"You dropped your pocket!"

Repeat · Post by **Repeat** » Sun Jul 27, 2003 2:30 am

I'm just wondering about how many people have tried this on the unsuspecting tourists of the US Space and Rocket Center (Better known as the Sprocket Center to those that love and can't escape it). While sitting around in Rocket Park (or the museum, or in the Hab, or anywhere at all that there might be some gullible person), call out "You dropped your pocket," "your socks are untied," or "those are the same clothes you were wearing the day after yesterday," and see what kind of reaction you get. It can be pretty funny. One time, me and some other girls shouted "Your socks are untied" to this little kid near space shot. His mom (we presume she was his mom, anyway) comes over, looks at his socks, screams at us "NO THEY'RE NOT!" and grabs his arm and drags him off... That has to be the funniest result of that... That and calling out to the ASA kids on the first floor of hab 1 from the girl's floor - and having them fall for it!! That was pretty funny... They were in one of the other groups, we didn't like them very much...
Anyway, I was just wondering how many other people have done that.... I'm sure most people have done it at least once - or saw/heard someone else do it... If you have an interesting story about something that happened from it, I'd be interested in hearing it - can you tell I miss the Sprocket center already? And i've only been home for about a day and a half, not even....

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Sun Jul 27, 2003 10:52 am

Okay well I was on Smiley's team this past Christmas Camp, and needless to say, he says all of those phrases all the time. By the end of the week, no one on our team fell for it, but we did try to get other people and suceeded. This week, Jason did it a lot, but not nearly as much as Smiley.

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Sun Jul 27, 2003 12:24 pm

A few years ago I fell for wearing the same clothes, but I don't think it was at camp. I see people fall for it all the time, though.

AstroLlama · Post by **AstroLlama** » Sun Jul 27, 2003 10:48 pm

Hey! That "You dropped your pocket" thing is priceless, we even got some advanced trainees to fall for it

Repeat · Post by **Repeat** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 12:08 am

do you remember what team those guys were from, Kelsey?

Emazon · Post by **Emazon** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 6:56 pm

It couldn't have been Goddard... It must have been Von Teasenhousen or Von Braun.
But yeah, the similtanious "look down"... and then as we were ROTF, they look up and are all "Y'all are stupid!" but then again, THEY were the ones that fell for it... I will NEVER forget that, I seriously wish I had a picture of them and us.

CastAway · Post by **CastAway** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 1:08 am

Geez... I've never, ever seen, heard, or fallen for this... never at all. No clue that it ever existed.

Repeat · Post by **Repeat** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 1:57 am

how many times did you go to space camp/aviation challenge, though? And how many weeks in a row? And how many EALDs were you there for?? All those factor into your likelihood of hearing or participating in this "prank"... Plus the people on your team...

monkeynautt · Post by **monkeynautt** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 5:01 pm

Smiley tried it on me but I didn't fall for it.

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 5:14 pm

Im such a dummy. I fell for it everytime Smiley tried.

Repeat · Post by **Repeat** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 9:50 pm

i'm not surprised, sara, not at all... *grins* See, I told you you were a little slow!!

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 10:13 pm

Wait wait I totally got what you were saying before! Dude! Ahhhhh! But c'mon its easy to fall for it especially when Smiley does it.

Repeat · Post by **Repeat** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 4:57 am

i've never fallen for it.... But I do so love playing it on unsuspecting tourists during EALD (which used to be much worse, when the programs were only five days, and the first week would end on friday, and the second program wouldn't begin until sunday afternoon... lots of time spent sitting out in Rocket Park, especially by Space shot...)

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 11:10 am

Well after this summer, I was told that they are not going to have 6 day programs anymore.

Repeat · Post by **Repeat** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 2:08 pm

awww... they've only had it for like three years... And the first year, I didn't even know about it - though from what I understood, that year they didn't do much the first day that I hadn't done during EALD... But that year (2001) it was optional, I guess...

monkeynautt · Post by **monkeynautt** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 7:27 pm

Becky told me they started it for the 20th anniversayr of Space Camp but after this year they are stopping it because it interfears too much with parent/child camp.

CastAway · Post by **CastAway** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 11:37 pm

I've been going once a year for 7 years... but never done EALD. So I guess if that's where it usually happens, I understand.

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 12:35 am

Well I often get bored doing EALD, so being mean to little campers is really fun....

Repeat · Post by **Repeat** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 1:27 am

forget the little campers, I prey on the tourists... It makes me feel like I'm back home, harassing the tourists in Manhatten!!

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 1:35 am

Okay well I hate looking like a tourist in NYC, because I am there so often...I am afraid that someone will tell me the wrong directions or something. That's happened before...

"You dropped your pocket!"

Have you ever called out "You dropped your pocket," "your socks are untied," or "those are the same clothes you were wearing the day after yesterday" while at the Sprocket Center?

"You dropped your pocket!"

You dropped your pocket