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Cermele: The Old Fake Shark Fin in the Harbor Trick
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August 30, 2010
Cermele: The Old Fake Shark Fin in the Harbor Trick
By Joe Cermele
Remember the epic scene in "Jaws" when the spotter boats are scrambling in a panic and rifles get drawn on two punk kids swimming with a fake shark fin? Well, I guess two real live punks took a que from the movie and set a big fake fin afloat in Somerset, Massachusetts, last week. Mildly amusing? Yes. But not so much to the fire and police crews dispatched to deal with a hunk of Styrofoam. The pranksters have eluded capture thus far. What do you think? In the words of Amity Island Mayor Larry Vaughn in "Jaws," should these "little b*****ds" be "hung up by their Buster Browns?" - JC
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Comments (17)
I think its pretty funny! Blame the people who called the police about a shark..seriously, what are the cops or firemen going to do about a shark swimming in the water?? Besides, sharks don't just "float" like the news lady said...didnt someone realize this thing looked fishy, no pun intended, when it wasn't swimming anywhere?
It looks like a super-secret stealth spy sailboat designed to slip into harbors undetected by hiding amoung the sharks.
So they are going to charge the "prankster" for using up resources because all the people crapped themselves and overreacted?
"I thought it was funny" BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Nate
Anyone who can't laugh at a good prank needs to adjust their mind.
OMG PEOPLE BEWARE THERE ARE SHARKS OUT THERE!!! EVEN IN THE OCEAN, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT!!!!
Its even better that these idiots thougt it was a shark just chillin' floating along in the current too tired to do all that swimming.
"They watched it for hours"..
Um, some critical thinking might be in order here: "Look, I see a shark fin, I think I'll watch it!"
1 hour later..
"hhhmmm..... maybe that's not what I thought it was since if sharks don't move they suffocate and we'd see it floating belly up by now if that happened."
Think people.
haha i wish i had high speed internet so i could watch the video, but anybody who throws a fake shark fin out somewhere gets huge props from me
Poor little sharky, no respect!
Couple of years ago scuba diving, a woman was on her air mattress dangling her pretty pink toes in the water and you can take it from there. My Wife 30 feet down heard the scream all the way down to there!
There should have been a booth for people including the cops to get their sign. In other news sharks actually move found out today when a fake shark fin was spotted in mass. When the cops do catch the person responsible are they going to give them a littering ticket?
I see it both ways...It is a hilarious prank, but at the same time, it is akin to yelling FIRE in a crowded theater. Which is also funny, until someone gets trampled.
Chalk up another use for duct tape.
If it was a much younger me I would have tied a 4-foot string to a sinking model of a shark's open jowl, so when they pulled the fin up rows of teeth would suddenly come out of the water. But now, being older and wiser and less fun I realize that could give some soul a heart attack and others recurring nightmares. So please don't go doing this.
That's funny, while it tied up valuable resources, it shouldn't have. The one guy who was the one who got it out of the water had this look on his face, WOW, people are stupid. It's all good though i got on TV
The pinheads who called 911 should be locked up for misuse of the 911 system. What a bunch of buffoons.
they watched it for hours?! seriously? it's a shark not a martian.
Mr. Cermele you spelled "cue" wrong in your opening paragraph. he he he! (I'm an English major)
Simply put people are too uptight lately. It was a prank. It wasn't powered so it couldn't have been moving very fast. I can't believe the police are actually wasting the taxpayers money looking for the person who made this.
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I think its pretty funny! Blame the people who called the police about a shark..seriously, what are the cops or firemen going to do about a shark swimming in the water?? Besides, sharks don't just "float" like the news lady said...didnt someone realize this thing looked fishy, no pun intended, when it wasn't swimming anywhere?
It looks like a super-secret stealth spy sailboat designed to slip into harbors undetected by hiding amoung the sharks.
So they are going to charge the "prankster" for using up resources because all the people crapped themselves and overreacted?
"I thought it was funny" BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Nate
Anyone who can't laugh at a good prank needs to adjust their mind.
OMG PEOPLE BEWARE THERE ARE SHARKS OUT THERE!!! EVEN IN THE OCEAN, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT!!!!
Its even better that these idiots thougt it was a shark just chillin' floating along in the current too tired to do all that swimming.
"They watched it for hours"..
Um, some critical thinking might be in order here: "Look, I see a shark fin, I think I'll watch it!"
1 hour later..
"hhhmmm..... maybe that's not what I thought it was since if sharks don't move they suffocate and we'd see it floating belly up by now if that happened."
Think people.
haha i wish i had high speed internet so i could watch the video, but anybody who throws a fake shark fin out somewhere gets huge props from me
There should have been a booth for people including the cops to get their sign. In other news sharks actually move found out today when a fake shark fin was spotted in mass. When the cops do catch the person responsible are they going to give them a littering ticket?
I see it both ways...It is a hilarious prank, but at the same time, it is akin to yelling FIRE in a crowded theater. Which is also funny, until someone gets trampled.
Chalk up another use for duct tape.
If it was a much younger me I would have tied a 4-foot string to a sinking model of a shark's open jowl, so when they pulled the fin up rows of teeth would suddenly come out of the water. But now, being older and wiser and less fun I realize that could give some soul a heart attack and others recurring nightmares. So please don't go doing this.
Poor little sharky, no respect!
Couple of years ago scuba diving, a woman was on her air mattress dangling her pretty pink toes in the water and you can take it from there. My Wife 30 feet down heard the scream all the way down to there!
That's funny, while it tied up valuable resources, it shouldn't have. The one guy who was the one who got it out of the water had this look on his face, WOW, people are stupid. It's all good though i got on TV
The pinheads who called 911 should be locked up for misuse of the 911 system. What a bunch of buffoons.
they watched it for hours?! seriously? it's a shark not a martian.
Mr. Cermele you spelled "cue" wrong in your opening paragraph. he he he! (I'm an English major)
Simply put people are too uptight lately. It was a prank. It wasn't powered so it couldn't have been moving very fast. I can't believe the police are actually wasting the taxpayers money looking for the person who made this.
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