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Rearview Mirror: Staff’s elaborate pranks continue to be legendary

COURTESY TRADE MEDIA HUI
                                This practice torpedo, above, was involved in many practical jokes, including putting it in a hole cut in Ted Sturdivant’s desk.
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This practice torpedo, above, was involved in many practical jokes, including putting it in a hole cut in Ted Sturdivant’s desk.

COURTESY JIM COOK
                                <strong>Don Over: </strong>
                                He created some of the most elaborate and expensive practical jokes in the history of Hawaii
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COURTESY JIM COOK

Don Over:

He created some of the most elaborate and expensive practical jokes in the history of Hawaii

COURTESY JIM COOK
                                When Carl “Kini Popo” Hebenstreit was on a trip to New Zealand, Link Lindquist, who always teased him about his big nose, thought it would be funny to send him a picture of the staff wearing rubber noses. The caption said, “No one noses how much we miss you!”
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COURTESY JIM COOK

When Carl “Kini Popo” Hebenstreit was on a trip to New Zealand, Link Lindquist, who always teased him about his big nose, thought it would be funny to send him a picture of the staff wearing rubber noses. The caption said, “No one noses how much we miss you!”

COURTESY TRADE MEDIA HUI
                                This practice torpedo, above, was involved in many practical jokes, including putting it in a hole cut in Ted Sturdivant’s desk.
COURTESY JIM COOK
                                <strong>Don Over: </strong>
                                He created some of the most elaborate and expensive practical jokes in the history of Hawaii
COURTESY JIM COOK
                                When Carl “Kini Popo” Hebenstreit was on a trip to New Zealand, Link Lindquist, who always teased him about his big nose, thought it would be funny to send him a picture of the staff wearing rubber noses. The caption said, “No one noses how much we miss you!”