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“It’s just a prank, bro!”
If you hear this, the prank went too far.
But you know what won’t go too far? AskReddit. I mean, they can, they are very capable, but not this time around as folks online started asking for pranks that wouldn’t be too elaborate or expensive, yet still funny and harmless for the receiving party, usually a family member, a friend, or a significant other.
And folks delivered, across two whole threads here and here with everything from Chrome extensions to putting up signs to not even pulling a prank at all, just to watch chaos ensue.
Whatever the case, there’s tons of suggestions and you’re more than welcome to partake in April Fools’ this year by scrolling through our curated list below and pulling a prank or two on unsuspecting (or suspecting, some people follow calendars, you know) folks at home, the office, school, or the comment section below!
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#1
I did this one last year. I work at a restaurant. We have these spray bottles with a light pink solution we use to clean tables and such. I went and grabbed a brand new one and filled it with watered down pink lemonade.
I would be cleaning near my co workers , while chatting with them and nonchalantly unscrew the top spray/ trigger piece and just started downing it like I was dying of thirst.
The look of horror on some of their faces was priceless.
Winter's Dream 3 years ago
Lol. My brother used to do this with an old windex bottle and blue Gatorade
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glowworm2 3 years ago
This one is great! Reminds me of a prank my boyfriend wants to do in which he'd fill a mayonnaise jar with vanilla pudding and during class, eat it in front of the students. Then when asked about it, suddenly look shocked and then pull out some sprinkles to add to it!
Jonathan West 3 years ago
Dude, I hope you rinsed the hell out of that bottle before you did that.
Colin Ball 3 years ago
The pink cleaner is a enzyme solution so it actually safe to ingest that’s one of the reasons it used in restaurants, though drinking that much would probably land you on the toilet for the rest of the day
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Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago
Do this with a Windex bottle filled with blue gatorade... Or a mayonnaise jar filled with vanilla pudding. You can also take a baby diaper and smear it with Nutella and walk around licking it. You'll get more than weird looks! LOL
Ann Coffman 3 years ago
Good point. Maybe after everyone gets over the shock you can ask them to clean your tables for you.
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Zane Paul 3 years ago
I used to work at a gas station and I did the same thing with a bottle of glass cleaner and blue Gatorade. I did it with customers instead of employees, that way they didn't really have a chance to ask questions. Pro tip: if you use the sugar free Gatorade you can actually spray it and pretend you're cleaning for added realism
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#2
Bring a box of creme-filled donuts to work. Regular creme-filled donuts. Put a note on the box that says "Happy April 1!" Watch everyone get paranoid about what you didn't actually do to the donuts.
Xerastraza Lecrutia 3 years ago
I did this at work in a 3 yr plan. Year 1 I made 6 custard pies and wrote Aril fools ! on them all in blue gel icing, and they sat til noon when some poor soul finally gave in and then all of them boom gone. Year 2 I did the same exact thing, and they all were gone by the first break of the day. Year 3, I made them with some not so nice flavorings in them with no smell was the best long term joke I've done.
Robert T 3 years ago
You can spice it up a bit by pretending that the one you have picked tastes terrible, or eat it salaciously with a big grin on your face. :D
Joanne Lawrence 3 years ago
As someone who really likes sauerkraut, I'm not sure I'd hate this... Like, I'm sure it wouldn't be good, but I'd probably consider it edible.
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KiwiBubbles 3 years ago
Bonus, so that you get to actually eat a donut, pretend to carefully select it as if choosing the one non-tampered donut you saved for yourself
Micah Chips 🇺🇦 3 years ago
NONONO BETTER YET, TURN IT THE OPPOSITE WAY TO SCARE EVERYONE. "(:" .....just looking at it makes me uncomfortable...
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#3
Here's one my 5 year old daughter pulled on me:
For a few days leading up to the 1st, she was talking about how her and mommy were going to bake me brownies. Totally hyped it up.
I should have seen it coming, but on April Fool's Day, she brings me a plate with a bunch of brown construction paper cut out letter E's.
She made me brown E's.
A Dasher Panda 3 years ago
Indeed. But for me, it would lead to Revenge Of The Dad Jokes! Muahahahahaha!
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Emerson_is_awsome 3 years ago
Are you talking about me? Because if so you should hear what my friends did…
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Marie Bland 3 years ago
I worked in child care for many years and every April 1st I would bring out my brown E's, kids loved it
#4
There are 4 doors to our building and my co-worker put a sign on each one that says "Door broken use other door" with an arrow pointing left.
#5
piece of opaque tape over the lazer on everyones mouse. IT was pretty angry, I need to take that one to the grave with me.
Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago
I’m planning on making a little video on Friday of me and my coworkers doing a bunch of April Fool’s office pranks and I’m definitely using this one :)
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LivingTheDream 3 years ago
change mouse click to left handed and set double tap speed to max. That tape will then be the ultimate false hope.
Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago
Yes lol! Switch random letters around on the keyboard! Right click on the desktop and go to “display options” or something and change their screen orientation to upside down! Change the computer language to something foreign!
