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Grandpa Girls - Japanese Tourists Unleashed

2011-05-23T08:17:34Z

Very funny and well made. Watch the photographer's faces...

How April Fool's Pranks Work - EVERY YEAR!

2011-05-23T07:56:59Z

My April Fool's success rate is a sustained 100% with my family and co-workers. How? Simple! Make it relevant!

After a couple of years playing your family and friends they will be careful and watch out to detect early signs of pranks in the works which makes it difficult by definition to play them any more but adds some good challenge to be more creative every year. And this is where the fun begins.

One strategy that has always worked for me to play someone on April Fool's Day is to be as relevent to their known reality with me as possible. So, say you wat to play a harmless prank to your elders and they just visited you the day before you could easily make them believe that you are missing an item that they must have taken in error - let them sizzle for the better part of the day. That'll keep them busy guessing. Or you left your glasses in their place, they'll be happy you got them out of their chair.

A little trickier even would be peers that are aware of your prankster career. However, if you make it highly relevant to someone that is unfolding over a period of time anyway, this could be your ride.

For example, if folks know or even take part in planning a trip, an event or anything else that is of importance not just for you, why not constructing a mishap or desasterous decision from the outside that earns you their empathy for a moment?

Empathy is a suspicion killer. Nobody wants to second guess you if you are obviously brought down and might require comfort.

As an example, if an overseas trip is in the works and your folks know about your looking forward to it, why not letting them know that someone killed the deal that was unforeseen. I told my kids the other day (April 1 of course) that I had just learned that I was on a no-fly list because of - here you need to delevop a little story that could actually really have happened, don't overdo it... ("remember that weird guy I was telling your about the other day....? ...turns our he was wanted by Homeland Security and my dealings with him landed me on that stupid no-fly list...").

I backed up my claim with an electronic email (ticket reservation) adding a dominant message on top (editing the original) that the Airline has to inform me that the tickets are void, blabla...

You get the idea... If you want to overcome suspicion you need to pick something at April Fool's that had evolved just recently and people can relate to. Works every single time (if you stay natural and don't add too much spice to it).

Have fun (on April fool's any waayy beyond).

Public Prank: Train Prank "Make people jump"

2010-11-11T15:37:40Z

Here is how much fun you can have with a no-standard car horn (train).

Couple Pranks - Awesome!

2010-09-25T16:58:19Z

There is nothing better than pranking your spouse - couple prank videos!

Princess Office Prank

2010-09-25T16:39:07Z

If you have too much time

Hilarious prank for someone who was out of the office for too long to leave his co-workers enough tasks. These guys must have had a very long time to pull this office prank where a regular (actually rather boring) office is being transformed into a full blown Disney style pink princess office.

Check out the office transformation: office prank top of the league:

Birthday Prank

2010-08-14T13:31:28Z

Gone wrong - VERY wrong!

Well, every once in a while we want to report on pranks gone wrong. This is not meant as a discouragement but rather to support your learning curve :-)

In this little episode someone played a practical joke on his girl friend with the help of the local radio. Not the best idea in the world as it turns out.

Dublin School Prank - School Demolition

2010-08-14T10:19:42Z

Ireland Phone Call Prank

A little Irish girl calls a demolition company to ask for demolishing her school.

Comment if you like or better even: become a Prankster here at Prankshare.com and post your pranks or clips.

"Project Unicorn" - a Multi-Stage Mockery

2010-07-29T15:41:07Z

While ConnectSolutions co-founder/CEO Michael Fitzpatrick was out of the office, the rest of the staff at ConnectSolutions embarked on an important mission to renovate his office.

Some have argued that this endeavor, dubbed “Project Unicorn”, was in retaliation to Michael (allegedly) hiring an Austin Powers impersonator to provide a singing telegram to our CTO, and fellow co-founder, on his birthday (picture bellow). No one has gone on the record either confirming or denying this motive.

