Is there a better way to welcome the new pope than giving your friend a wet willie during live television? No, there is not.

According to the prankster’s friend, redditor freenarth, his school didn’t find the prank so funny and suspended him.

let’s be honest here, if there is a God, he wouldn’t send you to hell for it, let alone suspend you for it. I’m sure he’s a reasonable guy — wait, what? He killed 42 children for calling his prophet, “baldy?” Well, then. We’re all screwed. See you all in hell.

What if Psy’s “Gangnam Style” was a rain dance this whole time and we brought Hurricane Sandy on ourselves? That was a significant question being analysed on Twitter last night while the wind whipped windows and tore down trees.

If the rumours were true, then these two teens who trolled a newscast with the “Gangnam Style” choreography were just making it worse. The Norfolk, Virginia teens trotted behind the newscaster in the rain jackets, right in front of the ocean.

While some people thought their practical prank was insensitive, I think everyone needs to lighten up at the joke. One commenter replied to a naysayer: “I’m in a middle of a hurricane and I find this funny.”

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