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Aussie Bloke 3 years ago
Years ago at work, I stuck black paper over a colleagues computer monitor. It was hidden well because she had one of those light difuser things that hung over the screen. It took her hours and a visit from I.T to discover why her monitor wouldn't turn on :D Another time (same colleague) I left a post-it note on her desk with a phone message asking her to please Perry O'Dontell and I left the phone number for a dental place. When she actually called, I could not stop laughing.
Grady'sRaider 3 years ago
When my bud was in tech school, he swapped video cables with the student opposite him on the shared desk. In the early days of IT, computers were slow and it was all text. Text would show up on his screen, he would type the same. After a few times, he would change it ...
Chais Datson 3 years ago
Idk why the IT guys got angry, oh mouse isn't moving? *Checks bottom of mouse to see if laser is even if on, finds tape.fixed, we all laugh, and scene.
Ann Coffman 3 years ago
Exactly. Who wouldn't check it out first themselves before calling in IT?
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phil blanque 3 years ago
Simple, but subtle. Even an advanced user would see it as a system or individual computer problem..."Yes, I rebooted....the cursor still does not work!!!!!"
#6
I'm a female kindergarten teacher. I wore a mustache all day long and pretended it wasn't there...even with the parents. Everyone got a kick out of it except for one student who cried because I "looked scary."
Shyla Clay 3 years ago
I worked at a daycare. I had really long hair. I cut it on impulse one night. The next day, three year old Michael refused to come into the room, because he didn't know that strange teacher he'd known his entire life.
Darth Oswin 3 years ago
My son freaked out when my husband cut his hair and beard. Now he's there for every hair cut lol.
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Sherman Von Gee 3 years ago
This is so cute! If I were a teacher I would for sure do something fun like this!
Jessica Macklemoore 3 years ago
Haha aww poor kid lol. I remember when I was a kid in the early 90s my dad finally shaved his gross 80s mustache and my little sister and I freaked out. We were all scared and confused and angry lol He just came out the bathroom 1 day like "hey jessica look what ur dad did!" And I screamed hahah kids r so weird. I think I was like 7 yrs old but I had major issues with change and I do take medication for my anxiety disorder...probably cuz of trauma like this! Jk Dad jk
Robert Trebor 3 years ago
I was once in the Navy for 20 years. We came home from a cruise to the Med, and one of my guys got to see his 2-year-old for the first time in 7 months. But the problem was that the Navy had rescinded beards, and this guy had the blackest-haired beard you could imagine. So who's this clean shaven guy trying to kiss this little boy? WAAAAAAAA!
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Here's what I've got planned: Got the IT guy to give me a broken keyboard. I'm going to take a bunch of chia seeds, plaster them underneath the keys, spend a few days watering it, and then switch it for my coworker's keyboard that morning.
Davo gifman 3 years ago
Spray a light mist of bright orange paint so it looks like flakes onto an old keyboard. An then put a empty bag of Cheetos right next to it. 😃
Grady'sRaider 3 years ago
Had a co-worker who typed at blinding speed, but made errors. The IT dept got tired of replacing the keyboards due to broken backspace keys. On April 1 they replaced his keyboard with one that had a dozen extra backspace keys.
Joanne Lawrence 3 years ago
I love it. One of my clients has an IT guy whom I'm absolutely sure would do this if he wouldn't get in trouble for it.
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Now you can own your very own Chia Keyboard™️! 🎵Ch-Ch-Chia🎵 Perfect for any occasion. Just water and watch it grow
A Dasher Panda 3 years ago
Bonus points for the old hippie or resident "flower child" who gets targeted.
Jessica Macklemoore 3 years ago
But if its broken wont they notice that before it has time to sprout?
#8
If they use Google Chrome, install the extension "nCage It". It changes EVERY image (including google logo, thumbnails, etc.) into randomly generated pics/gifs of Nicholas Cage.
The best part? There is an option to hide the extension from the task bar. They would actually have to go into their internet options and find it under the "extensions" tab just to turn it off. It's great.
Sara Kendrick 3 years ago
My kids did that to me when I was in law school. Opened my lap top before a large section class, the whole class had to come check it out, it was hilarious! Had to get the "nerdy" guy to fix it. Everyone be grateful for the "nerdy" guys, they're the real heroes!!
Grady'sRaider 3 years ago
We used to drag the toolbar at the bottom of the screen and drop it on the right hand side. Then you can then drag the top line of the toolbar left so it goes half way across the screen. Still works today. Moo ha ha!
Jaimie K Brown 3 years ago
That would be a great idea if I wasn't the only person in the office on the 1st of April LOL
Onion Cutting Ninja 3 years ago
Did this on my dad, he thought that someone hacked the department of homeland security official website because that was the first website he went on. He almost called their ceo!
#9
We put googly eyes on everything in the fridge to shock the kids in the morning. We thought it was freakin hilarious and were totally impressed with our cleverness. Our kids were not impressed in the slightest. Not sure they even noticed.... Next year, we made them cereal and milk with a spoon in the bowl and put it in the freezer overnight. When we gave them breakfast, one burst into tears and the other threw it on the floor. Our kids can't hang :(
Jill Chambers 3 years ago
I like this. Somewhere there will be kids that are really disappointed that their parents don't do anything for April Fools Day. They weren't born on 1st of April were they? Maybe somebody swapped them as a joke.
the bean master 3 years ago
if you were born in january or december there is a chance you were concived on april fools day
A Dasher Panda 3 years ago
"No, Timmy, you weren't an accident. You were an April Fool's prank when your dad switched out my birth control."
