My habit of daydreaming took me back to my youth and some of the practical jokes we used to play. In those days young kids drove older cars from the 30s and 40s like maybe a Model A w/rumble seat or a '39 Dodge,etc. Most of those cars had hoods that could be opened from outside the car. We'd spot some young guy going into the movie theatre with his girl friend and then find his car and, after the engine had cooled down, place about a half pound of limberger cheese on the intake manifold. It was a given that the guy would come out of the theatre with his girl and then drive out to some lonely country road and park for a while. While driving the intake maniflod stayed fairly cool, but after setting for a while it would get pretty warm and the smell of the limberger would waft into the passenger compartment. Kind of like the smell of a rat that had been dead for a while. Another "under the hood" trick was to get a whistle bomb from the pool hall, where they were a hot seller, and hook one end to an exposed spark plug and the other to a ground. Made a loud whistle followed by a big bang and a cloud of smoke. We got one guy maybe 4 or 5 times in one week that way. Yet another was to get under the hood of a Ford V8 and pull every other plug wire. The engine would run but very feebly. Would only crawl down the street. This all in addition to the usual greased steering wheels, fahrt cushions, etc. All in the name of good fun.
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I've seen the limberger cheese joke pulled on a guy who just got married. They had to park the car about a block away.
The old auto fooler was downright dangerous. Those things would eject a flame about like a roman candle. If it was pointing at a rubber fuel line, like most of them used to have, the car would burn to the ground.
The old auto fooler was downright dangerous. Those things would eject a flame about like a roman candle. If it was pointing at a rubber fuel line, like most of them used to have, the car would burn to the ground.
rustred
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when i worked in the garage i would get the mechanic next to me. take an empty plastic litre oil container and poke a hole in it,leave cap on. then stick your air blow gun in it with the trigger tapped open. then plug it into the air hose and throw the container under his vehicle just as he is ready to start it after an engine r+r.run the hose to the coupler on wall and plug it in just as he starts cranking, then a big loud kaboom like a bomb and he is there sitting with a stupid look on his face.grab the air hose and pull it out while he is still stund.
The Dukester
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Some of my friends and I while in the Air Force did the limberger cheese thing to a buddy in the squadron when he got married....on the way to the Reception Hall from the Base Chapel the Bride got sick in the car and had to get out and upchuck. Our married buddy threatened to kill whoever planted the limberger if he ever found out who it was. Thank God I guess nobody ever squealed. Never again with the limberger cheese!
MarkA coworker of mine used to work underline utility construction in the summers. He was at a red light with a dump truck along side a guy in a pickup who was revving up his engine wanting to race. My coworker had the dump truck in nuetral and hit the gas pedal and without looking, the guy in the pickup shot off assuming the light turned green and shot out into the intersection and hit another car. I know it is not funny a bit for the poor person he hit, perhaps beyond the scope of "practical joke"? That would be a tough one to try to explain.
Formerly PaMike
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I used to do a lot of dirt track racing. We always had a bunch of large plastic tie wraps(zip ties). We would take a big one, and crawl underneath someones truck that was pulling the race car trailer. We would put the zip tie on the driveshaft with a long tail hanging out. When they drove down the road the long tail would slap against the floor boards and make one heck of a racket. More than one person thought they had a driveshaft letting go. Always fun to leave the track at 1 am and see your buddy along the side of the road under his car with a knife trying to cut the thing off. Once that trick got old we took the center cap off a wheel and filled it with stones. Makes some good noise and sometimes a nice vibration...
I worked at a car dealership for awhile in the body shop. Once in awhile we would take the bubble wrap new parts came wrapped in and place it behind the tires of a car that a mechanic was working on. They would jump in and throw it in reverse and take off to a loud popping noise. They would jump out thinking they ran into something. Us bodymen would get called a few unprintable names.
chuck bolton
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took watermelon and split in half long ways-- picked up rear end of volkswagen and set rear tires in melons-- would set there and spin and go no where-- we did it at brothers wedding -- filled car with 3 bales of straw-- lots of straw on ground around car, never saw melons until later. his wife still doesnt speak to me-- i got all the credit. she's a b****h-- so i dont mind ---
BigMarvfromGa
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I took some paper holes out of a three ring hole puncher and put them in a coworkers defroster duct and turned the defroster on. It looked like it was snowing when he started the car. Takes a good day to get them all out.
Some good ones in the office are a piece of packing tape over the mouthpiece of the phone, a piece of electrical tape covering the eye of an optic mouse, switching the keys around on the keyboard for the hunt and peck guy, and a piece of packing tape covering the key lock on the desk drawer.
