APRIL FOOLS' TRICK: Pick a victim. Keep
warning your victim that April Fools' Day is coming. Talk about a
few great practical jokes, starring yourself as the joker. Develop
an evil chuckle, if possible. When April Fools' Day comes, smile
secretively every time you see your victim. You won't need to do
anything else - your victim's nerves will already be totally shot.
Heh, heh, heh. [Thanks to Katie Barefoot.]
BEDSHEET
TRICK: Reach down and loosen the foot end of the top sheet,
and then double it up underneath to tuck it under the top of the
mattress. Nothing appears changed, but the occupant ends up trying
to fit him/herself into a nice tight *U* made by the top sheet.
[Thanks to Nemo.]
BLOODY FINGER
TRICK: Get a small paper or styrofoam cup with a cover and
poke a hole in the bottom with one of your fingers. Stick one of
your fingers through the hole and make it look as though it is
sitting on the bottom of the cup. Pour some ketchup on the finger.
Open it up and show it to a stinky girl who has cooties. [Thanks to
Joe Guy.]
BUTTER AND
SALT TRICK: In the cafeteria, ask someone, "Did you know
there is a chemical reaction between butter and salt that makes it
get really hot?" Take a butter pat to demonstrate, hold your hand
over and say, here, feel this heat... when the mark holds his hand
over the butter pat you whack down on it so he gets butter all over
his hand. [Thanks to Cass.]
COKE AND M&Ms
TRICK: Have a friend distract someone who has just opened a
bottle of coke (I imagine it might work with other pop as well, but
am not sure) While the "mark" is not looking, drop a couple of
M&M's into the open bottle. Let the person get back to their
drink. In short order, the cola will start to foam...and foam and
foam and foam. [Thanks to No Expert.]
PINKY FINGER
TRICK: Tell your friend to bite his pinky finger nail as
hard as he comfortably can for 30 seconds. Immediately have him
hook his pinkies together and pull. Eeoow! [Thanks to Sam I
Am.]
SALT AND PEPPER
TRICK: Unscrew the lids of the salt and pepper shakers, and
fill the lids with salt and pepper, respectively. Then, tear or cut
circles out of paper napkins to fit exactly over the lids. Holding
the paper in place, carefully invert each lid and screw it onto the
wrong shaker. The victim will see salt in the bottom of the shaker,
but only pepper will come out, and vice versa. [Thanks to
Rbarr.]
SHAVING
CREAM EXPLOSION TRICK: Fill a manila envelope with shaving
cream. Slide the open, top end of the envelope under the closed
bedroom door of a friend, roommate, brother, sister... Stomp on the
body of the envelope as hard as you can. The shaving cream bomb
will coat everything in the room. Works best on smaller rooms, like
college dorm rooms. [Thanks to Lugnut.]
SNEEZE
TRICK: Get a spray bottle or squirt gun and fill it with
water. As someone turns away from you, go up behind them and fake a
big nasty sneeze and spray/squirt the back of their neck or hand
(whichever level you're at). [Thanks to Cindy R.]
SNOT TRICK:
Take a little sauerkraut and stuff the end of it up your nose so it
hangs down over your mouth. Put your hands over your nose and mouth
and fake a sneeze in front of someone. Then pull your hands down
and if you can stand it, start eating the saurkraut. [Thanks to
Cindy R.]
SOAP TRICK:
Paint all the bars of soap in a house/residence/whatever with
colorless nail polish (reserving, of course, one for oneself) then
replacing them in the soapdishes. Those suckers won't suds to save
themselves. [Thanks to Nemo.]
STORM
TRICK: Requires three instigators. In a large bathroom with
stalls or a locker room, wait for a victim to enter the stall and
close the door. #1 instigator begins flashing the lights and
yelling, "Lightning!" #2 then pounds on the door of the stall
yelling, "Thunder!" #3 tosses a pail-full of water over the stall
onto the victim yelling, "Rain!" Then all run like heck. [Thanks to
Ms. Lois.]
THUMBS
TRICK: You will need a clear glass, 3/4-full of water, and a
pencil.
Somehow steer the conversation to personal traits. Mention that
most palm readers can tell if a person is left or right-handed just
by looking, because the thumbnail on the predominant hand is
larger. Most people will hold their two thumbs side-by-side and
compare them. Nine time out of ten, the person will agree with
you.
Next, mention that if you look at the two thumbnails while
underwater, it will appear to be just the opposite, due to the
optical illusion properties of water refraction. Should they
hesitate to believe this, pick up the pencil and put it in the
glass of water. Point out how it appears that the pencil is broken,
due to the refraction principle.
Take out the pencil and say, "See for yourself." At this point just
about anyone ever born will put their two thumbs together on the
tabletop. Carefully (but quickly!) balance the glass of water on
top of your victim's thumbs. When they lean over to look down
through the glass of water, remove your hand from the glass and
walk away..... [Thanks to Bicycle Bill.]
THREE TOILET
TRICKS: 1) Smear Vaseline on a toilet seat when no one is
looking. It doesn't take much. Adding a thin layer of sand to it is
even better. 2) Put a tight sheet of Glad Wrap over the bowl under
the seat. This works best in women's facilities where the seat
usually stays in place, but in the dark (THE DARK!!!) no one can
tell. [Thanks to Nemo.] 3) Lift the toilet seat and stir in several
boxes of your favorite jello...yellow/lemon is particularly
appropriate but any kind you choose will be just as annoying as
another! Do this after the victim goes to bed and let the jello set
overnight. The next morning it will be a solid block! [Thanks to
Meb.]
WHISPER TRICK: Meet someone you know in
the school hall, talk with them, then say goodbye and let them walk
away from you. When this person is a good distance from you, call
them back (as if you have a secret to tell them, so they have to
get close to you again). When this person gets back to you, lean
over and whisper in their ear, "How far would you have gotten if I
hadn't called you back?!?!" [Thanks to B-36.]