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Sarah Moeding 3 years ago
My mom did so many crappy things to me on April 1st. I loathed it and blame all that nonsense on why I refuse to prank anyone or lie to kids.
#10
Put dry macaroni under the toilet seat, so it'll sound like the toilet breaks when someone sits on it.
Paul Hansbury 3 years ago
I take a ketchup packet and tear it until it's just open. Then I put the packet under the pad of the toilet seat. When they get up and look (come on, everyone looks) it gets pretty scary for a minute.
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Afton Brown 3 years ago
Pop its (the little firework things that snap when you drop them) would work well too.
A Dasher Panda 3 years ago
Absolutely not. You can't use anything that would have ANY potential to leave markings of any kind on someone's skin you idiot, even though it won't likely cause permanent skin damage.
Load More Replies... Davo gifman 3 years ago
Most toilet seats have those risers under the seat. So I'm not sure that regular macaroni noodles would work, but probably pasta shells would. Clever idea though.
A Dasher Panda 3 years ago
Yeah it would have to be the large shells version because I think even penne is the same size as those risers. Geez now I have evil thoughts of pranks to play in restaurants!
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Shoto Todoroki 3 years ago
I want to try this but dog loves crushing dry macaroni and spitting it all over the place
Brittany Rogers 3 years ago
I work at an extreme haunted house type attraction and we have dried pasta on the floor in our bug room so it sounds and feels like guests are stepping on insects. Some actors chew pieces of it too to further the illusion. Freaks people out every time
Michael Moss 3 years ago
opened ketchup packets under the risers on the seat. Squirt and scream
Bakker Family! 3 years ago
Put those pop rock fireworks under the toilet seat and it make a loud explosion and scares the hell out of people ( but remember to avoid that bathroom or do it when you know someone will come :)))))
Izzy Curer 3 years ago (edited)
We cut individual bubbles out of bubble wrap and position them under the little 'feet' on the bottom of the toilet seat. The big bubble kind works best. I never thought about macaroni. I'll have to try that next year
#11
Put notes on people's cars telling them "sorry about the damage". They will spend forever looking for it.
Jill Chambers 3 years ago
Nah. No good if you can't see the results. And if you put your contact details on they might find something and expect you to pay.
El Jordo Mac 3 years ago
I lobe jokes that you cant see the results. I once stole some random persons gnomes took them to Belize and make a photo album of them on vacation that i returned to the house along with the gnomes. I love the fack that to this day those people have no idea who did it or why.
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M Whee 3 years ago
About 8 years ago someone left a giant straw elephant in my yard. Still don't know who did it or why.
PotatoGirl31 3 years ago
That's amazing!! Did you have a bonfire? Or fill with candy and have a pinata party!
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Shoto Todoroki 3 years ago
I would leave notes like '7 Days...' or 'Don't worry, I let him out..."
Bent. O. Jensen 3 years ago (edited)
"Sorry about the damage, but you are parked in a no-parking place." I do that with stupid parked cars, on any date. Just remember it has to be handwritten and no adress.
Derek Clark 3 years ago
It's just mean to do that. I don't have a lot of money, if I'd find such a note, you'd add more stress to my already stressful days. I'd be freaking out about how I'd pay for that.
#12
Take screenshot of desktop.
Remove all icons on desktop.
Close all applications.
Set taskbar to "auto-hide".
Set screenshot as wallpaper.
Result: computer looks just as they left it, but when they try to do anything, it doesn't work.
A Dasher Panda 3 years ago
If the taskbar was still able to be set to minimize completely like in older versions of windows, this prank doesn't have a giveaway if the pointer goes to bottom of the screen. Damn Microsoft.
Load More Replies... LivingTheDream 3 years ago
also, change their mouse to left handed and the double-click rate to max. Then put a piece of tape over the mouse laser and give them false hope when they find it.
BasedWang 3 years ago
or flip the scren upside down and backward.... harmless, but its fun watching people for the first few seconds trying to calibrate how to get to the options
Who Cares I Guess 3 years ago
One could feasibly rotate and flip the desktop screenshot such that it looks normal once the screen is rotated as well.. pure f*****g evil. Also, if anyone does this *please* for the love of your job create a folder in Documents or something and move everything from the desktop into it. It could be really important to that person and could very well also be a case where someone saved something to desktop and it isn't just an icon.
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Phyzzi 3 years ago (edited)
Okay, so DON'T remove all the icons... that can actually really make someone mad because you messed up their organization. Most recent versions of Windows at least will let you right click -> view -> hide icons or something similar. To get it back, just use the same steps and bang, back again. Also, before you set the taskbar to auto-hide, move it to the top if you can, then the chances that it pops up when they move their mouse down are much lower.
Alexandru Duta 3 years ago
Take it to the next level: rotate the image 180, set it as wallpaper. Set the screen orientation upside down. looks normal. Mouse movements are inverted.
