Strange Prank Confuses D Magazine Staffers

Posted on April 1st, 2008 9:41am by Tim Rogers
Filed under Local News

prankh.jpgAt the end of one hall up here at the D empire hangs a painting of our logo. You can see part of it here, in the background, behind Kidd Kraddick. But when we got to work this morning, something looked different about the red “D.” As in, the painting turned blue. And the “D” turned into an “H.” In the picture you see here, Wick is adjusting the painting (never mind the bowling pins; it would take too long to explain). Someone took a lot of time to paint this “H” on a canvas and then fit it over the “D.” I assume it’s an April Fool’s Day gag. But here’s the thing: none of us gets the joke. To what does this “H” refer? WTF?

61 comments

  1. Houston?

    @ 9:42 am on April 1, 2008

  2. Highland Park?

    @ 9:52 am on April 1, 2008

  3. Tim = rhetorical

    @ 9:52 am on April 1, 2008

  4. Making fun of the new DMN font?

    @ 9:52 am on April 1, 2008

  5. Hell

    @ 9:55 am on April 1, 2008

  6. Sesame Street is brought to you by the letter H

    http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/2/26/Bigbirdh.jpg

    @ 9:57 am on April 1, 2008

  7. Heathens? Hypocrites? Haters?

    @ 9:59 am on April 1, 2008

  8. Hi! (but it must be in an East Texas accent- for Nancy)

    @ 10:03 am on April 1, 2008

  9. I think it’s got to be Highland Park. But it shoulda been HP, no?

    @ 10:03 am on April 1, 2008

  10. Hores?

    @ 10:08 am on April 1, 2008

  11. Hoi Polloi? Wait, that’d be HP. Wait, HP is Highla… never mind.

    @ 10:09 am on April 1, 2008

  12. It’s a silent H

    @ 10:09 am on April 1, 2008

  13. East Texas would say, “Hey.”

    @ 10:09 am on April 1, 2008

  14. Hysterical (not really)
    Hooters
    High Jinks
    Horseplay
    Half-witted
    Harebrained
    Hokey
    Hollow
    Hoodlum
    Hooligan

    @ 10:09 am on April 1, 2008

  15. It’s for High Density Urban Area, Wick’s latest assault on the dreaded “Metroplex”.

    @ 10:10 am on April 1, 2008

  16. Hillary!

    @ 10:10 am on April 1, 2008

  17. Hullabaloo!!!

    @ 10:17 am on April 1, 2008

  18. Huh?

    @ 10:19 am on April 1, 2008

  19. First thing I thought of was a typical street sign denoting a hospital nearby – big white H on a blue background.

    @ 10:19 am on April 1, 2008

  20. Houston?

    @ 10:22 am on April 1, 2008

  21. HOWDYTOWN!!!!

    Folks, I don’t care how you get here, just get here!

    @ 10:22 am on April 1, 2008

  22. Hominahominahomina.

    @ 10:25 am on April 1, 2008

  23. Since it is only a single letter, we know it wasn’t done by Sandra.

    @ 10:34 am on April 1, 2008

  24. sandra crens-H-aw

    @ 10:35 am on April 1, 2008

  25. Healy … Rogers Healy

    @ 10:36 am on April 1, 2008

  26. T(H)anks, Tristan?

    @ 10:37 am on April 1, 2008

  27. Gotta be Houston, they want the rivalry

    @ 10:42 am on April 1, 2008

  28. Hilfiger? Tommy’s taking over the building again? D moving to Wick’s townhouse?

    @ 10:42 am on April 1, 2008

  29. I have an old sweatshirt from my college days with a crimson H on it, and I never knew it stood for either.

    @ 10:47 am on April 1, 2008

  30. It is really just the letter “I” taking a nap… and we know that means, there’s no “I” in “Team” but there is an “e” which, in the alphabet, comes just after the replaced letter “D”.

