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Need Sophisticated Practical Jokes
« on: November 03, 2006, 02:17:20 pm »
The folks at BYOAC are some of the most crafty and ingenious people on the planet.  Am I right ?  :notworthy:

I have need of some practical jokes that go beyond the common for one of my coworkers. 

We have been in little shooting wars before, but I'm looking for something new and fresh.  I'm looking to turn our small scale border skirmish into thermo neclear war.  But I want it to be something that isn't super gluing his locks or some high school level joke.  I want this to be memorable.

But I want to still have a job the next day.

I am soliciting suggestions. I know we have evil genuis yet to be untapped here.....
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Re: Need Sophisticated Practical Jokes
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2006, 02:27:55 pm »
http://www.gwally.com/pranks/

I'd seen this one a long time ago, but it is probably too costly, and could get you in trouble.



I recommend doing a few of the computer pranks, like the msword autocorrect prank.

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Re: Need Sophisticated Practical Jokes
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2006, 02:55:13 pm »
Whoopee Cushion. It's so old, it's new again!  :laugh2:
Seriously. Will it fit in my basement or what?

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Re: Need Sophisticated Practical Jokes
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2006, 03:30:42 pm »
The sophistication is ovewhelming.  :notworthy:  ;D

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Re: Need Sophisticated Practical Jokes
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2006, 03:47:09 pm »
I like shardian's so far.

This man is immune to whoopie cushions. He already farts without any inhibition. No one would notice.
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Re: Need Sophisticated Practical Jokes
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2006, 03:59:00 pm »
I'm partial to the cardboard and crime scene office pranks here:

http://www.geekinvasion.com/mikeprank/pranks/index.html

But there has to be better.

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Re: Need Sophisticated Practical Jokes
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2006, 04:04:13 pm »
There's always the "mess with his computer desktop" thing.  Get on his computer (assuming Windows), minimize everything, and hit print-screen. That captures the entire screen. Paste that into the paint program, and save it somewhere on the computer. Then remove all icons from his desktop so he has a blank screen. Then change his background wallpaper to the screen-capture you made. Voila, looks like his normal desktop, acts like his computer isn't working.
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Re: Need Sophisticated Practical Jokes
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2006, 04:15:54 pm »
I'm partial to the cardboard and crime scene office pranks here:

http://www.geekinvasion.com/mikeprank/pranks/index.html

But there has to be better.

Damn and I thought I wasted time at work...

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Re: Need Sophisticated Practical Jokes
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2006, 04:17:27 pm »
Or simply change his mouse setting from 'right handed' to 'left handed'.

I've also swapped keys around on the keyboard.  Specifically the 'm' and 'n'.  This obviously works best on the hunt-and-peck types (like me).

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Re: Need Sophisticated Practical Jokes
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2006, 04:23:47 pm »

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There's always the "mess with his computer desktop" thing.  Get on his computer (assuming Windows), minimize everything, and hit print-screen. That captures the entire screen. Paste that into the paint program, and save it somewhere on the computer. Then remove all icons from his desktop so he has a blank screen. Then change his background wallpaper to the screen-capture you made. Voila, looks like his normal desktop, acts like his computer isn't working.


Which, while funny, results in calls to the help desk and consumes company resources on a prank... not happy bosses.

Better do something more self contained.

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Re: Need Sophisticated Practical Jokes
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2006, 06:13:55 pm »

Which, while funny, results in calls to the help desk and consumes company resources on a prank... not happy bosses.

Better do something more self contained.


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Re: Need Sophisticated Practical Jokes
« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2006, 09:10:01 pm »
I love the BSOD screensaver...that one always works!

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Re: Need Sophisticated Practical Jokes
« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2006, 08:58:24 am »
I love the BSOD screensaver...that one always works!

seconded.....

so much so that I have it sat on my mobile phone ready to transfer to friends / victims laptops