Izzy Curer 3 years ago (edited)
One year, I grabbed a bunch of screenshots of the-blue-screen-of-death off the internet and set them to slideshow after about two minutes of inactivity. It took my husband several days to notice, and since it was no longer April fool's day, it really freaked him out
#13
My favorite I did is to zip tie the cabinets and fridge shut. Then when they go to get the scissors, they find it they are zip tied shut too. Make sure to have an extra pair... I forgot to do that last year and had to buy another one...
dream of delusion 3 years ago
okay, the fact that he had to buy another pair is pretty funny..
Dylan Dowds 3 years ago
You can undo zip ties by using a small, slim object to press the little latch down while feeding the tie back through itself. Or break it by getting something solid inside and twisting... No need for new scissors.
Mike Beck 3 years ago
Yup. I reuse zip ties until I can pull it through without depressing the tab.
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Amy Stone-Chandler 3 years ago
I use wire cutters to cut my ties. FYI. Or a pocket knife, nail clippers, or if you pinch the "flap" in the joined part, they just unlock!! :)
Mazer 3 years ago
I once put confetti on the top of all the closed cupboard doors. It never pissed people off, just made them laugh and was an easy clean up
#14
Open up the spray option on your kitchen sink, aim at face. Gets the wife every year.
Protip: don't forget you did it the night before: I get myself every year as well.
Leara Bridges Brown 3 years ago
My god my husband use to do this to me All the time. He would take a black hair tie wrap it around the sprayer so I couldn't see it and bam. One night he got me. I grabbed a glass went to fill it to go throw on him and bam it got me again. I think I did that three times with all the excitement. This went on the entire time the kids were growing up Lol
Dark-Infinity 3 years ago
This is one that someone in my family does almost every year. Everyone has gotten into the habit of checking it when they use it on April 1st
Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago
Rubber band the sprayer. Got my girl with it... man was she pissed! LOL! She looked like a drowned rat!
PotatoGirl31 3 years ago
I put a rubber band around the sprayer handle every year...and every year I forget sometime during the day and soak myself!!! But worth it to get everyone else in the house!
Izzy Curer 3 years ago (edited)
I was really proud of myself as a kid when I thought of doing this to my dad one year. This was pre-internet, so I had no inspiration. Just a rubber band and a sink sprayer.
#15
I replaced a picture of one of my friend's family members with a black and white picture of Boris Johnson.
mulk 3 years ago
You must sign the picture on the back, like: "April fool joke from XXX, 2022" So when they notice and remove the fake picture, they will realize it stay here during X years and know who to "blame"...
Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago
I’m doing this this year - my coworker has 5 young kids and family photos on his desk, so I’m taping Nic Cage’s face over his wife’s and all the kids’ faces :)
Kaat De La Rue 3 years ago
My inlaws have a cabinet with some curiosities, I placed a piece of kindergarden art in it and they haven't noticed it yet. My daughter who made it, turned 18 so it's been there for a very long time now.
#16
Create scheduled tasks on their computer to play an annoying song, at an annoying time.
We did this to a co-worker. Every day, 1:15, his computer would start to play Nickleback. 3:45, Taylor Swift.
Diane Aguilar 3 years ago
I love "Never Gonna Give You Up". Rickrolls are completely powerless to me.
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Lamalo 3 years ago
My favorite was changing all the sound cues on a coworker's computer to say "What do you think you're doing, Dave?" (Hal, from the movie 2001). Every key stroke. Guy's name was Dave, of course.
Alexandru Bucur 3 years ago
Ha.My brother did something along those lines to two of his coworkers while they were on holiday - changed a couple of windows alerts to sounds of yodeling. It took them about two weeks to figure it out and in the meantime the whole office was in stitches...
Phyzzi 3 years ago
Obviously. Rebecca Black or It's a Small World After All if you want to prank someone... or watermelon meow meow, or "I'm a gummy bear". Thanks to my kids I now have a new level of "bad music" that most people don't even consider.
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K Miller 3 years ago
Think Geek used to have something called the Annoy a Tron. It was a small device that you could hide that would play different sound effects. There was even a creepy one that would play things like creaking doors or children laughing lol
#17
I work in Sales, and it seems like we always have a new guy around April. I like to write down on a post it "Please follow up with Mr. Baer at..." and then the number for the San Francisco zoo.
Random Eddy 3 years ago
We had did this one and it get funnier. We used to tell people on their last day to phone a certain number (a local zoo)and asked for a "C Lions" normally took a while and while funny we didn't know the outcome really... Until, a few years later who are we inter viewing a Mr Callum Lyons, previous job for the last 5 years.... Office worker at that zoo. Funniest 180 ever.
Joanne Lawrence 3 years ago
Oh man, how did he get so lucky as to get a job at the zoo with that name though?? Fantastic.
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Kaleb Mill 3 years ago
I'm going to college for a zoo science degree. My professor told us these stories that every year on April fool's day, they get calls about different animal. Jerry aff, Mr. Leeon, Mr. Bear too. She said she hates it 😂😂
Snorkeldorf 3 years ago
Spent a couple of weeks as a temp filling in for a vacationing secretary at the local zoo several decades ago. Yup.....Received quite a few calls for various Mr. *insert appropriate animal here*. And.....it wasn't even April 1st. Always made me smile.
