picked them up (they were one big print job)

I know one person in the class, so in the middle of the job, I paused, said
`ahh, why not' and pulled out his assignment and stapled all four corners.
-- 
Russell Schulz  russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca  ersys!rschulz  Shad 86c
Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans,rec.humor
From: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
Subject: Re: Another boring evening...
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 06:33:52 GMT

echalas@expert.cc.purdue.edu (John Mechalas) writes:

>   On my way over, I stopped at the gas station (yes, we do have gas
>in Indiana...gasoline, that is) and purchased a small can of oil.  
>It wasn't very high quality, but it would do.
>   A few minutes later the coffee arrived (with the waitress, of course),
>and as she turned and walked away from me, I quickly and quietly opened
>up my oil and poured a small amount into the cup.  I grabbed a nearby
>match (everyone at cafes carries a matchbook...it's the law), lit it, then
>dropped it into the coffee.
>   With flames spurting out almost 3 inches above the rim of the
>cup, I called the waitress over, and in a calm, rational voice said:
>   "Excuse me Miss, but my coffee's too hot."


>   I thought it was hysterical, but no one else seemed to appreciate the
>joke.

	Especially those who thought it was motor oil and know it won't
burn with just a match igniting it.

< Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu viking@iastate.edu >
<  ISU only censors what I read, not what I say.  Don't blame them.  >
<     USENET: Post to exotic, distant machines.  Meet exciting,      >
<                 unusual people.  And flame them.                   >
From: seibel@acsu.buffalo.edu (Philip A. Seibel)
Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
Subject: Amiga Shenanigan, or what seems like one....
Summary: just a suspected shenanigan...
Keywords: fred fish
Date: 26 Jan 93 19:13:41 GMT
Organization: UB

Below is a posting that I found in an Amiga Newsgroup.  I doubt that it is a
shenanigan, but it certainly seems like one.

------->8---cut here---8<----------------------------------------------------

~Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
~From: fnf@fishpond.uucp (Fred Fish)
~Subject: to be or not to be
Organization: Amiga Library Services
~Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 05:54:30 GMT

Over the last couple of years, I've noticed a trend where fewer and fewer
people are on my direct subscriber list.  This last year has seen a
particularly sharp decrease, from about an average of 75 subscribers
to the current low of 41.  That's right, there are only 41 people or
organizations in the whole world that receive disks directly from me
as of Jan 17, 1993, with about half of them being outside the United
States.

During this last year, the amount of time I have had available to spend
constructing disks, doing accounting, and otherwise managing the library
has also dropped sharply, so that more than ever I depend upon using
outside help for things like presorting the submitted material, creating
prototype disks which I then use for constructing the final disks, and
doing the actual duplication, packaging, and shipping of the disks.
I cannot expect these people to work for nothing, so I have been paying
them reasonable compensation for their time out of the ever dwindling
subscription income.  It has reached the point where sometime in the
next month or two I will make a decision about whether or not to shut
down the library, since if there are insufficient incoming funds to
meet the operating costs as well as pay for an occasional perk like
a trip to an Amiga show once or twice a year, or some new hardware toy,
there is little incentive to continue spending 20-30 hours a month
running it.

If you are in a position to influence a club, computer store, or other
Amiga related organization to maintain a direct subscription for new
disks, and thus help fund continued maintenance of the library, and are
interested in seeing the library continue to grow, I'd urge you to
consider doing what you can to help push the number of direct subscribers
back up to more reasonable levels.  Thanks.

-Fred
-- 
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Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
From: dementia@cheshire.oxy.edu (Daniel Steven Reinker)
Subject: Missed a good chance...
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:25:18 GMT

I hate to say it, but I missed a really good chance at a shenanigan.

A long time ago, I posted an article to alt.tasteless saying that
I had taken a trip to India to study a small group of buddhist
monks, and discovered that they had developed a skill known as
Te Crapa, or the ability to manipulate their shit in strange
ways. For instance, one guy could control the angle at which
it came out, another could control its consistency, etc. It
was of course complete bullshit.

However, a couple days ago, I got a letter from a guy who did a
show for the BBC. Seems the show was called "Strange tales" and
he wanted to use my Te Crapa story as a true story! He asked that
I supply some references to prove the validity of my story.

