elaborate hoaxes/hacks/pranks

ok, so this evening was the academic team banquet...not quite the end of year...because there is still the derby festival and the nationals in chicago....the host's son visited harvard and mit over spring break....he is a math whiz......and the parents were asking us questions such as...how did you get your child into an ivy league school....?.....for starts...we did not get our child into an ivy league school....he got himself in....we only signed his application and gave financial info.....it was all his own initiative.....and we offered that advice tho these saltoftheearth folks.......he must make the moves....with guidance......buit i digress from my desired topic....we got to talking about pranks....there were some centre professors there...and they started in with pranks.....starting with the recent mit computer-generated gibberish paper that got accepted for publication at harvard....and the discussion went on to the police car on top of the mit dome......but when i checked out pranks on line...the best was by caltech......and their prank at the rose bowl between minnesota and washington....the game was played in pasadena....in caltech's backyard....and somehow the caltech fellows got the washington pep club's flash cards to say .....caltech...at some point during the game.......totally unexpected....and incredibly clever.......there is something really exhillerating about pranks.....as mentioned earlier...the usda cafeteria named after a known cannibal was beyond witty..........of course...even my alma mater The Ohio State Univerisity was listed in the top 10 pranks of all times...something about arming the homeless.....hmmmm.......after my time......