Wedding Night Prank

I will admit that this didn't end up being a prank, but I thought it was worth sharing.

A coworker, for whom I was something of a mentor, got engaged. She is very smart, but a little sheltered in some ways. My wife, a friend, and I were going to have dinner with her, so I got the plan to pull a prank on her. I enlisted the help of wife and friend to pull it off.

Here's what happened:

We went to dinner and made small talk for a while. At some point in the conversation, something slightly sexual came up in conversation. I used that to segue into "Are you nervous about the wedding night stuff?" I didn't want to seem pervy, so I made it as innocent as possible. She turned really red and said that she was nervous. I let her know that she could talk to any of us about that stuff if she ever needed to. I acted like I was changing the subject when my wife said, "Once you name it, it's pretty much downhill from there."

Name it?

Yes, you're supposed to name it on the wedding night. Didn't you know that?

Since my coworker's parents are European, we were banking on the fact that maybe she thought this was something that Americans did.

At this point, the conversation moved on.

Fast-forward a few months later, coworker and I are having a very sentimental conversation and I spill the beans about naming it. She turns blood red and can't stop laughing. I ask her what was so funny. She said, "I have been really worried about that!"

It was the prank that got away.

Letter to Kenny Rogers

I wrote the following letter to Kenny Rogers from a colleague. I sent this letter to all of the printers in his building so that people would think he had made a printing error.

Here is the letter:


Dear Kenny,
I am a huge fan of yours and have been for years. I have cried at “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town” more times than I care to admit, and I generally pump iron to “The Gambler.” I’m a 4^thgrade teacher at [location]. I am new to teaching, so I’m really trying to make a good impression. I thought I would try to get you to come here and do a concert for us. It wouldn’t have to be a long concert, and I would be glad to pay for your room at the [local inn] for a night. I know you’ve had some plastic sugery done, so I could arrange for the lights to be dim or whatever, if you’re uncomfortable with people seeing you so close. We have a gym here, and I’m sure the gym teacher wouldn’t mind if you sang in the gym. I know this is sort of an odd request, so I’ll just assume that you’ll pass, but in the off-chance that you don’t, we would be honored to have you here. In case you can’t come, I have a picture that I would like you to sign for our faculty. If you have a copy machine, maybe you can make a bunch of copies. If you would sign one specifically for [his boss], he’s my boss, and it wouldn’t hurt my chances of getting tenure if I got him an autographed picture of you. Anyway, thank you for reading my letter. I got your address from the internet, so if this is being read by someone, please forward this to Kenny Rogers.
Sincerely,
[coworker]
4^th Grade Teacher and football coach
[place of employment]
P.S. I love your Roasters restaurants!

Comcast Customer Service Chat

Desktop Background

At a conference, I was rooming with a coworker. He left the room to talk to his wife on the phone. He left his laptop up. I usually change peoples' desktop backgrounds to different pictures. It's usually someone like David Hasselhoff, Richard Simmons, or Burt Reynolds who have very risqué pictures of themselves easily accessible from doing a Google Images search.

I decided that since we were at a conference, and it wouldn't harm him professionally, he should open up his laptop and see this (without the Microsoft Paint Spray Paint):

He yelled at me for a few minutes.

Email Prank

Setup: A coworker left her email up on her computer. Here is the conversation:

From: Pranked

Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:24 AM

To: Another Coworker
Subject: hey

I have really bad diarrhea. I may need you to watch my class today at some point. When’s your planning?

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From: Another Coworker

Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:25 AM

To: Pranked
Subject: RE: hey

Bless your heart. I have planning next (2^nd/4^th)

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From: Pranked

Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:31 AM

To: Another Coworker
Subject: RE: hey

[Prankster] totally came by my room when I wasn’t in with my email up. Clearly a fatal mistake.

No worries, though. My bowels are fine. I’ll try NOT to let you know if that ever actually happens!

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From: Another Coworker

Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:32 AM

To: Pranked
Subject: RE: hey

Lol. I should have known.

PowerPoint Prank

A colleague of mine was making a PowerPoint for one of his doctoral classes. He left the PowerPoint up on his laptop. When he stepped out of the room I typed "I like to walk around the house naked; my wife really hates it" as one of his bullet points on another slide.