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Burnswannabe
20th Jul 2004, 14:11
One of my coursemates has gone away for a quick break with his girlfriend and has foolishly failed to ensure the security of his room. Now, obviously he needs punishing for this school boy error and so I thought I would seek the advice of the old and bold men and women of pprune.

Someone out there must have some good ideas for what has been done in the past or something original.

Thanx

rivetjoint
20th Jul 2004, 14:56
Best one I read here was to wallpaper over the doorway.

If you have enough puff filling it with balloons could be easier.

ppf
20th Jul 2004, 15:00
Once heard of a room having all the furniture removed, carpeted with turf and the un-expectant returnee was actually quite amused at being greeted by a few sheep grazing.

ppf ;)

airborne_artist
20th Jul 2004, 15:01
It could be redecorated in say, bright girly pink, but that might take a lot of work to put right, which would be unfortunate, to say the least.

6foottanker
20th Jul 2004, 15:08
Unfortunate to have been victim to both, but try hiding a fish under the carpet behind the wardrobe for that seaside aroma all year round.

Alternatively, turn everything in the room that can be turned upside down. Hours of fun!:E

pilot-lite
20th Jul 2004, 15:10
Prawns in the shower curtain pole....

pilot-lite

Wholigan
20th Jul 2004, 15:10
Get a Met balloon, place inside the door of the room, attach hosepipe to end of Met balloon and continue to fill (from outside the door) until you're frightened to death! It is stunning just how much water a Met balloon can hold, and it is totally impossible to remove it from the room without depositing a gazillion gallons of water on the floor. If you try to lift it by the "nozzle", you'd need a crane that reached about 60 feet. Of course, you'd then have to pay for: the damage to the Mess; and the damage to all your mate's belongings. :E

Gainesy
20th Jul 2004, 15:20
Contents on e bay.

Ops and Mops
20th Jul 2004, 15:33
A half melted Mars bar in each work shoe/boot normally does the trick..hell to shift and normally only found when getting ready for work, first day back.

Alternatively replace the entire contents of his wardrobe (including uniform and flying kit) with one very bad hawaiian shirt, 80's shell suit trousers and no shoes.

Lastly, just take the fuses out of every electrical plug in his room. Watch as your mate tries to figure out why his is the only room in the mess in which the sockets have failed......
:E

Big Tudor
20th Jul 2004, 15:39
If the flooring is of the carpet type then cress generally produces some spectacular results. Spray the carpet thoroughly with water, liberally sprinkle cress seeds, try and block out as much light as possible until germination has begun. Keep the carpet moist until the seeds sprout then let Gods sunshine flood in.

comedyjock
20th Jul 2004, 16:37
There is the standard turn everything in his room upside down or relocate its entire contents to another room set up exactly as it was.

cyclic_fondler
20th Jul 2004, 16:49
Use industrial strength double sided sticky tape and stick the furniture to the celing.

Or the good old fashioned cress seeds in the carpet, water and then they should be in full bloom by the time he comes back!

BEagle
20th Jul 2004, 17:02
1. Fill condom with honey, place carefully in bed.....
2. Remove all bolts from bed, replace with matchsticks.
3. Disconnect wash basin downpipe.
4. Carefully remove all screws to wardobe doors.
5. Locate SD cap. Fill same with generous quantity of french chalk.



Or, if you really don't like him, borrow dog. Feed dog with Exlax. Lock dog in room for suitable period of time......

Aerobratic
20th Jul 2004, 17:05
At the minimum, put a big striper (chocolate/coffee etc) down his bed sheets to simulate poor anal hygeine.

The batty will almost certainly be impressed, but not as much as his girlfriend if she returns for one last night of shame with him.

Enjoy.

BEagle
20th Jul 2004, 17:35
Peanut butter is more realistic......

Preferably crunchy!

twenty2fifty
20th Jul 2004, 20:24
placing contents of said room outside of the building in same bedroom arrangement and in full view of window for guest to return to is well worth the effort!!

