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UBC Engineering prank didn't work out

Simon604
edited February 2009 in General
I found this kinda amusing, apparently they do this every year but this time they dropped the car into the river lol
VANCOUVER - Five UBC Engineering students have been released on appearance notices after their arrest for mischief over $5000 early this morning.

Vancouver Police officers found the students attempting to lower part of a Volkswagen over the edge of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge at around 4 a.m., according to a police news release.

At some point, the rope or cabling they were using failed and the vehicle plunged into the Burrard Inlet.

No one was injured in the incident.

The University's Engineering department says this is the first time students have faced charges in connection to a prank.

Engineering students have been hanging the hollowed-out shells of Volkswagen Beetles from Vancouver bridges since about 1981 to mark the start of engineering week at the university.

Eight years ago, students suspended a Volkswagen off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

February 2, 2009
© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun
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  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    UBC Enginners love pulling stunts and pranks like this. I am glad they got busted this time. Hopefully, they will learn to apply their enginnering skills to more appropiate use.

    Come to think about it, do SFU have any similiar traditions?
  • IVTIVT
    edited February 2009
    fail.
  • Morro
    edited February 2009
    I love this tradition, and hope they continue it without hesitation.
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    Morro;46432 said:
    I love this tradition, and hope they continue it without hesitation.
    If I recall, didn't UBC Enginners pulled the EXACT SAME STUNT last year?
  • lazyGUY
    edited February 2009
    Student0667;46433 said:
    If I recall, didn't UBC Enginners pulled the EXACT SAME STUNT last year?
    well thats why its called a tradition lol
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    lazyGUY;46434 said:
    well thats why its called a tradition lol
    Yeah, but exact same stunt AND exact same location AND exact same time period? They are just begging to get arrested.
  • Shi2
    edited February 2009
    I think they just hate volkswagens.
  • Agentbob
    edited February 2009
    That's made out of foam in case anyone wants to know. I heard it on the radio today when someone called in and spilled the beans.

    SFU needs to do this. Come on, we need some kind of cool subculture around here. Let's make a huge rubber ducky and dump it on the reflective pond.
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    Agentbob;46437 said:
    SFU needs to do this. Come on, we need some kind of cool subculture around here.
    Personally, I would much rather we be responsibile citizens and "Thinking of the World" by having a tradition of sabotaging UBC's Enginnering Pranks. I was think that, if UBC Engineering attempt something similiar next year, we may post sentries on both ends of the Lions Gate Bridge and call the cops when they show up. Still, I am pretty sure Vancouver and Canada's finest don't need our help
    Let's make a huge rubber ducky and dump it on the reflective pond.
    Not EPIC and LULZ worthy enough. We need to do something that is related to something SFU is famous for. Sadly, I do think there are any pranks that involves Criminology, Business (unless you want to crash the Stock Market), and Kinesology.
  • vonnie
    edited February 2009
    I hope they don't get kicked out of school :(
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    vonnie;46444 said:
    I hope they don't get kicked out of school :(
    If they do get expelled, they can always come here! But just don't start dangling cars above the convo mall.

    Just wondering, was it your or Flora's boyfriend that's in UBC Enginnering? Or was this only a figment of my imagination?
  • vonnie
    edited February 2009
    Haha, yes it was my bf. No, he wasn't involved.
  • JayDub
    edited February 2009
    Or so you claim.
  • schmoey
    edited February 2009
    EPIC FAIL! Hahaha.. is there a picture in the article btw? I'd like to see someone make one of those EPIC FAIL motivational posters out of this =)

    It's okay vonnie, you don't have to preserve his anonymity here =P haha jokes

    But yeah, I definitely think the VW-hanging tradition is awesome. Doesn't cause anyone any trouble (unless, you know, they fail to the epic degree that they did this year) and it's tasteful and creative.
    Student0667;46439 said:
    Not EPIC and LULZ worthy enough. We need to do something that is related to something SFU is famous for. Sadly, I do think there are any pranks that involves Criminology, Business (unless you want to crash the Stock Market), and Kinesology.
    How about CS?
  • Agentbob
    edited February 2009
    Student0667;46445 said:
    If they do get expelled, they can always come here! But just don't start dangling cars above the convo mall.

    Just wondering, was it your or Flora's boyfriend that's in UBC Enginnering? Or was this only a figment of my imagination?
    This has happened before and the students involved were all expelled. Although things may be different, but I doubt it. The deans may view this as a blow to their UBC credibility or something.

    MIT has a tradition for pranks as well and some are CS related.
  • flo-ra
    edited February 2009
    Student0667;46445 said:
    If they do get expelled, they can always come here! But just don't start dangling cars above the convo mall.

