goo_mason said:
2. Blu-Tack'ed the handset of his phone to the phone body and rang him up when he was standing some distance away. He came running over to try and pick up before the caller hung up, grabbed the receiver and promptly clonked himself on the head with the whole phone.
Amateur. Glue is much more effective
I got my nickname from the variety of practical jokes I've played. Amongst my most memorable were:
In a telephone exchange there used to be two lights as part of some sort of emergency warning system (about 25 years ago). A white light that meant all was ok in the world and red light that only came on in the event of some civil catastrophe. You've no idea how much fun can be had by swapping two light bulbs.
Hiding someone's van around the corner when they've had a lunchtime drink or two.
Dead mice in the battery compartment of test equipment is always a hoot.
A colleague of ours thought he was a big cheese in the world of web site design and made his own web pages to show off to his friends in the call centre we supported. With a simple hack of the DNS servers we pointed his address to our site which was slightly less than flattering.
And I nearly got sacked for faking a letter from our discipline group after a colleague damaged a customer's fence. He passed it straight to his manager who then spent the afternoon with some other managers trying to track down the fictitious form I'd mention in the letter. They eventually phoned the
discipline group who asked who the letter was from. As soon as they read out R.D. Harhar, I was in trouble.
and I disgree with you Greedo. These pranks stay with you for life, not just a few weeks