Cougar
20th Jul 2004, 22:07
1) Get commercial quantity of beanbag refills - small white balls that stick to everything - fill said room full to the brim with balls. Works well if they have a removable part above their door as we had, so you don't have to open it to get balls in. They may get rid of most of the balls, but those things stick to absolutely everything.

2) Relocate entire contents onto parade ground the night before he gets back and set up perfectly as it was in the room.

3) Get large rubbish bin, fill with water, then set up 'Hawaii 5-0" by dumping contents in a wave motion in his room. His room will smell like wet dog for years.

Flt Lt Spry
20th Jul 2004, 22:54
1. Cling film his crapper.
2. Give him an apple-pie bed (simply go to the NAAFI, buy an apple pie and chuck it in. If there aren't any apple pies, a treacle tart will suffice...)
3. Erm, has anyone mentioned the old cress-the-carpet gag?

Straight Up Again
20th Jul 2004, 22:55
If they have a decent size CD/record/DVD/video collection take all the cds etc out and put them all back in the wrong cases (works well as little 'extra touch' on top of others).

As a variation on the cress theme, why not arrange the wet areas/cress planting in an amusing pattern. A crude picture or risque limerick perhaps.

Obtain a car (chance to annoy two people at the same time), take it apart, and rebuild it inside the room (of course it has to be the right sort of car, some shells won't fit through the doorway). Or anything else that can be dismantled and reassembled. Remember to use lots of threadlock when reassembling.

Combine a few of the ideas on this thread for maximum effect.

Make sure your own room is always well secured at all times after he comes back.

Paracab
21st Jul 2004, 02:07
You total Bast@rds !

This is the funniest thread I've read in ages !

My cat has diarrhoea and is yours for the very reasonable price of just £50 per hour...

Burnswannabe
21st Jul 2004, 07:35
These ideas are great, needless to say some have already been put into practice.
Lets keep them rolling in.

BEagle
21st Jul 2004, 08:35
Perhaps the old crunchy peanut butter jape would be even better using a 50:50 mixture of clear honey and peanut butter? Also apply generously to interior of each and every item of victim's underwear?

The odd mousetrap hidden in the sock drawer often has amusing consequences......

Muppet Leader
21st Jul 2004, 10:13
Only accomplished once at Stafford.
Mess had a nice flat roof.
Acquire something like a Tirfor winch.
Relocate the contents of the room, and set up accurately, on the roof.
If said mate has left his car – put that on the roof as well.

eng1170
21st Jul 2004, 10:41
Funny as f:mad: K!!

You lot are real bad b:mad: D's, but I'd love to see pic's of matey's face on return and of course the room!!

LOL :ok:

airborne_artist
21st Jul 2004, 10:52
I think that a picture on Pprune will be very welcome, particularly on this day of huge cuts.

TheBeeKeeper
21st Jul 2004, 10:55
Fish or crab paste applied generously to the back of any posters or picture frames.

Take a pee in his iron, leave for a while, then empty and flush with water. Still smells aweful when it gets switched on though!

Hard boiled egg stored right at the back of his top cupboard.... will take a few weeks to really have an effect.... but blimey, it WILL do the trick, and he wouldn't be able to pin it down to the time that he was away for his break with the girlfriend....

Have a really bad one from my days at Cosford, but not sure this is the time or the place.....

TheBeeKeeper
(DH82b)

Fire 'n' Forget
21st Jul 2004, 11:07
Rub Ralgex or deap heat onto the toilet seat, switch the contents of his shampoo bottle with Female hair removal cream............I'd hate to be him LOL

Slow-Rider
21st Jul 2004, 11:44
Powered milk under his bed sheets is always a good one at this time of year. A coulple of hot nights under the covers and that stuff will dissolve with his sweat, leaving his bed and skin stinking.

Prop-Ed
21st Jul 2004, 13:35
Paint his door pink and stick a female toilet sign on it. Any girlfriends, mums, aunts etc visiting rooms near by should keep him suitably irritated until he paints it back! :ok:

Mr C Hinecap
23rd Jul 2004, 05:17
Gents - I took the liberty of posting this on another site I visit. The chaps there are scary and evil and, if you care to look, have come up with some pretty extreme (but entertaining) ideas.

