# Pranks **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 2, 2001, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699 "2001-08-02T21:46:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![daffodil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@daffodil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daffodil)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699/41 "2001-08-26T19:13:31Z")
Thank you all. I’ve learned a lot. LMAO. Didn’t see the ancient wallet-on string one though. ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699/42 "2001-08-26T19:39:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by orion007 \* > \*\*[hijack] > > Hey, **mblackwell** , how do you ping a site? > > [/hijack] \*\* Open MS-DOS prompt and type ping blah.blah.blah You will find MS-Dos prompt in your start menu, or you can got to Run and type in [command.com](http://command.com). If you type ping [http://www.yahoo.com](http://www.yahoo.com) you get this > [@](#): > > Pinging [http://www.yahoo.akadns.net](http://www.yahoo.akadns.net) [64.58.76.222] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 64.58.76.222: bytes=32 time=192ms TTL=245 Reply from 64.58.76.222: bytes=32 time=216ms TTL=245 Reply from 64.58.76.222: bytes=32 time=333ms TTL=245 Reply from 64.58.76.222: bytes=32 time=289ms TTL=245 Ping statistics for 64.58.76.222: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 192ms, Maximum = 333ms, Average = 257ms So, 64.58.76.222 is yahoo’s IP address. ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699/43 "2001-08-26T19:41:53Z")
Oops, vB kinda messsed that up. Leave off the “http://”. ---
**Author:** ![Kbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kbean)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699/44 "2001-08-26T20:43:57Z")
One of my personal favorites it to leave a thong or pair of women’s underwear where someone will find it randomly (or not so randomly haha). Ideal in someones bag or drawer or desk or something. Needless to say, I’ve gotten a few people in very big trouble using this prank…mean but very very funny. Another good one - on most toilets, when you lift up the lid on the upper part, you can see a small tube that refills the water to the bowl when it is flushed. If you disconnect the tube and place it so its outside the tank, and put the lid back on, the person who is flushing the toilet will get absolutley **soaked**. This only works on some toilets though, so one has to test to make sure. Also good to remember - Super Glue. That stuff is practically a prank in a tube. Same for Vaseline. ---
**Author:** ![orion007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@orion007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orion007)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699/45 "2001-08-26T21:39:46Z")
Alright thanks a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Payne\_N.Diaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Payne\_N.Diaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payne_N.Diaz)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699/46 "2001-08-31T18:58:16Z")
Here’s an oldie but goodie–once we waited until our roommate came home from work (he was pretty predictable) and put shaving cream on the phone receiver. When we heard him coming down the stairs we started talking as if it was his girlfriend on the phone. As soon as he walked in we told him it was her on the phone and handed the receiver to him. You can picture the rest. He would have killed us if he hadn’t been laughing too hard to catch us. ---
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699/47 "2001-08-31T19:37:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RoboDude \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Caller ID has taken the wind out of the sales on many a prank phone call. > > Isn’t there some way to prevent caller ID units from identifying you? I vaguely recall seeing an ad for some box that you plug into your phone line and it prevents caller ID from showing your number. I also heard about pressing \*(some 2 digit number) to do the same thing. Anyone know what I’m talking about? \*\* Yep sure do, Just dial \*67 first and it will bring you back to the dial tone but instead of your number showing it comes up Private Name. Nothing secret about it- The phone book lists all the \* numbers ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699/48 "2001-09-01T01:52:30Z")
Never done this, always wanted to. This is a Spring Break prank popular about 20 years ago. Dress up as a cop. Find a bunch of construction workers who are tearing up a strip of highway for some reason or another. Tell them to look out for a bunch of college punks who are impersonating policemen and trying to get construction workers to stop what they’re doing. Then call the police and tell them there are a bunch of college punks dressed as construction workers who are tearing up a strip of highway. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699/49 "2001-09-01T03:07:02Z")
i had a 78’ bronco once,one of my friends took a can of WD-40 and painted "78"on the hood,doors,tailgate as though it was a baja racer. came off w/elbow grease tho. oh the truck was only primered so the WD-40 was visible. he left his camera in said truck. so to get him back i took some pretty outragous pix. one of which was another friend “mooning” the camera.oh and stuck a few moronic bumper stickers on his prized pristine 69’ camero… ---
**Author:** ![Mofo\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2001, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699/50 "2001-09-01T06:45:53Z")
Here’s an easy one. Next time you’re on a road trip and you’re driving late at night and the person sitting next to you has fallen asleep, drive into the nearest rest stop. Then park in front of a big rig that still has it’s headlights on, so that you’re car is facing it. Now that you’re situated, grab your friend and yell at the top of your lungs “OH MY GOD, WE’RE GONNA’ DIE!!!”. Now that they’re awake and alert, tell them it’s their turn to drive. ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2001, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699/51 "2001-09-01T07:29:06Z")
Call 867-5309 and ask for Jenny. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699/52 "2001-09-01T14:16:41Z")
good morning friends, your practicle jokes listed so far are of the type one friend may play on another. for a more lasting variety: submit a change of address form for your victim, sending all of their mail to a bar in another state (possibly illegal) send them a gift subscription to a few porn magazines. the junk mail they will get over the next few years will be amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Spydergirl\_87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Spydergirl\_87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spydergirl_87)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2001, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699/53 "2001-09-01T16:27:13Z")
The purse-on-a-string joke is quite funny, only my brother and I did it with a 5 dollar bill. I tied a realistic fake mouse to my ankle with a 15-foot long length of fishing line, and then walked around at work. Great fun. I also had a lot of good luck with a fake cigarette that looks lit, with a huge scorch mark underneath it…it really freaks people out. A guy at my dad’s work stole the chocolate bar out of my dad’s lunch every day. So Dad bought a dairy milk bar, carefully unwrapped it, and turned it upside down, hollowing out all the little squares with a small knife. Then he melted ex-lax in the microwave, filled the squares back up, and re-wrapped the chocolate bar so it looked like new. Needless to say, the thief never took his chocolate again. Yay dad! One prank I’ve heard of but never tried: Unscrew a friend’s shower head, throw a handful of jelly beans in it, and put it back on. The next time they have a shower, they get all sticky. So, naturally, they have another shower, and just get stickier. ---
**Author:** ![G.Nome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@G.Nome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.Nome)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699/54 "2001-09-03T07:52:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*Suffice to say, I’m a fan of harmless pranks. If you want to do things like, say, stick a piece of dynamite down someone’s pants, well, I can’t help you. \*\* Hey Spoofely Woofely do you want an FBI medal of honor? No, really, you should have one (and then you can sell it and we’ll divide up the money). I came up with this idea as the time runs out for me to register for my school reunion which taking place next year. See, I don’t know if I should touch that registration form after what I said I’d do at the reunion a while back. I’m pretty sure you were in the the thread at the time although you’ll need to refresh your memory. Someone from my country actually got an FBI medal after reporting an American for a similar thing. It was all prank city to me but that’s what I say. What about it? You could pretend you were a Klingon Lieutentant-Colonel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pranks/74699.md?page=2)