Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Volcano Selfies and Spider Pranks

 

I’ve done a lot of stupid things in my life, but never Rappel-into-a-Volcano-to-Take-a-Selfie stupid.

George Kourounis, host of a Canadian TV show called “Angry Planet,” got some friends together to descend into the Ambrym Volcano in the tiny South Pacific nation of Vanuatu.

Don’t try this at home (even if your home is in Vanuatu.)

Since we’re talking viral videos and international travel, if you’re ever in Poland, watch out for dogs dressed up as spiders:

What’s the best prank you every pulled?

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  1. Doctor Bass Monkey Inactive

    Getting Ricochet to think Troy Senik did something involving a giraffe in Las Vegas.

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    • September 5, 2014, at 6:31 PM PDT
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  2. Mike Rapkoch Moderator

    Could have been worse…he could have lit up a cigarette.

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    • September 5, 2014, at 6:43 PM PDT
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  3. Doug Watt Moderator

    How did they get that spider to wear the dog mask?

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    • September 6, 2014, at 6:02 AM PDT
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  4. Western Chauvinist Member
    Western ChauvinistJoined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member

    Huh, apparently Ricochet is not populated by pranksters.

    My father-in-law once had a co-worker nearly convinced that “naugas” are a real thing. “Poor little naugas, giving up their ‘hides’ to make bar stool covers and bench seats for diner booths.”

    That one lives on in family lore. I’m betting half of you will never see another vinyl covered booth seat without thinking, “Poor little naugas.” You’re welcome.

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    • September 6, 2014, at 7:46 AM PDT
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  5. Eeyore Member
    EeyoreJoined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member

    Western Chauvinist: “Poor little naugas, giving up their ‘hides’ to make bar stool covers and bench seats for diner booths.”

    Yea? I’ve known about naugas for nearly 50 years! And what happened? They hunted them to extinction! When’s the last time you saw a naugahide couch? That’s my point. They killed them all and are now trying to exterminate an entirely new species, the faux. Every couch, bar stool and diner booth – what to you see? – “Faux Leather”
    Effin furnituremakers!…

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    • September 7, 2014, at 9:23 AM PDT
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  6. Carey J. Inactive

    Poor naugas.

    images

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    • September 7, 2014, at 2:38 PM PDT
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  7. Merina Smith Inactive

    Descending into the volcano isn’t a prank, it’s just straight up stupidity. Did you see him handling a little bit of the molten magma with his bare hands? Idiocy. This past June we were in Sicily and took a trip to the top of Mt. Etna. A week later it erupted. That’s as close to a live volcano as I want to get.

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    • September 7, 2014, at 4:14 PM PDT
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  8. Robert E. Lee Member
    Robert E. LeeJoined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member

    Selfie in a volcano? Some people are too stupid to live, or another Darwin Award nominee. The dog spider prank was wonderfully creative.

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    • September 7, 2014, at 4:21 PM PDT
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  9. Paul DeRocco Member
    Paul DeRoccoJoined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member

    Poor dog hadn’t a clue why everyone was screaming and running away.

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    • September 7, 2014, at 8:08 PM PDT
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