Parental College Pranks by folks "of a certain age"

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<p>Should we start a new thread about wedding pranks?? Do kids still do that? Here’s one story.</p>

<p>We got the keys to the groom’s car during the reception and filled it with balloons. The engineering students in the group strung Christmas lights inside the car and wired them into the brake light circuit so they lit up whenever the brake was pushed. Finally, we took all of the underwear out of the bride and groom’s suitcases and stuffed it in the bottom of the garment bag. They didn’t find it until the 3rd day of their honeymoon.</p>

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<p>NSM,
I believe I was in college at the same time as you were-Kent State, Cambodia. We protested, effectively shut down the campus, etc. I guess you and I used our free time differently. :D</p>

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<p>jym626- You may need to clear your PM box. I think 1 of 2 got there, but I may need to resend 2.</p>

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<p>Ah yes, condoms as water balloons. If you really didn’t like someone, you filled condom IN THE DESK DRAWER, on top of the stuff in there. No way to get it out.</p>

<p>We once bricked a guy into his room for his birthday. Seriously, he opened his door (which opened in), and there was a brick wall and a sign wishing him a happy birthday. He went in and out via his window for several weeks.</p>

<p>When guys on my floor freshman year announced they were getting married (I was one of two women on a mixed-sex floor), they got thrown in the shower. I think they left their clothes on as a concession to me, actually.</p>

<p>The bext prank ever (IMHO) was the liner used in one guy’s room; they put it under all his furniture, put the furniture on blocks, added 6 inches of water and goldfish. </p>

<p>There was an incident one year where a student’s room was filled with newspaper and apparently he saw it as the last straw in a series of harassments: he threw in a match and ran. After that, no one used newspaper anymore.</p>

<p>In one particularly weird incident, students in another dorm had a water balloon fight in the halls, getting them very wet; another student got a canister of liquid nitrogen and poured it down the hall, freezing the water. Then everyone went skating for a while.</p>

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<p>violadad-
All clear,</p>

<p>And isn’t it amazing we didnt get thrown out of college on our ear?</p>

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<p>jym626- Or our backsides. My son’s godfather (and my former college buddy) still has the extremely large School of Pharmacy sign that somehow went missing from the building’s exterior hanging in his den on the same wall as his bachelor’s and doctorate diploma’s.</p>

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<p>One of my best friends in college had an ancient VW Bug. It was so loud I was always afraid it would explode on take-off. Once after a “night on the town” we returned to our dorm in high spirits only to find there were no parking spaces available anywhere. After the usual expletives were expressed regarding our schools parking situation, my friend took matters into her own hands and just bumped the Bug over the curb. The next thing I knew we were roaring across campus but not on the roads. We drove between dorms, across quads, betwen classroom buildings laughing our heads off the whole way until we saw the blue lights of the campus security cars. My friend just pulled over beside a building and the security guy gave her a ticket for “parking other than in a parking zone”, lol.</p>

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<p>Apparently I missed both the protest and the pranks eras. I rued coming along too late for the former, but the latter is an eye-opener to me–people sabotaging other people’s theses??? You guys are harsh…kinda glad I missed that! (And I do wonder how bad it got for the housekeeping staff from a lot of this stuff.)</p>

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<p>Disclaimer: The following is posted as an historical account to illustrate how not to behave socially. Similar behaviors are not encouraged by the OP.</p>

<p>The OP will not entertain or engage in discussions disparaging the described act, the mind set or psychology behind it, or the actual mechanics involved.</p>

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<p>Those with potentially weak stomachs are advised not to read further.</p>

<p>Proceed at your own discretion.</p>

<p>We actually tried this on two occasions… once at a small, fairly private party to perfect the operational staging and method of delivery. After tweaking the delivery appartus, assigning the appropriate parts, and doing a few “dry” runs we had worked out enough of the kinks to make the plan operational.</p>

<p>There were a group of 6 or eight of us involved, both male and female. We had a biological sister of one of our group who was a member of a sorority. The sorority had just moved into an off-campus rented house, and had acquired a huge trestle table with bench seating for meal service… perfect for our plan.</p>

<p>Our group of eight began arriving separately in two’s and three’s, mingling with the other party goers. Within an hour all the operational team had arrived. The last to enter was our engineering genius. Great academically, all-american handsome, very personable and well liked by everyone, not a partier or known as a drinker.</p>

<p>He stumbled in the door, swilling from what was now a half empty bottle of Smirnoff’s. Staggering from girl to girl, he politely planted a kiss on the forehead of each, profusely apologizing for his out of character behavior while explaining that that his fiancee had just broken off their engagement.</p>

<p>His speech became progessively more slurred as he made the rounds, stumbling occaisionally, bumping into furniture, and was at that point quite inebriated.</p>

<p>Our “group” had begun to express increasing concern for his behavior, and because he had such a good reputation, many of the other party goers were concerned as well. In an effort to calm him, one of us relieved him of the vodka bottle (with only an inch remaining), and two of us guided him to the head seat of the trestle table. Our group positioned ourselves as close to him as possible, seated at the benches on opposing sides of the table.</p>

