Harmless practical jokes?

[tonyou812]

I heard of one instance where one worker emptied another worker's carry all bag, then nailed a couple of short 2x4's into the bottom of the bag and into the floor underneath, then place all items back into the bag.

That one was done to me several times. One time my buddy put a "pornographic" photo on the inside lid of my gas tank and wrote (something to ask the driver)
Anyway my wife drove the car for a while and when I finally found it there (in Jersey we dont pump our own gas) it had been there for a few weeks. And me and my wife could never understand the funny looks we were getting.

 

[LarryFine]

This is what I am talking about the majority of auto transmisions are 3 speeds with an overdrive which locks up the converter not a 4th gear. I assumed automatic when overdrive was mentioned.

Yes, automatic, and yes, overdrive and converter lock-up are two different things. Some vehicles have an OD lock-out, but the converter lock-up still works.

Most PRNDL's (sector, I believe, is the term) have an oval around the D, which is OD. In most of these, the gear sequence (L to R) is P R N OD 3 1, or something similar.

My Pontiac Montana actually has every gear available: P R N D 3 2 1, and its torque-converter lock-up functions in both 3rd and 4th, if I remember correctly.

By the way, Ford A/T's actually lock out 1st when you select 2nd. It will start from a dead stop in 2nd. If you shift into D soon enough, it will immediately downshift.

 

[LarryFine]

By the way, in case anyone has wondered why I haven't added anthing yet, believe me, I've been on both ends of many pranks and stunts. I'm just trying to remember some harmless ones.

Okay, here's one: a friend and I both had Honda Four's, mine a 750, and his a 500.

So, end of the day, back at the shop, we get ready to head for home next to each other. Helmets and gloves on, engines on, kickstands up, clutches in, tap into first, throttle up, fan clutch, he pulls away, and bump!

My engine stalled. What the??? I re-started, and it happened again.

He's 10 feet in front of me, laughing his ass off.

He had tightened my rear brake. It was an easy adjustment with what was basically a large nut. I pretended to be angry, but inside, I was thinking that it was funny, and how to get even.

I let it ride for a couple of weeks. We lived not-to-far apart, and we had occasionally swapped bikes for the ride home every now and then. So one day, I suggested we swap for the ride home, and he got on my bike, did the rituals as usual, and bump!

Yeah, juvenile as it seems, I tightened my own brake that morning when I parked. :grin:

 

[glene77is]

LL,

I like the water filled bender prank. Very deceptive.

My first boss, nice guy named Archibald, sent me after a 'Wire Stretcher',
and I came back with an EMT bender,
and explained to him how he would need to tie the other end of the wire to a post.
Archie never sent me on another wild good chase.

...

 

[iwire]

Overdrive is really called lockup where it is one to one with the driveshaft.

Converter lock up is not the same as overdrive. With GM a four speed automatic trans "3" is 1:1 and "D" is beyond that, the OD ratio depends on the vehicle. So with the converter lock on and the trans in top gear the drive shaft spins faster then the engine.

Or what Larry said.

 

[masterinbama]

Some of the other old timers here might remember the insulation the pipe fitters would use under the saddles on large pipe. It looked like a black sponge. When you crushed it you got that awful sulfur smell. We would get a handful of the scraps crush it up and put it in an underground conduit. Then send the "victim to the main electrical room with the vacuum to pull a string in. It wouldn't take long for the room to fill with that wonderful aroma.

 

[jrannis]

Blue Chalk in a blue hardhat is a classic.
Vodka in the water keg.
Inside out porta band blade
Bra tied on the rope 3' before the head during a wire pull

We had a large stainless steel sink come out on the job. The GC was real worried that someone would ding or sctatch it.
He insisted that we install the disposal and wire it because the plumber wanted a CO for the job.
We called him over and said that we had a problem.
He looked in the sink and saw four #12 screws sticking through the bottom of the sink around the drain. He turned several shades of colors and recited every foul word known to man in every combination possible at least twice.
You can have lots of fun with a 99 cent bottle of super glue.:grin:
Ill bet the plumber gets his CO on the next job.

 

[prh1700]

two carpenters that were really a pain always rode together in the one guys truck. I stopped by a card store one day and got a really pretty just married sign. It looked really nice tyrapped to the back of his truck.

 

[code_compliant]

Can't believe I haven't heard this one yet.

J-man sends apprentice to the van for a hammer 4. When it's all said and done they'll eventually ask, "what's a hammer for?"

 

[celtic]

Can't believe I haven't heard this one yet.

J-man sends apprentice to the van for a hammer 4. When it's all said and done they'll eventually ask, "what's a hammer for?"

That is similar to sending the princess for a "hen-way".

