Post by Afgncaap5 on Apr 1, 2015 0:34:00 GMT -5
I love a good prank or practical joke, though it's a little easy to be too mean spirited with them. Everything I think of is either too hard to pull off or too mantagonistic, so I'm afraid that on this, April Fool's Day, I must confess to not be a great pranksmith worthy of legend.
Unless I'm bluffing.
Having said that, my family's sort of got a history of it. My dad was once a councilor at a camp and he was in the cafeteria late at night with a lot of other people, and some of them were talking about how they needed to pull some sort of prank. My dad walked over and said "Well, you know, I don't know if you've noticed or not, but the flag pole isn't really cemented into place. Anyone could just walk over and lift it out." Then he tapped one of them on the shoulder and left, allegedly for bed.
He steered the person toward some bushes by the flagpole. Sure enough, after not much longer the lights went out in the cafeteria, and a lot of giggling, snickering councilors walked out, approached the flagpole, and lifted it out of the hole in the ground. They carried it to another place, not far away, and hid it alongside one of the buildings before they all returned to their dorms. Then my dad and his selected accomplice went to their hiding place, picked up the flag pole, and hid it elsewhere.
The next morning, the camp's... I dunno, camps don't have deans, the... head person... was understandably angry about the lack of flag for the morning flag raising. My dad, in a quiet moment, said that he overheard some people at the cafeteria discussing moving the flagpole last night, so the camp leader person went to them and demanded to have the flag returned. They laughed, said sure, and went to get it.
A bit later, they had to return and sheepishly confess that they'd lost the flag pole.
My dad didn't let it go on much longer before he "found" the flag pole. Ultimately, it was a great prank, and no real harm done.
Do you have any great stories of pranks?
Unless I'm bluffing.
Having said that, my family's sort of got a history of it. My dad was once a councilor at a camp and he was in the cafeteria late at night with a lot of other people, and some of them were talking about how they needed to pull some sort of prank. My dad walked over and said "Well, you know, I don't know if you've noticed or not, but the flag pole isn't really cemented into place. Anyone could just walk over and lift it out." Then he tapped one of them on the shoulder and left, allegedly for bed.
He steered the person toward some bushes by the flagpole. Sure enough, after not much longer the lights went out in the cafeteria, and a lot of giggling, snickering councilors walked out, approached the flagpole, and lifted it out of the hole in the ground. They carried it to another place, not far away, and hid it alongside one of the buildings before they all returned to their dorms. Then my dad and his selected accomplice went to their hiding place, picked up the flag pole, and hid it elsewhere.
The next morning, the camp's... I dunno, camps don't have deans, the... head person... was understandably angry about the lack of flag for the morning flag raising. My dad, in a quiet moment, said that he overheard some people at the cafeteria discussing moving the flagpole last night, so the camp leader person went to them and demanded to have the flag returned. They laughed, said sure, and went to get it.
A bit later, they had to return and sheepishly confess that they'd lost the flag pole.
My dad didn't let it go on much longer before he "found" the flag pole. Ultimately, it was a great prank, and no real harm done.
Do you have any great stories of pranks?
