# Presidential Pranks **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 1, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-pranks/773530 "2016-12-01T14:44:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-pranks/773530/1 "2016-12-01T14:44:17Z")
Time to cheer up this forum a little. There was a rumour that when Clinton left the White House his staff removed the ‘W’ key from lots of keyboards as a prank on W Bush. Here in the UK we had someone at the Treasury leaving a note as a joke when Labour gave way to the Conservative/Lib Dem government. ‘there’s no money left’ is what it said. Have there been any other famous ones over the years? And what would you do as a prank if you were Obama or on his staff? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-pranks/773530/2 "2016-12-01T14:46:14Z")
The Bible he swears in on will be made of flash paper. Triggered when he lays his palm on the cover. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-pranks/773530/3 "2016-12-01T15:31:06Z")
I hear Joe Biden has [a few tricks up his sleeve](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/barack-obama-joe-biden-memes-are-the-internets-comic-relief-after-election/).