    - I really can’t believe I had to explain all that…

    @ 10:56 am on April 1, 2008

  31. Maybe Wick finally got smart, and will publish a magazine about a city with far more to offer – Houston!

    @ 11:02 am on April 1, 2008

  32. H for Hot Links, as in Earl Campbell links, which go great with a little cactus juice. Mmmmmmmm, mmmmmmm.

    @ 11:06 am on April 1, 2008

  33. haughty

    @ 11:19 am on April 1, 2008

  34. H is for Hurley

    @ 11:26 am on April 1, 2008

  35. Hdnet. Must be Cuban’s doing…

    @ 11:40 am on April 1, 2008

  36. East Texas would also say HOWDY, “FTS” and then find out who did it.

    @ 11:45 am on April 1, 2008

  37. Should have been an “S” for Southlake since D loves it so much! So do I!

    @ 11:45 am on April 1, 2008

  38. It’s gotta be Houston…isn’t there, like, a rivalry or something?

    @ 12:50 pm on April 1, 2008

  39. You got it Good Riddance!

    @ 1:05 pm on April 1, 2008

  40. Halitosis

    @ 1:50 pm on April 1, 2008

  41. *cough*

    Hammer

    @ 1:54 pm on April 1, 2008

  42. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    @ 2:04 pm on April 1, 2008

  43. It stands for HOSPITAL.
    for sick politicians and p.r. people i.e. Laura Miller

    @ 2:12 pm on April 1, 2008

  44. Local Politician buys Magazine Empire:
    http://president.hurley.googlepages.com/home

    @ 2:14 pm on April 1, 2008

  45. We’ve checked key card access files. They show that our CFO was the first person through the doors this morning. It wasn’t him. No entries between then and midnight, when the cleaning crew came through. Doubt it was them.

    Wick is now offering $100 to the person who solves the mystery.

    @ 2:51 pm on April 1, 2008

  46. Looks like an inside job by a former D staffer. My guess would be Kelly M. Miss him.

    @ 3:15 pm on April 1, 2008

  47. Omar wins the thread.

    @ 3:22 pm on April 1, 2008

  48. See Danno’s entry at 2:14. He’s a fine freelance photographer for us. Though I think he put that together after the fact.

    Fess up, Danno.

    @ 3:49 pm on April 1, 2008

  49. I left at 6:30pm last night and our beloved letter was unsullied. Anyone see a BMW motorcycle with a “I Heart Key West” bumper sticker on it after 7pm?

    The back of that thing is sewn up tighter than a chastity bundle. Take a look.

    @ 3:56 pm on April 1, 2008

  50. Ok Tim
    Your right, H doesn’t stand for Hurley.
    D stands for Danno. Right?

    @ 4:05 pm on April 1, 2008

  51. “H” stands for Hallway, obviously.

    @ 4:25 pm on April 1, 2008

  52. I think MIssing Dots got it at 10:10am.

    http://www.logodesign.com/images/presidential-logos/lhclinton2008.gif

    @ 4:56 pm on April 1, 2008

  53. It’s Huckabee, for Wick’s donation?

    @ 5:39 pm on April 1, 2008

  54. What the hell does “We don’t care how you get here, just get here” mean anyway?

    And I also have no idea what “If you find a better deal anywhere else, we’ll just give it to you.” It sounds like they’re saying they’ll match the deal, but that’s not exactly what they’re saying either.

    @ 11:15 pm on April 1, 2008

  55. So are you ever going to tell us?

    @ 8:05 am on April 2, 2008

  56. Mike, don’t forget the most important part:
    “TRUCKS TRUCKS TRUCKS TRUCKS TRUCKS TRUCKS TRUCKS!”

    @ 8:40 am on April 2, 2008

  57. A blue “H” (Houston) as the antithesis of the red “D” (Dallas)??? Was this an obscure IQ test?

    @ 2:54 pm on April 2, 2008

  58. D = David
    H = Hopkins

    Clearly, you want me.

    @ 3:24 pm on April 2, 2008

  59. Can you please explain??? Or can we go back to Sandra Crenshaw or something fun???

    What the “H”ell?

    @ 3:27 pm on April 2, 2008

  60. Halbreich, as in Jeremy?

    @ 3:50 pm on April 7, 2008

  61. ?

    @ 7:28 pm on April 15, 2008