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Today Jena came over and we decided that we wanted to make a little trouble. It is April Fool's day after all. We looked up some tasks and decided that this one would be perfect. We wanted to decorate 5 hydrants all in different ways. Being the only two members of the official List Club, we made a list of different styles of decoration.

Then we went to BART to pick up the wandering Geonny. Jena hid in the back and popped up to surprise him. He said he had expected it.

After gathering supplies and doing the appropriate prep work, we hit the town. The task specifies that it must be secret, so we went out in the dead of night.

The left side is before, the right side is after.

SUPER UPDATE: Some local blog mentioned us! And such drama! We're semi-famous among the many many readers of this illustrious blog!


Hydrant the First: The Bear
Lifespan: Two weeks and still kicking! I suppose he's too fierce to be messed with.



Hydrant the Second: The Contradiction
Lifespan: 6-7 days. Defeated by a strong wind.



A fire hydrant on fire!

Hydrant the Third: The Person
Lifespan: 2 weeks and a day! Though he lost his hat and wig and glasses (in a fight, probably) around 9-10 days. And, more surprising, someone not associated with Jena, Casey or Geonny has zipped up his jacket and retied his scarf. Due to the public outcry caused by this hydrant, Geonny removed the jacket and scarf this morning.



Hydrant the Fourth: The TP'd
Lifespan: 7-8 days. Defeated by the inherent weakness of toilet paper. Most of it just sort of disintegrated.



Hydrant the Fifth: The Present
Lifespan: 9-10 days. Unwrapped by a playful gardner.



There are more images that prove that this decoration was indeed aggressive (just look at those expressions! I've never seen more aggressive expressions!)

I was a little worried that there would be a fire and irate firefighters would have to undress the fire hydrants and meanwhile people would die. Jena was worried we'd get caught. Geonny thought we were both silly.

The final touch: