Malik Washington Celebrates April Fool's Day By Going Undercover As Maryland Mascot
A decent prank where no one gets sued or injured? Count me in!
It's April Fool's Day, which means everyone has their head on a swivel in a bid to not get had.
You double and triple check everything you see, because, hey, it could be the starting quarterback under that there mascot head.
As was the case for students at the University of Maryland, who had their study sesh invaded by an incognito Malik Washington.
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The standout incoming sophomore threw on a Testudo costume. Testudo, of course, is the name of the Maryland Terrapins mascot.
Imagine trying to cram for an accounting exam — let's face it, probably hungover — and your school's mascot just wanders in.
Then after a couple of seconds of mascottery, he yanks off his head and — BOOM! — It's the star QB under that cartoon turtle head.
What a roller coaster.
I like that the first girl who scored a picture with Washington was like, "You're so tall." She knew something was amiss. I'm just going to go out on a limb and guess that when she had her last brush with Testudo, he didn't stand at an imposing 6-foot-5.
The people I feel bad for are those who saw this video and realized that they muffed a handshake with the mascot that day, only to realize it was actually Washington in there.
That happened to me in college. I totally flubbed a handshake with UCF mascot, Knightro. It was just a disaster. I went for a shake (which was dumb; were we sealing a business transaction?!), he went for a high-five, and we just ended up holding each other's forearms.
Fortunately, as far as I'm aware, it wasn't the quarterback in the costume. If it were, I'd probably have had to transfer.
I mean, I was fairly certain at the time that it wasn't a star athlete in the costume, and I still thought I was going to have to transfer just to save face.
But, all in all, great work from Washington and the Terrapins for pulling off an April Fool's prank that didn't get anyone sued or maimed.
That's a win in my book.