The 3 Best Space Shuttle Pranks of All Time
A comedy article
by Luke McKinney  11,193  112
07/18/2011 10:55 AM 5688 views
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The Space Shuttle Atlantis is currently conducting its last mission, signaling the end of America's manned spacelaunch capability. This reflects a shift in U.S. priorities from "Leading the world in pushing the frontiers of human knowledge" to "We have a lot of reality TV." So, here are the three greatest Space Shuttle pranks of all time, while Americans are still able to read them.
1. This Side Up
Legally mandated safety signs can be ridiculous and annoying for everyone smart enough to read them, never mind actual rocket scientists who strap spaceships to planes to make them easier to carry (and fulfill their childhood Transformer fantasies.)
NASA: so kickass even their piggypack rides are jet-propelled. NOTE: that's not the ground, those are clouds.
Which is probably why the Orbiter mounting post is the most sarcastic chunk of metal since Tom Servo.
2. The Imaginary Shuttle Is Now Landing!
One year for April Fool's Day, a radio DJ announced that the Space Shuttle was making an emergency landing at a small airport outside San Diego. The minor detail that there wasn't a Shuttle in orbit at the time didn't stop thousands of people jamming the roads -- around the airport, no less, the most relaxing and lovely place to cause delays for travelers.
The local police threatened to bill the radio station for the time spent clearing up the mess, but we think they were just upset that people listen to DJs more than uniformed officers.
3. The Presidential Pizza (and The Ultimate Delivery Order)
President Obama made the most sophisticated crank call in history this week, phoning the Atlantis crew currently aboard the International Space Station and quipping "I was just dialing out for pizza, I didn't expect to end up in space."
The best bit? Space pizza has actually happened.
He looks happy here, but one second later Pac-man ate his hand.
In 2001 Pizza Hut dispatched the ultimate delivery order, a 6-inch vacuum-packed salami pizza sent by Proton-K rocket. The company explained that pepperoni didn't survive the space testing process. That's not a joke, they really announced that, and every day we revel in the joy of living in a world where this kind of thing can happen.
And it still can happen. Whether America wants to stay involved in advancing the entire species, well, that's up to us.
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Sprog 9,049  12
07/18/2011 11:31 AM
1. When did the space shuttle dock?
When it saw a space man.
2. Have you heard about the space shuttle who was a drug dealer?
His drugs were out of this world but his prices were astronomical.
3. Why did the space shuttle have a heart attack?
Because he had extra cholesterol.
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Crazytalk McLookatme 5,200 15
07/18/2011 01:20 PM
Sprog, I think you're in a flat spin.
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Chuckleworthy
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Sprog 9,049 12
07/18/2011 02:00 PM
Yeah man, I think I should just shuttle the Frost up.
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Chuckleworthy
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Chix 286,647 61
07/18/2011 02:03 PM
Q: What was the last thing to go through Christa McAuliffe's mind?
A: Her left foot.
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Sprog 9,049 12
07/18/2011 02:09 PM
Christa McAuliffe was blue eyed. One blew to the left & the other blew to the right.
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Chuckleworthy
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Declan as Aberforth Dumbledore 131,891 36
07/18/2011 03:42 PM
Need Another Seven Astronauts.
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Drewcifer VIVIVI 46,366 58
07/18/2011 04:00 PM
What do Ted Bundy and the Space Shuttle Columbia have in common?
They both left bodies in four different states.
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Bill the Squirrel 53,270 54
07/18/2011 09:29 PM
It was the Challenger, dip Shakespeare.
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Chuckleworthy
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Bill the Squirrel 53,270 54
07/18/2011 09:30 PM
OK, I'm the dip Shakespeare.
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Chuckleworthy
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Midgets 96,156 48
07/18/2011 11:34 PM
Sprog,
Ok, you actually made a joke I hadn't heard before.
It was tastless, crude, and 25 years late.
Thank you and Welcome to ZUG.
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Drewcifer VIVIVI 46,366 58
07/19/2011 12:00 AM
You've never heard that one? Really? I remember hearing it in Jr. High. However long ago that was...
What was the last thing Christa McAuliffe said to her husband?
"You feed the kids. I'll feed the fish."
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Chuckleworthy
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Fratberry 283,052 53
07/19/2011 12:20 AM
"No, you idiot, I said I wanted a BUD Light."
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Amusing
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Drewcifer VIVIVI 46,366 58
07/19/2011 12:33 AM
"No, a butt light!"
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Thud 68,525 19
07/19/2011 01:21 AM
What subject did Christa McAuliffe teach?
She used to teach English but now she's History.
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Chuckleworthy
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Midgets 96,156 48
07/19/2011 02:07 AM
Heh.
That one's new also!
What the hell, WAS I IN A Frost-ing BUBBLE WHEN THAT THING BLEW?
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Crazytalk McLookatme 5,200 15
07/19/2011 08:55 AM
Why was the crew of the Challenger so upset?
Because NASA couldn't get 7 up.
I was in 8th or 9th grade when I heard this one. Kids are bastards and bitches.
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Bill the Squirrel 53,270 54
07/19/2011 09:03 AM
How many astronauts can you fit in a car?
12, two in the front, three in the back, seven in the ashtray.
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Hilarious
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CrackedBag 198 6
07/20/2011 09:13 PM
I don't know if this is funny, or tragic:
Judith Resnik, another astronaut on the Challenger, was from Akron, Ohio. That's not the tragic part.
At some point Akron was re-vamping their AA-league baseball team (formerly the Canton-Akron Indians) and they thought they could use that opportunity to honor Judith and the Challenger disaster...and so the leading name for the team was the Akron Blast, with a mascot of Kaboom The Space Cat.
After a "misinterpretation by many people", they changed it to the Akron Aeros, and the cat's name is Orbit.
Seriously, Akron?
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Amusing
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I am The Lobster. 18,572 33
07/28/2011 05:14 PM
I'm sure I mentioned this before, but I was born on the same day, at the same time as the Challenger explosion in 1986. Do you remember what you were doing while I was naked and screaming and being handled by a bunch of strange old men and ladies wearing gloves?
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Thud 68,525 19
07/28/2011 06:51 PM
Yesterday? Sure, I remember some of what I was doing.
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Sprog 9,049 12
07/29/2011 07:22 AM
I'm sure I mentioned this before, but I was born on the same day, at the same time as the Challenger explosion in 1986.
An omen?
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