 

[sii]

Not really a joke but...our production supervisor was complaning one night that one of his best employees had apparently walked off te job. Our plant is kind of cold in the winter, the warmest place is a smaal room that houses a 150 Hp shredder. I don't even remember why I went into this room but here's "one of his best employees" sitting in a chair with his feet up on the motor, sound asleep. I go to the carpenter shop and got a 1" x 6" hard oak board about 4 feet long, stand it on end and step down on it real hard. It sounds pretty much like a 22 cal rifle shot. The guy literally wet his pants, apparently he was so tired because he stayed up all day drinking with his roommate.


Also, my male high school teachers used to send girls from room to room looking for a left-handed sky hook. Teacher looks in desk drawer, "nope, sorry...all I have is right-handed will that work?" Girl goes back to first teacher, "no, has to be left-handed, go ask again."

 

[paul]

I haven't seen where anyone tells the apprentices about the brand new pair of strippers that Ideal puts in the bottom of all 5-gallon buckets of Yellow 77.

 

[Mr.Sparkle]

That one was done to me several times. One time my buddy put a "pornographic" photo on the inside lid of my gas tank and wrote (something to ask the driver)
Anyway my wife drove the car for a while and when I finally found it there (in Jersey we dont pump our own gas) it had been there for a few weeks. And me and my wife could never understand the funny looks we were getting.

That is very funny.

My old boss bought a brand new truck and a builder we did work for (who happened to own a body shop and restore classic cars) wrote all over his truck with a sharpie marker, funny thing was this joke happened to coincide with the fact that my boss and one of the helpers had an absolute blowout earlier in the day & the helper walked off the job. Boss man was convinced the helper did this to his truck until we were leaving and the builder let the cat out of the bag.............apparently sharpie does nothing to car paint, who knew?

 

[mxslick]

Reel change!!! Or are we platter these days. My friend dropped the entire Silverado platter on the ground a few hours before the opening.

"Twas a platter house. Really crappy Strong platters with the vacuum cleaner motors..more than one time I had to deal with a thrown print.

Oh what fun it is to untangle 12,000+ feet of film.

 

[jrannis]

Red "scotch lock" and a piece of 1/2" EMT makes an excellent blowgun.

 

[RAYMFL]

Park a truck to block the door of a porta pottie when occupied.

 

[kb8713]

De-ox on a truck door handle.

 

[realolman]

... the key word being harmless in this one.

I put a styrofoam cup full of water on the roof of a guy's car with a piece of mason cord run down and tied to the driver's side door handle.

The whole arrangement was so stupid and obvious, that it cracked me ( and him ) up.

It was sorta like one of those country comedians telling how dumb those foriegn manufacturers must think we are. They put tags on the cords of hair dryers telling us not to use them in the shower.

He said," If you're standing in the shower trying to dry your hair... We don't need you."

One time I had been carrying around my old Christmas tree in the back of my truck for months. My co worker asked me what I was going to do with it... when he left I tossed it into the back of his truck, and went home... Next day I found the whole thing ... and it was pretty big... stuffed into my locker. He really had to work to get that accomplished. I thought it was hilarious.

Same guy made a "turkey call" outta some 3/8" copper tubing, wound around sorta like a small french horn or something... even had holes in it to "play" it. With all the expert turkey hunters around here, he had no trouble getting several of them to demonstrate it ... and get a face full of the flour he had filled it with.

 

[hillbilly]

I saw a "practical" joke played one time that wasn't very innocent, although I can't help but laugh when I remember it.

I was working in a textile plant installing some machinery (contract job).
The job required me to be there about 2 weeks, so I got to know the people in the mill pretty well.

There was one "boss" who was really hard on his subordinates...always talking them down....demeaning them....writing them up for very little reason...yelling.....strutting....a real bu** ho**.

This guy had a routine.
Every morning at the same appointed time, he would go to the rest room for his morning constitutional....same time...same stall....same "throne".

One morning, one of his "brow beaten" workers went into the restroom immediately before the "appointed" time and smeared the toilet seat with super glue..

The rest is pretty obvious.
He didn't notice the glue on the seat, sat down, and ended up going to the hospital with the toilet seat glued to his butt.
They actually had to un-bolt the seat from the toilet....true story.

The only way then (25 years ago) to get that stuff loose was to actually peel the skin apart.
I'm sure that it wasn't a pleasent experience....for him or the doctor.

I left for home the next day, so I don't know how it turned out....but management was pretty excited and upset the last I heard.
I'm pretty sure that a few heads got rolled over that one.

I often wonder if the episode had any effect on the bosses attitude towards his subordinates.

Not all practical jokes are innocent.
That one wasn't, but it was still pretty funny (for me anyway).
The guy was a real SOB.

One from my memory.
steve

 

[LarryFine]

Oh what fun it is to untangle 12,000+ feet of film.

Years ago, I rewound an 8-track cartridge that barfed all over itself. I mounted the cartridge's spool on a nut and bolt chucked into a drill, and wound it back up and re-spliced the tape. Worked like new!

It was a double album, Tommy by The Who, but I'm sure it wasn't 12K ft. Yikes! :roll: