"Louis Slungpue" (pronounced slung-poo) made a call to L.A. based television station KABC (Channel 7) yesterday as the drama surrounding a city water-main burst in Westwood unfolded, claiming to be a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The station was quick to put the man on the air, and quickly started asking him about what the DWP knew about the break. 

The caller was quick to answer, claiming that the "apparent cause of the break, from our troops on the ground, is basically that a couple of college kids might have sent a cherrybomb down a toilet." Sounds plausible, right?

The anchors are taken aback and ask the man to confirm what he just said, Slungpue confirming that the break, indeed, could have been caused by small explosive. When prompted more, whether or not the DWP knew the exact source of the firecracker, Mr. Slungpue replied that it was likely from the locker rooms around campus. Either way, Slungpue affirmed again that the source was most likely a cherrybomb. 

That, or "someone took a massive dump."

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At this point someone at the station can be heard wispering "it's a prank" and the line goes dead, but not after the anchors declare "That's incredible!" and "wow" a few times. 

All this notwithstanding the basic fact that the broken pipe in question is clearly a water-main, and not a sewage pipe where the supposedly flushed firecracker would have gone. Good to see that critical thinking is alive and well in our most trusted broadcast establishments. 

Watch the video below, and keep your eye out for another lapse of thinking too towards the very end of the video. You can see a collegiate mastermind attempt to bodyboard down the stairs with painful consequences.

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