Click Here (http://www.arrse.co.uk/html/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=7967&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=bb6c5f166b36a8ce8da3af26b225fe0c)

allan907
23rd Jul 2004, 06:53
...or put a sign on the door saying "SOLD (By Order of G Hoon)" and a rail warrant to the demob depot.

(Whatever you do be prepared to a) pay for repairs to damage b) put the work in to restore to normal after the joke.)

Avtrician
23rd Jul 2004, 08:58
Every one seems to have forgotten the old clasic of short sheeting the bed.

currawong
23rd Jul 2004, 13:54
Obtain SPENT smoke or CS grenade.

Remove spent .22 cartridge from fuse.

Replace with live .22 starter cap/ramset/ or something else entirely with the projectile REMOVED.

Replace safety arm and pin in the approved manner(?)

Place in encumbants fridge amongst beers, safety arm supported by fridge rear/bottles.

CAREFULLY remove pin (in the approved manner)

Exfiltrate and await developements.

These will probably include The Riot Act and a neighbour with big eyes and bad hearing.:ooh:

Winnie
23rd Jul 2004, 18:42
That ARRSE site had me doubled over! Learned a few new words today!!:D :D :ok:

SirPeterHardingsLovechild
23rd Jul 2004, 19:12
New words.

I think I can translate one of them.

skiffing (vb)

I think the dirty Army chap is advising you to stick his toothbrush up your bottom and take a photo.

This must be quite a common practice in the Army or they wouldn't have a word for it.

Winnie
24th Jul 2004, 16:45
And a Guinnes Log? I almost died when I read that...:p

Tigs2
24th Jul 2004, 17:03
Once hid the entire contents of a mates room in other mates rooms various around the mess (because he was always coming into our rooms on the borrow when we weren't there). We then moved all washing machines and tumble dryers from the laundry into said room. We made sure when he arrived back the tumble dryers were active(it was a true kodak moment). Also remove the room number from his door and replace with the Laundry sign from other door. Really funny. Please remember where you put all his stuff though, we didn't! it took about 6 weeks to find all his belongings.

Pecs
25th Jul 2004, 16:16
If he has a ceiling fan, pile a mound of flour on top of each blade.

Winnie
25th Jul 2004, 21:56
When I did my Signalmans course in the navy, we relocated our 'mate's locker to the toilet! When he came back from leave, he first went into the toilet and let out: "HEY, they've put som idiot's locker in here!"

And then he found out who owned it..:ok:

jumpseater
26th Jul 2004, 01:55
A long time ago a chappy who had the next room to me used to thing it was a bit of a side splitter to turn on your light in the early hours, (light switch by the door), when one was having a kip, and then bugger off. This would obviously turn into a return match with the game sometimes lasting several hours/nights.

One evening this was particularly tedious, so js devised the 'game set and match' end play. First one has to get into the swing of the match, he turns yours on, you turn it off, turn his on etc. It is important to vary the timing of the returns, to ensure that he goes for the end play! After a suitable number of return serves, ideally about half a dozen or so, so you know he's going to come back, cover your light switch with shaving foam gel. The last thing matey boy is going to expect is to put his hand in something wet/gooey/sticky attatched to the wall in the pitch dark middle of the night. You can usually get a new selection of verbs nouns and assorted slang rearranged in orders you have never heard before. You might also get a bit of a lecture regarding lectricity and fluid, once they've calmed down a bit.

Basil
26th Jul 2004, 09:47
Would've thought the average pongo could make his switch wet/gooey/sticky without wasting shaving gell :yuk: :O :D

BEagle
26th Jul 2004, 12:00
Undo screws from switch. Carefully (very) attach short piece of wire to each terminal (trip main c/b first!). Connect each wire to small piece of metal foil. Rebuild switch. Stick pieces of foil on opposite sides of switch. When 'mate' touches switch, he will complete the circuit with his fingers.......