Roger Esbenshade 3 years ago (edited)
Left a coworker a note to call Myra Maines that she wanted to place a order the phone number was for a funeral home
Marisa Lish 3 years ago
We had a miserable Doctor at the answering service back in the days of digital beepers. I called this guy at home one morning after his two week vacation ended. He answered the phone so nicely and in that split second I realized all the poor guy needed was a break! So I responded whole heartedly in return when announcing his call. When he heard it was me he instantly SNARLED. I was so hurt that I took that fukcer's pager number home with me & paged him after hours to KFC & Dial a prayer. He was always civil after that!
#18
Move every piece of furniture 2 inches to the right. Subtle but sweet.
Mihai Mara 3 years ago
Captain Holt hates pranks. This is gonna backfire, man. 2 inches is too much, He'll be so angry.
Twodogsandapicnictable 3 years ago
If you have a big enough room, I guess. I'd either need to block the stairs or put a hole in the wall to move anything any direction.
Ranie Furman 3 years ago
We had a hugh tree cut down from our front yard. That night our neighbors were pulling into the wrong driveways to their own homes.
#19
Day before April Fools during my highschool years I tell my parents that "school was cancelled". Tomorrow during the middle of the school day I say "April Fools". Oddly enough I wasn't met with the laughs I was expecting.
Shoto Todoroki 3 years ago (edited)
I tried this but my dad didn't seem to impressed, he told me to do better next year
Sara Matta 3 years ago
This girl at our group started talking about how Friday is April 1st and she was like I can't trust anyone. I can't trust you or you or you and starts pointing around the room and looks around suspiciously and pauses just then my friend comes up to say hi and she turns back to us and looks at my friend and says even youuuuu and we all start laughing. My friend walks away all confused.
Sara Matta 3 years ago
This girl was talking to our group saying how Friday is April 1st and she can't trust anyone so she's like I can't trust you or you or you and looks around the room suspiciously and pauses then my friend comes up to say hi and she turns back to us and says even youuuuu and we all start laughing and my friend leaves confused
Teddy Le Bork 3 years ago
Tomorrow is April fools and I genuinely have no school on that day :)
Blink-123 3 years ago
This reminds me of when i was in elementary and Like one time i convinced my mom that my teacher was not going to be at school the next 3 days because she was having a baby and they weren't able to find a sub. I only got 1 day out of the 3 because on the second day they called around 8am asking about me. My mom told them what i said, they said it wasn't true, my mom took me to school, we all met at the office and i swear if glares could kill i wouldn't be writing this. The office staff was just watching the show, the principal was mad that id done such a thing, my mom was pissed because she fell for it (wasn't the first or last time), and my teacher Mrs Thompson was raging on the inside because she wasnt even married and wasnt seeing anyone at the time so she was extremely embarrassed as well.
#20
Freeze mashed potatoes. Scoop frozen mashed onto cones. Serve the kids vanilla ice cream cones for dessert. The look on their faces after they take a big bite is amazing! Cheap, funny and harmless.
ᴀʟᴇxᴏᴛʟ_ᴘʟᴀʏs_ᴄʀᴋ 3 years ago
if i got mash instead of ice cream someone would go to the er for april 1
B. K. 3 years ago
Lol, would have real back up ice cream in the house for after the prank
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Eddsworld_Encanto 3 years ago
MY UNCLE DID THIS TO ME AND THEN MY GRANDMA PUT SOY SAUCE IN A COKE CAN AND I WAS SO MAD
Snorkeldorf 3 years ago
This was an actual bit in 1965 on Candid Camera, an old TV show. They gave two kids "ice cream" cones. One was ice cream, one was mashed potatoes. Bless their little hearts, it was hilarious. Show was set up to prank people in harmless ways and get their reactions. It was a gem.
That nerd Zoe ️🇺🇲🇺🇦 3 years ago
My mom made a "cake" that was a balloon with frosting on it and tried to convince us it was real (dad was in on it) I knew what it was but cut it anyway XD
Jesse Taylor 3 years ago
Someone tried to pull that with me last year. It looked nothing like mashed potatoes, so I didn't bite. No one did. He was not happy.
Sami Rezler 3 years ago
I would hit a fool. Don't mess with my ice cream. You offer me ice cream, you better have the real thing.
#21
Put a picture of Slash from Guns n Roses on a coworker's tires and tell them you slashed their tires
Really_Bored 3 years ago
Maybe the person who pranked your dad gave this idea on BP
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Cole: Mrs D, my computer screen's frozen *pulls up picture of Frozen on google images* John: yea mines Frozen 2 *has frozen 2 pulled up
Shoto Todoroki 3 years ago
Me though not knowing famous people very well, I'd be like "Who is that? What does he gotta do with slashing tires"
Ann Coffman 3 years ago
I wish my crazy ex-husband had done this instead of actual skewer in the sidewall.
Load More Replies... Jessica Macklemoore 3 years ago
Ok I like this one! I also enjoy the cage free egg prank where u put a pic of Nick cage on every egg in the carton and tell ur friend u replaced their cage free eggs cuz you think the caged ones are better then wen they look they will get the joke
#22
Pulled this on my wife two years ago. I logged into her Facebook and changed her birthday to April 1st.
