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malaise

(293,291 posts) Thu Jan 1, 2026, 09:11 AM Jan 1

What is your most memorable childhood prank [View all]

Our home was on a corner. Our immediate neighbors included three boys. Their dad had a pick up truck. He never parked it in the yard. The bright street light was across the road from our home.
On nights when the parents were out, the guys would stuff an old wallet with paper, tie a cord, place it on our corner and hide either behind the pick up or in the back of it. Folks walking or riding a bike fell for this regularly. As soon as they touched the wallet, the cord would be pulled.
Every freaking teenager within range would howl with laughter. There were more than a few near heart attacks not to mention embarrassment.
We all remember this - it is still hysterically funny to us. Life was so damn simple back then. 😀😀

A happy and healthy 2026 to all DUers

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What is your most memorable childhood prank [View all] malaise Jan 1 OP

I have a couple, in middle school a friend and I found an old hubcap (cars had them in those days) and we would wait wcmagumba Jan 1 #1

Love it malaise Jan 1 #2

We did something similar berniesandersmittens Jan 1 #3

ROFL malaise Jan 1 #7

Throwing water balloons at passing cars Beatlelvr Jan 1 #4

They'd shoot you today malaise Jan 1 #10

Dead Patty Play Pal PikaBlue Jan 1 #5

Love it malaise Jan 1 #8

I just wanted to laugh at him kissing my doll goodnight PikaBlue Jan 1 #17

Visiting my grandparents, my dad's folks True Dough Jan 1 #6

Bwaaaah malaise Jan 1 #9

I hid in my sister's closet at bedtime... MiHale Jan 1 #11

ROFL malaise Jan 1 #13

When I was at summer camp me and a friend Phoenix61 Jan 1 #12

Hahaha malaise Jan 1 #14

It was when I was in 4th grade Hey Joe Jan 1 #15

Ouch! malaise Jan 1 #18

Oh Lordy! My friend, a tarantula, and me! Dorothy V Jan 1 #16

You win the thread 😀 malaise Jan 1 #19

Really bizarre Grim Chieftain Jan 1 #20

You folks have me howling with laughter malaise Jan 1 #21

One I pulled on my best friend bif Jan 1 #22

Too wicked malaise Jan 1 #24

The invisible wire trick nuxvomica Jan 1 #23

LOL malaise Jan 1 #25

I placed a Garter snake, small one.... FarPoint Jan 1 #26

I'm guessing surprised is an under statement malaise Jan 1 #27

He figured it out rather quickly... FarPoint Jan 1 #32

Not a prank, exactly, but a "gotcha" moment that I still relish 60+ years later. 3catwoman3 Jan 1 #28

Love it malaise Jan 1 #30

This prank was at a little older age. Involved a '57 Chevy. marked50 Jan 1 #29

Good one malaise Jan 1 #31