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carterx
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Nov 8, 2007, 02:56 PM
 
Ok, so here at work we have one of our senior Techs heading off to a conference for the next week and we feel the need for a good prank. We have been trying to figure out some ideas to do to his office.

Here's what we have so far :

> Jello the mouse
> Chea Pet the keyboard
> Saran wrap office
> Outline body on floor
> News Paper monitor

We are trying to go all out since we have a week to prep. Also, going to put a web in the office to record video/audio to then send off with pics to all the other Techs in the province to show his reaction :-)

Any other good ideas.

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Nov 8, 2007, 03:02 PM
 
Do you guys use windows at your office? An easy prank is to screenshot the desktop then delete all the icons/start bar. Then you set the ss as the background. Most guys spend forever trying to figure out why his/her computer isn't working.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 03:04 PM
 
Originally Posted by Smillz View Post
Do you guys use windows at your office? An easy prank is to screenshot the desktop then delete all the icons/start bar. Then you set the ss as the background. Most guys spend forever trying to figure out why his/her computer isn't working.
It would get him for a few seconds, but since he is another computer tech he will know what was wrong.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 03:11 PM
 
Put a needle full of Hepatitis infected blood in his keyboard so that when he hits a certain button he gets stuck.

Hilarious!

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Nov 8, 2007, 03:14 PM
 
Cover the contacts on an ethernet cable with clear tape.
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Nov 8, 2007, 03:16 PM
 






I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 03:28 PM
 
Does your office have ceiling tiles? Putting a dead fish in the upper space in the tile area is a real pay back.

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Nov 8, 2007, 03:46 PM
 
Superglue his mouse to his desk or the enter key so it won't go down. Give him a chocolate brownie with exlax in it.
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Nov 8, 2007, 03:52 PM
 
We had someone in our office sign some other dude up for about 30 or so things where he requested more info. He gave the dude's cell number to all these random places and he was receiving calls from these companies for about 2 months afterwards. Each time he would have to explain that he was signed up as a prank and to please take him off of their call list. Funny stuff.

Another one was soaking the seat pad of the office chair (if its the right kind of chair) with water. The foam pad doesn't dry for days and days, but the outer cloth part looks dry. So they sit down and get their pants all wet.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 03:52 PM
 
Switch the n and m on his keyboard, turn the volume on his phone all the way up, tape the lever down, and disconnect the cord where it meets the base.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 03:57 PM
 
Start calling him by a completely different name when he comes back. This only works if EVERY does it. Then laugh everytime he corrects you, like he's telling a joke.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 04:11 PM
 
Put a turd in a fish bowl and put it on his desk.
"Everything's so clear to me now: I'm the keeper of the cheese and you're the lemon merchant. Get it? And he knows it.
That's why he's gonna kill us. So we got to beat it. Yeah. Before he let's loose the marmosets on us."
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Nov 8, 2007, 04:15 PM
 
Shoot him in the knee cap.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 04:20 PM
 
Have sex with him but don't wear a condom.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 04:22 PM
 
Hm...I'm not sure how much further I can escalate this without getting distasteful...
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 04:27 PM
 
Dirty Sanchez?
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Nov 8, 2007, 04:28 PM
 
Alternatively, stop performing office pranks. This has the side effect of making you more popular with the ladies (you know, since it starts to look like you've actually reached puberty and stuff).

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Nov 8, 2007, 04:28 PM
 
Cleveland Steamer?
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 04:31 PM
 
That was my first pick actually, and I changed it for the above.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 04:45 PM
 
For a solid week have everyone grin every time they see him.

The paranoia will drive him nuts.
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Nov 8, 2007, 05:21 PM
 
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Nov 8, 2007, 05:32 PM
 
Ha, ok, so a couple ideas.
As funny as the fish one smells, I means sounds, think that one would be a bad one :-)
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 05:47 PM
 
Originally Posted by Doofy View Post
Alternatively, stop performing office pranks. This has the side effect of making you more popular with the ladies (you know, since it starts to look like you've actually reached puberty and stuff).

