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(Vanity) Funny Business: Readers Share Office Pranks (DON'T MISS!)
Minneapolis Star Tribune ^ | March 2, 2005 | Delma J. Francis

Posted on 03/02/2005 11:21:15 AM PST by srm913

One of my co-workers is a saver. About 15 years ago, our insurance company used a new password each week to identify company representatives. About a year ago, my co-worker found a file with all the passwords. He showed it to all of us and we all agreed there was no reason to keep it, so he threw out the file.

We have a sales convention every year and a top management person would leave company-wide e-mails to update us on information for the convention. A couple of days after my co-worker threw out the file, I called a top manager who sends e-mails updating us on the annual sales convention and asked him to send a fake company-wide e-mail to my co-worker announcing that there would be a contest at the convention and the person who could recall the most company passwords from the old days would win.

My co-worker read the e-mail and came out of his office white as a sheet. We only let him suffer for a couple of hours before we told him the truth.

Ann Mikiska, Farmington

The president of the company where I used to work had a very efficient secretary. When she put a stack of letters on his desk to be signed he didn't read them, just signed each letter and sent them back to her. The office jokester slipped in a sheet with the president's resignation on it, and of course he signed it. The jokester had a good time with it and no harm came from it.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: greatpranks; prank; pranks; workplace
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To: IamConservative
For some sick reason, I find getting someone to barf funny. As the kids say today: "Owned!"

My mother in law is the easiest, ever. We all work at a salon. I own a pug (This will make sense). I got some hair conditioner on my black sleeve. My wife says "That looks like one of the pug's eye boogers!" It wasn't, but the damage was done. Mom went rhythmically wretching straight to the can.

221 posted on 03/02/2005 7:27:58 PM PST by manic4organic (We won. Get over it.)
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To: srm913
I had a co-worker who lived a life suitable for a soap opera. He just loved drama. And, although I am not normally a practical joker this co-worker inspired me to pull several jokes on him. But my favorite one was an off the cuff joke. I had not planned to do anything to him, it's just that several coincidences came together at the right time and I just went for it.

My co-worker, called JC, was a real Lothario. He was always chasing one girl or another. He had an affair with another co-worker who was a real nut job. The affair ended badly and the girl quit. She soon found herself without employment and insurance. She would call our receptionist and complain about her lot. The receptionist decided to mess around with JC and told him that the girl was calling to find out his insurance information because she was pregnant.

Then, one day, the receptionist took a scheduled day off. JC, came into the office, and seeing that the receptionist was not at her desk, went to the boss's office to ask were she was. I heard the boss say that he had fired her. JC left the office and as he walked down the hall past my office I called him into my office with a psst. In a conspiratorial whisper I told him that the receptionist was fired because she had gotten into his personnel file and got his insurance information. What happened next was priceless.

"IT'S NOT MY BABY," he screamed.

At that point I lost it and began to laugh so hard I could barely talk. In between my fits of laughter I told him I was joking but he was so up set he would except my assurances and ran back to the boss to find out were the receptionist really was. It took us ten minutes to calm him down.
222 posted on 03/02/2005 7:32:13 PM PST by redheadtoo
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To: 70times7

I used to work at a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Phoenix back in the early 60's. I had the thrill of working second shift (4:00PM - Midnight). Well, on Friday nights we normally took off about 11:30 and gathered at a bar across the street for some pool, beer, and chatter.

Some one would get there first and order a pitcher to get it going and rack the balls.

Well, after a few weeks we noticed that one fellow always managed to show up about 5 minutes after the festivities started. AND he always seemed to leave before the last pitcher was ordered.

His comment was always, I will get the next one."

One night after we figured out his little game, we ordered about 10 pitchers but paid for none, telling the barkeep of our plan and that was to finally get Marsh to buy.

Anyway, about 12:45 (bars closed at 1AM then) we all began wandering out. One guy had to leave, another went to the potty, a couple went out to check a 'car problem', etc.

Then the bartender hit him with a bill for $17.50 or so. Now this wasn't a weeks pay but it was a noticeable amount for us grunt technicians. Most of us were in the $90 after taxes range/week. (God, those were the days)

From then on, he was always the first on the scene.


223 posted on 03/02/2005 7:33:41 PM PST by lawdude (Liberalism is a mental disease.)
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To: tacticalogic

Liquid nitrogen makes for some "cool" fun. A friend wanted to return some Tupperware. He was told they'd accept the stuff only if it was defective.

He dipped the stuff in liquid nitrogen and shattered all of it by dropping them on the floor. He returned the pieces in a bag and got his money back after he told them the stuff broke. He didn't tell them about the liquid nitrogen.


224 posted on 03/02/2005 7:34:10 PM PST by meatloaf
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To: Starter

We had a piping superintendent that left his boots under his desk when he went home at night. Some of the night shift guys lined the boots with plastic wrap, filled them with water, and put them in a freezer. They were back under his desk the next morning.

To say he was pissed was an understatement.


225 posted on 03/02/2005 7:42:06 PM PST by meatloaf
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To: Fierce Allegiance

ROFLMAO! This whole thread is insane, but this is making my eyes tear! What is wrong with you people??!!


