Pranks and Practical Jokes
I've pulled three really good practical jokes. Two have been directed at my uncle, and the other was directed at Friar Dave.
The first was pretty simple. The break room at work has no windows, and a wall that partitions it into two rooms; basically, if all of the lights are out, the only light getting into the room is a very miniscule amount from under either of the two doors, and primarily one. There also happens to be a bathroom in the break room. On at least two occasions, when my uncle has gone into the bathroom, I have turned out all the lights and stood next to the door, waiting for him to come out. When he exits the restroom to pitch black, there's usually swearing involved.
The second was also at work, directed at my uncle. I was cleaning the gutters on the roof after a rain storm, and looked down to the street to see my uncle pulling into the back parking lot. As he was walking into the main building, I slung some leaves a few feet away from him (from the roof of a two story building). Same result: an under-the-breath swear, followed by laughter.
The third (and I don't think these are in any particular order happened during the Summer of 2000. We were installing a new display system at work, and this was a major renovation. The system came in a bunch of very large boxes, and many of the components came wrapped in bubble wrap. What did I do? I snagged a couple of the boxes, and every last piece of bubble wrap I could get my grubby mitts on. Half of it I packed in one box, and half of it in the other, and I spent far more money than I ever should have sending it to Friar Dave, and to this girl in New Orleans who I knew at the time. The Friar and his family thought it was funny, and I was forever branded "the Bubble Wrap Guy", compounded by the fact that we eventually met up in Europe. The girl in New Orleans? Yeah, she didn't understand the joke.
What are some of your favorite practical jokes? Post 'em!
The first was pretty simple. The break room at work has no windows, and a wall that partitions it into two rooms; basically, if all of the lights are out, the only light getting into the room is a very miniscule amount from under either of the two doors, and primarily one. There also happens to be a bathroom in the break room. On at least two occasions, when my uncle has gone into the bathroom, I have turned out all the lights and stood next to the door, waiting for him to come out. When he exits the restroom to pitch black, there's usually swearing involved.
The second was also at work, directed at my uncle. I was cleaning the gutters on the roof after a rain storm, and looked down to the street to see my uncle pulling into the back parking lot. As he was walking into the main building, I slung some leaves a few feet away from him (from the roof of a two story building). Same result: an under-the-breath swear, followed by laughter.
The third (and I don't think these are in any particular order happened during the Summer of 2000. We were installing a new display system at work, and this was a major renovation. The system came in a bunch of very large boxes, and many of the components came wrapped in bubble wrap. What did I do? I snagged a couple of the boxes, and every last piece of bubble wrap I could get my grubby mitts on. Half of it I packed in one box, and half of it in the other, and I spent far more money than I ever should have sending it to Friar Dave, and to this girl in New Orleans who I knew at the time. The Friar and his family thought it was funny, and I was forever branded "the Bubble Wrap Guy", compounded by the fact that we eventually met up in Europe. The girl in New Orleans? Yeah, she didn't understand the joke.
What are some of your favorite practical jokes? Post 'em!
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