Word: pranking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hong, who used to work at Taco Bell, is no chump. "I know Taco Bell's president is not named Bell," she says. Hong was a victim of the latest hot prank on the Internet: "FakeMail," a free service that lets fun-loving correspondents send E-mail that looks as if it is from anyone they choose -- Bill Bell, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates or even...
...perfect prank. It works best if the FakeMail comes from a plausible source with a real, and well-known, E-mail address. And it's more satisfying if the sender can be there when the mail is received to relish his cybersucker punch. ("Gee, I'd love to meet you in your office to discuss that job offer tomorrow at 3 p.m., Mr. Gates...
...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...