People hurting other people for fun.

August 6, 2004 2:10 PM

Is phonebooking illegal? No. Well...yes. Assault is assault. Just don't get caught.
posted by chunking express (26 comments total)

I used to go to the University of Waterloo, where these videos are being shot. The school is actually really, really boring. Nice to see people spicing things up. Some of the videos are funnier then other. It's a bit sad considering these guys aren't 14 but in University. I'll stop typing now, lest I get some sort of beat down.
posted by chunking express at 2:13 PM on August 6, 2004

I don't get it.
posted by Witty at 2:16 PM on August 6, 2004

you're not supposed to.
posted by quonsar at 2:25 PM on August 6, 2004

He cannot read FAQs. He does not understand. Yet still he comments.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 2:28 PM on August 6, 2004

Nice to see people spicing things up.
posted by mrgrimm at 2:29 PM on August 6, 2004

Did anyone else expect them to kiss?
posted by sohcahtoa at 2:30 PM on August 6, 2004

He cannot read FAQs. He does not understand. Yet still he comments.

And obviously you don't either... don't "get it" that is.
posted by Witty at 2:36 PM on August 6, 2004

It's not assault if they don't see you coming (then it's just battery)
posted by falconred at 2:46 PM on August 6, 2004

Oh come on, who hasn't partook in a rousing game of phone book tag?
posted by catfood at 3:18 PM on August 6, 2004

mrgrimm, not everything needs to end up a political thread. but keep trying. please.
posted by chunking express at 4:16 PM on August 6, 2004

I just killed A LOT of mosquitos using this method.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 4:24 PM on August 6, 2004

Is this the same as the old game of Stab the Stranger?
posted by fenriq at 4:29 PM on August 6, 2004

Is phonebooking stupid? Yes. Well...yes.
posted by diVersify at 4:31 PM on August 6, 2004

it's a fad ... it'll fade away right after one of these guys gets their asses kicked for it
posted by pyramid termite at 4:59 PM on August 6, 2004

thanks for the kind encouragement, mr. express, but no "politics" were intended. i was merely pointing out how incredibly lame it is. it's something i might have done in the 7th grade.

i could have easily said this:
Nice to see people spicing things up.

or this:
Nice to see people spicing things up.

or this:
Nice to see people spicing things up.

capisce?

perhaps [this is bad] would have been more efficient, but how fun is that?
posted by mrgrimm at 5:11 PM on August 6, 2004

hey lets argue about phonebooking
posted by Satapher at 5:41 PM on August 6, 2004

whiners. This is hilarious..
posted by Space Coyote at 5:48 PM on August 6, 2004

Next time just post [this is bad]. There is no confusion. Though why you feel the need to bitch at all I don't quite get. If you don't like videos of people hitting each other with phonebooks, suck it up, look at the next link, hopefully it'll be better.
posted by chunking express at 6:37 PM on August 6, 2004

i wouldn't mind the videos if they were a) somewhat entertaining; b) on a faster server. it looks like a big circle jerk. all their "targets" are people they know.
posted by mrgrimm at 6:43 PM on August 6, 2004

i wouldn't mind the videos if they were a) somewhat entertaining; b) on a faster server.

What's that I hear? Sirens? Why, I do believe I hear the whaa-mbulance approaching!

For crap's sake, if a bunch of kids want to hit their friends with phone books, let a bunch of kids hit their friends with phone books. Just not my phone book. I need it for the valuable money saving coupons therein.
posted by TractorInc at 7:41 PM on August 6, 2004

Any ACTUAL phonebooking.
posted by Ryvar at 11:12 PM on August 6, 2004

Should've been 'an', sorry - but there you go. A much-deserved phonebooking with some real payoff to it.
posted by Ryvar at 11:21 PM on August 6, 2004

That was awesome, Ryvar.
posted by trharlan at 11:59 PM on August 6, 2004

Geez...

Some of you guys are such like, I don't know what because "stick in the mud" sounds so stupid, but have some fun from time to time! Laugh!

Realize that all in the World need not be a big cranky issue.

and Ryvar: That was hilarious!
posted by erratic frog at 12:05 AM on August 7, 2004

Realize that all in the World need not be a big cranky issue.

maybe you just need to realize that every problem needs to be blamed on a person, place, thing, or (OH SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY) concept!

like, life doesnt happen, it happens to you. get a clue!
posted by Satapher at 2:27 AM on August 7, 2004

hit me with a phonebook...and...well, you'll see...
posted by aiq at 4:12 PM on August 8, 2004