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...only service with embarrassing accidents, Diehl notes. During a 1989 flight by two Navy F-14s, the two crewmen aboard a Tomcat "removed their flight suits, helmets and oxygen masks in an apparent attempt to 'moon' the crew of the other aircraft. Unfortunately, this 'college-boy' prank proved fatal when they passed out" and plummeted into the Arizona desert...
Most of those who received the letter said,whether it was a bizarre prank or a desperateappleal, they would chalk the episode up as astrange experience...
Another day, anotheruninvited guest at the White House. In front of a crowd of amazed tourists, Andrew Jopling hoisted himself over the White House fence, apparently as a prank. Jopling was immediately swarmed by Secret Service agents and taken into custody. Although recent incidents such as the Oklahoma City bombing have increased security concerns,TIME Washington contributing editor Hugh Sideysays that people have been jumping over the fence for, well, generations. "People were doing this back when Lyndon Johnson was President," he says. "The White House is a world stage...
...BSkyB, which broadcasts across Europe, and STAR TV, which covers much of Asia. TV Guide magazine and the show Melrose Place, business data and the Super Bowl football game--all could come directly to your home screens via phone lines faster than cartoon kid Bart Simpson can make a prank call to Moe's Tavern...
...Harvard first-year was stopped by police officers after stealing the plaster bust of John Harvard, valued at $250, from the Freshman Union fireplace as a prank in the early hours of Tuesday morning, police said yesterday...