The Ultimate Guide to Planning Senior Pranks A comedy article
by Dan Seitz 919 11 06/16/2010 02:56 PM 8222 views
So, you've got graduation coming up, and you want to make it memorable, by surprising the administration and your classmates. At ZUG, we've got tons of prank ideas, but READ THIS FIRST.
There are pranks that result in pleasant laughs for everybody, and there are pranks that result in losing your diploma and/or going to jail. Here are five simple rules you need to know to achieve the former, and not the latter. Follow them, and your prank will become a legend rather than a lawsuit.
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SENIOR PRANK RULE #1: DON'T BREAK ANY LAWS.
As we've noted before, any pranks involving explosives, dead animals or gross property damage is a bad idea. Unless you went to supervillain school, in which case, that makes you an underachiever, and Cobra Commander is VERY disappointed in you.
If it's illegal, the police will haul you in. Worse, the media will print your name if you're over 18, and then random Internet commenters will add their stupid thoughts under every online story about your prank and subsequent arrest.
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SENIOR PRANK RULE #2: GET AS MANY PEOPLE IN ON IT AS POSSIBLE.
The more people involved, the better, both so you can diffuse blame and also because it gets funnier the more people are involved. For example:
This kind of stunt is great, because A) it makes the parents go "Awwwww," and B) it's really hilarious. Or consider a stunt like this:
Not only should you involve a lot of people, but one of them should be wearing a chicken costume.
SENIOR PRANK RULE #3: MAKE IT AS HARMLESS AS POSSIBLE.
We all have dreams. Some of us want to be doctors. Some of us want to be artists. Some of us want to throw hundreds of superballs down the stairs.
The key thing is to make it non-dangerous and easy to clean up, partially because, as Scrubs has taught us, you don't want the janitor to hate you. But also because school administrators tend to look more kindly on pranks that don't require them to file out reams of paperwork. Notice that the bouncy-ball prank had nobody in the stairwell at the time (except the students with balls).
SENIOR PRANK RULE #4: LEAVE THE ANIMALS IN THE BARN.
If there's a surefire way to get arrested or in danger of repeating your senior year, it's unleashing animals in the school. Whether it's dumping a thousand crickets in your school hallway or putting a cow on your school's roof, people tend to view it as animal cruelty. They usually want to hang you first and ask questions later, especially if the animal is adorable. Or really annoying.
So forget about the animals. Your arrest record will thank you.
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SENIOR PRANK RULE #5: DON'T BE A DOUCHE.
Above all, don't ruin it for other people. Granted, if a class photo is the best moment of your life, that's pretty sad, but some loser dumping flour on you probably won't make it any better. Keep the mean-spirited stuff where it belongs.
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