MIT Prank Takes Caltech Cannon Cross-Country

<p>I can certainly check.</p>

<p>I've just been informed that the email from Caltech admissions is legit. Take pictures, win prize! : )</p>

<p>lol, ben can you find out what the prize is?</p>

<p>yeah so apparently you can't steal the MIT ring off the cannon; it's bolted on =/ (yes, I tried... tonight) hahaha</p>

<p>vintor, 3 bolts, right?</p>

<p>4 actually, and you can't really use a screwdriver or anything to remove them</p>

<p>And to think that this was only taken a few weeks ago...</p>

<p><a href="http://mygwl.com/%7Elizzardfire/cal/SSPX0040.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://mygwl.com/~lizzardfire/cal/SSPX0040.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>So I was watching NUMB3RS (Tivoed from yesterday...), and as I was fast forwarding through the commercials, I noticed something that looked familiar. I went back, and saw that one of the CBS news commercials had a story about the cannon prank: </p>

<p><a href="http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_097103235.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_097103235.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>-Oren</p>

<p>We got it back as of this morning. And it's not the Caltech Cannon... it's the Fleming Cannon!</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flemingcannon.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.flemingcannon.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I was at MIT's CPW...MIT rocks</p>

<p>woot! Caltech got it back!!!</p>

<p>My friend (from Fleming) was part of the party that got it back.</p>

<p>Three cheers for the Fleming rescue party!</p>

<p>-Oren</p>

<p>You should see the war room back at Tech. It's pretty impressive -- plans and maps everywhere and a public relations center. I am quite impressed by what just one house can do. Wait til the others join in. : )</p>

<p>blahaha sounds like a blast</p>

<p>I'd love to know what permits are needed, if any, to transport cannons!</p>

<p>w00t... I can't wait to hear the full story of this operation at PFW.</p>

<p><em>sigh</em> but MIT kept the jewelry.</p>

<p>bling bling</p>

<p>Someone can't count to ten. :-P</p>

<p>I was only hoping to get to see it up close soon, but oh well.</p>