Pranks were staple in college, and still are I assume. If you were a victim, you were hapless, and nothing could have stopped that prank from being played on you. Also, you never knew where or when it was going to come down on you, unless and until you were the one who planned it.
I was a victim of most of the ones below. It feels bad when you realize it, but then it becomes a very memorable experience. Do you remember any of them?
1. The Grudge Ghost prank
What you need – A black wig of long hair, lots of talcum powder and the ability to hide and make creepy sounds. An added bonus is to make the victim see the horror movie a day before you pull the prank.
Modus Operandi – You usually pick a person who is going to be out of his room for a while. Then you get into his room and plant the Kayako in the evening. FYI Kayako is the guy who is made up to look like the ghost from Grudge.
The best places to hide Kayako is the closet, cupboards and under the bed. Then comes patience and the ability of the Kayako to make zero noise. When the victim comes into the room and goes about the business the Kayako has to be completely silent, waiting for the victim to fall asleep.
Then when the victim does fall asleep, the Kayako starts making the creepy noises she makes and voila! jump out to scare the shit out of the victim!
2. “Dude! Your crush is calling!”
What you need – A female friend ready to help, Valentines Day and a frustrated guy in love.
Modus Operandi – You take away the frustrated friend’s phone when he is not looking and change the name of your female friends’s name into your crush’s name.
Then on Valentine’s Day, make her call him when you are around, and make her talk to him as if she has a crush on him too. The poor guy will surely fall for it without even thinking twice. Make her talk to him for a long long time, and then enjoy the next day in college when he goes up to talk to the REAL CRUSH.
Oh yeah, pretty evil and ruthless.
3. Shaving cream in toothpaste tube prank
What you need – shaving cream, toothpaste, precision, cello tape, stable hands.
Modus Operandi – If the victim brushes his teeth at night too, wait until he is done with brushing his teeth before you move in for the kill.
Remove the caps of both the shaving cream and the toothpaste tubes. Then attach them nozzle to nozzle. Wrap the cello tape to the now-conjoined tubes around the attached nozzles.
Gently squeeze the shaving cream tube so that the cream goes into the toothpaste tube. Do it slowly.
Then, when you are satisfied with the amount you have put in, dissect the tubes and then put the toothpaste cap back on, and squeeze the tube gently a few times, so that the paste and the cream mix well inside it.
Be present beside him/her the next morning when he/she goes to brush. Enjoy.
4. Hiding the porn folder prank
What you need – Windows OS skills, a tharki friend who has a large porn collection.
Modus Operandi – Hide the damn folder.
Watch him writhe in agony as he cannot find it where he hid it.
5. Dude smell this perfume prank
What you need – A fancy perfume bottle, ability to have a poker face, garlic oil, and a guy who usually smells like shit and knows it.
Modus Operandi – Empty the perfume bottle and put the garlic oil in it.
Now, for people who do not know, garlic oil when inhaled feels like someone lit a fire inside your nostrils.
So, it is as simple as that. Find the guy who smells like shit and is frustrated with his BO and tell him about this new perfume you got at a bargain store. Tell him it is long-lasting and smells awesome.
Then, when you hold the bottle under his nose, tell him to get a good noseful of that “perfume”.
Watch as his eyes water and his nose burns like hell for 30 seconds.
NOTE – Garlic oil is not harmful. This prank is absolutely safe.
6. The classic towel disappearance prank
What you need – Zero empathy, a screwdriver, ninja stealth, a dorm with bathrooms that have walls that don’t touch the ceiling
Modus Operandi – Remove the hook that is used to hang clothes on the inside of every bathroom with the screwdriver.
Now everyone will hang their towels over the bathroom doors or over the common walls.
Now you stand outside the door and wait until you hear him pour water on himself. That’s your cue to nick his towel and run like the wind. Also, if you can, nick all the clothes he hangs there too.
Then every one of you line up on the corridor when the victim attempts to walk over to his room with a mug covering his private parts.
7. No water in the bathroom! prank
What you need – Plumber skills and all the skills from point 6.
Modus Operandi – The plumber guy should be in constant touch with you, or at least when you give him the signal.
Follow the modus operandi of the above prank until the part where you wait outside to nick his clothes and towel.
Now listen closely to hear when the victim starts to soap himself. Nick the clothes and give the signal to turn off the water supply.
Then wait outside while he screams for water and cannot find his towel to even wipe his soaped body and face.
8. Planting nude male wallpapers in computer prank
What you need – A guy with a sad love life and a computer, lots of pictures with nude men in them, sad face making skills.
Modus Operandi – Ask the victim for permission to use his computer. Pretend to do some work. Then ask him where he keeps his porn. He will show you the location.
That’s where you plant all the nude pictures of men.
Leave and come back some hours later with your friends, telling them how awesome the victim’s collection of porn is. That’s when you nonchalantly open the nude pictures of men.
Look accusingly at the victim and act mildly homophobic as he tries to explain his sexuality to you.
9. Bhang laddus before class prank
What you need – Bhang (cannabis) laced laddus, a religious guy, timeline near Holi festival.
Modus Operandi – Acquire bhang-laced laddus during Holi and go to the religious guy just before you are leaving for class. Tell him a name of a famous God and tell him that it is prasad, which, technically it is.
Give him only half of a laddu. Then all of you walk with him to class and sit all around him in class.
Enjoy as the bhang hits him midway during classes.
If it gets out of hand, just walk him out telling the professor that he is not feeling better.
That’s what my friend did with me.
Prank good sports who can laugh at themselves.
Do NOT prank people who get angry and will lose their shit when you do these things to them.
Also, always comfort and hug the victim after you prank them. After all, you pranked him/her because they are close friends of yours.
All the best!
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