Unfortunately, I sent him mail telling him that the story was
untrue. If I had really been thinking, I would have sprinted
down to the library, borrowed a few books on India, and fed him
so much bs he would drown in it.

I beg forgiveness from this group...

Hiz Lord Dementia
-- 
"You can't help that. We're all mad here."-The cheshire cat, Alice in WL

"A mass hysteria/a megalomania/reveal Dementia/reveal"-Metallica                
Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
From: cstringe@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Chuck Stringer)
Subject: Net Shenanigans
Reply-To: cstringe@indiana.edu
Organization: Indiana University, University Computing Services
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:46:49 GMT


If you want to annoy a group, post to rec.motorcycles and ask what
'DoD' stands for. It's a secret group they have and they hate
references to it on the net.


----
Chuck Stringer
E-mail cstringe@ucs.indiana.edu
Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
From: jkeroes@reed.edu (      -ua-)
Subject: Re: Idea
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:17:22 GMT

jhines@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Joseph Hines) writes:
>How about the proper method of making chicken a la rou   (french spelling)
>
>translation    road kill chicken...

Nice.
  
How about this:
In Commons, the "dining facility" 8) at Reed, we are served all kinds of
scrumptious food.  Well... not really.  Interesting would be a MUCH better
word.  They are kind enough to let us know exactly what we are eating by
way of little 2X6 inch signs into which they slide a piece of paper.
These usually state the dish's title in big letters and various nutritional
values below.
Well, my friend Jay and I just couldn't resist. >evil grin<
We gave them some help one day.

Select titles include:

	Meat con Carne
	Shit  (This was especially handsome in Big Letters)
	Soup of the du Jour
	Cheese Dream 
	and Meat by-Product

The rest were in-jokes.




Unfortunately, I wasn't as slick as I thought I was.  The asst. manager
saw me fiddling with the thing.  It was kinda faddish to steal them last 
year; that's what he thought I was doing.  So I quickly slipped out the 
message and handed it over.  I didn't go back to Commons until last wk.. 
Due to Xmas break.  I had been hoping he wouldn't remember me.

The moment he saw me, though, he walked over with a huge grin and exclaimed 
brightly what a great prank it was!  All I could do was drop my mouth and 
stutter. 8)
								 
PS  a new not very-evil prank is being "cooked up" as we speak. Later.

Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
From: garrett@math.rice.edu (David Garrett)
Subject: Re: Net Shenanigans
Organization: Iron Horses with Fiery Ani
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:18:35 GMT

In article <C184I2.Ksv@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> cstringe@indiana.edu writes:
>
>If you want to annoy a group, post to rec.motorcycles and ask what
>'DoD' stands for. It's a secret group they have and they hate
>references to it on the net.
>----
>Chuck Stringer
>E-mail cstringe@ucs.indiana.edu

Watch it, Chuck. You wouldn't want everyone killed on a.s just because they 
were told, now, would you?

B->

Dave Garrett
'81 Honda CB750/836F
no DoD#, 'cause I'm not really a member, 
I just act like one occasionally
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Saturday, 23 Jan 1993 22:37:10 EST
From: My Baloney has a first name..... <IO10712@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
Subject: Ideas wanted....

Okay, guys, get your shenaniganized brains in action.
One of my friends works in a bank. Or, rather, he's the manager of a bank.
I first met him working in the theatre, he's a rather old, extremely good
natured guy. We had a lot of fun in that play, and i haven't had much time
to see him since. What i wanted to do one day was waltz into him bank,
pretend to be stinking drunk, and yell "I wanna see the fuckin manager!"
and not leave until i get to see him. This is the kind of thing he'd find
funny...if he wasn't at work. See, he's really nuts but he has to keep up
a really sophisticated air at work, and he hates it. I need to think of
something i can do to get his attention that will be really funny and not
cause him disfavor (even tho he's the manager, he still has a boss). Even
if it's a prank that he and i can do together. Something. Anything!
Wrack your brains. If i use your idea i'll write a big post about it. :)

                      /-----------------------\
                      |Yeah, i know, it's not |
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                      |io10712@maine.maine.edu|
                      \-----------------------/
Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
From: riipinen@dxcern.cern.ch (Petri Juhani Riipinen)
Subject: Little shenanigans...
Organization: CERN European Laboratory for Particle Physics
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:59:53 GMT

Hello there.

