Senior Prank?

[amariealbrecht]

One idea that our senior class is potentially going to do is this:
If your school has a fairly visible flagpole...take down the flag and fold it properly, therefore the school cant get mad..then you put tires all the way down the flag pole, you will need a cherry picker but if you think about it...it is almost impossible to get the tires back off the flagpole without some type of crane because how would you get it off the bottom? you can also do this to the football goals in the endzone of your field and any other large item at your school
this is a prank that your school can not really get mad at you for because it is not damaging the property it is just a huge inconvience

[Molten]

Originally Posted by amariealbrecht

this is a prank that your school can not really get mad at you for because it is not damaging the property it is just a huge inconvience

Trust me, you don't have to damage something for the school to get mad about. If you just inconvenience them, they will be mad. Not saying its a bad idea, just saying that if you do it be prepared for repercussions.

[Burmeister #279]

No flagpole, no pool. The auditorium is used by the grade school in the other half of the building. Only the freshmen and sophomores have gym and use lockers. The cafeteria is also shared. Our main entrance is at the back with another near the office and at the end of a long hallway. The spirit rock's in the front (and is freakin huge). We only have 14 classrooms of which two have stone-topped lab tables, 6 are covered in computers (every desk has them) and 2 are extremely small. Only 5 of those could possibly be switched around. There are 3 multi-purpose rooms of which 1 is massively big [size of a gym++] and used for district meetings, 1 that is used for parent/teacher meetings and morning teacher meetings, and the final one is covered in art projects. The main office is really tiny with a large desk taking up the middle, a huge mailbox/shelf/wall thing on one side. The principal's office (i just learned) contains 4 completely full folder cabinents (roughly 300 lbs each), as well as a walnut bookshelf, and an oak single-piece desk full of crap. The science lab and the Materials Processing/automation labs are both off limits, and the final room we use now contains our team's stuff as well as stuff from the alternative energies team.

*gasp* i just read that again and realized my entire school fits into a paragraph.

WE do, however, have mildly-limited access to the roof and we have a courtyard so that makes it a little bit better. I think we might have access to the tower that is in the middle of the school building but it's ~5 stories high ( 2 above the closest roof ) and i've never seen a ladder/stairs/access to it.

At the moment, the only thing we can definitely do is senior skip day* but since its about this time every year we won't get the full effect due to internships that last from the end of april til graduation. meh. A few of us are 1st students so we'll find a way =)

*Senior skip day this year was organized by a group of seniors that have friends/family working at Cedar Point [google?]. All of the schools in our district and the surrounding area have been told that Cedar Point is the destination for those who can afford it and skip. Also, there's about 23 parties friday/saturday nights, but that's another discussion all together*

[DonRotolo]

Move the spirit rock.

You only need to move it enough for people to see it has been moved. Certainly it shouldn't be moved far - a few feet. Getting back to my previous post here - make people wonder how you did it.

Um, OK: Now, how are you going to do it? 1723 feet of 3/4" steel cable and several dozen (large) pulleys maybe???

[Dad1279]

Since there is no flagpole, install one. With a Pirate Flag.

[Mr. Pockets]

Hmm what if you mixed glitter glue into the soap dispensers? Might be a bit of problem if it caused drain issues but it would be funny to see everyone walking around with shiny hands all day (also a nice way to figure out who washes their hands).

That or you could just go throughout the school and unplug all of the computer mice (mouses, i'm not sure -_-). If you want to be really mean you could unplug them only slightly so people don't realize that they are unplugged (or it would just fool me).

[demosthenes2k8]

If the computers are like ours and have a screen saver at the logic screen, (We use XP but we have the dialog box) then you can walk around and press power on them while they have the screen saver-they'll go back to the "Press CTRL+ALT+DEL" box, and then when they do it shuts down instead.

Or you can just press ctrl+alt+down to flip the screens upside-down. Then flip the monitors upside down so the screen is the right side up. Or for you programmers, make a prograom (hidden with FreeConsole) to run on startup that does it every minute-in a random direction.

[Burmeister #279]

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

Move the spirit rock.

You only need to move it enough for people to see it has been moved. Certainly it shouldn't be moved far - a few feet. Getting back to my previous post here - make people wonder how you did it.

Um, OK: Now, how are you going to do it? 1723 feet of 3/4" steel cable and several dozen (large) pulleys maybe???

Haha that would work. it seems like that might be what we do lol.

