Here's one that my roommate and myself did to a residence buddy. Onemorning (early) we taped together a bunch of sheets of newspaper to coverthe victims doorframe. Then taped this big sheet over the doorframe whichleft a gap of about two or three inches between the sheet and the door.Then we filled the gap with paper balls right to the top of the doorway.When he opened the door he was showered with a barrage of paper balls (makesa nice mess too!) Of course, the door has to swing in for this to work!My roommate was (and is) rather inventive and can be quite nasty. He butteredall of the toilet seats in our wing of the residence (fortunately told mefirst). He also buttered doorkn*bs at one point. We wrapped celophane overthe toilet bowl then replaced the seat: this one can be really messy!Try this: hang a shower curtain out a window. When the person below reachesout and pulls it in, pour a bucket of water onto the shower curtain. Listento hear the results. Requires a nosy neighbor below you.Six friends of mine and myself tried a less complicated version of the classicdismantling of a car and putting it back together somewhere strange. We lifteda friends car that was parked between two other cars and turned it so that thefront and back end were facing the neighboring cars. This posed quite a problemfor our friend when he decided to go home. Requires either a small car or a lotof very strong people! :-) I take no responsibility for any back injuries thatresult from this. Of course I take no responsibility for any of my actions. :-)There are, of course, some fairly standard pranks that are pulled in residence.Typically, people are s hafted on their birthday which is therefore a hazardousdate to reveal. Total demolition of a room is quite common, but lacks any realhumor. A common s haft is to remove everything from the victims room and set itup somewhere else exactly as it was. The best examples I saw of this were: aroom moved to the roof of a science building, a room moved to the frontcourtyard of the residence (really funny when it started to snow!) and a roommoved to the dining hall.When I was younger, I had a practical joke genius for a working companion. Weboth worked in the same computer store for a while. He left and became managerof another store. I remember receiving an envelope with his firms return addresson it. Inside was a very silly brochure. I said aloud There has to be somethingelse in this envelope. So I looked and of course there was a sheet of paper.It read No there is nothing else in this envelope! I could never get him backfor anything that he pulled but he was an inspiration. The last practical jokethat I will relate was one that he taught me and it requires a bit of time toprepare. First you need: iodine cristals and some amonium hydroxide. Mix thetwo together and a brown sludge will form. Drain off the excess liquid and letthe sludge dry. The result? Snap powder, a pressure sensitive explosive. Justsprinkle this on the floor and watch people's reactions. Its quite amusing.
