Pranks

[CenturionV]

My pranks are generally pretty pathetic, they tend to be of the scare variety. The best probably being when I scared my 10 year old brother, you see, he has this strange fear of the gollum character from lord of the rings, so one night we are sitting there watching lord of the ring, so he goes to get a drink into the kitchen (now our kitchen has a curtain covering it while the dish washer is running due to my dad's rather extreme chemical allergies) so he's goes in, I decided to get a drink to just as he was starting to leave, I suddenly got the wild urge to scare him to death, so I dropped on my knees as fast as I could (he was already walking back towards the curtain) and ran through it towards him saying "my PRRRRECCCIOUSSSSSSS"

He jumped about a metre in the air, and started crying before he even hit the ground, he was SO scared, he then started beating me as hard as he possibly good. I then repeated the same prank a few weeks later with the exact same results. Now if he suspects I might do it, he takes some form of weapon (like a metal mop stick or a hard plastic sword" to detter me from pulling it again.

 

[Masquerouge]

One time in school, during recess, we came back a little earlier and blocked the only door to the corridor leading to the classroom using a rather heavy cabinet. Then we went into the classroom, and the hard part was to remain perfectly still while the teacher was asking, a. where was everybody else, and b. what was that banging noise in the corridor ? Then the other classmates managed to ram the cabinet who crashed with a hell of a noise, and there we couldn't resist anymore and burst into frantic laughter.
Or we also had this cabinet (again !) in the classroom used to keep all books with a - relative- scholar interest, that was perfectly symetrical ! you couldn't tell the up from the down. So we turned it upside-down, and watched with mirth as our teacher opened it to see everything falling down...
But the best one was definitely one we did to the lady at whom one of us was living at the time. She was, errr, a witch, to be nice. So we took revenge in every little way we could. For instance, she always boasted that she was rather gifted with programming the VCR, for someone her age. So we opened her remote control (it worked both for the TV and the VCR), cut out the plastic keys, and replaced them at random. Man, we almost had a stroke next time we watched her using the remote and not being able to do anything...
Or she also had some awful tapes of corny singers that she put full blast every time my mate tried to work. One day, we noticed she had bought fresh new ones. Oh boy. Really carefully, we opened the plastic wrapping, not tearing it up ; we extracted the tape, put some paper in the slot, so we could record stuff over the original, and then recorded the silliest things we could think of right in the middle of the songs, like "Satan is talking to you" in a heavy gothic voice, or, imitating the singer's voice, "Why am I obliged to write those stupid songs for stupid people with no musical taste ?". Then we glued the plastic back around the tapes, so they looked brand new again. I almost wet my pants when she put them on, and stormed out to complain to the shop...

Silly but funny

 

[PantheraTigris2]

I've personally committed no 'pranks', but I constantly hear from other (more stupid) people, the stuff they've done, like carefully drain all the engine oil out of someone's brand new SUV in the middle of the night, and leaving slices of solami meat on the paint (will remove the paint when you take it off), etc.

But yeah, I personally see no point in trying to screw with other people... because I know myself. And knowing myself, I bet there are others out there like me, that will quite simply open fire without mercy on M-F'ers if I catch them pulling some 'funny' 'prank'. So, I see no need for such behavior.

If you're gonna break the law, at least get some money out of it. But the whole idea is, really a bad one. Whether the law catches you, or the crazy bastard you screwed over does... you're gonna get some hard justice. Maybe even the last thing you ever 'get'. Why risk it??

 

[Nobody]

Ok me and my freinds were going into wellington (the big city) to get drunk and walk around. My freind freind got this RTD bottle that was yellow, drank 3/4 and pissed in the bottle then he put the lid back on and placed it in the cardbored holder. on the way home on the bus, we gave it to this drunk guy from school. very funny. He tried to pick a fight with us at the movies a few weeks later and we humiliated him again.

 

[Nobody]

Panthera = Nerd

 

[PantheraTigris2]

Panthera = Nerd

Nah, I just don't play games with people. Probably because deep down, I really don't like/can't stand/resent most of them, and their behavior. Therefore my tolerance for such things as 'pranks' is very low. And if you do insist on F***ing with me, that just opens the door for me to justly show you how much I... really.. don't like you (not you personally) in the first place.

