{"id":1017,"date":"2010-04-28T07:10:24","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T14:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/2010\/04\/28\/reading-for-april-28-2010\/"},"modified":"2010-05-17T11:59:10","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T18:59:10","slug":"reading-for-april-28-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/2010\/04\/28\/reading-for-april-28-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading for April 28, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"scrd_digest\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/FqAaoaRd-W4\/rob-cockerhams-costc.html\" rel=\"external\">Rob Cockerham's Costco prank<\/a>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/robcostco.jpg\" width=\"640\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2010-04-27 At 5.55.13 Pm\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\nMy favorite amateur sociologist Rob Cockerham printed up a bunch of price stickers for absurd products and sent them to his team of assistants around the country, who attached them to shelves in Costco stores.<\/p>\n<p>One assistant's field notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It was a mad house today with all the snooty rich people fighting over free samples, but that was to my favor.\u00a0 Everyone was so busy, that it was a piece of cake.\u00a0 The only hard part was the <strong>Polo Assless Chaps<\/strong>, since our Costco hangs the prices above the items.\u00a0 But nonetheless, I found a display right next to the main aisle of the clothing to place it.\u00a0 It should be seen very easily.\u00a0 The <strong>Canine Pacemaker Kit<\/strong> was placed right with the dog toys and dog biscuits.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cockeyed.com\/pranks\/costco\/costco1.php\">The Costco Prank<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=12f8f434ab25579c1f9c5f39ba430cce&amp;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=12f8f434ab25579c1f9c5f39ba430cce&amp;p=1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ib.adnxs.com\/seg?add=25366&amp;t=2\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~4\/FqAaoaRd-W4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"scrd_credit\">Digest powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/geekfactor.charrington.com\/projects\/rss-digest\">RSS Digest<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob Cockerham's Costco prank My favorite amateur sociologist Rob Cockerham printed up a bunch of price stickers for absurd products and sent them to his team of assistants around the country, who attached them to shelves in Costco stores. 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