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floop
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 Posted - 07/08/2004 : 15:17:58
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as a kid (and an adult) my friends and i have always been big on the practical jokes. and some impractical one too.
what are some of your favorites?
(i could write a book)
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Homers_pet_monkey
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/08/2004 : 15:39:50
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I like to put celotape over the phone receivers at work. they can hear but the person on the other end can't hear them. Very funny.
Also the classic 'kick me' post-it notes are good for the office. As is putting hole punch bits in peoples pockets.
Ooh we have a right old laugh at work. We have to, the job is goddam boring.
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Little Black Francis
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Posted - 07/08/2004 : 18:16:59
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I always liked putting nasty shit in people's drinks and watching their expression as they drink it.
ANd I like to break a leg on a chair and set it back up and watch them fall down when they try to sit.
Both of those crack me up.
So what are you holding out on me for Floop-dawg?
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Opaque
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 07/08/2004 : 20:39:36
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Well, one of my favorites that I ever read about it is right here:
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20040107/southsound/8191.shtml
But an easy one, for any office types: simply removing the ball from inside of a computer's mouse. As someone who was forced to do tech work, this one is a classic.  
"My primitive words match my primitive heart..." - Mercury Rev |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
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Posted - 07/08/2004 : 21:29:39
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Opaque: that's amazing! I love it!
I guess I just wasn't made for these times. |
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frank_black_francis
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
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Posted - 07/08/2004 : 22:03:28
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....I once bought 20 packets of black clothing dye and carefully put it together in cheesecloth and pitched it into my asshole neighbors pool....needless to say, it worked and he had to wait a week for it to get back to normal.
...another great prank is taking a raw chicken leg, placing it in a mason jar half filled with milk, putting the lid on (loosely) and placing it under your neighbors porch. in about 4 weeks, it smells like a rotting corpse....and if your neighbor is an idiot like mine is, it'll take him weeks to figure it out. |
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Opaque
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 07/08/2004 : 22:20:19
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Originally posted by El Barto
Opaque: that's amazing! I love it!
"My primitive words match my primitive heart..." - Mercury Rev |
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Little Black Francis
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Posted - 07/08/2004 : 23:34:45
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When I was wee little kid, I overheard my parents say that hey disliked our next door neighboor, so I took all the bricks on the ground by their mail box and impetuously inserted the bricks into their mailbox... the "conards" was their name.. they moved,obviously
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 05:23:26
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celophane over the toilet bowl is a classic, also moving a persons things in their bedroom, office, desk etc and placing them all at a slight angle really messes with their heads.
Also, acetone, in nail varnish remover shaken up with the filter of a ciggarette looks remarkably spunky, can be used to gross out (leave "filled" condoms in peoples mugs) or to incriminate (splash on the trousers/ skirt/jacket liberally)
hmmmm what else....
My dad used to give his friends address to every catalogue distributor, every newspaper ad, every flyer so the poor guy got shufted with piles of junk mail
Also, send a letter with (and this is important) A FANCY LETTERHEAD to the persons partner/parents incriminating them in either purchasing dirty porn items or borrowing vast amounts of money on something belonging to the partner/parent ie their car or house (My Dad did this to my mum once, no wonder they divorced)
Frank Black ate my Hamster
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big_galoof
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 05:45:12
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exhaling a big drag of cigarette smoke through a straw into someone's drink makes for big laughs all around - to this i can attest.
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 08:13:48
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What about the old snake-in-the-cash-register gag?
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mun chien andalusia
= Quote Accumulator =
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 09:51:11
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quote:
Originally posted by Opaque
But an easy one, for any office types: simply removing the ball from inside of a computer's mouse. As someone who was forced to do tech work, this one is a classic.
"My primitive words match my primitive heart..." - Mercury Rev
i like the idea but what about optical mouses? almost everybody has one these days.
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apl4eris
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 09:56:40
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Another angle on the cellophane tape trick: put a rolled-up ball of it in the earpiece of a coworker's phone. They should spazz out during the first couple of seconds of the next phone call they get.
Rearrange the keys of a coworker's keyboard. Spell out something humorous with them. Or replace important keys.
