Bogus Radio Show prankOne of my mates from Birmingham used to work in a clothes hop in the city centre with an office upstairs. Being very bored they decided to do a wind-up, using a tape of 'Gold' by Spandau Ballet, the phone-box opposite them and a huge wheelie bin. What they would do (from the office) is ring the phone box and when somebody answered it, they'd play the first few seconds of 'Gold' before saying 'Congratulations you're live on the radio, do you want to go for gold?' Naturally they'd get all excited and say 'Yes!'. They'd then go on to tell them that there was a Gold envelope with a grand in it in the big wheelie bin and they had 30 seconds to find it. So off they went jumping into this big bin throwing all manner of rubbish over themselves and astonished on-lookers, meanwhile my mate and his colleagues would be rolling all over the floor of the office in merriment.
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Mon 27 Oct 2003, 16:45,
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