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Jokes & Pranks
A practical joke or prank is a situation set up usually to produce what the perpetrator imagines to be a humorous physical outcome at the expense of the target. more...
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Since the set-up or deception is generally eventually revealed to the victim, the butt of the joke is thereby made to feel foolish or victimized. It can be argued, therefore, that there is an inherent strain of cruelty in most practical jokes.
Practical jokes are distinct from slapstick comedy or knockabout, in which the goal is to make physical events appear miscalculated, inept, or accidental. The term practical refers to the fact that the joke consists of someone doing something (a 'practice'), rather than a word joke. Well-known practical jokers include the illustrator Hugh Troy and the publicist Jim Moran.
Types of practical jokes
False signalling, such as a 'kick me' note stuck on someone's back, an 'automatic door' sign on a normal swinging door, or dropping an empty carton on someone's foot after pretending it is heavy.;
Removing someone's clothing so that it exposes a private body part or their undergarments, particularly in public. See Sharking.;
Surprise disruption, employing (for example) trip-wires, whoopee cushions or other practical joke devices, peanut butter on the inside of a car door handle, punctured ketchup packets under the toilet seat, or a three-legged lectern for a public speaker.;
Visual deception; such as water-filled balloons, plastic wrap on a toilet seat, 'apple-pie beds' which have had the top blanket artfully folded back so the victim cannot get all the way in, loosening the tops of salt shakers, causing its entire contents to spill on one's meal, fake flowers in the lapel which squirt water, rubber fruit, and guns which unfurl a flag saying 'bang'.;
Fool's errands such as sending someone to buy striped paint, water-proof towels, or read-only CD blanks (see also: snipe hunt).;
Hoax stories or situations perpetrated on or by the media such as fabricated UFO landings and fake celebrity interviews involving rude or ludicrous questions (see also: culture jamming).;
Spontaneous impersonations, such as taking an order for takeaway food from someone who has actually dialed a wrong number.;
Verbal and typographical pranks, such as printing a block of text so that the first letters of every line spell out an irreverent message (see also Acrostic), or teaching someone a purportedly useful phrase in another language which transpires to be an insult (such as "(Tú) eres una vaca", which means "You are a cow" in Spanish.);
Internet Jokes - Fooling to be thought playing a game, and midway through the game be interupted by a scary or obscene animation or photograph.;
Practical jokes are features of various kinds of holidays, such as April Fool's Day, Halloween, the Day of the Holy Innocents (in Spanish-speaking cultures). They also feature in various rites of passage, such as stag nights.;
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