Set up an embarrassing screensaver on their desktop - and password protect it. For an added touch, start up an awful loop or irritating song (turned up to 11) before setting the screensaver. heehee
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Homers_pet_monkey
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 10:03:38
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Originally posted by mun chien andalusia
quote:
Originally posted by Opaque
But an easy one, for any office types: simply removing the ball from inside of a computer's mouse. As someone who was forced to do tech work, this one is a classic.
"My primitive words match my primitive heart..." - Mercury Rev
i like the idea but what about optical mouses? almost everybody has one these days.
join the cult of errol\and you can have a beer\without having to quit smoking
Put a piece of electrical tape over the laser.
We do the mouse trick at work too sometimes.
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jo
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 10:08:02
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oh I have some good ones. There's the old "catch the pc user out" and change the mouse keys so that they're the wrong way round (you have the option somewhere in the preferences, I've not done it in a long time though, so no idea where), and watch them all confused when they left mouse click and it doesn't do what they ask.
Then there's the old "tell the person who has parked illegally you've seen a traffic warden" one, always a giggle. There's also the "get a packing slip thingie from the warehouse, put coloured paper in it, and stick it on someones car, so they think they have a parking ticket" which sometimes goes down a treat.
My own personal favourite is the "steal (whatever) from their desk one" though, the simple ones are funny. Like half eaten cake. However, they got their own back on me, and stole my Bubbles powerpuff girl and made a ransom video saying she'd get killed unless I returned the Christmas Carols cd (although to be fair, I hid it in a Simply Red album, in September. September is WRONG as far as playing Christmas Carols go). Don't ask how the Simply Red album got there. It just did.)
There's also the sellotape over the clicky bit of a phone, so it rings, but when someone picks up the receiver, it keeps ringing cause it's all stuck down (some people don't spot it), and they think their phone is broken.
Oh and another favourite. We're all mac users here, and one day I got everyone in the office to record an error message on my computer, then transferred it to someone elses computer here. So he got an email, and it had someone go "Steeeve!!?" and he looked up "who said that?" he said. Then I set a half past the hour beep, and he got someone else going "oh Steve!!" and he looked up, very confused "that was so weird, your voice sounded like it was coming out of my computer speakers"
ohh ho ho ho. very funny indeed. Always good for an april fool.
Or maybe just the "oh someone in accounts wants you to help them fix their computer" to our IT person, so he goes into accounts "okay, who wants me then?" he says, everyone looks at him, slightly puzzled, wondering what the hell he's on about.
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 10:40:17
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spread KY on the ear part of the phone call your friend over and tell them there's a call for them...
Frank Black ate my Hamster
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shineoftheever
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 11:40:49
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Originally posted by Tre
spread KY on the ear part of the phone call your friend over and tell them there's a call for them...
and then fuck them in the ear???
{cue one of these...........( )} |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 11:47:13
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one thing i used to do when people left me at their house....
i would take a screwdriver and take off the lightswitch housings and turn the switches around so up became 'off' and down became 'on'. i was often not around to see the results but would have a good chuckle thinking about it. i could just imagine them "I swear it used to be switch up for 'on', what the fuck????"
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 12:09:36
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Frank Black ate my Hamster
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 12:09:59
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quote:
Originally posted by Opaque
Well, one of my favorites that I ever read about it is right here:
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20040107/southsound/8191.shtml
i kid you not, in college we aluminum foiled our entire celing. but not as a joke. we thought it would be cool and artistic (but it qickly became annoying).
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 12:10:58
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soaking all of someones clothes in cold water, folding them up neatly and packing them into their freezer is also amusing....
oh I am a prankster.... I am killing me....
Frank Black ate my Hamster
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floop
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Mexico
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 12:20:01
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i'll pass along one of my all time favorite childhood ones:
we used to do this thing called The Cardboard Cat. i don't know who invented it, but it became something of a tradition in our neighborhood (and i think still lives on). .
basically:
1. take cardboard and cut out a life-sized profile of a cat, with ears and legs etc..
2. take a sharpie or marks-a-lot marker and color it entirely black.
3. with aluminum foil, carefully cut out two small "eyes" and affix them to the cat head shiny side out.
4.with another small square piece of cardboard, make a vertical slit in the top to create a stand for the cat. the stand must be perpindicular to the cat, to appear invisible.
now.. the fun begins..
making sure to go at night, find a street with a nice curve on it (not too sharp though) and place the cat directly in the middle of one lane (after the curve).
hide in bushes.
watch as cars come around corner and slam on breaks so as not to hit "cat".
laugh like crazy and run away while people try and find you to kick your ass.
