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- From: keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.college
- Subject: Re: Cruel trick
- Date: 22 Nov 1992 01:33:03 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- Message-ID: <1emo0fINN1ej@gap.caltech.edu>
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- Joshua Eli Schachter <jsct+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
-
- >Excerpts from netnews.alt.folklore.college: 18-Nov-92 Re: Cruel trick by
- >Keith A. Schneider@cco.c
- >> >Being the recipient of these prank I must forewarn others of this
- >> >dastardly deed.
- >> >Get a handful of pennies and put them in the doorjam. If you do
- >> >this right the handle won't be able to turn from the pressure.
- >> >Be forewarned This is a criminal act....
- >> > Against fire codes or something like that
- >>
- >> Ah, the famous "penny stack"... pretty common around here...
- >>
- >> keith
-
- >Okay, how do you do this exactly?
-
- Well, you just lean really hard against the door, and jam as many pennies as
- possible right next to the doorknob (and other places, if you don't want the
- pennies to be shaken loose). With all of the pressure, you won't be able to
- turn the doorknob, due to the friction...
-
- keith
-
-