Wishes came flooding in.
Rissie 3 years ago
It's facebook, you don't need to do any interacting...
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Tracey Hall 3 years ago
My niece's too. Her mother had to convince her husband it was not a prank as baby was 2 weeks early.
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Ann Coffman 3 years ago
One of my friends too, but I just now realized I did not wish her HBday this year. Ooops🙄
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phil blanque 3 years ago
The joke is on you. Now you have TWO birthdays to plan for. You DAMN well not forget either one!
InfectedVoice 3 years ago
Or just change the birthday to the next day, watch them start getting messages right away.
D McInnes 3 years ago
This wouldn’t (or maybe would?) work for my husband who’s birthday for real is April 1st.
Metallicd3ath 3 years ago
I think what you have to do is, after the happy birthday messages come in on Apr 1, go in and set the birthday to Apr 2. "You did the prank on Apr 1 but nobody noticed until the day after"
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I have a key to the vending machine at work. I've been wanting to buy a bunch of bananas and replace all the chips and candy with them.
Grady'sRaider 3 years ago
A college bud bought a cheese sandwich from a vending machine, rebuilt the sandwich with a frog in it, and replaced it. Enter the mall cleaning lady. He purchases the sandwich again, exclaiming, "Oh boy. My favorite! Frog on cheese."
Izzy Curer 3 years ago
Don't stop at bananas. Get artichokes, and canned peas, and a rutabaga.
Nathan Shipman 3 years ago
Not a bad idea actually. Put healthy snacks like bananas, apples, pears, other fruits in the vending machine. Just don't overfill them so that you don't get a machine full of rotting fruit.
#24
A few years ago I bought 200 packets of mayonnaise and hid them all over my boyfriend at the time's room. I tucked them in the pockets of all his clothes, in his board games, behind his wall art- anywhere you could think of there was mayonnaise. He was still finding mayo a couple years later.
STress 3 years ago
Better one: buy some vanilla puddings. Empty the mayo jar. Put the pudding inside the jar. Take a spoon, sit somewhere outside and start eating. Faces around you - priceless!
Dark-Infinity 3 years ago
I've heard about this. It's on my bucket list. As well as filling an empty chocolate syrup bottle with water and taking it to the gym. Drink it there after you workout. ;)
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Foogle Phish 3 years ago
Did this with pennies to a room mate. Put one on a counter repeatedly in the same spot, in a drawer, with the spoons. Gradually putting more and more. Under their pillow. In their rolled socks. Even pressed one into a bar of soap, then pressed the leftover sliver from the last bar over it. A little water and rubbing it you can't tell it's not one bar. In pockets of their clothes, in his wallet, in shoes, medicine cabinet, and then medicine bottles. Start slowly and gradually increase number of pennies around the place. Took a few weeks before he noticed, another week or two before it started driving him nuts. "where the f*ck are all these pennies coming from?!?" Then act just as irritated as he is about them.
Flash Henry 3 years ago
Ha! I did this in my friend's apartment with doilies. Bought a package of like 100 paper doilies and whenever she wasn't looking or went to the bathroom or something, I would place them under everything--under each knickknack, under framed photos, under the water bottles in her fridge. She said she still finds random ones she missed and that was over a year ago.
Lonely Tentacle 3 years ago
I did something similar to my best friend, but with stickers (simple round stickers, colored, the hole reinforcement ones)! He kept finding stickers more than a year later, I love this kind of thing, it's the gift that keeps giving, and even I forgot all the places where I put stickers on, so I don't even know if he's found them all!
Lily and Artie 3 years ago
That's a crap ton of money lol. I went on Amazon, looked up the cheapest mayo (1.96) it ended up being $392.
Candia Lee 3 years ago
Mayo packets, not jars. Walmart has 200 for $12.85
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#25
At the office, fill a bowl with trail mix, but remove all M&M's and replace with Skittles.
Freygunnr Van Dasdottir 3 years ago
This year I'm putting out a bowl of candy: M&Ms and Skittles mixed.
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Janina Prado 3 years ago
One year I did that at work. Put it on the back table, and didn't go near it til lunch. 3/4 of the bowl was empty. I saw a coworker approach & said, "whoever did that is insane. Thank God I didn't have much to do today except sit in my office and sort breakfast candy at my desk."
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Sarah Elizabeth 3 years ago
That could kill people that have fruit allergies. My husband is allergic to cherry & that prank could send him to the ER.
Joanne Lawrence 3 years ago
Skittles only have apple juice in them - and the different "flavours" are actually smells. Apple allergies are quite rare.
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Ugh_What_Now 3 years ago
Go a step further, switch out all the lime Skittles with green apple. Oh wait... THAT'S REAL... 😤😭
#26
Take off the lid to the shower drain. Shove in a plastic bag with some chocolate milk powder mix in it. Secure the bag with the drain cover and cut off any excess bits of plastic. Wait for sounds of disgust as brown water starts coming up from the drain while they're showering.
Briana Landers 3 years ago
Do it with red dye/food coloring or koolaid of different colors to *really* get them
Beverly Lodge 3 years ago
Broth cubes work better. Also put just a pinch of fine glitter in some body wash or shampoo and let someone have a glittery day. Gift that keeps on giving, takes days to totally disappear.
