Pranks...

In honor of April Fool's Day...

Classic

The link above is for a classic prank on Ashton Kutcher's old show, Punk'd.  I never watched the show much, but I did see the Justin Timberlake episode.  The prank was so terrible, yet it couldn't help but be funny at the same time.

Now I, myself, have never really gotten into April Fool's Day...or pranks for that matter.  Many pranks are mean spirited and can end up being hurtful.  Other pranks can be found annoying or just piss someone off.  I would, however, like to reminisce about a few pranks in my memory:

~ My mom has always been afraid of snakes.  And when we were kids, we all knew it.  Well, my brothers would love to scare her (I do believe it was a tradition that started with Brad and was lovingly passed on to Josh).  Being that they're boys, they had one or two rubber snakes as toys.  And it wasn't unheard of for them to drop them from the top of the stairs as she was carrying laundry through the hallway.  She would stop.  Frozen.  Mouth gaping.  Silent. I mean, not a sound escaped her for several long seconds (I don't even know if she breathed). 

~ I have written about this next one before, but this time I think I'll give my dear, sweet older brother the benefit of the doubt by calling it a prank (rather than a mean spirited, intentional, repetitive, nightmare causer).  In the moments before I went to bed, Brad would sneak into my room and hide under my bed.  (I wonder how long he had to wait under there sometimes)  He would wait for me to turn off the light and get into bed.  But he had to time it perfectly...after I sat down, but before I picked my legs up.  He would simultaneously grab my ankles and scream.  Scared the living daylights out of me every time.

~ Have you ever smelled Corn Nuts?  If so, you know they only smell good to someone who's eating them at that time.  I've never had much of a problem with the scent, myself.  But a great friend and co-worker of mine HATES the smell.  So one year the other 2nd grade teachers and I decided it would sure be funny if we bought a whole bunch of Corn Nuts, put them in open containers, and scatter/hide them all over her classroom.  We also thought it would be good to give some to her students to eat in the morning and tell them to give her a nice breathy "Hhhhello" when the saw her.  But we ran out of time had a change of heart.

~ That same wonderful year at school, I had another fabulous friend and co-worker that was (still probably is) very afraid of snakes.  Well, it just so happened that I had just bought a tiny plastic (not even that realistic) snake for Mason.  So, again, us brilliant 2nd grade teachers thought it would be hilarious to hide it in her room.  Well, it got put in her lunch in such a way that when she opened her mini-fridge the lunch tipped over and the snake fell out.  She screamed, got on a chair, and I believe she told her kids to stay away so that they didn't get bitten.  It was greatness, and she was SUCH a good sport about it!

How about you?  Are there any pranks/practical jokes that you've done, had done too you, or even just heard about?  If so, please share them!

I'll leave you with another video.  This is something that I am literally surrounded with everyday...between the kids at school and my own monsters sweet angels at home.  You know, saying mean things just to take them back by saying they're "just kidding".

Just kidding