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Category Archives: Pranks
Shit-canned: Remembering the Preakness Toilet Races
“You can’t kill stupid; you can only attempt to contain it. Like on a very large infield.” – (Source: “The Quotable Tom Warner Omnibus.”) “In 2009, the first year without B.Y.O.B., attendance plummeted to 77,850 from 2008’s 112,222…” (Source: Maryland … Continue reading
Posted in 2000s, Baltimorons, Beer, Festivals, Pranks, Sports
Tagged freakness, port-a-potty races, preakness, running of the urinals, toilet run
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Remembering Atomic TV’s answer to the Preakness
The Atomic TV Classic Pimlico Race Course June 16, 2001 Anticipation of today’s 138th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course made us think back to the biggest thoroughbred race in the history of Baltimore public access television. … Continue reading
Posted in Atomic TV, Horseracing, Pranks, Sports, Uncategorized, Urban Legends
Tagged atomic tv, atomic tv classic, pimlico race course
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National Enquirer: “John Waters NOT Dead!”
By Dick Siegel (The National Enquirer, 3/7/2013) Acclaimed filmmaker cult icon JOHN WATERS is DEAD – but is he? He’s NOT, The ENQUIRER happily reports. Social media erupts after a report surfaced online saying John Waters was dead, The Baltimore … Continue reading
Posted in 2010s, John Waters, Pranks
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Michael Edward ‘Mick’ King (1964-2012)
Bartender made art and music with the same dexterity and measure of whimsy he brought to his bartending By Frederick N. Rasmussen (The Baltimore Sun, 3/10/2012) Michael Edward “Mick” King, a longtime Mount Royal Tavern bartender who in addition to … Continue reading
Posted in 2010s, Art, Baltimore Babylon, Baltimorons, Cursing, Deaths, Music, Nightlife, Nightspots, Obituaries, Pranks
Tagged mick king, mount royal tavern
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