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 12:28:11
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Oh I know what I'm doing tonight
Frank Black ate my Hamster
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Homers_pet_monkey
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 13:01:28
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quote:
Originally posted by shineoftheever
quote:
Originally posted by Tre
spread KY on the ear part of the phone call your friend over and tell them there's a call for them...
and then fuck them in the ear???
{cue one of these...........()}
..............fuck them at school!
All I know.......................
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El Barto
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 16:15:24
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that's a good one Tre, i'll remember that. (also good if you're going through an ugly, vengeful break-up i imagine).
and apl, yes, the screensaver one is a classic. we used to get this guy at our work all the time. we would put THE WORST possible images you can imagine as his screensaver (ie. bestiality, gay porn etc..).
always a fun one.
another good one is the old "set your friend's alarm for 4AM with volume all the way up" type thing. funny funny .
other good ones:
- the old "place a false classified ad" joke. for example: put someone's car for sale at a really cheap price. endless calls.
- the, "leave a message at the United States Army recruting center after hours in your friends name, telling them you're very interested in learning about how to join up". they will NEVER leave you alone after that. EVER. (that's a joke with longevity)
- the old "call a proctologist's answering machine after hours and say your having problem with severe ass bleeding. please call me a.s.a.p. etc.."
- the classic, "order a pizza to someone's house" joke. "what, we didn't order a pizza!".. funny every time (despite the sad waste of food). my friends actually ordered Chinese food and had it delivered to me while i was at work, at a restaurant. that was awkward.
- at the Library: hide a library book in someone's book bag. alarm will sound when they exit. humor ensues.
- rude honking: you're in the passenter seat and your friend is driving. you're at a stopsign and an old lady with a walker is taking a looong time to cross the street. honk your friend's horn, yell "Hurry Up!" and then duck down. everyone else on the streets will look scowl at your friend in hatred.
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 16:24:59
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
i'll pass along one of my all time favorite childhood ones:
we used to do this thing called The Cardboard Cat. i don't know who invented it, but it became something of a tradition in our neighborhood (and i think still lives on). .
We use to do a variation of this but there would 3 or 4 of us on each side of the street and when a car would come we would act like we were picking up a rope and pulling it tight across the street. I remember one guy slamming on the brakes, getting out of car, and then discovering there wasn't a rope.
We use to constantly get chased by drivers after throwing berries at cars. Once we threw at car while hiding up in tree. The guy got out and started looking for us. Walked right under us, when my buddy's mom came out yelling for us to come in. They talked and she didn't give us up. But when they guy left she looked right up at us and called us in. I thought it was pretty cool that she knew we were there but didn't give us up.
Shotting fireworks at cars was our traditional July 4th activity, usually ending with the police chasing us on a golf-course. Ah, good times. |
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floop
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Mexico
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 16:25:08
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also, Microsoft Word has a "replace" function where you can set it to replace any word with any word. for instance, you can program it so that, every time you type "the" in a document, it will automatically replace it with "feces" or whatever. that's a hard one to figure out how to reverse.
high frustration factor for victim = more laughs for practical joker
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 20:18:41
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Jeez floop, some of these practical jokes border on harassment. I wouldn't want to be your friend! Funny to those who aren't the target, still.
I guess I just wasn't made for these times. |
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Opaque
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 20:46:32
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
i kid you not, in college we aluminum foiled our entire celing. but not as a joke. we thought it would be cool and artistic (but it qickly became annoying).
Well, the best part of all of that aluminum foil is blocking all of those alien mind control rays. We all need more aluminum foil in our lives. Yes siree, Bob.
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SpudBoy
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Equatorial Guinea
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 20:58:49
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Ok I have done a few...
The teen years were good, with the typical stuff...getting in your friend's hot rod and backing up to the door of that dumbass bastard everyone thinks is a prick and peeling out, slathering the front of his house with mud...driving in your friend's van through the ritzy neighborhoods and nailing the trash cans at high speed.
Then you need to start getting sophisticated.
Steal a hubcap off of a friend's car in winter when they won't notice for a couple days. If it is perforated, line the bottom with plastic, and fill with bolts, washers, and water. Freeze. Remove plastic and replace, ice and all. If you live somewhere that gets a good string of cold weather, it might be the spring thaw until they think their car is having issues.
