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Party tricks, crank phone calls, office pranks, and other practical jokes. Even if it's just 500 straight posts from Lunatic Goofballs, this topic will entertain me for quite a while.

Party tricks, crank phone calls, office pranks, and other practical jokes. Even if it's just 500 straight posts from Lunatic Goofballs, this topic will entertain me for quite a while.
I phone up Christian Radio stations with requests for satanic rock/metal songs. I also get them to send leaflets to mades up addresses (e.g. Mr Beel Z. Bub, 45, Great Whore of Babylon Towers). They always say yes and its so fun to taunt them.

A women goes to see a doctor about a cold she has. So the doctor tells here to go home and repeat to herself "I'm not sick, I'm not sick, I'm not sick." So she goes home and repeats it to herself many times until her cold goes away. Happy about it, she sends her husband to the doctor for help with his impotency. So that night the husband comes home and they go to have sex. So they start and the husband starts repeating "Your not my wife your not my wife your not my wife."

jehovas witnesses, no clothes, invite them in...

what more needs to be said...

And they will never come to your place again :)

Once someone called me and I answered "Hello. Pizza Hut. May I take your order?" Whenever they tried to say something I would say "Do you want pepperoni with that ma'am?" even though it was a guy. Finally the person on the other end hung up, more confused than ever, then called again. This time I answered "Hello, Tintin National Fan Club." It was hilarious.

Another time I rigged our door for Hallowe'en so that when people in costumes opened it a bucket of water would fall on their heads. That too was funny.

Then there have been a few episodes when we played practical jokes on LG, who played them right back on us, and better. I won't go into any more detail on this subject for the sake of all those under 17 on these forums.

And many, many more...

Pretending to be a foreigner, that confuses some people. Also when they ask your name, you say a random name of somebody imaginary (fiction character from tv/books) or a little known famous person like Guttenburg, Frederick Hohenzolleran, Gorbachev, Hess, and otheres.

Also when pretending to be a foreigner when they ask you to do something like say "Can you break a five?" you can always say "What is this American/British word 'break'" or other things.

I also like answering calls in different voices (a high voice, a British accent, a Southern accent...and so on) which confuses everyone to a great extent. :D

I know a few.

Mooning cars that are stuck in traffic.
Super glueing pennies over peoples car door locks.
Finding an dead animal, tie fishing string around it and drag it across the road to make them stop.
Having one person stop a car to ask for directions and then another guy run in with a water gun and spray the driver.
Puting 2 trash cans at opposite ends of the road and tying them together with fishing wire so cars get wrapped up.
There are so many more but i must go.

I called up Wal Mart one day and demanded to know where they keep their goats.

My demands weren't met. :(

A friend of my dh did this: in order to get even with some girl in his college dorm, he went to a gardening store and bought a brick of frozen ladybugs. He shoved it under their door early in the morning, and those poor girls were awakened by defrosted ladybugs flying all over their room. My husband said you could see ladybugs still hanging around outside the buildng for WEEKS. :eek:

Party tricks, crank phone calls, office pranks, and other practical jokes. Even if it's just 500 straight posts from Lunatic Goofballs, this topic will entertain me for quite a while.
Oh jeez! I read the topic and wondered how many posts it would take to mention Lunatic Goofballs. 1. Good job :D:D:D
Only thing I can think of is scaring a friend's mother with a 12 inch rubber spider. He told me she was "afraid" of them but I've never seen a lady jump out of the sofa like that before. I got scolded for that...

Oh yeah, one more thing: does deepfreezing all the girls complete sets of underwear on a field-trip count as a prank, too? 3 guys, 3 girls and two female teachers and you don't expect anything like this to happen? Hehehehehe :p
They gave us shit before, what do you expect? :D Hooray for freezers!

My brother once placed a fake psider outside my bed room, but i ahve also done the following: Changed my friend's screen saver(on a cell phone, i programmed it hehe) to micheal jackson (that was FUNNY AS HELL), stood behind someone, pointed at a bird, then squirted their hair with a water gun and told them it was bird poop, and pretended to have a twin by chnaging hairstyles and clothes. A prank my mom once did was pretending she was our maid , and didnt speak english, but that was because a slaesperson was at the door >.<, (she could pass as foreign she has dark skin) :) thats all i can think off

BTW, correct my spelling ;)

Call up a Chinese Takeaway and place an order. Phone up a second Chinese takeaway and ask to place an order. Then ask the first takeaway place to repeat your order back to you. Only put the phones together. That way, the 2nd Takeaway place thinks it's an order. It'll probably descend into chaos as they argue over the cost, and when/where to pick it up.

I won't go into any more detail on this subject for the sake of all those under 17 on these forums.


Aww, you're no fun. As long as you don't describe penis lengths and such I think we'll be okay. Besides, *strikes reproachful tone* Lunatic Goofballs himself wouldn't spare the details.

Tiger Balm on the toilet seat and switch the salt and suger.

Aww, you're no fun. As long as you don't describe penis lengths and such I think we'll be okay. Besides, *strikes reproachful tone* Lunatic Goofballs himself wouldn't spare the details.Oh all right...I'll just edit out the parts you shouldn't hear.

It happened when we were hiking on June 21 (Hike Naked Day), me and a small group of NSers, when we saw a <text deleted> after which we <text deleted>. Then Lunatic Goofballs suggested that we <more text deleted> and then we ran away as fast as we could. At that point a huge stinking explosion filled the forest and they threw ourselves down onto the ground, which seemed particularly squishy. This was because <text deleted> I stood on top of the hill and laughed. Then I threw them their clothes and ran off as fast as I could. (I had filled the clothes with ants.) I never did find out what happened to them, but they were not very happy and blamed it all on Lunatic Goofballs. It was kind of sad, because it wasn't really his fault. No-one ever figured out that I was the one who really engineered the whole plan. ;)

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Oh all right...I'll just edit out the parts you shouldn't hear.

