Prank ideas

So, who has any good pranks for today?

Me and the new Mrs. Neon got back from our honeymoon yesterday and I think I want to FB that we are now exspecting.

neon4891 wrote: So, who has any good pranks for today? Me and the new Mrs. Neon got back from our honeymoon yesterday and I think I want to FB that we are now exspecting.

Two people just did that on one of the local forums. It was amusing until everyone else started playing along. Now it's just "meh."

If you want to create more rage you may want to write that you two have agreed to "rethink" the marriage but be sure to thank your guest for the fine gifts that you will be keeping or at least returning for the cash.

jrw1621 wrote: If you want to create more rage you may want to write that you two have agreed to "rethink" the marriage but be sure to thank your guest for the fine gifts that you will be keeping or at least returning for the cash.

^^That's a much better prank. Pregnancy fake-out is kinda lame. Or maybe you just need to be in some kind of long-term, committed relationship to appreciate the humor .

I've been thinking of telling my co workers that my wife is pregnant. I've made it VERY clear that I have no interest in children. They'd probably catch on that it was a "joke" cause it was April 1. However, my wife IS actually pregnant, so when I showed up with a baby later, it'd be even funnier.

Keep it subtle, keep it believable. We just had to go through hoops with our health care provider submitting annual check up with #"s to keep lower deductibles. It involved driving to the doc's office and lot's of faxing to beat the 11:59pm deadline on 3/31. I sent my wife a panicked txt this morning saying that Blue cross had contacted me saying the forms were wrong and we'd missed out on the lower deductibles for the year. She fell for it hook line and sinker :) She didn't know weather she should be mad at me or happy when I told her it was an April fools

Last year we announced that we were developing an 11 bar MAP sensor for people who wanted to say, "This goes to eleven." Seems not all of our Facebook fans had seen "This is Spinal Tap." This year, we had a customer email us a video that topped anything we had thought of for an April Fools hoax - we couldn't beat footage of an MR2 running on a radial engine.

I can't top my April Fools prank I pulled as an RA in college. I went to just a couple rooms where I knew my pot smokers were and hung out for a bit. Just before leaving, I reminded them: "Hey guys, don't forget that Campus Police is doing room checks this evening, starting at 7:00."

Clearly paranoia is a side effect. Words spread like wildfire. That afternoon all the other RA's were asking each other, "What the berkeley is going on? All my pot heads cleared out all their bongs and E36 M3. I've seen them carting it out to their cars in cardboard boxes."

This prank became a tradition that lived on at least 2 years after I left the school.

As an idea for next year for some folks. I once reversed the door hinges on my mothers refrigerator, but left the handles in the same spot.

My office is across from the "community" printer. I copied the HP logo on an official looking page that I posted stating that the printer was fitted with a new voice activated command module It was fun watching everyone shout "print 10 copies" at the printer. .Not an original idea, but it was funny none the less.

Ctrl-print screen someones desktop, and make that the background. Then hide the icons. Hilarity ensues.

Doesn't work on every computer, but press ctrl + alt + the down arrow. turns the screen upside down. Ctrl+alt+ side arrows turn it sideways. ctrl+alt+up arrow brings it back to normal.

wow, all lame pranks. All I did was remove the tires from my friends car, left car in driveway on steelies. I got a rushed call about 7am saying some shiny happy person stole his tires but left his rims. I left the tires in his shed, he'll figure it out eventually. Said the car looked really good that low though.

We called our (perpetually late to school) friend about 5 minutes before the first bell.

"Hey, Carey, where are you? I thought you were going to meet us at the beach half an hour ago."

"Wait, what?"

"District cancelled school today because of the storm, we're surfing in Ponce Inlet."

"Oh, sweet, I'll be there in 10 minutes."

He showed up at school 2 hours later with his surfboard still in his car.

He probably got some surfing time in anyway and you guys just got to sit in class. Who was pranking who again?

sachilles wrote: Doesn't work on every computer, but press ctrl + alt + the down arrow. turns the screen upside down. Ctrl+alt+ side arrows turn it sideways. ctrl+alt+up arrow brings it back to normal.

This I'll have to remember. Works on my home machine but doesn't work on my wife's machine. Will try it at work Monday then magically fix it when they ask me to look at it. We've tore a sticky corner of a post-it note sheet and stuck it over a mouse optical or roller ball and watch people get frustrated that their mouse doesn't work.
Back in the DOS days, had a friend that would put a file called "tryme.bat" on an unmanned computer and if you did the screen would say "Formating hard drive" and run chkdsk hidden several times so the light would flash. Wouldn't believe the amount of people that fell for that and shut their computer off in a hurry.

My favorite involved paying for a subscription for a math teacher to receive a magazine featuring photos of nude african american gentlemen. I sent a money order for two years and every time it arrived at the school he would go crazy and call to cancel from the office. The first couple times I would call back, apologize for my "angry boyfriend's" tirade and beg them not to cancel my beloved subscription.

i posted this on CL with my buddy and my brothers phone numbers in different citys

I have a little, not a lot, of old wire and copper pipe I have removed from my home for a renovation. I need it removed from my backyard. I don't have a truck so no deliveries. Call Ruth at 123.4546.7890 No emails, calls only....

it was actually a local ad that had my phone number by mistake. my phone didnt stop ringing for 2 hours. one of the callers flagged it for me and suggested someone had 'april fooled' me. so i used it.

Wally wrote: My favorite involved paying for a subscription for a math teacher to receive a magazine featuring photos of nude african american gentlemen. I sent a money order for two years and every time it arrived at the school he would go crazy and call to cancel from the office. The first couple times I would call back, apologize for my "angry boyfriend's" tirade and beg them not to cancel my beloved subscription.

I've done similar things to friends, my one friend is more of a raciest then I am. I started 3 year subscriptions to ebony, essence, hip hop, and a couple other choice magazines. I'm not friends with him anymore, but am glad to still up the subscription when they are cheap enough.