Alternatively, position mousetrap over switch!

PS - I was only joking in case the huggy-fluffy health and safety or other such nannies are reading! Don't do this at home!!

SandChopper
26th Jul 2004, 16:33
If he has a fridge in his room with a freezer bit, fill his SD cap and anything else with water then place in said freezer bit!

STANDTO
26th Jul 2004, 19:01
Wallpaper room with porn.

If he has left a computer or laptop, connect to internet, and replace his entire favourites cache with hardest stuff you can find.

Burnswannabe
26th Jul 2004, 19:55
Thanx for all the suggestions,

The cress growing was a success and (assuming I don't delete all photographs by accident) there should be some piccies on t'interweb when I get to a better connection than this one.
We of course also pornned his room with the ugliest women that could be found. This also went down a treat, although he hasn't found it all yet.
:E

Gingerbread Man
26th Jul 2004, 21:36
In my halls, a guys room was set upon by some girls who covered every single item in his room - every single item - in newspaper. The walls were papered, his sink, his bed, even the coins on his table. It was awesome to behold. And it took him ages to find his glasses.

A rather mean Ginge ;)

XFRB
27th Jul 2004, 07:42
Find a refill for one of the old ‘chemical-foam’ fire extinguishers. They came in a two-part water-soluble mix.

Put ‘Part A’ in his cistern. Then put ‘Part B’ down the pan. The next time anyone flushes the loo they will be surrounded by several square metres of foam before they can reach the door

MajorMadMax
15th Aug 2004, 20:33
Does this give you some ideas???

http://www.serversunderthesun.com/tin/DCP_0536.jpg
http://www.serversunderthesun.com/tin/DCP_0538.jpg
http://www.serversunderthesun.com/tin/DSC00002.jpg
http://www.serversunderthesun.com/tin/DSC00003.jpg
http://www.serversunderthesun.com/tin/DSC00005.jpg

Go Ugly Early! M2

adr
15th Aug 2004, 21:14
Heh. Where did you hide the capacitor? ;)

adr

maxy101
15th Aug 2004, 22:54
Never really understood why most desks now have two monitors. Why not just network the pc? Would save a fortune in doubling up all the kit.

Scud-U-Like
15th Aug 2004, 23:42
I was wondering what Main Building looked like post-refurb. (Nice chair).

Foiled again by contractors.

John Farley
16th Aug 2004, 10:28
Never really understood why most desks now have two monitors

I understand it makes all the difference for some complicted tasks (like producing an audio track) to have two types of data running together from ONE source to help you optimise things

waivar
17th Aug 2004, 00:00
Just thought of one, and my apologies if anyone else has posted this in the mean time. Only works well if blokey has an ensuite.... In fact would be funny to do in shared ablutions :}

A few days ago, in the Daily Mail (I didnt buy it honest) there was a lady who had bought some swimming pool cleaner.....

....the long and the short of it is....

Empty cistern of water, empty U bend in toilet of water (you can figure that one out.) Pour one of the solutions neat into the cistern, and the other solution into the U bend.....

After matey has done the biz', flushed and is washing his hands, Mount Etna should be about ready to blow the crapper to pieces.

PS lady suffered minor chemical burns due to the fact she was VERY THICK and didnt read the instructions. This prank is completely different and would stand up in court - honest, just ask ol' pr00ne ;) ;) :D

Ball Cocks, it would appear I was too late to the party Ho Hum. Anyhow, forgot to mention - chemicals from argos, amongst others!

2close
17th Aug 2004, 11:55
Funniest thread (along with ARRSE) I've seen in a long, long time.

Can't wait for the piccies.

Eric
18th Oct 2004, 11:46
Straying slightly off topic towards pranks in general, I think it's about time this (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=48117&perpage=15&pagenumber=1) got another airing - one of my all time favourite pprune posts! :ok:

Flarkey
18th Oct 2004, 13:14
Although these are office related, I'm sure you get the idea...


http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-10/449872/pic01340_1.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-10/449872/pic05686_1.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-10/449872/pic27681_1.jpg

timzsta
18th Oct 2004, 18:33
Whilst at Dartmouth the Divisional Sub Lt went away one weekend and left his door unlocked.....