It happened when we were hiking on June 21 (Hike Naked Day), me and a small group of NSers, when we saw a <text deleted> after which we <text deleted>. Then Lunatic Goofballs suggested that we <more text deleted> and then we ran away as fast as we could. At that point a huge stinking explosion filled the forest and they threw ourselves down onto the ground, which seemed particularly squishy. This was because <text deleted> I stood on top of the hill and laughed. Then I threw them their clothes and ran off as fast as I could. (I had filled the clothes with ants.) I never did find out what happened to them, but they were not very happy and blamed it all on Lunatic Goofballs. It was kind of sad, because it wasn't really his fault. No-one ever figured out that I was the one who really engineered the whole plan. ;)

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Aww....still nice, though. I don't have any good practical jokes.

A friend of my dh did this: in order to get even with some girl in his college dorm, he went to a gardening store and bought a brick of frozen ladybugs. He shoved it under their door early in the morning, and those poor girls were awakened by defrosted ladybugs flying all over their room. My husband said you could see ladybugs still hanging around outside the buildng for WEEKS. :eek:

You can buy frozen ladybirds? What would you seriously use them for?

Aww....still nice, though. I don't have any good practical jokes.Oh darn it.

I'd tell you more, but be satisfied knowing that it involved six nude hikers, a rattlesnake, a large mud puddle, a can of gasoline, 23 blackbirds, and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. :D

You can buy frozen ladybirds? What would you seriously use them for?Gardening. Ladybirds eat aphids. Set them out in the sun. They defrost, fly around, and eat the little buggers, protecting your plants from invasion forevermore. :D

Gardening. Ladybirds eat aphids. Set them out in the sun. They defrost, fly around, and eat the little buggers, protecting your plants from invasion forevermore. :D

Makes sense. I knew that they ate aphids. I should have been able to put two and two together. If you find a ladybird it's meant to be good luck. I wonder if that's still true if you buy half a kilo of them?

You can buy frozen ladybirds? What would you seriously use them for?

They eat a variety of garden pests, not just aphids. I had a large infection of mealy bugs in my hanging Million Bells. Chemicals didn't kill them (although it did kill some of the plant) and I couldn't physically get up under there without breaking the plant so lady bugs it was.

They eat a variety of garden pests, not just aphids. I had a large infection of mealy bugs in my hanging Million Bells. Chemicals didn't kill them (although it did kill some of the plant) and I couldn't physically get up under there without breaking the plant so lady bugs it was.

Can you buy them in Aus? I've never seen them for sale. I love that just wake up when you defrost them. That'd be cool for a wedding, throw a handfull of ladybirds instead of confetti.

Can you buy them in Aus? I've never seen them for sale. I love that just wake up when you defrost them. That'd be cool for a wedding, throw a handfull of ladybirds instead of confetti.

You can buy them in Aus, but it's very hard to find them. Pretty much only specialists sell them, you could try ringing either a large nursery or a government nursery. Personally I'm looking into buying a bee hive to sit in the back yard of the unit block. European bees aren't ideal for high density housing areas so I'm looking into stingless native bees.

my favorite prank is to rig up a little system with a doornob so that when someone touches it they coplete the curcit and for just a sec they get zaped with120v of electricity

You can buy them in Aus, but it's very hard to find them. Pretty much only specialists sell them, you could try ringing either a large nursery or a government nursery. Personally I'm looking into buying a bee hive to sit in the back yard of the unit block. European bees aren't ideal for high density housing areas so I'm looking into stingless native bees.

A bloke I know, who lives in inner Melbourne, has a couple of hives in his backyard. He gets quite a bit of honey from them, which surprised me. I didn't think there'd be enough food for them. Go for it, I say.

I like the ladybug prank. I'll have to remember that one. :)

Here's a tip: Have you ever tried the classic bucket-over-the-door trick? Pretty difficult to set up, isn't it? And the potential victim too often sees the setup. Here's an easy way to do a better bucket prank.

Get a paper bag put a generous helping of something dry and powdery in it. Flour or soot both work well. close the bag and fold it over once. Take a piece of 2-sided tape and attach it to the bottom of the bag. Tuck the folded end into the top of the chosen closed door. If it's a loose fit, you might want to fold the bag over again. But not more than that. once you're certain it is inserted in the top of the door, carefully turn the bag upside-down and stick the bag to the ceiling with the 2-sided tape. When the door opens, the bag will op open and douse the person beneath with a fine layer of powdery joy. :)

If you get a plastic-lined bag(some holiday gift bags work nicely) you can substitute wet ingredients. Be certain that it will hold onto the ceiling, however.

You can buy them in Aus, but it's very hard to find them. Pretty much only specialists sell them, you could try ringing either a large nursery or a government nursery. Personally I'm looking into buying a bee hive to sit in the back yard of the unit block. European bees aren't ideal for high density housing areas so I'm looking into stingless native bees.
There's plenty of people here in London who keep bees on their rooftops. I assume they're European bees, and I've not seen any reports of problems.

PS: I really, really want to buy a block of frozen ladybirds. Just for the fun of it.

*Heads off to Google it.*

here's a prank for your phone answering machine, very simple:

Record an outgoing message that sounds as if you've answered the phone normally, but are having trouble hearing the other party - like a poor connection.

OGM something like this, anticipating the length of pause required for the other party to answer: "Hello?... hello?... sorry, can you speak up?...who?... Bill?... wait, let me switch phones... ok, who is it again?, etc."

If you time the pauses right they think it's you on the line. Extremely irritating to your friends the first time.