Internet based practical jokes on mates (need to get them back)

NedTermo · 31-08-2009 4:14pm #1

Long story short, 20 of us each had a tenner in a pot for a fantasy football league this year, two of my mates were over my house on Sunday and logged into my team (password was saved as it was my own computer) and changed my whole team around. Anyone who plays it will know that I'm now fcked for the season and have no chance of winning.

So I need a good way to get them back. A few years a go another friend did something similar and I put his number on a gay dating website which meant he got a lot of calls for months after. Maybe a little too cruel!

But I need to get these people back and the internet is my friend.

By the way, they don't know I know they did it. They think I think it was just a big or glitch which messed my whole thing up.

Suggestions welcome!

AlmightyCushion · 31-08-2009 4:18pm

Put their car up for sale on buy and sell except put it up really cheap.

Smart Bug · 31-08-2009 4:19pm

Get them posted up here:

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/fugitives.htm

bronte · 31-08-2009 4:21pm

Fill their wallet/pockets with std information leaflets. Works especially well if they're on a date and happen to pull one out by accident.
Edit, just realized this isn't internetz related, but do it anyway.

prendy · 31-08-2009 4:24pm

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Put their car up for sale on buy and sell except put it up really cheap.

this.

AlmightyCushion · 31-08-2009 4:25pm

Sign their email up for any site that will let you give them an email address. The seedier the site the better.

mark renton · 31-08-2009 4:25pm

add their email addresses to all pron sites you can find

add tehm to dating sites

Kiera · 31-08-2009 4:26pm

This guy seems to know a few.

Hazys · 31-08-2009 4:26pm

Log onto his PC just like he did to yours but look up and download a hell of a lot of child porn, then call the gardai annoyously saying you saw your mate trying to lure kids into his house...that'll learn him to mess with your fantesy football team

Boxfresh · 31-08-2009 4:26pm

Sign them up to one of those annoying ringtone services that cost about €20 per week

antodeco · 31-08-2009 4:27pm

Tell them they won the european lottery.

Or, put a capuchin monkey for sale under their email. Are any of your friends called Tim?

orestes · 31-08-2009 4:31pm

E-mail addresses, kiddie p0rn sites, phonecall to the cops. Job done

NedTermo · 31-08-2009 4:32pm

I should have mentioned that they both live together, could there be a possible 2 birds 1 stone situation involving the house?

antodeco · 31-08-2009 4:32pm

Jizz on their faces!!

AlmightyCushion · 31-08-2009 4:33pm

Does he use internet explorer? If so this might piss him off. By default internet explorer will add "- Windows Internet Explorer" to any text in the title bar. So going to boards would show "Boards.ie - Windows Internet Explorer". You can change this if you like.

See details here (http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/05/07/change-or-remove-the-microsoft-internet-exploror-description-in-title-bar/).

Change it to something like "I love tranny porn"

So if he was to go to boards, instead of his title bar saying "Boards.ie - Windows Internet Explorer" it would say "Boards.ie - I love tranny porn".

NedTermo · 31-08-2009 4:35pm

What if I call every takeaway in the town to deliver to their house at the same time?
Anyone tried anything like this?

Futurism · 31-08-2009 4:36pm

NedTermo wrote: »

What if I call every takeaway in the town to deliver to their house at the same time?
Anyone tried anything like this?

No because I'm not 14.

bronte · 31-08-2009 4:37pm

Google cracked computer screen prank. That one's good.

CutzEr · 31-08-2009 4:39pm

bronte wrote: »

Google cracked computer screen prank. That one's good.

No, no it is not.

EL_Loco · 31-08-2009 4:43pm

screen grab their desktop, set it as the background image, delete all their desktop icons. hilarity ensues.

TheZohanS · 31-08-2009 4:44pm

Put an Ad. on the BuyandSell online for two free tickets to the Electric Picnic this weekend, can deliver but ONLY to genuine fans of the EP.

List their phone numbers.

AlmightyCushion · 31-08-2009 4:44pm

Learn how to use vnc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Network_Computing). It's a piece of software that will let you remotely control another computer (that other computer has to give you access though). You'll be able to see his screen on your pc. If you move the mouse on your pc, it will move the mouse on his pc. Great craic for freaking people out.

ScumLord · 31-08-2009 4:48pm

You can rotate the screen in XP you press ctrl+alt+up arrow. There's also a virus that does something like this so he could spend ages scanning his computer and trying to fix a virus that isn't there.

TequilaMockingBird · 31-08-2009 4:50pm

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Learn how to use vnc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Network_Computing). It's a piece of software that will let you remotely control another computer (that other computer has to give you access though). You'll be able to see his screen on your pc. If you move the mouse on your pc, it will move the mouse on his pc. Great craic for freaking people out.

Your enjoying this a little too much Mr Cushion...

LD 50 · 31-08-2009 4:53pm

ScumLord wrote: »

You can rotate the screen in XP you press ctrl+alt+up arrow. There's also a virus that does something like this so he could spend ages scanning his computer and trying to fix a virus that isn't there.

Doesn't work:mad:

NedTermo · 31-08-2009 4:54pm

LD 50 wrote: »

Doesn't work:mad:

I've done it before on an xp laptop alright.

