What's the best prank you've ever heard of/seen/experienced?

LifeofaLorax · 1 day

can't be sure which camp it was at...I heard about it from a guy who did a weeklong volunteer camp, so I dunno what campsite they had rented for the week

pilar1347 · 4 days

The best pathological liars are kids. It's so easy to bait them and have the story go in the best direction possible. Two of my favorites from summer cmap:

I had one kid tell me that he was an expert archer and when he was practicing at home, he once accidentally missed the target and shot a deer in the eye. He had also hunted bears with his bow and arrow...yet somehow couldn't hit anywhere close to center on the archery target.

Another kid and I were talking about surfing. I mentioned something about this board. He felt the need to top it, so he mentioned a board he owned. He didn't have to wear a leash, since the board was magnetized and every time he wiped out, it would return to his magnetic boots. Mysteriously, he didn't have an answer when I asked what happened if his boot attached to the underside of the board and left him hanging underwater.

LifeofaLorax · 4 days

The Best Damn Summer Camp Prank I've Ever Heard Off

This happened at a summer camp in Wisconsin. One of the camp counselors managed to get his hands on a gorilla suit. The counselors began casually mentioning a story about a gorilla that broke out of the zoo to the campers - not as a scary story, but as a "if you see a gorilla, be careful" type of thing.

Over the course of a week, they slowly escalated it. After some campers took extra bananas from the dining hall to leave out for the gorilla, some staff ate them (messily) in the middle of the night and left the scraps at a different location. While a group of campers went canoeing, a counselor dressed up as the gorilla and cautiously went to the edge of the lake to get a couple sips of water before scurrying off into the woods. The campers were going nuts. After a couple more close calls and sightings, some of the older ones began to broadcast a theory that the counselors were dressing up as a gorilla on their breaks.

One of the nights near the end of camp, the entire camp was gathered for an all camp game in a field. During the game, the gorilla sauntered along the edge of the field before being scared by the excited cries of the campers who began to notice. He ran off. Meanwhile, the campers counted the staff and tried to figure out who was missing. All of the counselors and directors were present.

And that's why maintenance men can be your greatest ally for summer camp pranks.

motbackwards · 5 days

I worked as an instructor in Tahoe. Depending on what you're doing, you may not need a hat or gloves. Most of my days, between tying kids' boots or fastening their bindings, gloves were worthless. As a first year instructor, I did a fair amount of walking up the bunny slopes so I was warmer than most other seasoned instructors. I only had an old rainjacket and one personal pair of snowboard pants. The resort should provide you with a uniform, so it looks like you're good on clothing. Maybe some base layers for underneath the uniform in case it gets unexpectedly cold?

And helmet. Definitely a helmet. If your resort doesn't provide one/require one, get your own. If you're on the slopes 5/7 days of the week in any capacity, the chances of an imbecile running into you increases exponentially. Especially if you're an instructor on the bunny slopes. Example: A first time adult shredder on the chairlift managed to have their board fall off their foot while on the chairlift sending it shooting down towards my class at the bottom of a bunny slope with only magic carpets for access. Board sped under two fences and almost took out one of my students. Expect the unexpected; protect yourself.

What is your job by the way?

Simply_Amazing · 5 days

Also, thanks for this. I'm saving this thread for my road trip down the West Coast and a possibly subsequent road trip from CA to VA.

Simply_Amazing · 5 days

Virginia: Starr Hill Brewery in Charlottesville. I love Jomo. Not a big fan of Love, though.

miked12 · 5 days

Gorillas, fo sho.

But the one contest I'd like to see (maybe a charity event?) are the major action stars (Jason Statham, Jet Li, Slyvester Stallone) squaring up against MMA fighters in a tournament. You'd probably have to choose up and coming fighters or below average fighters just to give the movie stars a chance.

BabyStevie · 5 days

Because the men are required to go on a two year mission trip that often includes riding their bike and knocking on people's doors to try to convert them.

Fluppuple · 5 days

The most effective means of persuading someone is to not persuade them...but instead let them access a whole group of opinions and viewpoints of anonymous people on the internet. The time to answer questions at my own pace has been invaluable to my own process of confronting my doubts about Christianity and replacing faith with facts. My lose of belief is not something that would have happened had I had discussions with live people full of emotions.

BabyStevie · 5 days

haha, nice! I got in trouble for wearing a bike helmet as part of my Mormon costume for Halloween. Not because it was offensive, but because it was a "hat." That's what I get for encouraging safety.

Deafy · 6 days

ASL student here. A little intoxicated, but I thought I could help with your mumbling question. (I'll check back in the morning and see if I can help with other questions.)

