Practical jokes

[KingPoker]

This is a repost but one that springs to mind was when i used to be work for a platering company and we were doing work above a bakery, because the bakery was quite old they had their toilet which was a portaloo outsde. My boss told me go out from the house and tell my mate i was going for a piss and went and hid in the van, then my boss said to my mate 'hey, Gareth's gone in the portabog, go and push it over while he's in it so down he goes to the portabog (me watching him all the time) but he backs out of pushing it over (coz he knew who was both out of me and him!) , instead he just gives it one hell of a shake around! I will never ever forget the shriek that came from the potaloo which belonged to the old woman who worked in the bakery! His face was so funny when he realised that was too high pitched to be me and we all just legged it in different directions with tears running down our faces! When i casually walked back by 5 minutes later, the old woman was there asking some passer-by if she had seen some yobs going by coz they had shaken the portoloo. This sent me right off again. '
The funniest bit was for the next 2 days we were on the job the women who worked in the bakery would go to the toilet in 2's, one going to wee, the other keeping watch outside for portaloo-shaking yobs!

[divingduck]

 Once when I was training a particularly gullible young lad called Gary in a chemical plant, I couldn't resist throwing in a couple of 'curve balls'. I was showing him how to operate a piece of machinery and decided to make up some imaginative names for various parts.Pointing out 4 clamps on top of the equipment told him ' always make sure before you switch this on that the Dangleberry clamps are tightened down fully'
 'Dangleberry clamps?'
 'yes Dangleberry clamps, named after James Dangleberry an American engineer that designed them'
 'Hmmm ok'
 I then showed him the outlet on the side of the equipment.
 'And always check that the inside of the Hippos' nose is spotlessly clean'
 'Hippos nose?? are you taking the piss?'
 'No, thats what its called, the hippos' nose'.
 'why's it called that then?'
 unable to think on the spot of any remotely convincing explanation I had to admit that I didn't know, 'but thats what its called thats all'
 'Hmmmmmm ok'
 I could tell that he wasn't entirely convinced but he didn't question me further.Shortly after a colleague, Hughie was due to take over on the following shift.It was obvious Gary would question him to verify what I'd told him, so I sent the lad away on an errand just as Hughie approached.
 'Quick Hughie, no time to explain, but when Gary gets back hes going to ask you what these parts are called, so these are Dangleberry clamps and this is the Hippos' nose, OK?'
 'yeah got it, Dangleberry clamps and Hippos nose, no problem'
 Right on cue Gary returns and just as expected asks Hughie.
 'what are these parts called?'
 'Dangleberry clamps'
 'and what about this outlet?'
 'thats the Elephants trunk of course'
 
 sigh......busted.
 

[Swordpoker]

I used to work as a porter in a hotel. We played a fun trick on the new guy one day. It was normal to get a tip of anything from 50p to £2 for carrying luggage and he was getting tips just like the rest of us. But every time we came back from a job we folded £10 and £20 notes into our pockets where he could see us. The amount of sucking up he did with all the guests that day was hilarious.

[Dingdell]

The thing I detest about practical jokes is that, a huge percentage of the time, they are perpetrated by exactly the kind of person that would not be able to take the 'joke' themselves if someone did it on them.

They also tend to be used as a cover for bullies - 'it was only a joke mate - can't you take a joke?'.

I'm sure in some cases that may be true. In my expereince I have been on the receiving end more than the giving - Richard Prew and his Dave Clark 5 wind up being a case in point. Me doing a Blonde update asked "What's it like playing poker instead of being in the band Dave?"  A note to the wise I can be gullible and easily persuaded - a welcome guest at BB5!