Billy Allen 3 years ago
Moment you remove the drain cover the plastic drops and you actually clog the drain.
#27
My mom used to be a hunt-and-peck typer, so one year I pried all the keys off of her keyboard and re-arranged them in alphabetical order.
She got pretty mad, but she decided that maybe she should learn to type properly, so she did. That prank wouldn't work today.
Timothy McLaughlin 3 years ago
basically you dont arrange your hands properly and just look for the key and press it without looking at the screen
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Thomas Jones 3 years ago
Move the home keys one keycap left or right and watch a touch typist flail.
Emmett O'Brian 3 years ago
I did this to a classmate. We were sharing the computer though. I had to do all the typing for the rest of the lesson because I could touch type.
Loraine MacGinness 3 years ago
When I was learning 'Touch-typing' all the keys were blanked out we had to look at a keyboard on the wall in front, Actual piece to type was on the left hand side of the table.
#28
Got this from Rooster Teeth years ago, but it works wonders. Get a group of friends together and start texting a specific person with everything in 'quotes.' Don't say any about, don't even acknowledge it. Then the next day suddenly stop.
Man in the ceiling 3 years ago
It’s a prank, they’ll think you’re being sarcastic/odd then suddenly you return to normal. (Should probably focus in class)
Load More Replies... Sami Rezler 3 years ago (edited)
I'd probably ask why they were doing it and if they didn't tell me, I'd do it, too. Annoy them in return lol jokes on you
Izzy Curer 3 years ago (edited)
This is kind of evil, but I've always wanted to enlist a bunch of strangers to randomly approach someone I know periodically throughout the day, so they can tell them to "Wake up!"
#29
Replace their Purell with Lube. Watch them rub their hands together forever. The lube washes off harmlessly, the shame never will.
Dylan Dowds 3 years ago
As long as it's a specific person's sanitizer that you know, not general use... There are people out there allergic to some lubes
Samantha Mitchell 3 years ago
Waterbased with no spermacides, alcohol, flavourings, or fragrence Is *generally* a safe bet
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Lazy Panda 3 years ago
Early in the pandemic when there were TP and sanitizer shortages, people were making homemade hand sanitizer from a recipe mixing aloe gel and alcohol. A friend reported that while she couldn't find aloe anywhere she was able to order a giant bottle of aloe-based lube with basically the same ingredients. She said it worked as hand sanitizer and made her laugh every time she used it!
Ranie Furman 3 years ago
Jensen Ackles said while filming the orgy scene for The Boys ppl were getting the lube used for props mixed up w/the hand sanitizer pumps used bc of covid.
Robertas Lisickis 3 years ago
A substance that helps to reduce friction between surfaces in mutual contact, also known as lubricant.
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phil blanque 3 years ago
It is not cool to inconvenience others ..Only prank friends. We have been through this with Trump already!!!
#30
Paint all the bars of soap with clear nail polish.
Kaleb Mill 3 years ago
The soap wouldn't soap anymore. The nail polish would prevent it from breaking down so you wouldn't get any soap on your hands.
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Linda Simpson Abare 3 years ago
Eons ago in Jr High I used clear nail polish on my teachers pieces of chalk. That was fun.
Phyzzi 3 years ago
Oh. Or whiteboard markers. I would be so mad if that happened to me, for a minute, but I would have to acknowledge it as a top quality prank too
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#31
Get Tupperware and fill it with water. Tell the victim you're going to show them a magic trick. Hold the container up to the ceiling and have them support it with a broom handle. Once the broom is supporting it, walk away.
Man in the ceiling 3 years ago
This one’s good! (Saw a video once of a guy who easily got the water down with the broom, look it up it’s legendary)
Alexandru Bucur 3 years ago
It is indeed. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxL8ahHQLro
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Depends on how your plumbing is set up, my friends and I went into another friend's house, unscrewed the head of the shower in the bathroom, and filled it up with a packet of red Kool-Aid, then screwed it back on.
To the same house, we turned off the ceiling fan and then we had one of my taller friends line the top of the ceiling fan blades in the living room with rice krispies from their kitchen.
Twodogsandapicnictable 3 years ago
Kool-aid stains hair. This a bit more than a one day prank. Try a bullion cube instead.
Dave Unvert 3 years ago
Nobody turns on a shower standing underneath it. Lol
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#33
Working at a fast food restaurant, this guy asked for a couple of ice cubes in his drink. But I only put in one.
#34
Buy someone a smoothie but put the end of their straw in a mustard packet
Jenn Bois 3 years ago
It's illegal in some places. People have been charged with poisoning in some cases.
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IcarusOfTheSkywings 3 years ago
Maybe just put the cover over the end of the straw so they keep sucking and sucking but nothing comes out? Less risky too, and easy.
Izzy Curer 3 years ago (edited)
Only do it if you know they're not allergic. Mustard's pretty potent. It's a cute prank if you know the person well. So many different foods come in those packets, it wouldn't be too hard to find one with something that you are sure they can safely eat.