    Just wondering, was it your or Flora's boyfriend that's in UBC Enginnering? Or was this only a figment of my imagination?
    Yes my boyfriend plus about a dozen of my friends are in UBC Engineering. They were all participating in the Engineering Week event doing weird/crazy/stupid things but not the car thing in particular.

    Vonnie, are you and your bf going to E-Ball on Saturday?
  • Simon604
    edited February 2009
    here's the pic lol...i hope they don't get expelled, if anything it just shows their enthusiasm for their education

    http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Vancouver+police+arrest+five+engineering+prank/1244619/story.html
  • JayDub
    edited February 2009
    They made Reuter's Oddly Enough.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5115FX20090203?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
  • vonnie
    edited February 2009
    schmoey;46450 said:
    It's okay vonnie, you don't have to preserve his anonymity here =P haha jokes
    LOLs, the forum already met him on more than one occasion.
    flo-ra;46460 said:
    Yes my boyfriend plus about a dozen of my friends are in UBC Engineering. They were all participating in the Engineering Week event doing weird/crazy/stupid things but not the car thing in particular.

    Vonnie, are you and your bf going to E-Ball on Saturday?
    I don't think so? He's really stressed out.
    Haha, I wonder if your bf's know eachother. What's his name?
  • schmoey
    edited February 2009
    JayDub;46466 said:
    They made Reuter's Oddly Enough.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5115FX20090203?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
    Wow.. didn't see that one coming.
    vonnie;46467 said:
    LOLs, the forum already met him on more than one occasion.
    I meant you denying that he did it, but whatever, haha
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    schmoey;46450 said:
    EPIC FAIL! Hahaha.. is there a picture in the article btw? I'd like to see someone make one of those EPIC FAIL motivational posters out of this =)
    If there were a pic, then I would have spammed this thread with EPIC FAIL motivational posters.
    How about CS?
    Computing Science? I do know that one of our CS grad, Minh "Goosemen Le, created Counter Strike.
  • JayDub
    edited February 2009
    *Computing Science.

    It's completely different.
  • schmoey
    edited February 2009
    Student0667;46560 said:
    Computing Science? I do know that one of our CS grad, Minh "Goosemen Le, created Counter Strike.
    Well, the way I see it, CS would be one of the more ideal faculties to pull a prank from. Not only is SFU's CS program known to have a good reputation, but it's one of those.. "applied" things you could do with real life e.g. pull pranks. I dunno, that's just my opinion :P

    JayDub, that's your cue to start plotting something haha
  • JayDub
    edited February 2009
    Ether's more of the scheming type.
  • online predatoronline predator
    edited February 2009
    UBC Engineering prank didn't work out
    Time to shine, SFU
  • Agentbob
    edited February 2009
    From Wikipedia:

    April 1, 1998
    As an April Fool's Day prank, the MIT home page was replaced with a page announcing the university had been bought by The Walt Disney Company for $6.9 billion. The hacked page showed a picture of Mickey Mouse ears atop the Great Dome, and replaced the letter I in MIT with the lower-case "i" from Disney's wordmark. It even contained a fake press release with statements purportedly from Disney and MIT officials, detailing terms of the acquisition.[12]
    That's a good CS prank.
  • buflibufli
    edited February 2009
    schmoey;46564 said:
    Well, the way I see it, CS would be one of the more ideal faculties to pull a prank from. Not only is SFU's CS program known to have a good reputation, but it's one of those.. "applied" things you could do with real life e.g. pull pranks. I dunno, that's just my opinion :P

    JayDub, that's your cue to start plotting something haha
    any plot that i can think of involving shit ive learned over the years in CS would land me a ticket straight to jail, no passing GO and collecting 200$ :P
  • flo-ra
    edited February 2009
    vonnie;46467 said:

    I don't think so? He's really stressed out.
    Haha, I wonder if your bf's know eachother. What's his name?
    Aww I was hoping you were going, Vonnie! I'm always a loner at E-Ball hahaa.
    And his name is Kevin Pan. He's in Materials... so unless your bf is also in Materials, they might not know each other.
  • vonnie
    edited February 2009
    flo-ra;46616 said:
    Aww I was hoping you were going, Vonnie! I'm always a loner at E-Ball hahaa.
    And his name is Kevin Pan. He's in Materials... so unless your bf is also in Materials, they might not know each other.
    Close, haha. Mechanical.
  • schmoey
    edited February 2009
    Agentbob;46592 said:
    That's a good CS prank.
    WOW no kidding! Haha that's pretty smart. I wonder what would happen if we mirrored everything/flipped everything upside-down on the SFU page? haha
    bufli;46593 said:
    any plot that i can think of involving shit ive learned over the years in CS would land me a ticket straight to jail, no passing GO and collecting 200$ :P
    No need to worry, if I ever learned any real life lessons from Monopoly, it's that you can buy your way out of jail for a blue $50 bill.

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