Many years ago a guy bought a new economy car. He began bragging about the wonderful gas mileage. Some guys began to add a little gas, then more, then more. Owner continued to brag about phenominal mileage. Then the guys began to siphon a little out. Mileage began to drop. Guy took the car back to the dealer and complained. Guys continued to siphon, complaints got louder to the dealer. Guys quit messing with it/him. Don't know if he ever figured it out.
buickanddeere
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Didn't work on Myth Busters, just in the movie American Graffiti
buickanddeere
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The old Bock Simpson and Fisher Porter chart recorders were stocked with a weeks supply of chart paper. And flat ink packs for the chart pens which were approx the size and shape of a bloated polaroid picture.
On occasion a spare ink pack would be stuffed under the insole of a work boot.
Come shower time the victim would be seen sporting a red, green or blue foot. The stain would last for the better part of a month.
We used to make ufo's that hovered over the station but that's another story.
On occasion a spare ink pack would be stuffed under the insole of a work boot.
Come shower time the victim would be seen sporting a red, green or blue foot. The stain would last for the better part of a month.
We used to make ufo's that hovered over the station but that's another story.
Anonymous-0
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Scotch tape on the prong of a radio power cord will cause alot of anguish for the listener. I've seen them repeatedly inspect the plug and take quite a while to find the problem.
Areo
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Friend who roughnecked the oil fields transferred pharamones from a female dog(I never questioned him on the proceedure)to the Sunday boots of a co-worker just before he went into the small town for some fun. Poor man was never able to figure why all the dogs in town followed him everywhere that day. Now that was funny and noone was at risk of life or property. That is if you don't include what the patsy would have done if he found the truth.
Best one I remember was a buddy's college roommate had a $hit-box Dodge Dart. He was paranoid about getting his shiny new Cragar mags stolen. One weekend after he passed out we got his keys and drove the car to another lot, took the tires off, and set the four tires standing up back in his parking space. No harm done but it was good for some laughs. Jf
Goose
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I worked in an Avionics shop in the Marine Corps in a squadron of the old "Willie the Whale" F3D Skynight jet fighters. The F3D radar system included a rearward pointing radar antenna in the tail of the aircraft. That antenna had a gearbox that was a nightmare, with about a dozen small gears.
One day a fellow was overhauling one of the gearboxes. He had all the gears and other parts cleaned and/or replaced and all the gears laid out in order of assembly. He then went to get a cup of coffee, and I couldn't resist it, I put another gear in the middle of the line, figuring it would be good for a few laughs.
The guy tore his hair out for an hour before he figured it out. By then he was ready to start swinging, and there was no way I was going to admit I did it.
One day a fellow was overhauling one of the gearboxes. He had all the gears and other parts cleaned and/or replaced and all the gears laid out in order of assembly. He then went to get a cup of coffee, and I couldn't resist it, I put another gear in the middle of the line, figuring it would be good for a few laughs.
The guy tore his hair out for an hour before he figured it out. By then he was ready to start swinging, and there was no way I was going to admit I did it.
Adrian Billheimer
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A couple years ago when I was in Shipping/Recieving we would take the almost used up rolls of shrink wrap and take a few laps around a co-workers car, Well we had a guy on his last night leaving for another job, and wrapped up his car so much it took him a while to find it in the lot, and then he didn't have a knife with him. Those were the days, now you'll get sued for that kind of fun.
An old-time one I heard about never fails to make me laugh. Bunch of kids snuck into a guy's barn and harnessed up his milk cow as she stood in her stanchion. Guy woulda gone out in the wee hours of the morning about half awake and found that.
I remember one very wet Spring when there was a huge pond in the middle of a very public field of a known wise-acre. Somebody put a boat in it.
I see a few from mechanics, but no one mentioned taking a grease gun and a needle nozzle, shove the nozzle up under a locked toolbox lid and start pumping. Coupla tubes oughta do it...
I remember one very wet Spring when there was a huge pond in the middle of a very public field of a known wise-acre. Somebody put a boat in it.
I see a few from mechanics, but no one mentioned taking a grease gun and a needle nozzle, shove the nozzle up under a locked toolbox lid and start pumping. Coupla tubes oughta do it...
Anonymous-0
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Who hasn't went our to the pasture an collected a few fresh cow patties, put them in a bucket and took them to town where you then would put the fresh contents in a double paper sack, put it on a friend or enemy's concrete porch, light the bag on fire, push the door bell and ran for cover. My advice would be NOT to stomp it out or kick it off the porch. Now days they just have drive by shootings. Ah, for the good old days.