Think of mumbling as someone signing sloppily and with very small movements. Like, if a conversation is happening between three people but two are dominating the conversation and the third is trying to contribute, but doesn't have enough confidence to sign as if the other two would actually pay attention.

Another way to think about it is as if the signs aren't distinct enough and are easily confused with other signs. If someone if mumbling to me, I can't tell which word they mean to say, because it sounds like it could be a lot of words.

Hope that helps.

crispyjungle · 6 days

This is a huge pet peeve of mine! I work with youth and would never tell them to apologize. I frame it as, "What can you do to make this right?" to make their actions a little more open ended after they mess up. Phony apologies are horrible.

(For really young kids, like <4, it might be just to calibrate them to the social norm of apologizing, but older kids, i.e. those who can write as well as this, shouldn't be forced to apologize.)

RacistIllithid · 7 days

Your story and the name of the fictional other woman reminded me of a story of my own.

In college, I had a girlfriend who would spend the night fairly frequently. I enjoyed having her over, but like most, I never slept as well as I did on my own. On night, I woke up mid-conversation with her around 3 or 4 a.m. I was shaking her awake and still repeating things I had been sleep talking, things like "Sarah, wake up. Sarah, it's time to go. You need to leave, Sarah."

Only problem is...my girlfriend's name is Lauren. To this day, I still don't know who Sarah was in my dream. She was super pissed and I never worked harder to get out of the hole unconscious me had dug...

Cat4life · 14 days

For tattle tales, I generally point out if it's something inane that doesn't require them to tell me. "Bobby colored outside the lines" is not an emergency. I'd tell them to think about if the actions of the perpetrator was hurting others or themselves or breaking a rule. If not, I don't need to know.

Other than that, I encourage them to try ignoring, asking the person to stop, or moving away if it's something directly affecting them.

Oh! One thing I just thought of (but haven't done) is to ask the student to tell you the good stories too. Encourage them to tell you important things, but challenge them to tell you one good thing another student did that day and set up a specific time (like before lunch) for them to do it. If a student just wants attention, it helps to give them a special job so they feel valued.

fallenangel51294 · 14 days

do you play that you can't throw again until you finishes your drink? and if your rack is taken out, you have to stop playing? that second rule gets really fun when your whole team targets who you think is the best player...

fallenangel51294 · 14 days

You Got Got

You fill a bunch of solo cups about 1/4 of the way full with beer and clump them in the center of a table. Everyone stands in a circle around the table. Play starts on opposite ends of the circle and moves in the same direction (we'll say play moves to the right for this example). On each side of the circle, the opposing players try to bounce a ping pong ball into an empty solo cup. If you make it on the first try, you can give your ball and cup to anyone in the circle. If not, you keep trying until you make it and pass it to your right. If the person directly to your right has not made his/her cup and you did, you slap their cup off the table and say, "You got got!" (or not...but you should at least slap the cup). Play resumes after that person drinks the beer out of a new cup. The victim from the last round starts with a cup and ball, as does the person directly across from them. Fast paced and awesome!

nonnonsequitur · 15 days

This might provide some insight on the stages of grief. It's important to note that not everyone experiences each stage, but it still might help spread some light on your current feelings. I'd also suggest talking to a grief therapist if you are this worried, since they will be able to help you more than wikipedia or the internet...

Maso8299 · 15 days

This. A million times this. Yo momma jokes loose their humor when you direct one at a friend who just lost their mother - and you knew it, just forgot for that one moment. The dead baby jokes of high school felt out of line after I actually witnessed a dead baby.

I do subscribe to the belief that "if it's not offensive, it's not funny" but still hold that free speech is subjected to the free market. Jimmy Carr does it for a career; you don't wanna do it on visit with your great grandmother.

mossner1992 · 15 days

Yup. Already accomplished the task. Anything that would bother me, would bother me because of the person, not the sexuality. Loud sex? Gay or straight, keep quiet while I'm trying to sleep!

CS-NL · 15 days

I feel like this should be an anecdote in the Four Hour Work Week

nonnonsequitur · 16 days

maybe at some point, just visiting for now. CA is pretty sweet, I must say

089786 · 16 days

I heard a quote about this: "Practical jokes are neither practical or funny."

That being said, I prank that makes the "victim" laugh just as hard as the prankers is always good times. But the vengeful ones people do when they can't face conflict like adults? Naw, those ones suck.

nonnonsequitur · 16 days

no shit! I watched it in low res today and thought so. I was in venice beach this morning...eerie

nonnonsequitur · 16 days

so good in HD, I love the camera work. such a simple music video...

nonnonsequitur

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