When we first got call waiting in the '80s, I was so bored one weekend so I thought I'd have a little fun. I called someone randomly out of an out-of-state phone book (actually a state far, far away) and while it was ringing that person, I would put that call on hold and call some one locally and then put the other call on, so that ideally both callers would pick up the phone at the same time and think the other person called them when neither one did! It was hilarious hearing them argue and discover that the other person was thousands of miles away....I remember one of them thought the phone lines must've crossed or something like that....
your best prank
by KW13 29 Replies latest social humour
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Pole
Leolaia,
I did something very similar too. I still start laughing when I remember those conversations...
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Jim_TX
Where I worked one time, there was a fella that would make those wall clocks out of cedar tree trunks, and the clock 'kits' with the hands, etc.
He then put them on the wall near his office, and was selling them.
Anyway... he was our manager, and was always giving us speeches on not doing home-related things at work (or bringing them to work).
My lab partner was a bit peeved at his 'do as I say, not as I do' approach, and so one day, when we were there early, he goes and sets the clock's time forward about 15 minutes.
This fella got to work around 8 o'clock, and passed by his precious wall clock, and checks the time with his wristwatch. He notices it off, and resets it.
The next day, we repeated the 15-minutes 'fast' thing.
The day after that, my friend starts to repeat the 15-minutes 'fast', and I say... "naw... today let's leave it alone. That'll make him wonder." So, we didn't touch the clock.
Well... each day, we'd randomly set the clock forward, backwards, or leave it alone.
The fella moved the clock to a different wall, thinking it might be the location causing it to be off, and even replaced the batteries thinking they were going bad - or something.
After a while, we think he just chalked it up to an unreliable clock movement... eventually he sold it, and we had to find something else to entertain ourselves with.
Regards,
Jim TX
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Jim_TX
Another time...
There was this 'annoying' co-worker. He was kinda dense.
The phones recently got upgraded and had 'call forward' on them, so I got this idea.
I left a phone note on his desk that simply said "Call me ASAP!", and didn't leave a name - but put an extension like 3445 on it.
Well, that extension was a vacant desk that a secretary used to occupy, so I went to it and did a call-forward to this fella's extension.
When he got back from lunch, he saw his note, and promptly dialed the number. *busy* *busy* *busy*
He tried again in a few minutes. same thing. Busy.
He musta tried to call a dozen times before he wised up and called the main switchboard to ask who was at that extension.
heh heh heh
Regards,
Jim TX
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mkr32208
Leolaia- That's actually a really popular prank! The best is to call a Asian restaurant and place an order. Just before they can repeat it back ask them to hold on and conference in another Asian restaurant so that the 2nd thinks the 1st is PLACING the order that they are repeating... Mayhem will ensue!
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Leolaia
LOL...that's pretty hilarious. My mistake was making the calls long distance. Sure, it was fun at the time, but at the end of the month the phone bill came in with 200 long distance calls at $1 a minute as the minimum charge per call, ummm that got me busted.
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Jim_TX
Hmmm... perhaps a better one... while still at the same place of work... years ago...
I had gotten some 'tricks' from a magic shop - or some such.
One item was what were called 'cigarette loads'. They came in a small tin - and the loads were small bits of wood.
They worked when stuffed into the end of cigarettes. The unsuspecting person would light up their ciggie, and - if all went well - *KABOOM* the cigarette load would go off - making a loud sound and blowing the end out of the cigarette.
Anyway, my lab partner... not wanting to be the 'victim' took these from me. We decided that we would 'load' a cigarette of a fellow lab-mate, Jan. Ken set about to go and 'bum' a cigarette from Jan, and brought it back to our work area. He set about to remove some of the tobacco, and place the 'load' in the end - replacing some of the tobacco - and tamping it all together.
He then went to Jan's work area, and somehow replaced it in Jan's pack of cigarettes without getting caught.
We then sat back and waited. We figured that it wouldn't be too long... we just didn't know how long.
Word got back to us that the following happened...
Jan had taken one of the company trucks to go and get some supplies for work. While driving around the campus, he saw another workmate - Tom, and gave him a lift. As is the custom with smokers... Tom bummed a cigarette off of Jan. (Now - don't get ahead of me...)
Tom lit the 'loaded' cigarette... and *KABOOM*!!
Needless to say... they BOTH were taken aback... speechless for a few seconds... Jan not knowing why his cigarettes had such a 'kick', and Tom not knowing why Jan would do that to him.
They figured out soon enough that they both were the recipients of a 'prank', and Tom got a fresh cigarette... and carefully lit it. (after inspecting it for foul play)
I don't think Jan ever figured out for sure just who set him up... but he suspected a few folks...
Regards,
Jim TX
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misspeaches
LOL - I love these! Keep them coming!
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KW13
ha ha damn you guys are funny as hell! I remember a friend had got a bad throat. The result was she couldn't shout and her voice became a whisper for days. Since she had asthma i made a site that said if you had Asthma and a sore throat you had over 90% chance losing your voice forever. She believed me
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looking_glass
There's an old lawyer in my office who constantly is saying that computers are a "passing phase". We were so tired of hearing about his complaints about technology that when he was out in the morning, we took out his computer and put in a old time manual type writter, we took out his phone and gave him tin cans attached w/ string; we took out all his pens and put in a quill with an ink bottle; we took out all paper and replaced it with rice paper and carbons. Then we hung a sign outside his door saying - so-and-so died due to technology killing him. The attorney thought it was hysterical when he showed up and his office was cleaned out of anything from this century, but the funniest was when one of our service guys who knew the attorney on a passing basis only say the "here lies" sign we put up and really thought the attorney died, so when so-and-so walked into the service department the guy practically screamed and fainted. He actually walked over and hugged the attorney and told him he thought it was a mean joke to play on everyone because he was telling his colleagues that the attorney had died.