Anonymous-0
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A few of us snuck into the school one Friday night and put limberger cheese in the telephone receivers in the office and cellophened the toilets in the girl's restroom and the teacher's lounge. One teacher had a mini that he always parked close to an inside corner where a brick wall joined the building. We'd slip out and carry/slide it over and set it diagonally in the corner and about a half inch from the walls. We'd do that every now and then on days that he taught a night class (noone to help him move it).
Life is a practical joke until you take it too serious and ruin the ride.
Dave
A guy at work irritated others with his choice of music on his radio. We opened up the radio, and installed a piece of fine wire, hot to ground, wrapped around the fuse of a firecracker. When he plugged it in, the wire glowed hot, lit the fuse, and went BOOM. To our surprize, the radio still played!
Vernon in Ks
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I have 2 favorites.
#1 is where ever coworkers use 1/2 inch impact guns with air lines. unplug the line at its air source and put about a tablespoon of 409 cleaner in the line and plug it back to air. when coworker uses the impact again there will be masive quantities of foam come out of the guns exhaust.
#2 is the sleeve bomb. This takes a bit to setup but worth it. target is coworkers that are always in a hurry to leave work and rushes to put there coat on. You will need a cup of greese, a sandwich bag and some wire like that from a coat hanger. put the greese in the sandwich bag and use the wire in a loop to hold the bag open and place it in the end of the coat sleeve far enough that it cant be seen. If done correctly the wire will also hold it in the sleeve. The coworker grabs his coat and shoves his arm down the sleeve into the bag his hand comes out the sleeve with the bag and a handful of greese. dont use too much greese as then it will get on the coat.
#1 is where ever coworkers use 1/2 inch impact guns with air lines. unplug the line at its air source and put about a tablespoon of 409 cleaner in the line and plug it back to air. when coworker uses the impact again there will be masive quantities of foam come out of the guns exhaust.
#2 is the sleeve bomb. This takes a bit to setup but worth it. target is coworkers that are always in a hurry to leave work and rushes to put there coat on. You will need a cup of greese, a sandwich bag and some wire like that from a coat hanger. put the greese in the sandwich bag and use the wire in a loop to hold the bag open and place it in the end of the coat sleeve far enough that it cant be seen. If done correctly the wire will also hold it in the sleeve. The coworker grabs his coat and shoves his arm down the sleeve into the bag his hand comes out the sleeve with the bag and a handful of greese. dont use too much greese as then it will get on the coat.
Ultradog MN
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Gear blueing on the earpiece of the phone was always fun.
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My favorite story that my grandfather told me was movin the outhouse backwards about 6 feet, from where it originally stood, then the victim would walk right into the hole! One of my favorites, from high school was the guy who figured out that the little chrome band in the center of the ubiquitous "U. S. government" ball point pens was a slip tight fit into the lock hole of a locker latch. We had combination locks, with a master key, and the padlock hole was never used, so you just slipped the chrome ring into the hole, it would block the latch from opening, but you couldn't see it, unless you knew the secret. It took a janitor 3 hours, a master key, and a big pair of channel lock pliers, before he figgered our little trick! Another favorite was the teacher who had the hollow glass, you know the kind that had a wine colored liquid trapped between 2 layers of glass, to make it look full, then he would grab the glass, and make like he was throwing the liquid into your face, only we filled the glass to the same level as the liquid, with water, he threw it in the dean's face, god was that a hoot!
Shop class in high school - just about the time I'd get my bead started, some wise guy would pitch a firecracker on the welding table. Never could figger out who the culprit was. Took me a long time to learn to weld without being jumpy.
Also remember a guy cutting off a piece of pipe - same story, firecracker pitched in the other end. Victim kept cutting, picked up the 2' cutoff and threatened anyone with a grin. Pretty sober bunch, all at once.
Paul
Also remember a guy cutting off a piece of pipe - same story, firecracker pitched in the other end. Victim kept cutting, picked up the 2' cutoff and threatened anyone with a grin. Pretty sober bunch, all at once.
Paul
It worked in my hometown, too. So I'm told. In that case the cops were patrolling at night in an area known as "Skunk Hollow", a well known kids hangout. The cops spotted the kids in a field beside a wooded area and sped over there wherupon the kids ran into the woods. The two cops jumped out of the car and chased them through the woods. That's when two kids who were hiding came out of the woods and fastened a chain or maybe a cable around a tree to the rear axle. The cops came back to the car and the kids showed up at the other end of the field so the cops took off after them with the car yanking the rear axle off. It was a good story and it happened in about 1955, long before any movies were made using that trick. The car was a 1952 Chevrolet black two door coupe sporting a siren and two spotlights. One white, one red. No radio. Not even one in the dash to listen to.
jim in N M
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Went out snow plowing one night and this guy parked his car in a spot of the lot I hadn't plowed yet!.I saked him to put it where I already plowed, He said Go to h&ll, and left. I packed snow under that car from both sides until the car was off the ground about three inches. that car set there for about three days before he could get it down off the packed snow. I've also barryed a few cars to where you couldn't see them when I finished my plowing for the night.....Jim in N M
Simple one, but still one of my favorites - an elastic band around the spray nozzle at the kitchen sink...