#35
Cover the top of the ceiling fan with glitter
Timothy McLaughlin 3 years ago
nobody should ever do this unless you plan on starting someones villain origin story
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José Vitor Lobo 3 years ago (edited)
Glitter can be highly dangerous. It can do severe damage to de eyes or even blind someone. It can also cause serious lung problems if inhaled
Casey Payne 3 years ago
You wouldn't laugh long. From that moment on, you would not rest until every spec of glitter was recovered. Think 'Curse of the Black Pearl' level of no rest. For certain my soul be damned for cursing you like that but really? Glitter? You had it coming. Who could tell me that I was wrong?
Kady LaHaie 3 years ago
This is my husband's actual worst nightmare. Would only do this if I wanted him to divorce me.
Bruce Ferrier 2 years ago
Put all of it on a bunch of tape if you don't want to clean it up. Do this prank in the winter (if you don't want to wait for April) and it will take a lot of time until they set it off
#36
"Mom, I think my girlfriends pregnant."
Dirk Daring 3 years ago
Fake pregnancy pranks are not cool. You never know who has been trying for years, who had a miscarriage, who found out they are sterile... etc.
Matt Barker 3 years ago
Or how someone might react. My mom slammed on the breaks in the middle of an intersection when my brother did that. Almost got us all killed.
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Jill Chambers 3 years ago
Arrange with girlfriend to join in (you wouldn't show test stick anyway)
LivingTheDream 3 years ago
Great way to figure out if your partner is really into you long term :P
What do you think ?
Caro Caro 3 years ago
Put bubble wrap under the rug and watch the reaction of someone walking on it. Hilarious.
Pollywog 3 years ago
Those snappers they sell around the 4th of July are also great to put under a rug!!!
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Binary Zombie 3 years ago
I work at an auto dealer and we sell blinker fluid for one day out of the year.
Adam Zad 3 years ago
Go to the O'Reilly Auto Parts web page and do a search for part number 121G. You can thank me later.
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Robertas Lisickis (Post author) 3 years ago (edited)
Then prank them with all of these first, Home Alone style, so they couldn't copycat you.
Load More Replies... Grady'sRaider 3 years ago
The local radio station announced that the phone company was going to blow out the phone lines with compressed air to get rid of dust that was causing static on the line. They advised people in town to put their phones in a bag for the day.
Emmett O'Brian 3 years ago
One time we plastic wrapped our co worker's cubicle door and filled the cubicle with foam peanuts. He walked in, said "I'm not cleaning that up" and went home for the day.
Kyndal T 3 years ago
I only play pranks on my cats. Loosely tying a ribbon to one of their tails while they sleep. Hiding treats in weird places. Putting down the lid flaps on a box they're in and then being right in their face when they pop up. Poking them when they're mid butt wiggle and watching as they almost hit the ceiling. Throwing a light blanket over them when they're being crazy and then making them into a purrito with the blanket. I taught them to play tag too so that makes for some good times. If one of us falls down then we all pile on them and it's just too cute rolling around on the floor with them. My dog is less fun to prank. She might get upset. So sometimes I stick my finger in her ear while she's sleeping. Then she flips out and starts twirling all over the couch until I give her a doggy donut. Pets are better than peoples. :)
amy hipps 3 years ago
So it is ok to torture your cats and upset them but heaven forbid if you upset the dog. Wow you are a piece of work. Even if loosely tying as you say will still terrify a cat and is NOT ok
Load More Replies... Caro Caro 3 years ago
Put bubble wrap under the rug and watch the reaction of someone walking on it. Hilarious.
Pollywog 3 years ago
Those snappers they sell around the 4th of July are also great to put under a rug!!!
Load More Replies... Binary Zombie 3 years ago
I work at an auto dealer and we sell blinker fluid for one day out of the year.
Adam Zad 3 years ago
Go to the O'Reilly Auto Parts web page and do a search for part number 121G. You can thank me later.
Load More Replies... Robertas Lisickis (Post author) 3 years ago (edited)
Then prank them with all of these first, Home Alone style, so they couldn't copycat you.
Load More Replies... Grady'sRaider 3 years ago
The local radio station announced that the phone company was going to blow out the phone lines with compressed air to get rid of dust that was causing static on the line. They advised people in town to put their phones in a bag for the day.
Emmett O'Brian 3 years ago
One time we plastic wrapped our co worker's cubicle door and filled the cubicle with foam peanuts. He walked in, said "I'm not cleaning that up" and went home for the day.
Kyndal T 3 years ago
I only play pranks on my cats. Loosely tying a ribbon to one of their tails while they sleep. Hiding treats in weird places. Putting down the lid flaps on a box they're in and then being right in their face when they pop up. Poking them when they're mid butt wiggle and watching as they almost hit the ceiling. Throwing a light blanket over them when they're being crazy and then making them into a purrito with the blanket. I taught them to play tag too so that makes for some good times. If one of us falls down then we all pile on them and it's just too cute rolling around on the floor with them. My dog is less fun to prank. She might get upset. So sometimes I stick my finger in her ear while she's sleeping. Then she flips out and starts twirling all over the couch until I give her a doggy donut. Pets are better than peoples. :)
amy hipps 3 years ago
So it is ok to torture your cats and upset them but heaven forbid if you upset the dog. Wow you are a piece of work. Even if loosely tying as you say will still terrify a cat and is NOT ok
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