LD 50 · 31-08-2009 5:00pm

I'm sure it does, it just doesn't work on my PC

AlmightyCushion · 31-08-2009 5:03pm

Find a shortcut on his desktop that he would use ocassionally. Right click and click properties. Replace the target location with "C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -s -f -t 00". That will instantly shut down his pc without warning everytime he clicks that shortcut.

chin_grin · 31-08-2009 5:05pm

Mr Cushion, remind me to never p!ss you off. Ever! (Yes, I'm taking notes!)

Tell him to delete the System32 folder. It'll make his machine run faster.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 31-08-2009 5:06pm

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Find a shortcut on his desktop that he would use ocassionally. Right click and click properties. Replace the target location with "C:\System32\shutdown.exe -s -f -t 00". That will instantly shut down his pc without warning everytime he clicks that shortcut.

Oh yeah, I'm saving that one.

AlmightyCushion · 31-08-2009 5:11pm

Cannon Lemon Chestnut wrote: »

Oh yeah, I'm saving that one.

I had to edit it. I got the target location wrong. It can really piss them off. If they have an application open it will still shut down the computer. So just pray they aren't doing something really important that took them a few hours and they haven't got another copy saved. They'll probably beat seven shades of shít out of you.

chin_grin · 31-08-2009 5:13pm

Also, http://aprilfoolzone.com/computer.htm

And, http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2008/03/pranks08

31-08-2009 5:32pm

Just throw his pc out the top window of his house.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 31-08-2009 5:38pm

NedTermo wrote: »

So I need a good way to get them back. A few years a go another friend did something similar and I put his number on a gay dating website which meant he got a lot of calls for months after. Maybe a little too cruel!

Open their PC case and place some frozen fish into the cavity.

Fringe · 31-08-2009 5:41pm

Save this as his screensaver. http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3028/crackedscreen1920x12802mj.jpg

Let it run and pull out his keyboard and mouse.

minidazzler · 31-08-2009 5:45pm

Go on Gumtree put up an ad for Bar work Training Provided, and put your mates number up there referencing his name.

Epic Tissue · 31-08-2009 5:50pm

ScumLord wrote: »

You can rotate the screen in XP you press ctrl+alt+up arrow. There's also a virus that does something like this so he could spend ages scanning his computer and trying to fix a virus that isn't there.

LD 50 wrote: »

Doesn't work:mad:

I think it only works on some intel based graphics cards

Notorious · 31-08-2009 6:38pm

Get yourself onto Buy and Sell and throw up a load of ads in their name. Its free to put up ads for a certain amount of time, and I think they appear in one of the printed papers.

Myself and a mate did this to another friend before. We put up ads for genuine items and gave reasons for the cheap price:
A very cheap xBox with loads of games.
Really cheap Honda civic (moved to a new house with no room for the extra car).
A free huge trampoline (we got the details of a trampoline from some online site and said it was a present we had no room for).
A vintage tractor (no idea where that idea came from, but picked out a model and all the specs).

We put up about ten different adverts and after about two days we were emailed saying that all the ads had been accepted. The next morning my friend was sitting in a lecture and his phone started ringing. He said he had quite a few texts and about 21 calls before he turned his phone off. When he put it back on there was a massive amount of voicemails, texts and missed calls. He never got us back either

Turd Ferguson · 31-08-2009 6:52pm

Hire Michael J Fox to clean all the expensive china in their houses. Watch on and lol at the resulting chaos

Fajitas! · 31-08-2009 6:54pm

bronte wrote: »

Fill their wallet/pockets with std information leaflets. Works especially well if they're on a date and happen to pull one out by accident.
Edit, just realized this isn't internetz related, but do it anyway.

+1

We did it with porn. It worked a treat when they went to pay for a pint in the pub.

If they use a laptop in a public space, this;

http://prankvote.com/7.html

(You'll need sound. NSFW)

Oooh, imagine that kicking off in a cafe or on a train. Epic.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 31-08-2009 6:56pm

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Hire Michael J Fox to clean all the expensive china in their houses. Watch on and lol at the resulting chaos

You'd best pay attention OP, this is the man you wanna listen to.

Turd Ferguson · 31-08-2009 7:09pm

Cannon Lemon Chestnut wrote: »

You'd best pay attention OP, this is the man you wanna listen to.

It's what I do :cool:

thomond2006 · 31-08-2009 7:18pm

Register him on boards.ie.

That'll learn him.

gerry87 · 31-08-2009 9:29pm

Place an ad for him in buy and sell in freebies "FREE Trampoline, will deliver" a mate had this done, it seems everybody who reads buy and sell secretly wants a trampoline but just aren't bothered picking it up.

Alternatively, scheduled web-texts on the hour every hour for a few nights or just blast the whole 300 to them at once, they'll be getting them for days.

NedTermo · 01-09-2009 8:22am

Thanks for all the suggestions guys.
I like all the ones about doing stuff to thier laptop etc.. except I don't think I'm going to get the chance as they live a ways away so I'm thinking that targeting their phone/house using the internet is the best bet.

Internet based practical jokes on mates (need to get them back)

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