Aided my an expert accomplice I re-arranged his furniture such that his wardrobe was placed behind his (inwards opening) door.

This caused histeria upon said Sub Lt's return late on the Sunday evening - particularly as his cabin was on the first floor.....

adr
18th Oct 2004, 23:06
One I heard of, but didn't witness. Oh no, indeed not.

Victim goes to bed after downing plenty of sleeping fluid. Fellow studes paper over his doorway with a brick-pattern wallpaper (pattern facing in).

He opens his door on a groggy morning to head for the facilities, to see what appears to be a brick wall filling his doorway. Eventually explores it, realises it's paper, and rips his way out.

A week later. Same procedure. Confident laddie, loudly contemptuous of the lack of imagination of those who repeated the prank, decides to punch his way through the wallpaper.

But this time, there's a wardrobe on the corridor side of the paper.

Ow.

adr

SALAD DODGER
19th Oct 2004, 09:37
A bit of Army Vs Airforce rivalry

ROUND 1

-Entire contents of student house turned upsidedown. Every bit of furniture electrical goods etc

-In return we went to one of those pound shops and bought the shop out of the most revolting air freshener. Sprayed all 200 cans through letter box. It was so thick that there was a fog in every room and the owners smelt like old ladies for the rest of term.


ROUND 2

-Woke up to find 100's of shopping trollies blocking every exit and filling entire garden had to call fire brigade to get out.

-In return wrapped enemy house up with toilet rolls, and had 2 tonnes of sand delivered to driveway. (Made a good beach party later on)


ROUND 3

-Found hose broken into and all Worldly posessions stolen.

-In retaliation a bucket of blue food colouring was placed in water tank of enemy house causing occupants to turn Navy blue with morning shower.

(Then found out that our house had really been burgled, and now sh!t scared of revenge attack and tried to call truce)


ROUND 4

-All coat pockets were filled with little bags of flour that looked like drugs, and further stash had been hidden in toilet cistern at our house. Housemate arrested getting into nightclub, house raided and then given stern talking to by over zelous inspector for wasting police time.

-In retaliation 5 very realistic false bombs made and hidden throughout enemy house.

But they never found them, and we left University.... Over a year later I recieved a call from Special Branch, as the devices had been found by a later occupant, who was related to someone very important in government. It caused a huge incident with the entire neighbourhood vacated. Had to tell entire story to him, and luckily he found it funny and was very RAF friendly. We were let off any charges and have been put off pranks ever since!

jwcook
19th Oct 2004, 10:13
Ah! a good practical joke or two..

First rub 'deep heat' or 'Ralgex' into the poor sodsl underwear, once he returns and put them on it takes about 1/2 hour to start to work in sub zero temps, shorter in the tropics!!, first sign is the hands go into the pockets then the shifting from one foot to the other, finally he will have to give in and go to the toilet to find out why his balls are on fire...

A more subtle one is to hide a musical card (cost you 50p from the market), preferable 'jingle bells as it the most irritating in an office, cover it in tissue paper to make it just audible when its quite, it really is torture, you'd best hide it in the false ceiling or under a very heavy filing cabinet, in pipes etc, its virtually impossible to find if its in something that doesnt move, and be prepared to get a smack in the gob if you whistle jingle bells within striking distance..

A long time ago I attached one under a car and covered it with body filler and grease to hide it, about four days later I drove past his house to find all the seats out of the car. BTW they last around 3 weeks continuious!!!!

enjoy

Vortex Thing
19th Oct 2004, 13:13
Boot polish on the inside of the respirator.

Paint his helmet purple and then replace helmet cover.

Register him in regimental, station mag or even better internet as needing penpal for friendship maybe more (same or opposite sex dependant on level of friendship).