It's much more dark, than simply 'nerd'. Fortunately, though - people don't mess with me. Perhaps they can see the madness and wrath in my eyes, and instinctively know better...


j/k (well, not really) - but just laugh, to avoid uncomfortable silence.

 

[Nobody]

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[PantheraTigris2]

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Well, whatever... it's a dark, dangerous, evil world... be weary...

Heck, this thread demonstrates it.

 

[steviejay]

He phoned her up, asking about it. He made a right plonker of himself.

A minor prank I always like to do, is to take a screenshot of someone's desktop, then hide (deselect "Show Desktop Icons"), then make the screenshot the background.

I'm hugely impressed someone else knows what a "plonker" is.

I once done the desktop thing then made it my wallpaper, then took a screenshot and repeated for like 6 or 7 times. In the end I had a huge tunnel effect going. Sad, but I was drunk, which made it funny.

I quite like making a picture of an error message on the screen and making that the desktop. You can get people clicking for hours trying to close the box down without realising that its just a picture

edit: setting someone's homepage to one of those sites where you get the million boxes opening is quite funny as well, you know the ones, it goes "hello", "how are you?", "what are you up to?" etc. Gets really irritating if you don't know how to get out of it

 

[classical_hero]

A computer prank that i did was against my brother. I decided to change the setting for his mouse do that it moved very slowly and that it went in the opposite direection. I could hear him get fustrated and I tryed not to laugh because that would have given it away. Eventually he fixed, and because of that, whenever he leaves his computer now, he always locks so that only he can get in. I think he knows it was me who did it, because know else in my family is technology savvy.

 

[Scuffer]

If someone in your office (or wherever) is off on a sunny holiday, go to a weather website site and look up somewhere cold and wet. Save the page, alter the source to their destination. Print it off, send them the page etc. Works brilliantly, especially if they are not IT types.
I guess you could do it with those notices they put out about civil war, and change those too

 

[Dann]

I think I've posted all of these before:

Phone prank #1:
High school, in the days before caller ID. My cousin calls a random number. A man answers.
My cousin: "Good morning sir. We're the electric company and we're repairing a line in your area. I need you to do us a favor. Can you go outside and see if your meter is running?"
*Giveaway here. Duh! If he has power why should his meter not be running?*
Man: "Okay."
*puts down phone, goes to look.*
*It's taking him quite a long time. Might have to climb some stairs.*
*Finally, he's back.*
My cousin: "So, is it running?"
Man: "Yes."
My cousin: "SO WHY DIDN'T YOU CHASE AFTER IT?"
*click* (But not before hearing screams and crashing sounds from the other end.)

Phone prank #2:
High school, in the days before caller ID and when phones are those big, black noisy things that don't stop ringing even after a million rings. I call a random number. A woman answers.
Me: "Good afternoon. We're the phone company and we're repairing a line near your area. I need you to do us a favor. I'm going to call your number again. Whatever happens, DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE. Get it?"
Woman: "Yes."
Me: "Ok." *click*
Now the original idea was to cause her to refuse to answer all incoming calls but we decided to test her. I call her number again.
It took about 20 rings but she eventually picked up the phone.
Woman: "Hello?"
Me: "Aaaargh! Why did you pick up the phone? I told you NOT to answer the phone! Sheesh... We're going to have to repeat the entire procedure. I WILL call you again. You DO NOT answer the phone. Get it?"
Woman: "Yes. I'm sorry."
I took a break, then rang her again. This time her phone must have ringed 50 times before the noise drove her nuts.
Woman: "Hello?"
Me: "Aaaaa!!! Not again! What is wrong with you? Can't you understand simple instructions? Aaaargh!!"
*At this point my cousins were pretending to be other workers shouting obscenities in the background.*
Woman: "I'm sorry... so sorry..."
Get this. The victim of a prank call apologizing to her tormentors.

 

[ManOfMiracles]

I was somewhere between ultimate nerd and a nice girl in school so I didn't really do this kind of stuff. It was hard for me to pass up a good dare, however. One of my favorites: We had to watch bowling training films in gym class for the week before we actually went bowling. The films were really stupid and we saw the same ones every year. The guys in the class decided it would be far more fun to pass around a Penthouse magazine during the film so I was dared to smuggle one into class. Not only did I bring the magazine but I walked right in front of the principal (and spoke to him) carrying it in clear sight. I made some money on that deal.