226 posted on 03/02/2005 7:49:27 PM PST by radiohead (revote in washington state)
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To: Crusher138

Our college had a siren on the scoreboard to signal the quarters, etc. for football. We "borrowed" it one night. The coach didn't find out about the missing siren until the next game. A bunch of guys with a siren obviously has something with serious potential.

The siren ended up on the roof of the high rise dorm hooked up to a timer set for 3:00 am. Of course we relocked the penthouse door after we setup the siren. The college called in the fire department after they found the door locked with the siren screaming. The fire department freaked out after spotting the shoe box with the innards and the timer, made out of an old electric alarm clock. They thought it was a bomb. One of the firemen finally had the sense to pull the plug out of the wall.

Needless to say we kept the frick as we used to call it to ourselves.


227 posted on 03/02/2005 7:53:31 PM PST by meatloaf
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To: srm913
Had an acquaintence that was just plain annoying, showed up unexpected, ate and drank and generally made an annoyance of himself.

Sent $20.00 in his name to the Jehova's witnesses with a request that they send some information.

I'm not sure if that's why he moved but....

228 posted on 03/02/2005 8:01:29 PM PST by par4
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To: Dashing Dasher

There was a ladies man at one place I worked. I was able to get a copy of his photo ID from the secretary. I had a wanted poster printed up with that picture that looked exactly like what you'd find at the post office, with finger prints, etc. Of course everything on it related to "crimes of the heart."

I put one copy in his cube. For some reason I was the first person he asked to find out where it came form. He wasn't pleased.


229 posted on 03/02/2005 8:03:02 PM PST by meatloaf
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To: DugwayDuke

It's not PC related, but we started talking to each other about the coupon for the free ham or turkey that could be redeemed at the local Piggly Wiggly. All you had to do was ask the project manager for one.

Of course there were no such coupons. But the department fool didn't know that. He also did the paperwork for the sixty inflatable dolls for the company picnic at the instigation of one of the superintendents.


230 posted on 03/02/2005 8:08:22 PM PST by meatloaf
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To: TEXOKIE

Thank you for the ping!


231 posted on 03/02/2005 8:11:08 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: srm913
Where I work, we have an X-ray machine that we used to check our process. We all had to wear X-ray badges to make sure we didn't get exposed to high doses. Every two weeks, we had to turn them in to the health office. They would send them out to be tested. It always came out OK.

Well a guy we work with, went on break and left his badge on the counter. Someone,not me, put his badge inside the machine and turned it on. A few weeks later, the health office called him to report to them immediately. They wanted to send him out for tests. He thought he was a dead man. The guy who did it confessed and was fired. Pretty funny though

232 posted on 03/02/2005 8:13:51 PM PST by dc27
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To: hellinahandcart

Remember when mustard came in jars? You'd be amazed at how much coverage you can get by putting a jar of mustard in someone's bedroom and sticking a lit cherry bomb in it.


233 posted on 03/02/2005 8:14:33 PM PST by meatloaf
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To: srm913

Get two raw chicken breasts.

Hide one in a not so hard to find hiding space.
Hide the other in an impossible to find hiding space.

When they start rotting, the prankee will find the first and think the smell is gone.

But it's not......

MUHAHAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWA!


234 posted on 03/02/2005 8:22:44 PM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: Born Conservative

Shaving cream in pay phone ear pieces. When they run for the phone and that shaving cream gets jammed in your outer ear it's awful.


235 posted on 03/02/2005 8:26:18 PM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

Another dorm prank. Switch the CDs into the wrong cases. Just make sure you switch 3 CDs at a time. Then the prankee cant easily just switch the CDs into the other jewel case. TOTAL PAIN THE ASS!


236 posted on 03/02/2005 8:30:38 PM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: IamConservative

Damn that's FUNNY!!!


237 posted on 03/02/2005 8:36:17 PM PST by Boazo (From the mind of BOAZO)
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To: All
I have 2 and both were pulled on my sister at different times.

The 1st was about 15 years ago. My sister lived on her own but always came home to do her laundry. One Halloween night, I buried a big, plastic black rat in the laundry basket between the clean towels.

The second time was on her birthday. This was about 10 years ago when 'flowerpot' cakes were popular. These cakes were made using Oreo cookie crumbs & pudding. I made the cake and put it all in a plastic flowerpot, topping it off with a fetching (and fake) pink azalea. I also included a strategically placed gummi-worm. As my sister was admiring the 'plant', my brother-in-law scooped out that 'worm' and popped it in his mouth. My sister grabbed her mouth & headed for the bathroom. We all still laugh about it...and yes, I like her; she's just so easy to freak out.
238 posted on 03/02/2005 8:46:20 PM PST by pooh fan ("Strong, the pull of the Dark Side is". Yoda)
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To: Snardius
We would send the new guy to supply for 100 yards of flight line...

I was sent for "bulkhead remover, spray type." Figured it out about halfway across the hanger, spent the next 20 minutes munching a candy bar and taking a smoke break, then went back and told them I couldn't find any.

Laughs all around, but they didn't know until later it was on them. ;)

239 posted on 03/02/2005 8:50:00 PM PST by kAcknor (That's my version of it anyway....)
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To: dead

I seem to recall a prank involving a coffee table and some duct tape . . . care to share with the group?


240 posted on 03/02/2005 8:55:31 PM PST by Xenalyte (Your mother sells hot dogs.)
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