The aformentioned Austin Powers impersonator

Local San Francisco muralist Micho was commissioned to design the unicorn mural, while other staff organized the procurement of important hardware, like the pink “Inbox”, the Jonas Brothers Pillow, and the Twilight poster. Additionally, staff from our office around the country were kind enough to ship props to headquarters, to be incorporated into this artistic display.

Micho puts Operation Unicorn into action

Aside from the leadership, skill, and tolerance of Micho, this was effort by the entire ConnectSolutions team. All the creative work on the windows, and the non-unicorn walls poured out of the hearts and minds of staff at ConnectSolutions. When you see those walls (coming in a follow-up post), I think you’ll agree that this was truly a labor of love.

Michael's Arrival...broadcast to our remote employees in HD using ConnectSolutions Podium

As the icing on the cake, a staff person a ConnectSolutions created this enlightening, and inspiring documentary (mockumentary), as a tribute to Michael and this improtant mural project.

We hope you enjoy!

Flip Screen Prank

2010-05-11T17:01:07Z

On certain computers (depending on the graphics card used) you can turn the screen by 90, 180 or 270 degrees with the below key combinations.

Play a little prank to your family or co-workers today and mess up their screen while they're gone. Or play a little secret competition by doing this to some colleagues at the same time and stop the time they'll need to fix it.

You can then award them with something stupid at the same time you're coming out.

Ctrl+Alt+Up - right side up
Ctrl+Alt+Right - 90 degrees
Ctrl+Alt+Down - 180 degrees
Ctrl+Alt+Left - 270 degrees
If that doesn’t work try Ctrl+Shift+R.

Debbie G. - Couple of Pranks

2010-01-02T10:37:00Z

Thanks to Debbie who sent in these neat pranks:

I'm a high school teacher in the projects that spends her summers as a summer camp counselor. One of the most enjoyable aspects of summer camp is pranks. I love playing pranks and even get a kick out of the "revenge" pranks I suffer. lol. Harmless pranks and naughty harsher ones a part of the fun when you decide to walk on the wild side of pranking mischievious young ladies. As the old saying goes, when you play with glue someone you get stuck. ;)

The first day I was a newbie camp counselor about 28 years ago, I walked down the steps of my cabin and into a bucket of sticky tar. I retrieved my foot, but left my bobbie sock and sneaker behind. At that point, I understood the lay of the land, proceeded to "get revenge," and never looked back. lol. The 30 something year old soccer mom that set the tar trap found her 1976 Ford station wagon sitting on its rims alone. Little did she know that her relatively new tires were being used as rope swings on an oak tree. lol. Now how I pulled that off is another story in and of itself.One of the activities I covertly participate in is primarily pranks played upon the other young camp counselors. It's hard to play pranks and not brag to anyone at camp; therefore, I relish the opportunity to tell a story or two via the internet. As a counselor with a degree of seniority, I have keys to everything and know the camp well. One of the first pranks I play on new counselors is enter their cabins and cut the ends out of their socks. At camp, we never wear socks with our sneakers because of various water activities. Ah the look on a new counselor's face when her socks pull up to her knee caps. lol. Another good prank is putting itching powder in between sheets. Some girls could not understand why they did not get a good night's rest. lol. Another prank I've performed many times is cutting shoe laces almost completely in half. When attempting to tie, the laces break in half. They had to tie them in knots to lace up. One last prank was to mix up all of the girls clothes between cabins. One t-shirt would be in another's luggage, etc. A size 6 shoe would be matched with a similar size 7 1/2 shoe in another cabin. This drove the girls nuts. Some may think that I'm crazy (and i probably am crazy lol); however, we all have a great time each summer. Moreover, I suffer my own share of similar pranks each summer. My hot little Mustang GT is usually a good target for the girls. Last summer, the girls completely smeared peanut butter all over her. Even though it did not hurt the paint, I'm still cleaning the goo off. lol. At least they did not put a dead fish under the seat again. The smell takes forever to go away. lolol. I deserve it though.

Thanks, Debbie

OK girls, who poked holes in my Mustang's tires!?!