Wednesday, October 25, 2006

laughter is the shortest distance b/n two people

well, well, well....I had quite the opportunity last night of the most glorious adventure, and def the funniest prank I've ever undertaken...my fellow culprits were laura and hannah price (hint: trouble ahead)... I believe that in this world there are far too many serious people, consumed with their own thoughts, shut off in their own little world...and so we sought to break that very barrier through something utterly human and quite hilarious: a fart. not just any fart my dears, but 15 different types of farts contained within a small black box linked to a speaker... a tiny remote enabled the fantastic sound to spring forth, amusing us to no end and breaking down even the most unlikely prospects... [I don't know too many friends who would find this prank hilarious for 3 hrs straight so I thankyou Hannah and Laura for sharing my humour.]

...the perfect place to accomplish our task was the subway--you could count on seeing a variety of people and thankfully rest in the safety that we probably wouldn't see our targets again, or at least recognize them...in our observations we found that the women were the toughest to break through to, and other than the younger women closer to our age, most maintained a straight face, changing only to accomodate a frown or scowl...the men on the other hand provided us with some glorious reactions, and we left a few giggling like fifth grade boys after our obnoxiously loud farts...I must say, the whole prank was enjoyable but it was more fun-I think-watching peoples' mouths drop open and heads swing round at either hannah and laura than the awkward looks I got myself...try to imagine the feeling when walking past someone and hearing a loud fart noise coming from yourself...it's a mix of embarrassment at the sound of it and yet how can you feel too embarrassed when you rest in the safety of the knowlegde that it actually wasn't you...and that my friends, is why we got better and better throughout the night at hiding our giggles and pretending to whiff the air around us...o' it twas grand.

some examples:
laura:
-stood at edge of the platform and let our a huge :fart:. the two men standing slightly behind her (in their late 20's/early 30's) waited for a few seconds and then uttered one word: "safety". [safety is what you say when you want to let ppl know you didn't do it]. :grins:
-walked past a guy who caught her eye and said "hey-y" . Right after she let out a huge :fart: and his eyes went wide and he looked back, nudging his friend to see if what he'd heard was right. [that'll teach him no to hit on just any girl].
-stood outside of the subway workers office and let out a few and they came running out yelling, "quick run, evacuate the building" and at the shock of seeing only laura exclaimed, "what? and by such a pretty girl. you need to eat more vegetables".
-walked past a group of guys and :fart: , immediately "was that her??!" "did you hear that?!" all glancing back at poor laura.
hannah:
-walked past a group of older men and let out a not-so-subtle :fart:. immediately they all turned to one guy and said "dave! come on", he was protesting saying, "it wasn't me it was that girl" none of them believed him and we followed them onto the subway and placed hannah just near them so she could keep letting off :fart: after :fart:
-stood near a couple who were practically making out on a bench and just as they were getting into it, she let out a big :fart: making them collapse into one another with giggles..
>we broke up alot of couples' moments last night with our machine
me(Beth):
-sat behind an older man on the train and let out a few :farts: . he turned his head in suprise, a sly grin playing on his lips. I leaned forward, whispered "sorry" and promptly let out another..his head shot around and then after that he refused to look at me
-walked past a woman sitting by the wall and let out a :fart: we both turned and looked at each other accusingly (man she gave me the worst glare)
-walked past a couple standing by a column talking avidly and let outa few--the guy started cracking up and couldn't stop laughing..

all in all it was a glorious night on the whole...I'd do it again any day...conclusion:
best reactions : men over women; left an asian guy dying of laughter, shoulders shaking everytime one of us walked by. he wanted to hear all 15 fart noises once he figured out so we showed him; one guy figured it out and got into it and when hannah let out one, exclaimed to other people something along the lines of , "she's got problems, she can't help it"....

it was a beautiful way to communicate to a bunch of strangers...aw man..good times..
THE END.

3 comments:

Hannah said...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA This has been a week of hilarity. Right now I am in the Tyndale library surrounded by intellectual boffins, and the FM is in my bag...WHERE ARE YOU?! I wrote an account of our adventures on my blog too, but accidently deleted it all..grrr! I will summon the energy to rewrite it today. Love you!

lo said...

oh man, beth... i laughed and laughed, and cryed so hard when i read this entry! hannah's comment on her blog intrigued me... so i had to stop by... it has made my morning that's for sure! thanks for sharing your stories! good to hear you are well:)!!

Sophie said...

Hey Beth!
I just saw you today at church and it made me want to see what other adventures you've been up to...I definitely had to dig through my mind to remember this address though...by the grace of God! haha Anyways, it was cool seeing you today and I hope things are well. I'll see you around sometime :) Take care,

Sophie