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April fool's day 1974
Posted on 4/1/20 at 11:23 am
Posted on 4/1/20 at 11:23 am
I'm pretty sure I've read this before on here, but those that have never read/known/heard about it...
Mount Edgecumbe Eruption
Mount Edgecumbe Eruption
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Residents of Sitka, Alaska were alarmed when the long-dormant volcano neighboring them, Mount Edgecumbe, suddenly began to belch out billows of black smoke. People spilled out of their homes onto the streets to gaze up at the volcano, terrified that it was active again and might soon erupt. Luckily it turned out that man, not nature, was responsible for the smoke. A local practical joker named Porky Bickar had flown hundreds of old tires into the volcano's crater and then lit them on fire, all in a (successful) attempt to fool the city dwellers into believing that the volcano was stirring to life. According to local legend, when Mount St. Helens erupted six years later, a Sitka resident wrote to Bickar to tell him, "This time you've gone too far!"
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On April 1, 1974, a clear, beautiful morning, Porky Oliver Bickar of Sitka woke up early to see Mt. Edgecumbe through the window in all its glory. Porky whispered to his wife, Patty: "This is it. We've gotta do it today." Patty smiled sweetly, kissed Porky on the forehead, and said, "Don’t make an arse of yourself."
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Porky made up two manila rope slings about 150 feet long...each holding about 50 old car tires. He also gathered up a batch of oily rags, a gallon of sterno, a lot of diesel oil, and a dozen smoke bombs.
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Porky and Earl dropped the tires into the up-til-now extinct volcano, then swung around and set the chopper down. Porky got out and unloaded all the fuel...just the right stuff to make a lot of black, smoky fire.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 11:25 am to DLauw
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Mount Edgecum
Sounds like a good porno name
Posted on 4/1/20 at 11:27 am to DLauw
That’s a good way to get your arse kicked
Posted on 4/1/20 at 11:38 am to DLauw
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Porky
The sequel sucked
Posted on 4/1/20 at 11:40 am to DLauw
"The Ballad of Porky and Earl" is one of my favorite songs.
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