April Fools!

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk )
Sat, 30 Mar 1996 17:57:01 +0000


Hiya People...

The latest offering from Joke of the Day is a list of April Fools pranks
using phones...if any of you try them - I would be grateful if you kept
me well out of it...:-)

Wishes & Dreams...

- A
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Don't forget about April Fools day on Monday!  A simple, yet
effective gag is called the "plastic wrap across the toilet rim"
gag, but I'd hate to have people actually try that, so I won't
even mention it.

Phone gag:

If you have a multiline system, call up the receptionist say you are
the phone company and that you are cleaning the lines for dust
and/or water built up in the lines.  Tell the person to leave the
all the phones phone off the hook until a certain time and not to
let anyone use the phones, NO MATTER WHAT!   See if the person goes
for it.  For more added effect, wait until they leave their desk, and
spinkle some dust under the earpiece or leave a puddle of water.

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Call someone up and say you are the utility man on the roof dealing with
the "High Voltage Phone Fiber Optics" on the roof, and that because of the
work you are doing, the phone will ring a lot. Tell them, no matter what,
to NOT PICK UP THE PHONE OR ANSWER IT for ANY reason, or you might be
electrocuted. Hang up, wait a minute and call again.  Let the phone ring
and ring until it is picked up.  Give a blood curdling scream.

(My friend tried this and the secretray was so shaken, they had to
leave an annonymous note to tell her it was a joke.)

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Leave a fake phone message pink slip to call a number. Give them the
zoo's number, and ask for "Elli Fant" or "G. Raffe" or "Mr. Lyon"
etc... make sure it is a department in the zoo who won't answer
"DC National Zoo" or something.

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Tape the hang up switch down. They pick up the phone, and it keeps
ringing...

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Hook up the modular phone cord to something silly, like a lamp, or a
potted plant.  A lot of people work in offices who have no idea how
phones work, and will more than likely call in a repair guy... who
will trace the line to the plant and make your schmuck look like
a... well... schmuck.

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Leave a message with a phone number to a fax or modem/data line. Make the
message sound important.


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