I decided also to share with you a couple of good (at least I think so...:),
simple and harmless shenanigans...

 - My friend was working as a warehouse assistant in one factory and he had
   a habit of putting meatballs (or other "irrelevant" stuff) inside some
   electrical wiring boxes in the storage and leaving them there for someone
   to take...

 - Nice one to pull somebody, who is sleeping, is to take a little spoon and
   put some water into his ear... I have tried this... But don't stay too
   long in the reaching distance of that persons fists...;)

No, are those shenanigans or what...!

- PJR -
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Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
From: cairnsj@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (John A Cairns)
Subject: Re: Amiga Shenanigan, or what seems like one....
Keywords: fred fish
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:53:43 GMT



I can't believe I read the whole thing.   I think this Shenanigan
is on me!


-- 

CairnsJ@RinTinTin.Colorado.EDU

Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
From: reid@ucs.indiana.edu (Frank Reid)
Subject: Shenanigans at work
Keywords: tea bag, lawyer, Acme
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:15:07 GMT

from _FM 13-2: TRICKS, EVIL_ by Kentucky Jones

(posted with permission :-)

WORK

A close friend is a secretary at an enormous law firm in downtown 
Chicago.  The atmosphere is anal-retentive, regimented and humor-
less, but they do allow coffee breaks.

The management (and some employees) are incredibly cheap and 
petty. Someone complained about the low quality of tea bags in 
the break room; the office manager agreed to buy a better grade 
of tea but refused to deploy it until the old supply was used up.  
One day she caught the original complainer trashing some of the 
old tea bags, so now she keeps tea bags locked up and they are 
available only upon request.

As a joke, our friend covertly produced and distributed a lengthy 
"Tea-Bag Requisition Form" written in finest legalese, in which 
the supplicant surrenders all Constitutional rights and resolves 
The Firm of any liability, signature to be witnessed and notar-
ized, etc. etc.

Eventually, someone actually filled out and turned in a TBRF.  
Management's reaction was to launch an investigation to discover 
who had been wasting Company time and resources.

---

Start the rumor that your megabehemoth-conglomerate employer has 
acquired Acme Corporation after the bankrupting product-liability 
lawsuit of Coyote vs. Acme.

"You better shape up, or we'll transfer you to the Acme Anti-
Roadrunner Systems Division and put you in charge of testing.  We 
own them, you know..."

--

Frank     reid@ucs.indiana.edu
From: DU4041A@auvm.american.edu
Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
Subject: A Bit Cruel...
Date: 27 Jan 93 08:00:18 GMT
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center

Take a dead fish.  A Big Dead Fish.  Get a friend with an old car.  The kind
that you can open the hood from the outside. Put the fish, on aluminum foil(not
too cruel) onto the manifold of the engine.  The fish will slowly cook every
time they drive.  Every time they stop the car it will smell like the tide has
just gone out.
Take a big cardboard box.  The best is about the size of a case of beer.
Rip one *wall* of the box loose except for the bottom edge.  Remove the top of
the box.  Place a large garbage bag into the box.  LOOSELY tape the ripped wall
 back into place.  Fill the bag with water.  Put the whole deal on top of a car
 When the owner sees the box, they will reach for the ripped (& Taped) edge of
the box, to get a closer look.  They will get really wet.  Don't try this in
The winter, then it's really cruel.
Hang some very thin thread from the top of a doorway or an arch.  Use a color
that will *not* be visible.  People will not be happy when they walk into it,
it feels like cobwebs.
If you like these, If got a thousand More.

RatFucker A.K.A. Crazy Dave.
DU4041a@AUVM.American.edu
Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
From: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)
Subject: Reverse Peristalsis Painting
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:18:42 GMT
Reply-To: nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar)

As long as people are discussing shenanigans involving vomiting, I
should describe the event of Reverse Peristalsis Painting, perpetrated
by the guerrilla Theatre of the Absurd from Reed College a couple of
years ago.

