The Prank Thread

[Asher]

JohnT and MrFun both telling us about wild pranks they pulled or may pull.

Awesome thread premise!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Put a bit of durian in somebody's room or car, preferably hidden from plain sight.

You heartless, pitiless, unfeeling BASTARD!



You know, we had a friend visit and he just had to try some durian. We bought one small piece at the grocery, shrink-wrapped. Even before it was opened, it stank up our whole kitchen. Damn, that stuff is bad. In fact, I can't remember where I was recently where I saw "No Durian on the Subway" signs; Singapore, I think.

Banning durian

[mrmitchell]

JohnT you probably made an old lady have a heart attack

punk

[Boris Godunov]

JohnT: I've seen that prank described countless times, and they even featured it on Married...with Children. So I smell bull****.

[JohnT]

As I've said, I read it in a book. I can likely find out which one (a teenage novel written in the early-70s, authors first name might've been Harold.)

It's not original with me, but I did do it.

[Pekka]

You are either communist and did it, or you are not a communist but you didn't do it.

Now you choose!

[Boris Godunov]

I once disguised myself as a hot chick and felt up Pekka with ice-cold hands.

[JohnT]

Found it: The Pigman, by Paul Zindel.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
You heartless, pitiless, unfeeling BASTARD!

A friend of mine pulled something similar once, though he used some kind of fish which name escapes me at the moment. He nailed the thing on the underside of his boss's chair when he was a summer intern.

Initially there wasn't anything. Though as the fish started to rot his boss's room stinked to high heaven, and nobody could figure out why for a week.

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Banning durian

You must have a hard time in the Philippines then, they all love the stuff.

[pchang]

A guy at school was wearing white pants. I put a little yellow food coloring and water into a spray bottle and then convinced someone else to squirt him in the crotch with it.

[Mr. Harley]

I shared this on one of Pekka's threads, the one about the girl with the cold hands.

Right after we were married, my wife, who has tiny hands, used to gleefully goose me with them in bed. Now she is petite, and wears a 3 3/4 ring (tiny fingers) so they are normally cold, and in winter they are frigid. Now my sympathy goes out to her, but I don't wish to be her heating pad.

I kept warning her to stop it. She didn't, and would gleefully giggle when she caught me by surprise and I would jump. Her hands were just sooo cold. I told her not do it. But no, it was too much fun.

So one night it snowed, and it was in the 20's outside (-1 to -6 celcius, roughly). I woke up while she was asleep. I looked outside, remembering her goosing me the night before, and had the inspiration. I took off my robe, stepped ouside in my briefs, and lay down in the snow for a minute or two. Just enough to get all rosy red and chill my skin.

I then went inside, toweled off (melted snow is wet) and then calmly went back to the bedroom, where I lay down, and coming up being her spoon style, gripped her as tight as I could, say "I love you." She was only wearing underwear.

She never stuck her cold hands or feet on me again, without asking nicely first.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Asher
JohnT and MrFun both telling us about wild pranks they pulled or may pull.

Awesome thread premise!

[KrazyHorse]

Aggie's was good, though...

[rah]

Another classic to use at work.
Of course, new phone designs may make this more difficult. Put a piece of tape between the the mic module and the contact to disable it on someone that sits close to you. They will quickly discover a problem. Quickly volunteer to help them test it, and when the call you, tell them that you can hear them clearly. (since you're close enough, you can hear what they're saying without hearing it on the phone) This will mess with their head for awhile. When they continue to have problems they will eventually call it in for repair. Remove the piece of tape prior to the tech person showing up. The tech will tell them nothing is wrong. Throwing in an "I told it was OK" can be particularly cruel at this point. Once the tech leaves, replace tape.

Repeat as often as you can keep a straight face.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by rah
Another classic to use at work.
Of course, new phone designs may make this more difficult. Put a piece of tape between the the mic module and the contact to disable it on someone that sits close to you. They will quickly discover a problem. Quickly volunteer to help them test it, and when the call you, tell them that you can hear them clearly. (since you're close enough, you can hear what they're saying without hearing it on the phone) This will mess with their head for awhile. When they continue to have problems they will eventually call it in for repair. Remove the piece of tape prior to the tech person showing up. The tech will tell them nothing is wrong. Throwing in an "I told it was OK" can be particularly cruel at this point. Once the tech leaves, replace tape.

Repeat as often as you can keep a straight face.