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    Image of Sabbatai Sabbatai
    07/21/09

    In reply to British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion
    So one day I am in school... high school and I am slightly inebriated (read: very fuxed up) sitting on the sidewalk outside of the cafeteria when a van pulls up.

    The door opens and a giant mouth, a guy with a neck the length of your arm and some other creature I don't recall jump out.

    The mouth eats my backpack and I all my teachers and the administration are pointing at me and laughing.

    Then to make me feel better my friend who is completely sober tells me "Don't worry they are real, I see them too."

    It didn't make me feel better....

    We have this thing called "First Night" here in Annapolis MD that happens every New Year's Eve. People dress up in costume, get drunk and so forth.

    This was all done in secrecy with no advance warning that crazy goblins would be coming to visit us.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    07/21/09

    In reply to British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion
    I remember reading in the news about a guy in the UK who got slightly sloshed. And watched an Independance Day fake broadcast on BBC2. He panicked, grabed his wife and kids and made his way down into the basement. He stayed there for a week until other family members got concerned and called the police. They found the family huddled in a corner of the basement!! What a cock!
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    07/21/09

    In reply to British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion
    Maybe the kids could get back at them if they all stop dead in their tracks at the exact same moment and start speaking in unison.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/21/09

    In reply to British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion
    Didn't the same thing happen during Orson Wells' broadcast of The War of the Worlds, except in America and with over a million adults?
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    07/21/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: My grandmother heard that broadcast. She didn't panic. She loaded her shotgun and sat on the porch waiting for them.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/21/09

    @MonkeyT: This world needs more people like your grandmother.
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    Image of LiC LiC
    07/21/09

    @MonkeyT: I need to hear more stories about grandmas, alien invasions, and loaded shotguns.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/21/09

    @MonkeyT: My grandparents heard that broadcast too. Including the disclaimer. Plus, grandpa read the original book.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/21/09

    In reply to British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion
    Of course next week the school will catch fire. Alarms will go off and the teachers will be yelling, "Everybody queue up and walk out to the yard. there's no need to panic..."

    Only to face roomfuls of little crossed arms and icy stares. "Yeah right. Like we're really gonna fall for this shite twice."
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/21/09

    @Grey_Area: "Pull the other one, it's got bells on it. Alien bells, oo-er."
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    Image of Mortimer Gray Mortimer Gray
    07/21/09

    In reply to British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion
    Next simulation: Zombie outbreak! The school refuses to be held liable for any beheaded faculty members.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    07/21/09

    In reply to British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion
    BAH!! hahaha. ah... this is great. Superb, really. Kids are wusses. Scare the snot out of them then cough it up to inspiration. Awesome.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    07/21/09

    In reply to British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion
    With the help of a tape recorder and over-active imaginations, my cousin and I convinced the neighbor kids he was possessed by the devil. One of them even punched him in the stomach.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    07/21/09

    @Hamslicer: (we were about 12 at the time)
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    07/21/09

    @Hamslicer: Yeah, that would have been my reaction as well, both to your thing and the alien invasion. If I thought aliens were invading the elementary school I probably would have tried to throw down.

    I remember when I was about six or seven and went trick-or-treating, some dude was sitting on the porch of his house pretending to be a stuffy-guy wearing a wolfman mask, and while I was getting my candy got up and started reaching towards me. I punched him in the nads, ran back to my mom's car doing and did Dukes of Hazard slide across the the hood screaming for her to start driving.

    Moral of the story: please, stop fucking with the children. They will cut you.
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    Image of RavenNemain RavenNemain
    07/21/09

    In reply to British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion
    The parents should be happy; I am a teacher, and one of the worst things about the school system is the way many schools fall into a routine, and the idea that, if it's been good enough to do for the past umpteen years, then we should keep doing it. They fear change.

    A school and staff that are actively trying to make the experience more creative and engaging is to be applauded, even if there are some flaws in its execution. Plus, points for geeky awesomeness!
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment RavenNemain was starred RavenNemain was unstarred
    Image of Random434 Random434
    07/21/09

    In reply to British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion
    Would anyone else have cheered at this when they were in school?

    I, having seen and loved both Close Encounters and the original Day the earth Stood Still since I was 6 would LOVED this.. In Fact.. Since I disliked most of my teachers, I would have loved it if a couple of them were taken, Probed unnaturally, then left in a corn field.

    This too much anger?Maybe...

    But oh what fun!!!
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Edited by Random434 at 07/21/09 1:32 PM Random434 was starred Random434 was unstarred
    Image of Lassus Lassus
    07/21/09

    In reply to British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion
    Whomever thought this idea up deserves some kind of medal. Or enobling to Knighthood by the Queen. Or maybe a Gawker starring.

    Nah, I guess Knighthood's fine.
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    Image of Illogic Illogic
    07/21/09

    @Lassus: I concur.
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    Image of draculatrophy draculatrophy
    07/21/09

    In reply to British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion
    ...and I, for one, welcome our new educational faculty overlords.
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    Elizabeth Weinbloom promoted this comment Edited by draculatrophy at 07/21/09 1:15 PM draculatrophy was starred draculatrophy was unstarred
    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    07/21/09

    In reply to British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion
    That is the most awesome thing I've ever heard of a school doing.

    I seriously hope they don't get punished for it, because that's one of the most interesting and cool approaches to teaching that I've heard of in a long time.
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    Image of Illogic Illogic
    07/21/09

    @Belabras: Not to mention creative. Sounds like they have pretty awesome teachers, the lucky bastards.
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    Image of JodaThongnopnua JodaThongnopnua
    07/21/09

    In reply to British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion
    Whatever, I don't get people complaining about this. If only my school put this much effort in. These kids will never ever complain about a lack of LARP'ing experience either.

    Shit was real, yo.
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    Image of JodaThongnopnua JodaThongnopnua
    07/21/09

    @JodaThongnopnua: Not to mention the fact that I swear that they will look back fondly on this when they are young adults. "Remember that time our entire damn school was hit by aliens." "OH! Oh yeah! That was awesome. I was scared shitless."
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    07/21/09

    In reply to British Schoolchildren Traumatized by Fake Alien Invasion
    Reminds me of that (true?) story on the radio show THIS AMERICAN LIFE where parents staged a halloween party for the young ones, telling them that a psychopathic killer was on the loose and that's why they had to stay in the basement. Once one of the parents wearing a mask started wandering around outside, tapping on the basement windows, all hell broke lose. Crying, tantrums, screaming, panic. And that was just the chaperones. Then two heroic kids wriggled out though a basement window to a neighbor's house to alert the police.

    Ah, good times.
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    Image of bitgod bitgod
    07/21/09

    @Chip Overclock:
    And then next thing you know, Syfy makes a TV show out of this.

    Oh....they already did.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    07/21/09

    @bitgod: I bet the school had better special effects.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    07/21/09

    @bitgod: I never intentionally watched that show, ?Scare Tactics?, but I did catch an episode or two when Shannen Doherty hosted it because, well, you know, Shannen Doherty. Anyway, I felt it had to be all staged, or at least very very carefully setup. If they pulled something like that in the some state where concealed carry permits were easily acquired, there would be bloodshed. Or at least a supremely awkward moment, with production staff holding up their hands.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/21/09

    @Chip Overclock: They must check the backgrounds of everyone involved (and limit access to the set) to make sure nobody's carrying.

    Unless, of course, everyone's in on it so they don't bring their guns.
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