Practical jokes Practical jokes 52 Pickup (or 52 Card Pickup) is a practical joke disguised as a card game. The first player asks the second player if he or she would like to play "52 Pickup" and if the second player agrees, the first throws the entire deck of playing cards onto the floor. The second player, who must be new to the game to fall for this practical joke, is then instructed to pick up all the cards, upon which the game ends. The title comes from the fact that a full deck of playing cards contains 52 cards. ...more on Wikipedia about "52 Pickup"
The term black fax refers to a prank fax transmission, consisting of one or more pages entirely filled with a uniform black tone. The sender's intention is typically to consume as much of the recipient's fax ink or toner as possible, thus denying its owner its use (this is similar to computer-based denial of service attacks). An added bonus (for the malicious sender) is that, in cases where the receiving fax machine prints the fax using water-based ink onto conventional paper, the saturated paper may disintegrate inside the fax machine's mechanism, thus entirely blocking it. Black faxes can be particularly effective as the CCITT fax algorithm compresses the solid black image very well - so a very short fax call can produce many pages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Black fax"
A celebrity prank call is a type of prank call in which the prankster records sound clips from a particular celebrity, and plays them back to unsuspecting victims. The clips tend to be uploaded to computers and are arranged on soundboards. The prankster calls his victim and plays back the particular clips, with the intent of fooling the victim into believing that he or she is talking to a real person. One such celebrity who is regularly impersonated is Arnold Schwarzenegger as seen on websites such as www.ArnoldCalls.com , and the now defunct www.ArnieIsOnThePhone.cjb.net (archived at www.waybackmachine.org). ...more on Wikipedia about "Celebrity prank call"
Cow tipping is a pastime allegedly common in rural areas, in which participants sneak up on an upright sleeping cow and then push it over for amusement. Some variants of this urban legend state that the cow is then unable to get up. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cow tipping"
Ding-Dong-Ditching is a prank where a prankster or group of pranksters will ring a doorbell and then run away with the intent of leaving the person answering the door confused - at the least. More vicious variations include repeated, staggered ding-dong-ditches in which the victim's door is continually rung, while the pranksters continue to hide, in order to provoke the victim to wait for the pranksters to strike again and confront them. The pranksters and victims wait and wait, and just when the victim is confident the prank has ended, the ding-dong-ditchers strike again, in hopes of driving the victim crazy. This is a variation most practiced in Michigan and Montana, USA, known by the very offensive name "nigger-knocking". In Britain and Ireland this form of prank is known as knock and run. Also in Texas it is known as "spanking the blue monkey". In Canada this prank is known as nicky nicky nine door. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ding Dong Ditch"
Elbow grease is an old term for working hard at manual labor or trades. As in "put some elbowgrease into that". It is also used as a practical joke by master tradesperson on apprentices - e.g. "Go fetch some elbow grease from him". Each tradesperson will say someone else has the elbow grease and send the unwitting apprentice on to another master tradesperson. The snipe hunt will continue until the apprentice gives up, catches on or runs out of people/places to search. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elbow grease"
When searched for on Google, the phrase French Military Victories links to a fake error page saying "Your search - french military victories - did not match any documents. Did you mean: 'french military defeats '?". ...more on Wikipedia about "French military victories (practical joke)"
The Garden Gnome Liberation Fronts (GGLF) are organizations that stand for the liberation of garden gnomes. The most famous is the Front de Libération des Nains de Jardin (based in France), the creator of the world movement. Another famous and important group is the Movimento Autonomo per la Liberazione delle Anime da Giardino (based in Italy) the most organized and impressive organization. ...more on Wikipedia about "Garden Gnome Liberation Front"
In naval folklore there is a tale that every ship is built containing a single, commemorative "golden rivet"— an idea doubtless adapted from the golden spike that was temporarily driven at the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869. The rivet's location is allegedly different for each ship and undisclosed, known only to the crew. Of course no such thing exists: gold is too malleable to use for a rivet; like many urban legends the "golden rivet" is perpetuated for the amusement of "old salts" at the expense of the gullible. ...more on Wikipedia about "Golden rivet"
The Jedi census phenomenon was a grassroots movement in 2001 for citizens in a few English-speaking countries to record their religion as " Jedi" or "Jedi Knight" (after the fictitious religious order of Force-attuned knights in the Star Wars films) on the national census. Their motivations were unknown, but Australian Star Wars Appreciation Society president Chris Brennan reported to The New Zealand Herald that while a minority were "true hard-core people that would believe the Jedi religion carte blanche", the majority of self-reported Jedi "either did so for a laugh or to poke borax at the Government." ** . Other news reports also interpreted the exercise as a massive practical joke. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jedi census phenomenon"
