At least Major League Baseball can't read his thoughts...

[Fonzie]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...iled-Room.html

Man's Apartment Encased in Aluminum Foil
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: January 8, 2004

Filed at 11:57 a.m. ET

OLYMPIA, Was. (AP) -- What kind of friends coat your apartment -- and nearly everything in it -- with tinfoil while you're away? Here's a hint: One of the only objects that escaped the shiny treatment was a book titled ``Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends.''

Chris Kirk found his downtown Olympia apartment encased in aluminum foil when he returned home Monday night from a trip to Los Angeles.

The walls, ceiling, cabinets and everything in between shimmered, after the prank orchestrated by Kirk's longtime friend, Luke Trerice, 26, who was staying in the apartment while Kirk was away.

``He's known for large-scale strangeness,'' Kirk, 33, told The Olympian. ``He warned me that he would be able to touch my stuff, but it didn't sound so bad.''

Trerice, who lives in Las Vegas, and a small group of friends draped the apartment with about 4,000 square feet of aluminum foil, which cost about $100.

Not surprisingly, the idea was hatched on New Year's Eve.

``It was just a spur of the moment thing,'' Trerice said. ``I really don't even consider it art. I consider it a psychology project. ... He seems to be upbeat, so I consider this a success. ``

No detail was too small or too time-consuming. The toilet paper was unrolled, wrapped in foil, then rolled back up again. The friends covered Kirk's book and compact disc collections but made sure each CD case could open and shut normally. They even used foil on each coin in Kirk's spare change.

And to sweeten the theme, they left silver Hershey's kisses sprinkled throughout the apartment.

``The toilet was hard. The molding around the doorways took a very long time,'' Trerice said.

Aside from ``Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends,'' which doesn't include this particular trick, only a portrait of his girlfriend, the bed and a bath mat were left unfoiled.

``He took special pains not to move anything,'' Kirk said.

A foil-encased picture hanging outside his apartment was Kirk's first clue that something inside was amiss.

``I heard him open the door and gasp and start laughing,'' said Beth Kelly, who lives in an apartment down the hall. ``I love the quarters. It's almost more funny realizing the things that were left unwrapped.''

Andras Jones, who lives on the same floor, became curious about what was transpiring in Kirk's apartment as he noticed ``a parade of strange characters'' going in and out.

Since Kirk's return the entire building has been buzzing about the transformation, Jones said.

``There's a party atmosphere down by the room,'' Jones said. ``Of course, everyone has their favorite part. I think the kitchen is just amazing.''

Kirk's awestruck neighbors and friends kept him up until late Monday night. He hasn't started unpacking his belongings and isn't sure when he will. ``

``As I was trying to sleep last night, I realized that, actually, it's creepy,'' Kirk said.

And as for whether Trerice will ever be allowed to stay again at the apartment unsupervised, Kirk said: ``I don't know. We'll see.''

But Trerice hopes Kirk will find a way to get him back.

``I'm going to be insulted if he doesn't try,'' Trerice said. ``It's kind of a challenge.''

[Franklinnoble]

Satan finds work for idle hands.

[Suicane75]

I once let a girl wrap me from head to toe in tin foil, it wasn't till she brought in a guy in a Lion outfit that it got really bizzare.

[Ksyrup]

BTW, you need a subscription, so the link doesn't work. Anyone have a picture?

[Sloan]

Article with pics: http://www.theolympian.com/home/news...und/8191.shtml

[Ksyrup]

Thanks

[Peregrine]

Dingers! Dingers!

[Hammer755]

I assumed this thread would contain pictures of Mark McGwire socking a few dingers.

[Fonzie]

Ask and ye shall receive:

[Ksyrup]

Aside from the ton of pranks we all know that involve Denny Green, what are some of your favorites?

My favorite, from college, was dumping a few 5-pound bags of flour just inside someone's dorm room door, closing the door, and turning either a hair dryer or table fan on high and holding it down by the bottom of the door. Instant Christmas!

[GoSeahawks]

That's funny....I grew up in Olympia, Washington where the story took place. I lived there for twenty years. I don't recognize the people's names.

[SplitPersonality1]

Originally posted by Ksyrup
Aside from the ton of pranks we all know that involve Denny Green, what are some of your favorites?

Painting toenails while people were asleep was a favorite back when I weas in college.

There is nothing like waking up after a particularly long night of drinking, dragging yourself into the shower and looking down at bright pink toenails.

[Jon]

A friend of mine, who later became my roommate, was anal retentive about how everything fit in his room. One day his roommate (whom he had been having problems with) put something out of the way thinking he wouldn't notice it. Well, he did. So, when the guy was away, he and I turned everything in his room upside down, but left it in his place. This included his bed, bookshelf, desk, etc. It looked awesome.

[Tasan]

We always had a thing for getting an out of town person's dorm room key from the RA, and stuff his room full of paper, I mean from front to back, ceiling to floor. It was usually fairly easy to collect the paper needed, as lots of guys would get the paper delivered to their room every day. You'd know someone was about to get hit when you saw a pile of newspapers in someones closet. This tradition carried over into work, where I stuffed 3 people's cubicles with paper, including one time hiding someone at the bottom to jump out and give the guy a heart attack.

[EagleFan]

Me and anotehr friend were in the process of getting our friend's car into the school, but he came back just before we rolled it through the doors. Something tells me there was a world of trouble waiting for us if he hadn't shown up when he did.

[tucker342]

someone has way too much time on their hands....

[Chief Rum]

In my fraternity, we had a prank we often did with brothers with small cars.

A group of us would go into our crowded parking lot while the car owner was otherwise distracted and literally pick up his car and place it sideways in its parking space, so that the front bumper and back bumper were literally an inch away from the neighboring cars.

That guy wasn't going anywhere.

CR

[Killebrew]

Originally posted by Franklinnoble
Satan finds work for idle hands.