Practical Joke

[Muusers]

So here's the story. Me and 9 other students live on dorms and one guy is away on skiing holiday. Unfortunately for him he's left his room open for the entire week. Therefore it's time for a practical joke. You guys must have got some great ideas to pull off.

For inspiration:
When I was away for a weekend and left my room open, all my stuff was turned upside down when I came back. This is including desk, computer, couch, even my ceiling lamps were upside down!

When a girl was away we packed everything in her room in newspaper when she was away for a week. Even the small hair things inside a crate that was later packed too.

So he's away for a week and we've had a few ideas already:
everything in aluminium foil
cups of water everywhere
pingpongballs (though it's rather expensive)

[RonGillman3]

My friends have filled one of their friends apartment bedroom with balloons each filled with either white out, paint or pink kool-aid.

[bongomania]

Are there any empty dorm rooms? You could relocate all of his stuff to the other room, and set it up pretty much the way he had it before. Better yet, move somebody else into his room, like a newly-arrived foreign exchange student.

You could install tiny cameras and microphones around the room, and each week send him an anonymous DVD of his activities. Or even use fake cameras and mics, so he gets paranoid and freaked out, without actually violating his rights by recording him.

You could leave a couple of cats in his room, and give them plenty of food and water, but no litter box. That would be insanely cruel, but hey--it would get a reaction! Can you get some goats or sheep, and enough hay to keep them well-fed?

[i_got_a_mohawk]

I say wrap things.

We once wrapped up one of my friends cars on christmas eve

[Ziltoid]

I say box it all in presents, Christmas style.

[Jimbob Jones]

Label EVERYTHING in his room with post-it notes. like 'lamp', 'lampshade', 'lightbulb' 'lamp switch' etc. go into as much detail and use as many as you can. If you're thorough, he'll be finding them for months/years and it'll make him smile every time he discovers one.

We did this to a newlyweds' house when they were on honeymoon; It's super effective and entirely harmless. Win.

[capnjim]

We once used fishing line and wound it everywhere in the room...I mean everywhere so it was like a huge 3D spider web. You might have to put a couple of tacks in the roof to maximize the effect.

[jp58]

Cup o' water or labeling things with stick notes sound like a winner.

[TOOL460002]

a commercial just inspired me. do you know anyone who works at a pizza place? a room full of pizza boxes would be awesome. i suppose normal boxes would work as well. that said, i really like the post it idea.

[Simo98]

The upside down is always a goodun. Chairs on the roof, etc.

Maybe just empty the whole thing, and repaint the walls a mild apricot or some sort of other strange colour, then replace everything exactly where it was.

Otherwise fill the room with balloons, hundreds of them, right to the roof. Glad Wrap is always good too.

All of the above?

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Hide a dead hooker in his bed, that's always a great one too.

[Chebass88]

^ a dead rugby player?

[bongomania]

Does his room have a sign on it saying "dead hooker storage"?

[duff beer]

Try to find a bunch of styrofoam packing popcorn and fill his room with it. Completely.

[colcifer]

If you go with cups of water, splurge for plastic cups. Paper cups will leak in a matter of hours (I know some people who tried using them) and then you guys are the ***holes than flooded his room (ruining all his stuff in the process) rather than the buds who totally got him.

[bongomania]

Build a brick wall just inside his door, completely blocking the doorway.

[Skitch it!]

In the U.K. at one point, there were some excellent 'fake win' doctored Scratchcards (Prize win cards) doing the rounds. A friend of mine related on a pub night that he'd sold some of these cards to the bro's in a bit of a set-up. The guys, apart from one, were informed of the authenticity of these cards beforehand. Anyways the 'selected' bro scratched the game card off to find he had won £50000! The others won nothing, as was set. The lucky winner proceeded to buy the fellas drinks all night in celebration, until they told him of the authenticity of the lucky scratchcard in question, after 'stop tap' that is, he took it well enough ; )

Try that one.

[TOOL460002]

Originally Posted by Simo98

Glad Wrap is always good too.

yes it is. if he has a toilet in his room i would suggest putting clear plastic wrap over that.

[knucklehead G]

Get a bag of crickets from a pet store and let them loose right before he gets back. Three dozen or so. They'll last for weeks and you can never quite get them all.

Also if he has any padded chairs, you can peal back the fabric and put flour or powdered sugar in the cushion, then carefully seal it. If its breathable fabric, every time he sits on it he will get a nice white patch on his pants, and its usually not noticed right away. This also works with pillows.

Along the lines of the upside down room, if you have a small amount of money to devote or people can donate items, you can replace posters and cds and the like - He's into metal? Now his room is full of Hannah Montana. Make sure to return his stuff, eventually.

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Originally Posted by Chebass88

^ a dead rugby player?

Probably be more of a shock that a dead prostitute !