Annual MIT Piano Drop

The event of this post's title occured a few days ago.



However, because the drop is now an anticipated, regular event, it cannot possibly compare with the excitement of the very first one!

     Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 26, 2009
     Category: Destruction | Education | 1970s





Comments
reminds me of the texas school that has the bondfire every year. or they did but something happened a couple of years ago and i think they discontinued it. these guys should fill it with candy like a giant pinata. :wow:
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/26/09 at 11:11 AM
Why do college kids from the 70s always look twenty years older than today's college kids? I mean, the kids in this year's video all look like they just stepped straight out of high school, whereas the kids from the 1972 video look like they could all have children in high school. Is it the facial hair? I mean, everyone had some kind of facial hair thing going on back then and they don't now.
Posted by Nethie on 04/26/09 at 09:16 PM
the hair and maybe the black and white film too nethie.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/26/09 at 09:29 PM
you know, captain daft, you can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish. 😝
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/26/09 at 09:37 PM
andy that joke plays better verbally than in print. 😊
i didn't realize that the accident at texas a and m that stoppped the bonfires (oops i misspelled if before) was ten years ago. i also didn't remember 12 people dying. very sad.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/26/09 at 11:36 PM
I'm pretty sure the students don't participate in the building of the bonfire anymore. Just the drinking while its ablaze. My cousins who went to A&M;, said there are at least 100 kegs for the crowd.
Posted by Kelby on 04/27/09 at 04:08 AM
next tragedy will be some drunken frat boy falling into the fire.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/27/09 at 07:10 AM
Patty, I remember it all too well... Unfortunately, one of the 12 who died was my best friend. Small world ^_^
Posted by jswolf19 in Japan on 04/27/09 at 08:57 AM
To a generation of kids raised on Looney Tunes, seeing a piano merely drop is nothing exciting. Typically, though, I'm used to seeing it fall onto a cat, who then smiles, revealing that the piano keys have supplanted his teeth. Hilarity ensues.
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 04/27/09 at 10:21 AM
js you have my deepest sympathy for your tragic loss. sorry i broght it up if it caused you pain. hugs to you my friend.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/27/09 at 08:30 PM
Patty, no worries ^_^ (it was 10 years ago, give my psyche some credit ^_~) I just found it interesting that that became a topic of discussion here. We cover pretty much everything, don't we.
Posted by jswolf19 in Japan on 04/27/09 at 08:59 PM
oh, and hugs back ^_^
Posted by jswolf19 in Japan on 04/27/09 at 09:01 PM
thanks sweetie! yes, we cover all manner of topics on wu. many threads end up having little to do with the original topic, but it's alot of fun. also often very informative also. there are so many intellegent people posting here. very funny people too!
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/27/09 at 09:56 PM
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