Originally Posted by Dad1279

Since there is no flagpole, install one. With a Pirate Flag.

LOL everyone who read that here laughed =)

Originally Posted by Mr. Pockets

Hmm what if you mixed glitter glue into the soap dispensers? Might be a bit of problem if it caused drain issues but it would be funny to see everyone walking around with shiny hands all day (also a nice way to figure out who washes their hands).

that would be quite amusing.

Originally Posted by Mr. Pockets

That or you could just go throughout the school and unplug all of the computer mice (mouses, i'm not sure -_-). If you want to be really mean you could unplug them only slightly so people don't realize that they are unplugged (or it would just fool me).

Originally Posted by demosthenes2k8

If the computers are like ours and have a screen saver at the logic screen, (We use XP but we have the dialog box) then you can walk around and press power on them while they have the screen saver-they'll go back to the "Press CTRL+ALT+DEL" box, and then when they do it shuts down instead.

Or you can just press ctrl+alt+down to flip the screens upside-down. Then flip the monitors upside down so the screen is the right side up. Or for you programmers, make a prograom (hidden with FreeConsole) to run on startup that does it every minute-in a random direction.

shutting down computers is a big no-no as well as unplugging them because the district IT guys are 'under a contract' that says they are the only ones that can move, disconnect, reconnect, or in any way mess with their settings. us removing the mice would be a problem with the district not just our school. and flipping the screens is disabled.

Thanks for the idea Don =)

[EricVanWyk]

Originally Posted by Dad1279

Since there is no flagpole, install one. With a Pirate Flag.

I like this one, in the spirit of the "garden" prank above. Done well, it could be great.

[amariealbrecht]

haha ya the pirate thing could be tight
good luck and do something that gets a laugh but doesnt target anything with sentimental value that can not be put back to its original place or starting point...chances are the school will be mad but its a senior prank so they will eventually get over it ... its ur senior year so ull be fine
good luck and fill us in on what you do i cant wait to hear about it

[Karibou]

You could try taping the bottoms of all of the mice (mouses? ). Just a small piece of scotch tape over the light sensor thing will make them not work. We do it to each other all the time during design (and of course, I'm not affected by it, since I'm apparently the only one who uses the touchpad with Inventor o.O).

Instead of glitter glue, which could probably make the soap dispensers not very happy, you could just mix glitter in. Same effect, really, just less...sticky.

Can you guys ziptie lockers?

[Burmeister #279]

I don't think we could pool enough money to get a flagpole and concrete etc. to put it up, but we sure could try =) and i don't really know how much it would cost...

messing with the lockers is also strictly forbidden, one of the sophomores decided to show some very untrustworthy freshmen how to break in to the lockers and several electronic devices were stolen (and a pair of shoes iirc >.<) and never recovered so any locker-related inconveniences are bad.

[Mr. Pockets]

What about taking all of the teachers books and scrambling their locations. The Latin teachers are blessed with math books, the English teachers learn German.
and Science teachers dabble in music theory! Everybody wins!

Originally Posted by Karibou

Instead of glitter glue, which could probably make the soap dispensers not very happy, you could just mix glitter in. Same effect, really, just less...sticky.

Fair point, i just wasn't sure if it would be sticky enough normally.

Originally Posted by Karibou

Can you guys ziptie lockers?

OMG EVERY SINGLE LOCKER ZIPTIED. It's like a janitors worse nightmare.

[Molten]

Originally Posted by Burmeister #279

I don't think we could pool enough money to get a flagpole and concrete etc. to put it up, but we sure could try =) and i don't really know how much it would cost...

It would probably be a lot cheaper if you make a flagpole instead of buying one. Also, who says it has to be a real permanent flagpole? I can't say exact prices, but I'm pretty sure you can get some long metal tubing for reasonable prices at a scrapmetal company. I think most cities have them locally. Perhaps if you tell them your plan, they'll make you a deal.

If its a temperary flagpole, no concrete is necessary which would also lower the cost. This might just take away from the wow factor...

[bobwrit]

I love the pig idea personaly, as well as a bunch of my freinds.

How 'bout taking over the school PA system/ video anouncements? You could play an internet viral(youtube) like charlie the unicorn or something. You could also start playing something odd over the intercom(this was our senior prank this year. I will not say which song it was. it was an internet viral) like some metal of some sort.

How are the seats for the desks set up, because if their free to move out side the desks than you could glue them to the ground.

Superglue a bunch of quarters and dimes to the ground?