For the past few years, Portland, OR has had a wonderful history of
festive greetings for the Executive branch of the US government. It
seemed that everytime the President or the Vice President came to
Portland, there was a fairly major riot in response. Cops, rabble,
clubs, firecrackers, arrests, the works. Our little way of greeting
the Republicans.

So when Dan Quayle came to Portland, some folks in the GTotA decided
that it would be best to do something memorable, to commend the event.
They formed the Reverse Peristalsis Painters.

Donning polyester suits of the finest Salvation Army fashion, these
brave men and women consumed gallon upon gallon of mashed potatoes.
Then, forming a line in the middle of the sea of unwashed protestors,
our heroes swallowed syrup of ipecac and proceeded to vomit, one by
one, onto the street. Careful planning allowed for the mashed potatoes
to be coloured red, white, and blue, thereby insuring that the display
was patriotic.

It confused the hell out of the media.
                __
nelson@reed.edu \/                 All of the freaks are not inside the tents
Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
From: cairnss@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (%obsidian%)
Subject: Re: Net Death Shenanigans
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:24:39 GMT

Post to bit.listserv.cinema
that
Audrey Hepburn has died.

That will get them.


-- 
this has been brought to you by....
God, The Queen, The Pious, and The Damned (that's me).
cairnss@ucsu.colorado.edu  

Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
From: tlund@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Thomas Lund)
Subject: Re: P.O. shenanigan
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:52:19 GMT

(Rion Cassidy - RADS 1001/2) writes:
>This morning on the radio they mentioned a shenanigan that a lot of Elvis 
>Presley fans are playing on the Post Office:

The funny thing is, the Post Office is already playing a trick on Elvis fans:
The Elvis Prestley stamp.  In fact there is a federal _Law_ that states that
a _living_ person cannot appear on a stamp!  Such proof of the King's true
demise may be upsetting to many fans. 

I got this information from a stand up comic, but don't remember his name.

Thought I'd give credit where credit is due.

 /\//\
  //
\//\/ 
Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans,rec.humor
From: mechalas@expert.cc.purdue.edu (John Mechalas)
Subject: A boring night at work..
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 05:39:11 GMT

The usual disclaimers apply..

-------------

   There's nothing worse than working at the drive-up window in a fast-
food place.  Needless to say, I was not amused.

   "Yes, sir...I'd like...uh...uh......." 

   This was going to be a long evening.  I could see it already.

   "...uh...  I think I'll have a hamburger, medium fries...and...uh..."

   And it was getting longer.

   "....and a chocolate milkshake.  And I'd like that to go."

   To go, huh?  Hmm...not many people use the drive-up for an order in.
An idea began to form...maybe this wouldn't be such a dull eveing after
all.
   Working quickly, since all drive-up orders are supposed to be completed
within a certain amount of time (yes, we do have clocks in Indiana), I
assemebled the drink, french fries, and hamburger in front of me and
waited for the car to pull around.

   "That will be $2.94, sir."

   He handed me the money and I gave him his change.

   "There you are, sir." I said.

   After placing his order on one of our "dining-in" trays, I opened
the window and began to hand it to him.

   "Oh!  I'm sorry, sir!" I said with a look of realization forming
on my face.  "You wanted this TO GO...."




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Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
From: pdudey@willamette.edu (Peter Dudey)
Subject: Re: What's Real in Bowling?
Summary: Zen and the Art of Bowling
Organization: Willamette University, Salem OR
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:09:40 GMT

One of my Xistmas presents was a (vinyl) record entitled "7 Days to Better
Bowling."  Since we're at the same university, Brian, I'll play it for you
some time...
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From: kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jason 'KodaK' Balicki)
Subject: Re: What's Real in Bowling?
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 05:26:51 GMT

In article <C19rw5.2rF@willamette.edu> pdudey@willamette.edu (Peter Dudey) writes:
>One of my Xistmas presents was a (vinyl) record entitled "7 Days to Better
>Bowling."  Since we're at the same university, Brian, I'll play it for you
>some time...

Is that the one they used on the first season "Liquid Television"?

"You LOVE to bowl, you LOVE to bowl. . ."

-- 
Jason Balicki | kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans