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macfantn · Jun 24, 2006, 06:15 PM

I need a good prank to play on a friend something to do to him or his house, nothing harmful just something amusing. any ideas?

tavilach · Jun 24, 2006, 06:31 PM

Destroy it with popcorn!

spauldingg · Jun 24, 2006, 06:33 PM

golf ball in the toilet. (pay back the plumbing bill, though, if he is a friend.)

besson3c · Jun 24, 2006, 06:37 PM

Poop in his kitchen

medicineman · Jun 24, 2006, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by macfantn

I need a good prank to play on a friend something to do to him or his house, nothing harmful just something amusing. any ideas?

Now and again, you can find trick lottery tickets. The scratch off wins 50K. Spencer Gifts have them, but not on a regular basis.

TETENAL · Jun 24, 2006, 06:55 PM

Try the stand askew prank.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET9aFN12jPw

RAILhead · Jun 24, 2006, 06:59 PM

Take a crap on his bed.

rickey939 · Jun 24, 2006, 07:11 PM

I would friend a good play on a prank.

spauldingg · Jun 24, 2006, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by rickey939

I would friend a good play on a prank.

huh?

Doofy · Jun 24, 2006, 07:36 PM

Make sure he likes pranks first.

Some folks don't. And some folks will go completely ballistic if you play a prank on them.

Andy8 · Jun 24, 2006, 08:00 PM

lift his toilet seat, then cover the bowl with cling wrap and then close the seat.

Kevin · Jun 24, 2006, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by Andy8

lift his toilet seat, then cover the bowl with cling wrap and then close the seat.

And put dried koolaid in his showerhead .

Velocity211 · Jun 24, 2006, 08:10 PM

Put a bomb in his toilet.

James L · Jun 24, 2006, 08:58 PM

How involved do you want to get?

I borrowed a friend's car once. I moved and bolted his seat into the most forward position so it wouldn't slide back. I then had a buddy rewire the tubing from the windshield washer fluid so it pointed at his crotch, and set it so that when the car was turned on, it sprayed automatically.

You can kinda guess what happened, but I tell you... when I watched him sit in the seat, fight with it for a while and then give up it was funny enough.

But, when he started the engine, and all we saw was him trying to climb up the back of the seat it was fantastic!!! He just could have turned the engine off or opened the door and got out but hey, he wasn't thinking clearly!

Hmm... confetti in the air conditioner ducts is fun too.

At work, we did this one to a co-worker. You get a long balloon, or other such item (we use tubing from work). Tie off one end, and then fill it with flour. We inflated it with oxygen from a tank, and tied off the other end. It was STRETCHED.

Now, we went into his car from the passenger side. We taped one end of the balloon to the bulkhead behind the driver's seat, and the other end to the driver's side door. This way, when the door opened and closed the balloon moved back and forth.

A pin sticking out of the driver's side of the vehicle interior, aimed at the balloon, and exit out the passenger side door.

I had heard of it before, but when he open the door the balloon EXLODED... it was nothing but a cloud... when he turned around all you saw was 2 eyes and a mouth sticking out of a white face!

rickey939 · Jun 24, 2006, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by spauldingg

huh?

- - e r i k - - · Jun 24, 2006, 10:01 PM

http://www.funmansion.com/html/fm-Fake-Lottery.html

spauldingg · Jun 24, 2006, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by rickey939

I don't get it.

DeathToWindows · Jun 25, 2006, 07:25 AM

Depends, are we talking a friend, or a sworn enemy?

The friend is harder in that you don't want them trying to kill you after the fact.

...so, things like the koolaid in the showerhead are a good idea; funny, but not damaging

The enemy is easier because you aren't looking to maintain the relationship.

...sardines / other fish in the vents of their car / home is really amazingly evil

Targon · Jun 25, 2006, 07:31 AM

Lemonade on his car's windshield, it will collect huge amounts of dust, wiper blades/water jets are usually ineffective.

Lemonade in the water jet reservoir, every time he uses them lemonade sticks on the windshield an collects dust.

4x Zip ties on the drive shaft, when the car is idle he will hear these little clicking noises, will annoy the piss outta him to the point of taking it to the garage to have it looked at.

moonmonkey · Jun 25, 2006, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

Try the stand askew prank.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET9aFN12jPw

How does he do that?

Dark_Lotus · Jun 25, 2006, 11:35 AM

Theres these things that you replace with a cars reverse lights, that make it so when you back up a really loud beeping goes on, like the beeping that occurs when you hear a huge truck backup or something. Alls you would have to do is take off that little panel that covers the light bulb, then screw one of these things in. We have them at work, ill try to see what there called.

willed · 04:30 PM

Boarding school is ideal for pranks. A friend-safe one: We once removed the contents of someone's room, (recreating their room piece by piece in the bathrooms) and put up a big sign on his door and in the main school hall saying 'Room sale - everything must go!'. We left a small bowl of change in the middle of his empty room, and waited for him to come back...
He fell for it completely, thought we'd sold all his stuff. The look on his face was priceless! Then we had to run away very quickly!

If you can get access to your friend's house this might be an idea. On the plus side, nothing gets damaged/broken unlike most of the other pranks here.

Of course if you don't like him there's always the old cling film on the toilet and laxatives slipped in his drink. Messy.

The Godfather · Jun 25, 2006, 04:23 PM

Superglue his office chair

rickey939 · Jun 25, 2006, 04:46 PM

I have some good OS X pranks. Does he have a Mac you can gain access to?

The Godfather · Jun 25, 2006, 04:52 PM

Set this picture as the screensaver.

http://www.fontblog.de/C1413545161/E...477/index.html

willed · Jun 25, 2006, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by The Godfather

Set this picture as the screensaver.

http://www.fontblog.de/C1413545161/E...477/index.html

I'm not even going to look....

Actually, that's a lie.

EDIT - Ah, phew, I was expecting something like ******* or ******. That's pretty funny actually

EDIT 2 - Haha, MacNN edits out references to the girl in the tub and the goat with the se on the end. Probably best.

ghporter · Jun 25, 2006, 05:21 PM

Best prank in the world: no prank at all. Just get a few mutual friends and acquaintances to behave like you are going to or have played a prank on him and it's about to be sprung. He'll be so paranoid he won't know what's really happening and what's impending, and the beauty is that there's NOTHING impending.

Do this for at most a day, or he'll be really ticked when you spill ghe beans. And the payoff is in spilling the beans, trust me!

TubaMuffins · Jun 25, 2006, 05:33 PM

this is potentially dangerous, but it is very funny. I do this to my friend a lot when falls asleep on the living room couch. I use a steak knife, maybe you want to use a realistic plastic one, and i place it in his hand, trying not to wake him. I step back, position myself on the floor like I fell and am trying to back off and start screaming "what are you doing?! steve, it was an accident, i'm sorry!" It's hilarious.

Jun 25, 2006, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by moonmonkey

How does he do that?

Hmmm... leaning? I'd say powerful electomagnet in his shoe? Or something else to attach a foot to the floor.
Drink from sign? Sign planted and drink in sleeve - when he drops sign, he pulls picture off and replaces with real drink.
Flattened drink? You can see it in his sleeve (right arm) right after the switch.

Very well done though!

besson3c · Jun 25, 2006, 08:20 PM

Have you tried pooping in his washing machine?

RAILhead · Jun 25, 2006, 08:38 PM

You could also remove all the labels on his canned food.

rickey939 · Jun 25, 2006, 08:47 PM

You could always make some v10.5 Leopard screenshots...I've heard that fools everybody.

TheMosco · Jun 25, 2006, 09:27 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Jsl...ffice%20dwight

Take some notes from the Office. One of my favorite episodes...

PlacidTubs · Jun 25, 2006, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by TheMosco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Jsl...ffice%20dwight

Take some notes from the Office. One of my favorite episodes...

Man, the American Office is lame.

rickey939 · Jun 25, 2006, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by PlacidTubs

Man, the American Office is lame.

No, it's brilliant.

Gossamer · Jun 25, 2006, 10:24 PM

Originally Posted by PlacidTubs

Man, the American Office is lame.

I sincerely apologize for being inferior to you and your tastes, but I prefer the American version. Although I hate them for the cliffhanger they left us with at the end of season two!!

The Jim/Dwight pranks are priceless.
-Putting his stuff into Jello molds
-Moving his desk and everything in it to the bathroom
-Taking all the stuff off of his desk (and his wallet) and putting it into the vending machine
-Convincing him that Friday was actually Saturday
Lots more, great show!

rickey939 · Jun 26, 2006, 07:22 AM

Originally Posted by Gossamer

I sincerely apologize for being inferior to you and your tastes, but I prefer the American version. Although I hate them for the cliffhanger they left us with at the end of season two!!

The Jim/Dwight pranks are priceless.
-Putting his stuff into Jello molds
-Moving his desk and everything in it to the bathroom
-Taking all the stuff off of his desk (and his wallet) and putting it into the vending machine
-Convincing him that Friday was actually Saturday
Lots more, great show!

Don't forget the gradual weight increase of the phone (with nickels)....and just when Dwight got used to the weight........taking out the nickels.

Gossamer · Jun 26, 2006, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by rickey939

Don't forget the gradual weight increase of the phone (with nickels)....and just when Dwight got used to the weight........taking out the nickels.

Yep, I was just trying to quote the ones they actually did in the show, not just talked about in that clip.