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Post by wanderingshadow on Apr 2, 2006 15:00:35 GMT -5
As an April Fools gag, some kids made some Mario question blocks and spread them around their town. The residents of the town didn't know what they were, so they called the bomb squad. For full details, check the following link: www.gametab.com/news/525272/
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Post by Smashchu on Apr 2, 2006 15:59:27 GMT -5
WTF. I mean really. Theres a Mario Question block and everyone thinks its a bomb. For the love of everytihing good and holy these ppl where so paranoid to think it was a Bomb. What is wrong with America today. EDIT: Oh wait. Did the girls tell the citizens it was a bomb. I think I misread. Well if thats the case a WTF is still in order.
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Post by mrmolecule on Apr 2, 2006 17:42:03 GMT -5
And this is after that "PictoChat" overreaction, too!
EDIT: Did they actually say they were bombs, or did they just tell them to check it out?
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Post by Fryguy64 on Apr 3, 2006 2:11:24 GMT -5
Doesn't look like they told anyone they were bombs... That is a bit of an overreaction on behalf of the authorities. Threatening to press charges because some girls made ? Blocks from a game and left them lying around as an April Fools joke is a harmless, victimless crime. Just because some people freaked out because of the air of paranoia in America at the moment doesn't mean the girls should suffer. Give 'em a clip round the ear, tell 'em not to do it again, and send 'em home. That's what me granddad woulda said. Cheeky little blighters
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Post by Dances in Undergarments on Apr 3, 2006 7:07:16 GMT -5
That being said, those things are pretty cool. I'd love it if I walked down my street and saw a ? Block there.
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Post by Smashchu on Apr 3, 2006 18:01:33 GMT -5
If I'd see a ? block my first though would be "Hey, free money!"
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Post by wanderingshadow on Apr 3, 2006 18:34:07 GMT -5
lol. Yeah, people get pretty paranoid when they see things they don't understand. It's just human nature.
Anyway, I wouldn't recommend doing this after seeing the reaction they got. However, there is a page that explains how to make them if you follow the links.
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Post by mrmolecule on Apr 4, 2006 17:01:28 GMT -5
Everyone thought the radio was a bomb when it was new.
**OFFTOPIC** Hey, Smashchu. Minimize a Nintendo DS picture for the DSs and pick a new font. Try not to make it seem like a shabbily-done MS Paint doc.
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Post by Smashchu on Apr 5, 2006 17:19:16 GMT -5
^Srry. I might do it but I dont think it would be any better.
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Post by Xeno82 on Apr 5, 2006 21:39:35 GMT -5
Don't these people realize that bombs are picked from the ground like vegetables? They've never come in ? blocks.
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Post by Old Man Rupee on Apr 7, 2006 13:37:46 GMT -5
Don't these people realize that bombs are picked from the ground like vegetables? They've never come in ? blocks. And from the neverending supply inside your shorts, like Bomberman!
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