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Engineering students hang VW Beetle from Golden Gate Bridge
2:46:25 pm mst / 5 February 2001
found by paul / filed in fun / source AP News
97 hits / 2 comments / 2 e-mails
In the fine tradition of elegant student pranks, "engineering students from the University of British Columbia tethered the hull of an old, red Volkswagen Beetle to the railing of the Golden Gate Bridge". A picture is available here. (Link from MetaFilter.)
We can't let these Canadians get away with this! Can MIT or CalTech students rise to the challenge?
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Gotcha by MysteriousStranger
4:07:28 pm mst / 5 February 2001 / # 1
Punch buggy red!!! {Punch..Punch}
Ahhh!!! by MysteriousStranger
9:40:37 pm mst / 5 February 2001 / # 2 / reply to # 1
Damn it. Got me first.