CRAZY talk!
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 05:50 PM
 
I still think unprotected sex is the way to go.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 06:22 PM
 
post-its. cover his entire desk / work area with post-its with ''phone messages'' written on them. making some of them real will make it look...legitimate.



buy a sex doll (inexpensive) or any other perverted sex toy/object. put it in a box. stick a ups label on it. make it from his "secret admirer" and pretend it came for him while he was gone. then INSIST that he open it in front of everyone.



yeah. that's all i got at the moment.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 06:42 PM
 
I would say poop in a fish bowl, and then put the fish bowl on his desk...




Edit: damnit, somebody beat me to to.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 06:49 PM
 
Originally Posted by besson3c View Post
I would say poop in a fish bowl, and then put the fish bowl on his desk...
just do it Caddy Shack style and use a Baby Ruth.
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Nov 8, 2007, 07:24 PM
 
I filled a colleague's pop-up umbrella with confetti.

First sign of rain - pop! - Bozo the clown.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 08:59 PM
 
That car with post it notes is great, funny thing my boss just bought a Jag def won't be doing that haha great stuff.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 09:19 PM
 
Everyone chip in and hire a hooker for a half day. Have her (him?) pretend to be a new employee who likes to have "fun" when the boss is not looking.
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Originally Posted by design219 View Post
Everyone chip in and hire a hooker for a half day. Have her (him?) pretend to be a new employee who likes to have "fun" when the boss is not looking.
That sounds more like a really awesome gift than a prank.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 10:58 PM
 
Everyone should walk by and ask him if he's feeling alright. At random times throughout the day. It will drive him nuts.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 11:04 PM
 
Replace everything in his office with the content of the office next door.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 11:21 PM
 
Originally Posted by ort888 View Post
Put a needle full of Hepatitis infected blood in his keyboard so that when he hits a certain button he gets stuck.

Hilarious!
Hahahahaha.
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Nov 8, 2007, 11:24 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakarʒ View Post
Have sex with him but don't wear a condom.
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Nov 8, 2007, 11:28 PM
 
Originally Posted by stwain2003 View Post
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Nov 8, 2007, 11:41 PM
 
You could also poop in his trash can.
     
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Nov 8, 2007, 11:46 PM
 
My former coworker left his car at work for a while and a bunch of guys filled it with medium sized balloons filled with air. He had to crush all of them before getting in his car.
     
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Nov 9, 2007, 01:27 AM
 
You could also poop in his car, perhaps in a trash bag or something as to not ruin the upholstery.
     
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Nov 9, 2007, 01:29 AM
 
or scoop poop into the balloons mentioned by mindwaves, and when the guy needs to use his car, and he goes to pop the balloons..
     
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Nov 9, 2007, 01:33 AM
 
Convince him that the name of the company was changed to something completely different. Print new letterhead and everything.

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Nov 9, 2007, 01:37 AM
 
find a way to have a music related program be running in the background (so that he can't see it) on his computer and have it do a different musical note for each keystroke.
     
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Nov 9, 2007, 06:43 AM
 
put a lump of wet clay on the inside of someone's wheel rim, the car will shake at a certain speed but suddenly it will be over. as the clay will eventually have fallen off the driver he will have no idea what is/was wrong with his car
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Originally Posted by Face Ache View Post
I filled a colleague's pop-up umbrella with confetti.

First sign of rain - pop! - Bozo the clown.
hahahahaaha
     
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Nov 9, 2007, 12:16 PM
 
Donkey Punch?
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Nov 10, 2007, 05:08 AM
 
Find all the people in the office that your victim REALLY gets on with and leave their severed heads lined up on his desk when he gets back from lunch.

He'll freak. Guaranteed!

Next day you can do the same again, but with his family!

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