Messing With Google Street Views

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Now that Google Street View vans are trying to record every street, every day is a photo opportunity. You don't want to get caught with your pants down... unless you actually do want to get caught with your pants down. In addition to van-mooning, van-flashing, and van-flicking-off, people around the world have been coming up with much more clever pranks to amuse Google Street View users. Take a look at some of the most ridiculous Street View scenes from around the globe. --Senior Editor Tim Moynihan Top Story Messing With Google Street Views When people spot Google's Street View cars driving by, they do the darnedest things. Top Tweets From @PCWPluggedIn AMD's "Lynx" brings superior graphics to budget PCs Doesn't Apple own that part of the animal kingdom? Int'l Space Station's Internet runs at dial-up speeds NASA should have attached an Ethernet cable. 6 Twitter tips from the pros Our advice: Be famous already and then do something stupid. 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