Greatest Prank Ever Planned?

Just remembered this prank I was going to pull on my old housemates.

We were living in a fairly run down house and creepy stuff did happen. So I took advantage of this situation; I completely had the others convinced it was haunted. Few other friends got in on it and a plan was flourished;

First we would get a radio that had both an internal and an external power source. Attached to this would be a switch that would detect infrared and activate the radio. The main powerboard was near the back door, easily accessible quietly. While they were out of the house, someone would be let in and put in the attic with a VCR and a pre-recorded tape (of faces flashing against a grainy screen).

So the planning done, we had to figure out the right strategy. A really cold night, someone would sneak into the back kitchen and switch off all the lights. A radio would be hidden in one of the empty rooms (the strangest room of the house) that would play load knocking noises. Someone outside would activate the radio using the infrared (the fact that it would be playing, even though not plugged in would be deeply unnerving).

The person in the attic would then take the co-axial cable from the aerial and plug it into the VCR so that the tape would be played on the screen without their knowledge.

We completely and utterly scared my housemates sh1tless and I didn't stay long in that house.

giggsy664

Nice one.

CreepingDeath

I love the "buttered floor" clips on YouTube.

The housemate is absolutely owned by the slippery floor.

Link to youTube results

Probably this: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=55074222&postcount=3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqq5fcPYrLs&feature=related

Thats pretty damned funny

Earthhorse

This, probably.

Speaking personally, when Blair Witch was released I went with some friends to see it. Afterward, we went back to a mates but one of the lads, Nick, needed to be dropped home so a car left with him in it. Shortly later our mates arrive back in a fluster going, "Nick's missing, Nick's missing, come on lads, get in!".

I was like yeah right but Gav, my other mate, is a little more trusting and got in. I was like "Look, it's a prank, they're foolin' ya!" but he wouldn't listen and got in. They drove up to Three Rock where, they told Gav, they'd gone before dropping Nick home and gotten out of the car to look around, but some scumbags were there and the lads, in a panic, scrambled to the car, leaving Nick behind.

They even had Gav phone me to relate the tail they'd told him, but I'd no sympathy, informing him glibly that "It's Blair Witch night".

Anyway, half way up one of the lads can't contain his laughter and let's the cat out of the bag but the only thing Gav is concerned about is continuing the prank on me. So they come back to the house, keeping the front up that Nick's missing, feed me the same garbage and I'm not buying it but then one of my mates starts crying right in front of me. Really convincingly. Head in hand, tears, trying to stifle his embarrassment.

I so almost bought it but I called their bluff and they capitulated.

Deleted User wrote: »

Just remembered this prank I was going to pull on my old housemates.

We completely and utterly scared my housemates sh1tless and I didn't stay long in that house.

Wait. Did you or didn't you pull off this prank?

Tusky

This is pretty damn good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqq5fcPYrLs

ottostreet

loads of us from carlow are DJs, and one of them (a well known one) released a track earlier this year that charted. myself, his housemate, and another friend were going to rig up a huge sound system in his room (he wouldnt notice. seriously) and have it yoked up to a set of decks outside. housemate was going to "visit friends for the night" so hed be alone in the house. the dj's tune has a fairly recognisable tune so we were going to set the tune to start at the "duh duh" part and play it at full blast to him in the middle of the night. imagine, being knackered, going to bed, then being woken up at full blast by your own tune at 3am...oh priceless (well it was to us anyway). he found out though and threatened to drive over our decks with his jeep.

TPD

Had this one planned for a friend, more to confuse the **** out of him than scare him. Basically it goes like this:

- Wait till morning, while he's still in bed asleep
- Set up projectors and screens outside his bedroom window, completely blocking his view of outside
- Get someone (strong) to hide under the bed, ready to shake the thing to bits once the fun starts
- Have loud, bassy speakers set up
- Have small holes in the ceiling drilled, with people waiting in the attic holding bricks on strings

And the fun part:
Blare 'O Fortuna' from the speakers, while the bed gets shaken like mad, have images of nuclear bombs going off at the windows and have bricks falling from the ceiling (on strings so they can be pulled up and dropped again).

Basically make him think the end has come, in a drowsy just-woken-up state id say it would be believable too.

MagicMarker

What about the whole jesus sacrificing himself for the world thing?

Best. Prank. Ever.

I can just see the pope right now, in his ''quarters'' about to ride the hole off some school girl having a good aul chuckle to himself. And really, who can blame him?

TPD

MagicMarker wrote: »

I can just see the pope right now, in his ''quarters'' about to ride the hole off some school girl having a good aul chuckle to himself. And really, who can blame him?

What are you doing outside the pope's window at this time of night? And posting on an internet message board at the same time no less!

MagicMarker

TPD wrote: »

What are you doing outside the pope's window at this time of night? And posting on an internet message board at the same time no less!

I am the pope.

TPD

MagicMarker wrote: »

I am the pope.

Confessions of a paedophile.

MagicMarker

TPD wrote: »

Confessions of a paedophile.

Coming to a movie theatre near you!

Starring Pee Wee Herman as the Pope.

TPD

MagicMarker wrote: »

Coming to a movie theatre near you!

Starring Pee Wee Herman as the Pope.

And Barbra Streisand as 'Some School Girl'. Ergh.