Whatever happened to work place pranks

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
28/10/2010 20:08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWGXEW699eI



Everything is so p.c. these days,

Paul.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
28/10/2010 20:30

Well to have work place pranks you first have to have a work place... :(

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
28/10/2010 21:48

May have to get on your bike Groucho,

Paul.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
28/10/2010 21:56

'elf and Safety has spoilt all the pranks Paul.

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
28/10/2010 22:02

Bill you are a card,with a long memory,

Paul.

marydoll19


Joined: 15/10/2010
Posts: 45

Message Posted:
28/10/2010 22:47

I remember once my brother god bless him when he was 14 he was sent down to the local hardware shop to collect a long stand for the cellar, he was away half the day and the men in the shop were wetting themselves with the giggles

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 09:20

YouTube seems inaccessible on Nethouse today......so can't download your link, Paul.



marydoll19: how about 'a wing-wong for a goose's bridle'???!!!

sienna


Joined: 09/01/2009
Posts: 1627

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 09:26

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr bad subject day from hell yesterday when I get slapped on my desk 100 page document about Health & Safety in the work place - the world has gone mad



Office practical jokes have long gone !!!............. for some peoples sense of humour anyways!

homeheist


Joined: 26/10/2010
Posts: 19

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 10:51

Loved the link-its hilarious-just proves all men are just little boys at heart

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 11:13

The office lad where I worked was sent to the bakers to buy cakes for all to eat at a teabreak. As he was the butt of many practical jokes he queried "Eccles Cake" which was on the list. Suitably reassured that it was genuine he was told to add "2 virgin tarts". 15 minutes later he returned with a crushed bag of creamed buns etc, and a bruised face, the 15 stone female shop assistant having "clocked" him with the purchases and told him to go and wash his mouth out !

janjin



Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 488

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 14:12

Some of the ones I've heard are where the apprentice has been asked to go for / to buy;

Half a pound of chicken lips, a filleters clout, left handed spanner.

sienna


Joined: 09/01/2009
Posts: 1627

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 15:25

go to technical department and ask for a long(weight) wait we get them every time !

Sundance


Joined: 15/07/2010
Posts: 213

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 15:55

I was always up for a good pracital joke, A good friend of mine (married man) was posted to the army training regt Newcaslte upon tyne for two years, When he just got back to the battalion he was telling me about this girl he was seeing for months called Rocsan, I let the dust settle for a week or two, one day once I found out it was in his office, I got a female to ring the Guard room and state, my name is Rocsan can you inform C/Sgt G****** i,m at Warminter station getting a taxi will be at the Guard room in about 5 mins need to speak to you, by this time i was not the only one in on this, (and his wife also lived on camp), he broke the land speed record getting to the gate, we let him wait by the main gate for a good twenty mins, we then approched the main gate and ask him why he was there, the reply was i waiting for some stores to be delivered, when we briefed him he stated we don,t know who our dads are (B*****ds, But we are still good friends to this day so no harm done

JohhnyLee


Joined: 25/04/2009
Posts: 2495

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 17:24

We used to play these pranks all the time, A skirting ladder, Tartan Paint, A bucket of sparks, A rubber hammer and some rubber nails. Bubble for a spirit level. A long weight, and lots more.



It was good harmless fun.

racoonchic



Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3223

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 18:13

we used to staple the apprentice to the workshop table with the air compressor staple gun and leave them all day . we stopped doing it after one guy had a bit of an accident and he was so embarrassed he left

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 18:14

My greedy, big (very big !), bruvver scoffed all the Bombay Mix which we served with drinks for all those at a party. To let him know I was not amused I refilled the bowls with cat biscuits thinking he would get the message. Some considerable time later all present were making cat noises in answer to his conversation but he still kept filling his face from the bowls. It was suggested that he be taken to the vets for neutering but it was finally decided that he had had so much to drink that he would not notice losing anything !

harita


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 1343

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 18:44

When I started work in a drawing office, part of day was taken up by making tea, going for lunches, dinners etc .. One of the company reps would call in the drawing office for a cup of tea when on the premises ..

One day when going for lunches he asked for me to get him a bottle of "Dab it off" .. He would sit there dabbing off any stains he had on his suit .. The office joker got hold of this poured away the contents & replaced with water .. Hence when dabbing off, the stain re-appeared & everyone was laughing ..

The rep soon sussed it was water & to get his own back asked me to get him a pack of Ex-lax chewing gum & 2 packs of PK .. The office joker had 2 packs of PK chewing gum a day .. Putting a full pack of 4 pieces in his mouth in one go .. The next day it was the reps packs ok PK he got, eight pieces of PK gum .. The outcome was 2 weeks off work mainly spent on the toilet .. Don't think he knew what had happened as there was only me & the rep in on the reciprocal joke ..

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 18:53

sky hooks are the one I remember...............

yenibob


Joined: 13/10/2010
Posts: 1203

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 19:10

Harmless fun was had by all in my early days in the Junior Army. What some Morons are suggesting is nothing less than ritual humiliation.

4

Still if it makes you feel.....



A. Better than the poor bugger who suffers



B. Hard.



C. Slightly more intelligent.



You choose.



No arm done ay???

ttoli


Joined: 24/03/2007
Posts: 1172

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 20:07

Cocky Police officers fresh from Hendon, were given a sealed envelope and told to give it to the Night Pharmacist, as it was medication for a suspect in custody,and it always read the same, "Hello, can you help me?, I've never bought condoms before!!".



Couldnt get away with it now though:(

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 20:23

As a youth I worked with a huge man and a tiny man in a workshop. The boss told us that time from our bench in idle chatter with customers was money lost to him. One day I was serving the local vicar at the counter when he launched into a sermon. As I wondered what words to use to tell a vicar to go away I heard from the back a loud, squeaky, tenor, voice singing "as it was in the beginning" followed by a loud, bass "Is now and ever shall be" then bass and tenor together "Aaaaaaarrrhmen". The vicar turned white, then there was a tap on my shoulder. My large mate was behind me with the biggest, wet, green Gilbert I have ever seen, hanging from his nostril (in fact a slimey sliver from the rim of a tin of latex). He shouted "Oi, Brian, did you have the nose rag last ?" The vicar shot from the shop never to be seen again and the next day I went to the Army Recruiting Office with I think what was called a P45 form !

HildySmith


Joined: 02/07/2009
Posts: 1708

Message Posted:
29/10/2010 20:58

Health & Safety regulations and accusations of bullying - often both correct.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
30/10/2010 09:12

Our favourite Australian bard has a hilarious contribution to make on this thread subject:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2vD-MDslYc



Ya don't wanna be an apprentice 'Down Under'!!!