Great Practical Jokes
What are the Traits of a Great Prank?
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Sure you want some punishment for pranks and practical jokes that have been played on you but here are some important things to remember...
Its Funny
The victim laughs, or at least grins when they discover they have been pranked. This is a sign of a true prank master
No Loss
Nobody loses their job, lover or friend and nobody is arrested in the process. In England a couple of years back the best men at a wedding managed to get the groom slobbering drunk and put him on the train to France with no money so that he missed his own wedding. Nice friends.
No Property Damage
No Property is damaged in the process. Putting dead fish in the walls or in the back seat of a car is just vandalism. Unplugging all the wires under the hood…mmm about as creative as a tree stump.
Don’t Overdo it
If you pull pranks all the time you will over-joke your welcome. Use sparingly and when they least expect it - that is the sign of a good prankster.
Confuse Them
The best pranks involve an element of confusion, or preys upon people’s ability to jump to conclusions. It is also fun to prey on peoples ignorance or poor attitudes.
Who is the best person to target?
*You know the target
*The target can take a joke
*They like to jump to conclusions
*You have a considerable level of trust with them
*They have ridiculous phobias or personal habits
*Target is mentally stable
What to Avoid
Picking people at random for prank phone calls or messing with their
vehicle is just a mean spirited form of self entertainment. People who do these kinds of pranks are likely to be blessed with a huge amount of bad karma.
If you involve the police, fire or ambulances services you could get criminal charges. Why waste the time of people that really do a good thing for society? What if they were following up a prank instead of a real emergency situation? Just because you think it is a joke to start with, it doesn’t mean that it will be a valid excuse in a court of law.
Getting companies like pizza delivery, termite removal or any other business involved, borders on fraud and may get you a criminal charge as well. If you owned a pizza parlor and delivered ten pizzas to a non existent address-I don’t think you would be too pleased about it. But, at the same time-some people just need a good prank.
Planning
If you really want to make a good execution of your great prank idea you need to plan carefully. Have a strategy so that all worst case scenarios are accounted for. What if they react this way? What if they react that way? What is the worst thing that could happen?
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For example you want to practice denying the knowledge of the situation. Every time I execute a prank I have a well planned out response to being caught. The best thing to do is play dumb. Imagine them catching you and what would you say? Try saying things like, “What are you talking about?” Or, “I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.”
Remember safety first. If there is a potential of major problems- pick a different prank.
Reinforcements
If you are using a story to establish your prank you may have some difficulty getting people to believe you. Unless you are the greatest liar on the planet I suggest you get some people to help you out.
I find that the most powerful way to convince people of an outrageous concept is to throw the concept out there and then speak of it in a skeptical manner.
When working at a television station in Vancouver we told the audience that there were unconfirmed reports of sharks swimming in the local bay. I kept repeating that I didn’t believe it myself. It was the use of the local aquarium spokesperson and a police spokesperson that really brought it home. The reason this prank worked so well is that we kept down playing it and that made it look like we were actually trying to hide something.
Tips for Spoken Word Story Pranks
*Downplay the scope of the situation
*Use others to back up your claims
*Take the side of the target and say I don’t believe it either.
*Get co conspirators to use back up statements like, “I saw that on the TV last night” or “I heard about that”, but always undersell. If you are too enthusiastic you will be busted in a second.
*Using people of authority in your pranks tend to make your victims believe a lot quicker. Using a system of phone calls to somebody at work to get them to believe that the event is real.
Reinforcing A Prank
Let’s say you get a bunch of your coworkers to tell the target they smell, they smell odd, like computer cleaner. After the third or fourth person tells them, they will begin to believe it. Whenever you can cause confusion or doubt; and have a whole bunch of other pranksters that reinforce that doubt, you will have much better results.
Anonymity
The best pranks are pulled off by people who don’t get caught for them. If you get a reputation of being a pranker then everyone will want to get you. They will scheme late at night and most of the next day trying to figure out their revenge. Try to make it look the prank was played on you too
*Assign pranking duties to other people so that you can avoid getting blamed. Then when the victim wants revenge help them out.
*If you are a chronic prankster, never brag about your pranks.
*Try to make people suspicious of everyone. Announce possible suspects and as soon as you can, give yourself an alibi.
*Whenever you can, avoid having the prank being traced back to you.
*Whenever you pull a prank leave a fake ha ha I got you note with someone else’s name as the target.
When Somebody Gets You
You have to let your ego go and when you get pranked you need to suck it up and laugh at what is happening. If you can’t take it,you will lose all credibility with your friends, family or co workers. If you are big enough to prank you better be big enough to be pranked. If they do something really mean to you need to walk away and let it go. If you think you can outsmart them then good luck.
Make Your Own Pranks
Take these pranks and combine them to make new new super duper pranks. These are only suggestions. Tweak them as you see fit.
Document Your Pranking
Get some pictures, take some notes, and keep a good record of your pranks. That way you can enjoy them over and over again.
The important thing to remember with pranking at work is that you should always look at the worst case scenario of the prank you are attempting. If you or anybody else loses their job-it won't be so funny. And it does happen.
Making false accusations as a prank is in really poor taste and lacks any kind of creativity or spirit of fun. Work pranks should be planned around entertainment and not revenge. Revenge may eventually cost you your job.
Use these Great Prank Ideas on April Fools’ or any other day of the year you are inspired to be a little naughty. The secret to a great April Fools’ Prank is to look innocent and try to have an alibi. Never pull an April Fools Prank that you couldn't handle if it was played on you
Thanks so much for making the world a prankier place to live. If you know of a prank that we are missing off of our list that is smothered in creativity and confusion of the target you need to write to us immediately.
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