Or, we used to take a big ziptie and ziptie someone's brake pedal to the steering post at work. They'd start to back up and try the brakes - nothing! Wasn't as dangerous as it might sound, 'cause the instant panic would start the adrenaline started flowing and those big zipties would break like a piece of thread...
Or, we used to take a big ziptie and ziptie someone's brake pedal to the steering post at work. They'd start to back up and try the brakes - nothing! Wasn't as dangerous as it might sound, 'cause the instant panic would start the adrenaline started flowing and those big zipties would break like a piece of thread...
I was the new guy on a tank crew- track came off the tank about 10 miles from the base- Tank commander considered the situation, told me to go to the Motor Pool and get a BFR. I got there and made my request of the head mechanic, he shook his head and said "Those guys know better than to send you here for a BFR- That item is to be acquired locally- its right in the PAM." Got back and told the tank commander what I was told, and he said, "Yeah, I thought about that after you left. We did acquire one locally" and pointed to a big #$@&ing rock laying beside the now repaired track.
Guess it was a "rite of passage", but I often thought the joke was on them- I had a far easier time driving to the base and back than they did struggling with putting the track back on. BTW, the BFR method wasn't "official", but was the easiest way to put a track back on, if you knew the size and shape rock you needed, and where to place it. I still don't, because it never happened again.
Guess it was a "rite of passage", but I often thought the joke was on them- I had a far easier time driving to the base and back than they did struggling with putting the track back on. BTW, the BFR method wasn't "official", but was the easiest way to put a track back on, if you knew the size and shape rock you needed, and where to place it. I still don't, because it never happened again.
Solved the problem once by putting a piece of electric tape over one of the prongs of the plug then plugging it back in the bench outlet. Kid plugged a drill into the plug next to it and it worked fine, so he smashed the radio with a wrench and thru it in the trash, Didn't even notice the plug.
Ron in Nebr
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I did the stones in the hubcap trick on a school suburban once on an FFA feild trip....we went about ten feet and our instructor turned around and yelled "RON- GET OUT AND FIX THAT RIGHT NOW!!!".....there were about 7 kids in the suburban...wonder how he knew who the guilty party was so fast????
Anonymous-0
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Sealed beam headlight fluid, box od grid squares, Beep for the horn....... Gotta love new Leutenants.......
Dave
I've pulled to many to count but the most resent was, I snuck in to a guys Chevy blazer a placed a golf T that I found in the drivers seat. His rant bout it the next day was funny. One that I'm going to pull soon I think will work good. A fake rat attached to some fishing line and reel it in across the ag shop floor and yes we do have girls in my ag mech. class.
Here's to really good practical jokes.
Alex
Here's to really good practical jokes.
Alex
Anonymous-0
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Fold up some ketchup packs and put them under commode seats.
scot in pa
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In 9th grade I had to take a computer course. We had out-dated old apple computers that had had a keyboard that plugged into the back of the computer and the keyboard, then the mouse plugged into the other end. Two of us got real good at talking to someone while we were swapping cords around. There were a couple girls who were regular victims, but never caught on to watch us while we were talking to them.
There were 4 sets of tables with 6 computers each. One day we got caught tying the last table into the other three. Someone finally looked up from their keyboard. Poor Stacey didn't know what to do, her mouse wasn't moving the pointer, and she had about 18 keyboards all typing into her computer at once.
My cousin about came out through the side window of our cab-over dump truck at me one day when I was packing silage. After she bounced her head off the roof. She watched me light the firecracker and throw it at the truck. Timing was perfect, it went off right beside the steer tire.
There were 4 sets of tables with 6 computers each. One day we got caught tying the last table into the other three. Someone finally looked up from their keyboard. Poor Stacey didn't know what to do, her mouse wasn't moving the pointer, and she had about 18 keyboards all typing into her computer at once.
My cousin about came out through the side window of our cab-over dump truck at me one day when I was packing silage. After she bounced her head off the roof. She watched me light the firecracker and throw it at the truck. Timing was perfect, it went off right beside the steer tire.
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