Baloney on the evil high school principle's BMW. On a good hot day, baloney will bond to the paint before it shrinks, popping off perfect circles down to the bare metal. Polka dotted. Beeyotch.
Throw mothballs into the upper heat vents (top of the dashboard) in your victim's car. They will proceed to melt over the next few months.
Office humor. Hide food everywhere in a coworker's cubicle.
Hide a small pizza in their backpack right before they go home for the weekend.
Wall off the door with paper crates and fill the entire cubicle with packing peanuts.
In a cubicle/office, Zip-tie the cabinets shut, the phone to the desk, the phone handset to the phone body, the chair to the desk, the scissors to the chair. Shrinkwrap the entire assembly. (Optional: fill with packing peanuts)
Sew the chair to the carpet with the highest strenth fishing line you can buy.
Many more...maybe later
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TheCroutonFuton
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 21:09:43
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Alright. This is the best trick I've pulled off...ever. It was during my 8th grade school trip to Boston and we got to choose our room-mates and got to hang out with them for the entire time. So, one day we got to go to a mall type thing (just a street block with tons of cool stores!) and there was a practical joke store. I got these little capsules you put in a drink and it grows into this weird worm type thing and 3 bottles of powder that makes liquid into a gel.
So my friends and I were in Taco Bell eating and 3 of my buddies and I plotted against another friend who we call "Hoho". (He's pretty big, has blonde hair, and always wears this big brown poofy jacket. From the top he looks like a giant hoho! He likes the name too, so it's not like it's offensive either.) So, I had my three friends strike up a conversation with him to avert his attention while I threw (literally, it was across the table so it was hit or miss.) the capsule into his drink. I scored and sat back trying to contain my laughter. About 5 minutes later he's drinking his Mountain Dew Code Red and notices something squirming. He sees it and is like, "What the hell is that?!" I looked in and told him I had no clue but would glady go and empty it and get him a refill. He bought it and I went up and poured the powder into it. I left the worm in, too, cause hell, he's gonna figure out soon enough. I come back with his gelled drink. He doesn't drink it right away so my friends and I are all laughing...he finally goes to take a drink, but notices the texture of it first. Screams "What in the hell?!"...my friends told him it was me and he poured some of it on my head. That wasn't fun, but it was worth seeing his expression. It doesn't seem so funny as I'm typing it..I think you would have just had to have been there.
Later that day the preps used two stinkbombs on the fucking bus and everyone found that hilarious. Fuck preps, my joke was much, much funnier and didn't stink as bad.
"Freedom is a state of mind and the condition and position of your ass. Free your mind and your ass will follow." - Funkadelic |
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Little Black Francis
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 21:53:39
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There was this filty rich kid in highschool who was also an asshole egomaniac, although his mother had the best pot from Jamaca, but we loosened the bolts on his tire, so whne he drove into school his Bronco lost a wheel right in front of the school. it was very funny, mean, but funny. he deserved it too.
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Opaque
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 07/09/2004 : 22:49:01
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Durn.. some of those up there are just flat out mean. Mebbe I'm more of a whoopee cushion type or something, but some of that stuff I couldn't do at all.
Now, I have done stupid stuff without trying, and realized later that mebbe it wasn't such a good idea. But yagh. At least try to keep them in the "no real harm" range.
But I gotta admit the dye in the pool bit was pretty out there...
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 07/10/2004 : 00:08:14
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This is not funny at all...I wouldn't call it a practical joke, but I don't know what these kids were thinking. About a month ago several guys (all about 19 or 20) fucking pushed a pretty big rock off an overpass, pretty close to where I live, and it hit this old lady's windshield and killed her. I don't know what these kids were trying to do, but they claimed they weren't trying to kill anyone. You'd think they'd figure out that if you drop a big rock off of a high spot, it COULD HURT SOMEONE. Idiots. I hope they get life in prison just for fucking being stupid.
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TheCroutonFuton
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Posted - 07/10/2004 : 00:09:01
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Holy fuck. That's horrible. Are they in prison? I hope they get raped.
Oops, missed that last sentence. But yeah, fuck them. That's disgusting.
"Freedom is a state of mind and the condition and position of your ass. Free your mind and your ass will follow." - Funkadelic |
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