I didn’t want to hijack his thread, thus this one.One of my best ones started when I was a teenager working at a KFC in Carmel (IN). I started hoping in the back of co-workers cars, waiting for them to get off work, then scaring the living daylights out of them when they got in their cars to go home at night. I’d pop up from the back seat. Childish, but funny.
One friend of mine was very diligent about locking his car, and he liked to park up near the front windows of the store. I tried to get him several times to no avail. Finally struck on a different approach one night. There was a building under construction behind the store, with a lot of bricks lying around. I took the jack out of my car, and jacked up his VW Rabbit just enough to slide 3 bricks under the axle beside each rear tire. The tires ended up being about a ½ inch above the pavement.
He comes out at the end of his shift, sees me and several others in the parking lot, and starts laughing that once again I couldn’t get him. He hops in his car, everyone sees the reverse lights come on, and the tires just spin! He couldn’t figure out what was happening, and put the car in reverse and drive ½ a dozen times before hoping out of his car. By that point we were all on the ground rolling around laughing.
So, what was the best practical joke you’ve ever played – or had played on you?
The problem was he worked second shift, usually 4pm to midnight. One night, right before midterm exams he didn't come home, so after listening to the TV through the one-brick-thick wall we heard the local TV station end its broadcast day with the national anthem, followed by a test tone (at full volume), followed by even louder static. We had to call (wake up) the campus security guard to come down and unlock his room to turn it off. This offense required satisfaction.
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