Tell Us Now: The 16 Best Pranks You've Witnessed

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Tell Us Now: The 16 Best Pranks You've Witnessed

There's a fine line between pulling a prank and just doing a mean stunt. But you gotta admire people who can walk that line gracefully. We asked Cracked readers on Facebook, “What's the best prank you've ever pulled or had pulled on you?” Here are 16 responses. 

TELL US NOW. GRANNY'S SHOPPING LIST Jonathan T. says the greatest prank was Sending my nana to grocery store to ask for pootang. CRACKED.COM

TELL US NOW. BETWEEN A TOILET AND A HARD PLACE Jordan M. says, I was working construction. I went to use the porta-potty and, while relieving myself, my foreman moved the forklift boom in front of the door so I couldn't get out. I had to crack the door in half before he finally moved them to let me out. CRACKED.COM

TELL US NOW. TROLLING THE OFFICE Hugazo M. says, I worked as tech support in a small office, no more than 30 people. Printed several small troll faces and taped them to some mouse sensors, I saw everything from swapping USB ports to booting windows on diagnose mode. No one checked the bottom of the mouse first, and some took several minutes to figure it out. There was zero complaints because of the embarrassment. CRACKED.COM

TELL US NOW. IMPERSONAL PERSONAL AD Looking Personal MAN safe SEEKS WOMAN Soul PARTNER WANTED Lonely? jake S. says, My best friend used to work for a local advertising paper and had to fill up some unused space one week, so he thought it would be funny to put an ad in it that just said 'Wanted: one good-hearted woman' and then my cell number, without telling me. For the next few weeks my voicemail was flooded by complete strangers. CRACKED.COM

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TELL US NOW. LUNCH THIEF'S PUNISHMENT Craig M. shares, Someone was stealing my lunch at work so I took some dog food and left it in some Tupperware in the fridge. CRACKED.COM

TELL US NOW. CELEB SIGHTING Jessica W. tells US, I was boarding a plane home and ran into three coworkers. I got to board first because I was in first class. When they boarded the plane, they whipped out their cameras and acted like I was a celebrity. They made a big ordeal of it and had me sign a book they had. When we got off the plane I noticed everyone starring at me. I asked my friends why all the starring. Apparently they told the folks in coach there was a famous porn star on the plane. CRACKED.COM

TELL US NOW. A MORBID ARRIVAL Douglas R. says, For my sister's 40th birthday, I borrowed a hearse. As I pulled into their subdivision, I saw a family in the front yard. I asked them which house was hers. They gave me directions, and I parked in the driveway. While we partied they called several neighbors and had a prayer vigil! CRACKED.COM

TELL US NOW. LOGICAL NAIL POLISH REMOVER Lee Ann S. says, I painted my friend's boyfriend's fingernails when he fell asleep at her house. He didn't notice until the next day when he went to work in the oil field. Poor ol' thing believed me when I told him they didn't make anything to take it off. He Used sandpaper. CRACKED.COM

TELL US NOW. THE VOICES IN THE FOOD COURT Katy M. says, We went to a Subway in the food court. There were two people working the line being snarky to each other. When their banter had a lull, my husband whispered, 'Kill her.' The guy's head snapped up from our sandwiches and he looked around. 'Did you hear that?' he asked the girl beside him. 'Hear what?' she replied. He looked at US. 'Did y'all hear that?' Both of US shook our heads. 'I didn't hear anything.' 'What did you hear?' 'Uh, Nothing.' We waited until we found a

TELL US NOW. THE BOSS' COMPUTER James E. shares, We once took a screenshot of our boss' computer desktop, replaced his wallpaper with it, then deleted all of his shortcuts. It was hilarious watching him try and open his files and programs. Luckily, when we let him in on the joke, he found it hilarious, too. CRACKED.COM

TELL US NOW. BROWN EXPLOSION David W. shares, My dad once put an M-80 firecracker inside a chocolate pudding, lit it, and tossed it in the cab of a large forklift. My dad's buddy, who was driving it, was not pleased. CRACKED.COM

TELL US NOW. CREME BETRAYL Adam G. says, I put mayo in a creme brulee dish, melted sugar on top and told my buddy with a sweet tooth it was a creme brulee. His face when took a bite looked like his whole world was just shattered. CRACKED.COM

TELL US NOW. A REAL BOX OF CHOCOLATES Summer S. tells US, I convinced my dad that Forrest Gump was based on a true story. He believed me for 10 years. It took my whole family to change his mind. CRACKED.COM

TELL US NOW. THE SURPRISE IN THE CEREAL BOX Cinnamun Cinnamon Toast Cinnamon Toast, Reesel Toast, crunch Cinnamon has Toast. crunch Does two AB Puffs crunch crunch H Evan S. tells US, My sister once took all of the cereal bags out of their cereal boxes and swapped them around. To this day, I still think that's one of the best pranks ever. CRACKED.COM

TELL US NOW. NOT THE BRIGHTEST BULBS James F. told US that during their time as fast food manager, an employee asked what to do with a burnt-out lightbulb. James joking told them to save the bulb so the wire inside could be replaced. From then on, every new crew member would be told during training that we save lights to be rebuilt. This went on for 6 years!!! What I did, was when a bucket of bulbs was filled, I poured them into a dumpster and bought new ones and brought back the empty bucket and put it in

TELL US NOW. BATMAN BEGINS Glenn S. shares, one of my teachers always used an overhead projector. Before class I opened the projector and slid a paper cutout of a Batman logo under the glass. So when the teacher turned it on, the Bat-Signal appeared on the screen. CRACKED.COM

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