<p>Out of concern, many of the other party-goers had also gathered around. One of the sorority sisters began brewing coffee for him.</p>

<p>He began to burp. Then dry heave. He rolled his eyes, bent forward on the table… all eyes were on him now. In an instant, the first two feet of the table was covered in vomit.</p>

<p>With split second timing, our group began to fight for and consume the foul looking discharge on the table. </p>

<p>The discharge was a canned beef stew. The vodka bottle contained water, with just enough alcohol left to eliminate suspicion. The delivery method was a well concealed hot water bottle supplemented with a jury-rigged air bladder. I will not further divulge the engineering… I’m sure our bright CC er’s can make their own enhancements and modifications.</p>

<p>Our social committments as a group after that became fairly one-sided. Either we were avoided like the plague, or invited as guests of honor for those wishing an encore.</p>

<p>As Al Pacino says to Diane Keaton in the Godfather, “That’s a true story Kate.”</p>

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<p>violadad:
This one (a) predates college foolery, (b) isn’t quite as disgusting (c) doesn’t require quite as many cast of characters but (d) does require a can of chocolate Passover macaroons and (e) a family dog.</p>

<p>If you open a can of chocolate macaroons, are totally bored and start to roll them into little oblonged-shaped blobs, you soon discover that they look EXACTLY like doggie excrement (and I DO mean EXACTLY). When you are about 10 years old and dreading the fact that you have to eat these (and none of your favorite) things for about a week, this becomes extremely amusing. So, when all your relatives come over for Passover, as everyone sits down to start the service, you secretly and carefully create a little pile of these goodies on the floor. You have to be willing to improvise, depending on whether someone else discovers the pile of poo, or whether you pretend to step in it. After yelling “ewwww” and scraping it off your foot (I recommend barefoot so you are not also eating dirt), you then take a nice big bite, and exclaim “yummm… Fido must be eating the premium dog food these days!” Other option is to point it out and then bet one of your younger cousins you’ll eat it. I won a few bucks that way, but they dont
fall for it more than once. And, being the mature, refined adult that I am, I have passed along this fine tradition to the next generation. The kids almost freaked (and some neighbor’s granny almost had a heart attack!)</p>

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<p>jym626- There’s also a few fairly unacceptable behaviors one can perform with a turkey neck. Almost all result in never having to host a Thanksgiving feast for a houseful of relatives again. </p>

<p>I also agree that is indeed important to pass appropriate knowledge and tradition to the next generation.</p>

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<p>violadad,
I think we need to host the first annual CC holiday dinner, don’t you ? Your place or mine? :D</p>

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<p>Based on our last few posts on this thread, I doubt we’d have to provide food for more than a few settings. Might be easier to go to a restaurant that’s BYOB.</p>

<p>And has large tables.</p>

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<p>Truthfully, I think we will only need a table for two :)</p>

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<p>Back to college pranks–
One year, on April Fools day, we agreed not to pull any pranks (well, that was the original intent…) Most of us kept the promise. At dinner that night on of the biggest pranksters offered to bring coffee back for one of the folks at the table, and asked what she took in her coffee. She replied “(half and half”. He kindly complied, bringing it back in a little paper cup. She poured it into her coffee, took one sip, and spit it out. She asked " What is this?? I asked for 1/2 and 1/2" . He responded “it is 1/2 and 1/2. Half vinegar and half mayonnaise”.</p>

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<p>Perhaps a change of thread title to “Fun with Food” might be appropiate.</p>

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<p>We had several other non-food related pranks, but it is late. I shall have to save them for tomorrow,.</p>

<p>By the way, where are all the MIT and Cal Tech folks? They are notorious for having the best pranks!</p>

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<p>My first post college job involved project management. I had been assigned a wine glass project incorporating a decorative 3 dimensional design element between the bowl and stem of the glass. The bowl and stems are formed seperately, and joined later with molten glass.</p>

<p>Initial shipments came in with a 50% reject rate, the bowls and stems separating at the slightest bump. All you had to do was set the glass on the table and the bowl would fall off.</p>

<p>My wife and I hosted our first dinner party for college friends after we were married. Wine glasses were at the place settings, the guests were seated.</p>

<p>Can you guess where I got the glasses from?</p>

<p>I went to pour the wine.</p>

<p>“Honey, did you get the wine?”
“No sweetie, I thought you did”</p>

<p>I was mad. I smacked the table.</p>

<p>9 of the 12 bowls fell off the glasses. </p>

<p>Giving your friends exactly what they expect… priceless.</p>

<p>I performed a similar demonstration for the glass manufacturer’s rep. He reluctantly agreed they had a manufacturing problem.</p>

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<p>Hey violadad,
Have we left the other pranksters in the dust???</p>

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<p>I doubt it. We’re just the only two that have no shame.</p>