Senior Prank?

[MissInformation]

Originally Posted by dlavery

But if you want examples of how the professional leagues do it when it comes to institutional pranks, then there is only one place to go - to the great M.I.T. Hacks.

Dave is right about this one! (not that he's not right about anything else) Last year for my folklore class, I did fieldwork in the area of pranks and one of the books I checked out of the school library was Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT. I ended up not using it as a source because my paper switched from being about "geek" pranks to focusing on how a serial prankster operates, but the book was so much fun to read! It convinced me that being a geek is more fun than being anything else! Of course, after returning the book to the library, I was slightly disappointed with my school... either they are too dumb to realize what having a book like that in their school library could cause or they just don't think Mason students have it in them...

There was another interesting book, too: If At All Possible, Involve a Cow that is about different pranks from different colleges (it has a whole chapter dedicated to MIT and Caltech's pranks).

Heidi (who again thanks Dave for the interview for her paper, I'm sure he's partially responsible for the A+ )

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by MissInformation

Heidi (who again thanks Dave for the interview for her paper, I'm sure he's partially responsible for the A+ )

Why do I have a sneaking suspicion that this is your way of pointing out Dave's serial prankster capabilities? hm?


edit: kudos for the A+

[Bob Steele]

In the manner of pranks...
I would like to submit the following quote for your perusal...


"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage..to move in the opposite direction..." A. Einstein

Elegance and creativity in pranking is the hallmark ....

I see too many of my students just using the internet to come up with ideas...
You can certainly draw from the masters.... (Caltech and MIT..etc..)
but do your own thing.... make it good... make it unique...

If you make it destructive be prepared for the consequences....
Destructive pranks are almost universally disliked....
And remember you WILL NOT be able to keep everyone quiet.
Some will ALWAYS talk about it....it is human nature

Use the FIRST model..... get together... brainstorm....
develop your plan....

The best pranks are the simplest and most elegant...
the ones that make the observer scratch their head...

good luck

[lady lighting]

This year our seniors got permission and forked the whole front and the whole back of our school the used sidwalk chalk and wrote all over the side walk in the front of the school they put FORK HHS 09

[Burmeister #279]

Originally Posted by Bob Steele

In the manner of pranks...
I would like to submit the following quote for your perusal...


"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.
It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage..to move in the opposite direction..." A. Einstein

Elegance and creativity in pranking is the hallmark ....

I see too many of my students just using the internet to come up with ideas...
You can certainly draw from the masters.... (Caltech and MIT..etc..)
but do your own thing.... make it good... make it unique...

If you make it destructive be prepared for the consequences....
Destructive pranks are almost universally disliked....
And remember you WILL NOT be able to keep everyone quiet.
Some will ALWAYS talk about it....it is human nature

Use the FIRST model..... get together... brainstorm....
develop your plan....

---

The best pranks are the simplest and most elegant...
the ones that make the observer scratch their head...

good luck

First bold: we were stumped for two weeks
second bold: did that and ^^^^
third bold: that's the plan =)

I thought i'd add that my brother's senior class tied a parking lot of cars together. it was funny until three mirrors got broken off from rope being pulled. and my bro's antenna got bent.

[Mr. Pockets]

Our seniors pulled off a nice one this year:

All of the seniors smuggled fake swords armor costumes into school a few days back. Then roughly halfway through third hour one of them distracted the people in the office and someone got a hold of the intercom and announced: Attention all seniors. The battle begins now! All of the seniors then proceed to rush out onto the front lawn and have a massive mock medieval brawl. I later learned that in addition the guys in one of the design classes had constructed a functioning catapult which they dragged out and used to fling cardboard projectiles into the crowd. A lot of the people in my class thought it was stupid but hey no one got hurt, and the seniors had a blast.

Our English teacher also told us her classes senior prank. have all the seniors bring in alarm clocks, set them for the same time, and have all the seniors leave. Time comes the bells rings and just doesn't stop ^_^

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Mr. Pockets

Our seniors pulled off a nice one this year:

All of the seniors smuggled fake swords armor costumes into school a few days back. Then roughly halfway through third hour one of them distracted the people in the office and someone got a hold of the intercom and announced: Attention all seniors. The battle begins now! All of the seniors then proceed to rush out onto the front lawn and have a massive mock medieval brawl. I later learned that in addition the guys in one of the design classes had constructed a functioning catapult which they dragged out and used to fling cardboard projectiles into the crowd. A lot of the people in my class thought it was stupid but hey no one got hurt, and the seniors had a blast.

Just a note for the community, the swords and armor were made out of cardboard. Not in any way harmful.

And I saw videos of that, it was a really good senior prank. Everyone had fun, and I don't believe that the administration really cared...

[IKE]

We did a series of pranks. We built Snowmen inside the school, and many other small ones.
One of my personal favorites was buying a community park benh for ths school. These are the kinds that they engrave the donors names on them. Our bench was sponsored by John Galt. It was fantastic when we were walking by it one day, and someone looked over and asked there husband, "Who is John Galt?".

Most of my other pranks were saved for the dorms in college.

Some friends and I help out with an antique tractor show. We pull a prank every year on a friend of ours. One of the best was wiring in a spare truck horn to his brake lights. Quick, simple, irritating, and quite humorus. If possible buy the same horn that the vehicle has for extra confusion.

[Mike Schreiber]

Depending on the type of lockers the school has, during class get a couple students to go around and ziptie a large amount of lockers shut while "going to the bathroom", between classes there will be quite the frustration as students cannot get their stuff for the next class. It only causes minor problems and delay in school, but it would be nice to watch.

[IKE]

Originally Posted by ICanCountTo19

Depending on the type of lockers the school has, during class get a couple students to go around and ziptie a large amount of lockers shut while "going to the bathroom", between classes there will be quite the frustration as students cannot get their stuff for the next class. It only causes minor problems and delay in school, but it would be nice to watch.

If done right, students could only get to their stuff if everyone opened their lockers at the same time. This could be an interesting experiment in cooperation....