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sharp_stick

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65. A friend of mine was once evicted
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 12:29 PM
Mar 2016

from a really good apartment because the landlord had a better offer on the apartment.

He had to get out and I offered to help him move. We spent all day, a hot July day, hauling his shit down the elevator to my pickup and to the new place. All day he's bitching and moaning about the asshole manager.

On the last run out we got into the elevator with the last couple of boxes. He told me to hit the elevator stop button. He climbed on a box, opened the access hatch to the roof of the elevator ( I always thought they locked those), reached into a bag and pulled out a 4 or 5 pound whole salmon. He chucked it onto the roof of the elevator, closed the hatch and told me we could go now.

I would have loved to see that elevator a couple of days later.

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Your best practical joke. [View all] Aerows Feb 2016 OP
Sheep. underahedgerow Feb 2016 #1
That seems like it might hurt the sheep Aerows Feb 2016 #11
In college someone unscrewed the shower head cover and packed it kairos12 Feb 2016 #2
Oh, now that is PRICELESS! Aerows Feb 2016 #6
I saw a photo on another site of a cubical filled with packing peanuts csziggy Feb 2016 #15
I haven't seen the pic of the brown-paper wrapped office kentauros Feb 2016 #20
I filled my mom's car with balloons Aerows Feb 2016 #21
There is a newspaper wrapped version in this list csziggy Feb 2016 #24
OH MY GOD! Sticky note paint job! Aerows Feb 2016 #26
Have you seen this video? csziggy Feb 2016 #34
That's freaking awesome! Aerows Feb 2016 #37
Spraying silicone dry lubricant on the city playground slide Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #3
Now that is funny! Aerows Feb 2016 #10
I was in Band, so pranks were just part of that culture :D kentauros Feb 2016 #4
OH my WORD Aerows Feb 2016 #7
Well, the simple pranks we did in band kentauros Feb 2016 #22
LOL! Aerows Feb 2016 #23
In the late 80s, during my senior year of high school... Orrex Feb 2016 #5
Orrex Aerows Feb 2016 #8
IT Pranks benld74 Feb 2016 #9
Changed a particularly annoying homophobic collegues Aerows Feb 2016 #13
Change the desktop picture to the Blue Screen of Death csziggy Feb 2016 #16
I actually had that one as my desktop and screen saver for a while Aerows Feb 2016 #18
The best one I heard of was done by a friend when he was in college: The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #12
Oh, that's good Aerows Feb 2016 #14
Brilliant! trof Feb 2016 #43
One I was told about (wasn't me, wasn't there, can't prove anything) gratuitous Feb 2016 #17
My mother told me Aerows Feb 2016 #19
Another college friend stitched together a couple of bras The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #45
Mine saran wrapped the toilet Aerows Feb 2016 #51
We used this adhesive (Lock-Tight, it might have been called or something like that?)... Iggo Feb 2016 #25
That's pretty funny! Aerows Feb 2016 #28
My favorite office prank these days is also one of the simplest. kentauros Feb 2016 #27
You are evil Aerows Feb 2016 #29
Thanks! kentauros Feb 2016 #30
Tape works as well, and is less obvious to a quick glance at the bottom. Thor_MN Feb 2016 #52
Clear tape will work? kentauros Mar 2016 #61
Clear tape will work. The sensor sees the unmoving tape and thinks nothing is happening. Thor_MN Mar 2016 #62
Speaking of wireless mice and keyboards. kentauros Feb 2016 #31
I repeatedly rebooted coworkers computers Aerows Feb 2016 #32
You could also do that on the Tuesday after a holiday. kentauros Feb 2016 #33
Oh my. Aerows Feb 2016 #35
That's assuming they even come in that morning! kentauros Feb 2016 #36
I underestimated your level Aerows Feb 2016 #38
Idle minds and idle hands, and all that kentauros Feb 2016 #40
We lived across the alley from my grandparents growing up nadine_mn Feb 2016 #39
That's a good one! Aerows Feb 2016 #56
Not mine Ahpook Feb 2016 #41
Oh! Now that is just W... Aerows Feb 2016 #54
trof becomes GOD (for a minute or so) trof Feb 2016 #42
LOL! Aerows Feb 2016 #49
Stapled Dixie cups together benld74 Feb 2016 #44
You aren't right Aerows Feb 2016 #48
Oh, I forgot this one! The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #46
Oh LORD! Aerows Feb 2016 #50
My uncle was a practical joker: trof Feb 2016 #47
Oh, now icing the pan Aerows Feb 2016 #57
Duct taped an open can of sardines underneath the desk drawer of a high school teacher Major Nikon Feb 2016 #53
Brutal! Aerows Feb 2016 #58
Oh, my... a *lifetime* of them! SeattleVet Feb 2016 #55
You are too much! Aerows Feb 2016 #59
These are cruel. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2016 #60
Being born. malthaussen Mar 2016 #63
My Grad Student Supervisor sharp_stick Mar 2016 #64
A friend of mine was once evicted sharp_stick Mar 2016 #65
Sticker over the optical on a computer mouse. KentuckyWoman Mar 2016 #66
About 30 years ago, Pakhet Mar 2016 #67
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