Comments on: The Art of the Prank**

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:11:09 +0000

Julian Whybra – Wonderful! Thank you for your service.

By: Julian Whybra

Julian Whybra — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 12:14:17 +0000

About fifteen years ago I decided to put a fake plant label in a flower bed at the Royal Horticultural Garden at Hyde Hall in Essex. It looks just like the real ones but has written on it of course a made-up species and family name (based on the Latin for shapeless unformed mass) and non-existent country of origin. I placed it beside a shrub lacking a label. I have had to replace it three times over the years because a sharp-eyed gardener has removed it. It still gives me pleasure every time I visit.

By: Ah-Duh

Ah-Duh — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 01:20:37 +0000

HILARIOUS! I think PWB may be my new idol. My favorite line from her biography– “I sent a few of my poems to the English department, told them my story, and they granted me another full scholarship. No one could believe it, least of all Dick, who was still freezing in Massachusetts.” I seriously cracked up when I got to this line. How many academic free rides can one woman get!

By: james

james — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:37:49 +0000

AMAZING! I am laughing and enjoying everything about this.. Phyllis Willis-Barbour = incredible! Ugh I love it! Genius. The Ed and Paige project sounds amazing too. Haha! I just love the provocation of human reactions. You obviously didn’t do these in a mean spirited way though! They are intelligent.

By: Jaimi

Jaimi — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 01:17:43 +0000

So good! Oh I do love shitting all over the pretentions of the art world, especially after seeing the fuckery that is performance artist Mille Brown the other day. Hah, Andra, never knew the story of Ern Malley but heard a song about him by the Cannanes, an Australian band, now I know what it’s about and I love it even more!
And Phyllis is genius. Smith College, but of course! Hah!

By: Perucha

Perucha — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:50:10 +0000

I can only focus on that Ed loser. It just infuriates me to learn about a douchebag disrespecting his supportive wife. WHAT THE FUCK??? Why would she put up with that???
I DETEST pranks, just like Ann said. However, that Ed person deserved whatever consequences this fake love affair brought.
Yeah, I know, this is not the point of the post, I just HATE people like Ed.

By: littlebadwolf

littlebadwolf — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:50:15 +0000

next time some bright and earnest kid cashier at a supermarket asks you ‘did you find everything alright?’ just say, ‘oh, the lights are all out back there, and the people all have their clothes…..and…..and…..’

By: ali

ali — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:57:19 +0000

paige kind of looks like an american apparel hipster 20 years from now. and Phillis Willis B could totally get published right along side James Franco in esquire or perhaps in my college literary magazine. actually, we’ve had at least four submissions called “ember” in the past year…and the poetry community here is about 50 people. haha

By: Cricket9

Cricket9 — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:35:47 +0000

I forgot to add that the fake “unknown genius bard” from Galczynski’s English literature Masters thesis was named Morris Gordon Cheats.

By: Make Do Style

Make Do Style — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:11:17 +0000

William Boyd is wonderful, his prank his tops but your pranks are genius too! Love them, I feel inspired x