<p>Sorry, I shall never agree that the t-shirt prank in some way eclipses the cannon heist. The style and execution, on the 20th anniversary to the DAY of the Mudd prank, the distance and the complete surprise factor, and the addition of the entirely fantastic Brass Rat, bring this to a level above. But we're just going to have to agree to disagree about this, since we're both obviously partisan.</p>
<p>Having personal knowledge of people who have helped hire Howe & Ser Moving Co., I am sure that funding is not a problem for these sorts of events. If I knew of any administrators in Cambridge who had made similar contributions, I would certainly not admit it here.</p>
<p>Counterfactuals! If I knew, then I wouldn't! I do know our Nobel laureates fund our pranks and am happy to brag about it ;-) What a good use for the Nobel prize money.</p>
<p>As for t-shirt vs. cannon, even you admit the cannon heist is unoriginal. :D</p>
<p>Unoriginal? Hardly: show me an instance of such a large-scale homage escapade being planned from thousands of miles away, executed perfectly, on precisely the correct date, with no one the wiser. What an original idea to pay homage to a successful event on its anniversary, and no one caught on! T-shirts? Ho-hum.</p>
<p>I'm tellin' ya, dude, you won't convince me, and I surely won't convince you. Hacks are fun. Yay hacks!</p>
<p>My son feels "loved" enough by his school & is happy they offered enough merit aid that we can swing the rest of the bills. He sees the mail they send him as mostly "marketing hype." To date, no one has send him any tshirts, pens, hats, sweaters, logo items, but he's a happy guy.</p>
<p>More fun stuff from that Cannon hack:
The Howe & Ser Moving Co. is making its company shirts available to the public after getting so much attention for its successful cannon moving job. Designs and order form are at:
<a href="http://howeandser.com/shirts.html%5B/url%5D">http://howeandser.com/shirts.html</a>
with a variety of options for (only!) $10 each.</p>
<p>Out of 12 schools Wesleyan sent a car decal and Reed sent confetti
New College Florida offered some travel $ .
Chicago has the best stationary and makes you feel very special.
It was rumoured that Tufts sent caps but we didn't get any and
though we visited Vassar a second time (it was lovely) Bard had the
best food . CMC and Grinnell left us feeling neglected . Going west</p>
<p>Son's goodies: note binder with key chain and pen, glass mug, lanyard, t-shirt, more pens, chocolate bar with name of school on it, poster, pennant, accordian folder (with school info in it-very, nice I am currently using the folder). He also got a few complimentary lunches on accepted students days, and at one school the parents were invited to a luncheon. Also, 2 bumper stickers with the names of the schools.</p>
<p>I just applied to my college a week ago, so I haven't even gotten in, let alone sent free stuff. Although I was given a complimentary paper folder filled with brochures on the school, I feel so special! ;) ;) ;)</p>
<p>I got a Caltech T-shirt, and Stanford and Brown decals. I can't help but wonder if I would've been more inclined to go to Stanford if the admissions people had been slightly more organized, though...</p>