How to Play a Practical Joke

Forget short-sheeting the bed. There are hundreds of ways to be much funnier.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Printers
• Ortho Lawn Fertilizers
• Gummi Bears
• Kool-Aid

1. Remember: The more people involved in a practical joke, the funnier it is. And a victim's mom or spouse is almost always a willing helper.

2. Write a message on the mark's lawn with Ortho lawn fertilizer. It's a white powder that washes away easily with a hose. Later, the message will come back in lush, green grass.

3. Fill a showerhead with powdered Kool-Aid. (RIT dye is not safe and should never be used.)

4. Make up 20 or so notes that say "I'm sorry I damaged your car. Please call this number and I will take care of the repairs." Leave the notes on cars in a mall parking lot. Use your mark's pager number.

5. Tell two strangers who will later be introduced to each other that the other person is hard of hearing and speaks loudly. Be sure to emphasize that the other person is very sensitive about it. Then introduce them.

6. Put Gummi Bears in just about any food. They even hold up well in soup or chili - as long as the candy isn't microwaved.

7. Mail the mark a package at his office. The larger the package, the better, because more people will notice. Put an embarrassing label on the box - like "Extra Strength Body Hair Removal Kit Enclosed." Use your imagination.

8. Invite your mark to lunch. Hire a belly dancer to dine with him instead.

Tips & Warnings

• Remember that a practical joke is intended to embarrass the victim and perhaps even cause him to suffer indignity, but not physical pain or permanent damage. In other words, filling a car with packing peanuts is funny; spray painting the windshield is just plain vandalism.
• Choose your target (called a mark) carefully. People who don't have a sense of humor will not appreciate a practical joke and may react poorly when made a victim of one.

[randycooper]

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on 8/8/2006 This works best at construction sites if you feel like picking on the new guy, which you do. Get them to look for non-existant tools for you, like a left-handed hammer or a cabinet leveler.

on 8/4/2006 Wait until everyone in the house has gone to bed (and the mark is still out with their friends) then grab about 25 empty soda cans and stack them about 2-3 inches away from the door in a pyramid shape. Now turn off all the lights and wait until the unsuspecting person comes home and opens the door only to be greeted by a late night crash. Works best on wood floors.

on 6/30/2006 When nobody is looking, get a small plastic cup and fill it with water and then prop a door open with something. Then place the cup of water on top of the door. When they walk through the door they get wet! This works best in schools and in shops.

on 3/28/2006 Take a picture of your mark's computer screen with all of their shortcuts. Be sure to line the picture up so you only get the screen, no monitor. Load that picture onto their computer and set it as their background. Now delete all of their shortcuts. They'll try to click their background thinking it will open programs.