A lace card is a punch card with all holes punched (also called a whoopee card, ventilator card or IBM doily). Card readers tended to jam when they got to one of these, as the resulting card had too little structural strength to avoid buckling inside the mechanism. Card punches could also jam trying to produce these things owing to power-supply problems. When some practical joker fed a lace card through the reader, you needed to clear the jam with a 'card knife'. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lace card"
A school prank is a prank pulled at school by a student (or group of students), usually on another student or teacher. If a prank on a non-consenting target produces sufficient emotional or physical injury, the act can be legally treated as sexual harrassment (if exacted upon the opposite gender) or a violent crime. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of school pranks"
"Go find a long stand" is one form of a semi-functional practical joke played in blue-collar settings. The point of the joke is that no such thing exists, but a senior worker such as a mastertradesman will send an apprentice out to find such a "long stand". The prank may be played simply to have a laugh at the expense of the apprentice; to keep the apprentice occupied while the senior workers are too busy to supervise; or a combination of the two. ...more on Wikipedia about "Long stand"
No soap radio (often No soap, radio, No Soap Radio, sometimes "No soap... radio?", "No soap. Radio!") is the traditional punchline for a type of prank joke which has a body not directly related to the punchline itself, but is made as if to be humorous by participants in a prank. The first known reference to this form of anti-humor was in the late 1940s. ** ...more on Wikipedia about "No soap radio"
A payphone prank is a prank committed using a payphone, such as dialing 911 and running away. Common payphone pranks involve 911, jamming the coin return slots to steal money, and using tools or equipment to steal money from payphones. ...more on Wikipedia about "Payphone Prank"
The "Pen Fifteen Club" is a fictitious organization, the name of which is used to play a prank on children. The prank achieves its humor through a visual pun and is generally played by children, usually of elementary school age. The origin of this phenomenon is unknown. It has taken place for decades now on school playgrounds all across the United States, usually to humiliate an intended victim, though sometimes the prank is also pulled as a good-natured joke between friends. The prank follows as such: ...more on Wikipedia about "Pen 15 club"
Port-a-john tipping (also known as port-a-potty tipping) is a practical joke in which participants sneak up on an occupied port-a-john and tip it over for amusement. The person within is then covered in urine and feces, as well as any toilet paper, tampons, vomit, or other materials spilled from the containment area below. Tipping over an unoccupied porta-potty, although not considered as fun or daring, still makes a big mess, while eliminating the risk of retribution from the person inside. ...more on Wikipedia about "Port-a-john tipping"
A practical joke or prank is a situation set up to produce what the perpetrator imagines to be a humorous physical outcome at the expense of the target. As the set-up or deception is revealed (too late) to the victim, practical jokes are distinct from slapstick or knockabout, where the goal is make physical events appear miscalculated, inept or accidental. The term practical refers to the fact that the joke consists of someone doing something (a 'practise'), rather than the common sense of the word ('useful or sensible'). ...more on Wikipedia about "Practical joke"
A prank may refer to: ...more on Wikipedia about "Prank"
A prank call, also known as a crank call or hoax call, is a form of practical joke committed over the telephone. As with all practical jokes, there is a thin line between humor and harassment, and the person receiving the call is not likely to find it funny. ...more on Wikipedia about "Prank call"
Prosh refers to both a calendar fundraising event and a satirical annual newspaper written by students at the University of Western Australia, to raise funds for nominated charities. Unashamedly low-brow and usually anti-establishment, it is distributed to the public by students dressed in costume in exchange for "gold coin" donations, that is, donations of either one or two dollars. The day is also marked by a 'Proshession' through the streets of Perth - from which the name 'Prosh' is derived. The event now involves many carefully designed floats, and practical jokes played on the public by participating students. Those who work in Perth's CBD generally regard the event with good humour or tolerance, although chance shoppers and tourists are often caught off guard at the appearance of bizarrely dressed young men and women demanding money - typically assertively if good-naturedly. ...more on Wikipedia about "Prosh" Fast http://www.shortopedia.com
A Saluting Trap was a form of officer harassment practiced by conscripts in the British Army during and after World War II. ...more on Wikipedia about "Saluting trap"
In its original sense, a shaggy dog story is an extremely long-winded tale featuring extensive narration of typically irrelevant incidents that usually results in a pointless or absurd punchline. These stories are also known as yarns, coming from the long tradition of campfire yarns. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shaggy dog story"
The Snappy gum trick (or "snapping gum trick") is a prank wherein a victim is offered a stick of chewing gum from an ordinary-looking chewing gum package. The package, however, does not actually contain gum. Instead, the stick of gum actually has a spring-loaded snapping mechanism. When the victim pulls on the stick of gum, the spring releases and strikes the victim's finger, causing minor pain and embarassment. ...more on Wikipedia about "Snappy gum trick"
A snipe hunt, also known as a fool's errand, is usually one of a class of practical jokes that involves experienced people making fun of newcomers by giving them an impossible or imaginary task. ...more on Wikipedia about "Snipe hunt" The http://www.shortopedia.com spirit
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