 

[Dann]

College prank:
We had this classmate who was a good dancer, but was kinda arrogant so wasn't exactly well-liked by all. One time there was some sort of performance in our classroom. And he was supposed to dance Michael Jackson's Thriller. (the zombie dance) Now our classroom is on the fourth floor, with 2 doors on one side leading to the corridor and a full row of windows opposite opening out to continuous concrete canopies. We had moved all the desks to the edges of the room (where we then sat) opening out the center where a cardboard coffin has been placed for him to come out of. He came out wearing a scary zombie mask and started to dance. At this point, the 40 boys out of a class of 50 (architecture is notoriously short of girls ) could be seen passing a message around: "When he takes off the mask after the dance we all run!" (The point being that his real face is even scarier than the mask.)
Now we had expected him to take off the mask AFTER the dance, so we could at least applaud him first THEN insult him. What we didn't expect was that he made the stripping off of the mask his finale!
It went heaps better than planned. A collective "Aaaaah!!!" and the room was emptied in 3 seconds. Those along the windows jumped out through every window. At 4 stories up! Those who made it to the doors first were either pushed violently by those behind or had people step on their backs to flee outside. The commotion was so great people from the adjoining rooms came out asking: "What's happening?"
Of course the point was not lost on our friend suddenly left behind in a near empty classroom. He stood there gritting his teeth, and didn't speak to anyone for an entire week.

 

[Dann]

Office prank:
Working as a CAD operator then, whenever someone leaves his station to go for a smoke or the john, someone would go over to his computer, zoom out to maximum view (minimum magnification), then write, using the thinnest font, largest text size, and the color black, some silly message like "you suck", and then zoom back to the previous screen, the one the victim left behind. Our CAD software uses a black background, and so the dastardly deed will not be noticed until the drawing gets sent to the printers, sometimes after 3 hours of subsequent work. A meticulously drawn building plan with "you suck" emblazoned right in the middle covering 4/5 of it. You can imagine the inevitable stream of expletives...

 

[classical_hero]

...the 40 boys out of a class of 50 (architecture is notoriously short of girls )

This is un related, but you should have done Classical music. When I did a one year course, the ration of guys to girls was about 3 to 7 girls.

 

[nonconformist]

I dropped a bucket on someone's head upside down a week or so ago....

 

[viper275]

This thread reminds me of a friend of mine, a very good prankster. Here are some pranks I did, some including him:

-He liked to annoy telemarketers. One selling insurance had to explain why they don't sell donuts. I did some, too. I did pretty common ones, though (it's hard not to laugh, but laughing sends a message that you're annoying them, not being a genuinely concerned idiot), saying now is not a good time and I would be able to talk later tonight so a home phone number would be nice.
-This is way back in elementary school. There was a sort of ritual that I had. One kid would chase me around no matter what, so I hid behind a hill. At first, he couldn't find me, but then he realized where I was. He was a pretty gullible individual, so I continued hiding behind the hill. One day I hid behind a tree at the other side of the playground and I watched him yelling at "me", then trying to find me behind the hill.
-Way back at an age when some kids trick-or-treated and others said they were too old, all the kids that I disliked trick-or-treated. I got a pretty real-looking plastic knife and told them to take only 1 piece of candy (we didn't get enough.) One person there that I really disliked took a big handful, and I chased him Kind of mean when I think about it because he seemed like he'd get a heart attack, but it was fun

I decided to change the setting for his mouse do that it moved very slowly and that it went in the opposite direection.

How did you do this? I need some technology-related pranks, and this sounds good...

 

[steviejay]

How did you do this? I need some technology-related pranks, and this sounds good...

if you want to annoy someone load up control panel and go to the Mouse icon. there you can change the speed in which you need to double click to select an icon. you can set it at a impossible speed so that no matter how fast they click on the icon they can't open it. I once saw a computing student almost burst into tears at this

 

[skadistic]

I've been eating Hersey Kisses since the evil chocolate thread popped its ugly head up. So I took the empty wrappers and was shaping them into little balls and that grew bigger into a kiss shape and wrapped a finale wrapper around it. It looked perfect so I put it back in the bag like any other self respecting person. My girl grabs the bag and sits down to watch some wrestling. She's steady munching on kisses until shes pops in the fake kiss and bites down on it. Oh it was pure hilarity! If you've ever tried to chew tin foil you know why it was funny.