Oh and clearly forge letter to mess committe insisting on reasons to be next gardens member.

I assume all aspects of skullduggery involving fish and/or kebabs and/or eggs and radiators and/or wardrobes have been thought about :)

5 Forward 6 Back
19th Oct 2004, 15:51
I remember hearing about some guys who got some of the link-together drainage piping from B&Q, and set it up corner-corner in a nearby squadron boss's office...

.... then filled it full of concrete. :)

Then for good measure filled his desk drawers with baked beans.

WE Branch Fanatic
19th Oct 2004, 19:27
How about removing the fuses from the plugs of all his/her appliances?

KPax
19th Oct 2004, 20:11
Two quick ones. TrY to get hold of your mates car before he goes rushing off for the weekend and wire his lights to the horn. He will be desparate to get home, but the noise will drive him crazy. One I heard about was some QHI's getting hold of some turf and turfing the CFI's office and then putting up a sign 'KEEP OFF THE GRASS'.

adr
19th Oct 2004, 21:20
A link someone just sent me gave me an idea. Put up an affectionately "signed" picture of this celebrity (http://www.thisislondon.com/showbiz/articles/14122990).

You must be prepared to pay your victim's therapy bill. It may be extensive. And if you click on the link above, I'm not going to pay yours. :p

adr

Paul McKeksdown
21st Oct 2004, 10:02
Get a met balloon and and eletric squib. Fill said met balloon with powdered chalk and blow up to considerable size. Take a view foil frame (remeber those, things before Powerpoint!) cover both sides with tin-foil, gently blow in the middle to balloon it out slightly and seal. Hey presto, instant pressure pad!!! Connect the squib through the pressure pad to a 9v battery and attach to balloon. Close curtains, take light bulb out and place pressure pad inside the door.

Add in the other effects, fish, cress carpet and porn wallpapering etc...

Sit back and wait for the bang!!!

yeoman
21st Oct 2004, 13:44
If he smokes, grind up CS gas pellet, mix with a little ash and a few butts for disguise and place in ash tray.

Carefully remove base of tin of beans. Firmly hold clingfilm over open end, invert, place clingfilmed end on firm surface such as shelf in wardrobe and withdraw clingfilm.

Aquire smoke grenade. Blue stains best. Place grenade in empty tin and attach a string to grenade and whichever door you wish to rig. Remove pin from grenade. As door is opened, string pulls grenade from tin and fly off lever performs as advertised.

For efforts 1 and 3, be prepared for lecture on misuse of pyros, do not expect Xmas leave any time before 2026 and ensure cheque book is to hand.

QAR ASR
21st Oct 2004, 21:57
To get those who go away and lock the room too, empty a large quantity of talc/flour on to a sheet of news paper and the then slide under the locked door. Then get hair dryer/ vacuum on blow and aim under the door. The room is filled with fine mist which settles to leave a `Antique` look to the room, which will take weeks/months/years (depeneding on amount used) to clear up.

Laughed so much I pulled a muscle the first time I did this.

bwalker_munro92
25th Oct 2004, 02:05
get yourself a couple of cans of shaving cream and leave them in some liquid nitrogen till they are frozen solid all the way through. Carefully cut away the aluminium that makes up the can leaving u with some frozen blocks of shaving cream. Distribute throughout his room, under his bed, a few in his cupboard, drawers and so on. Especially good if u time it so they finish melting just before he gets back. On arrival he will be greeted with a little winter wonderland

L J R
27th Oct 2004, 19:36
Remove all fuses from fuse box of car. Carefully place appripriately insulated wire from one side of fuse mount to the other side of fuse mount for a different service. Presto, lights come on when turn indicator selected, horn goes off when power windows activated, radio comes on when cigarette lighter pressed. Careful how you re-route air bag... perhapse the brake light.....

qwertyuiop
27th Oct 2004, 21:31
How nasty do you want to be? Big Tudor mentioned the cress carpet, having seen it and I can tell you it works a treat but will require a new carpet. I had a close friend who, after a few provocative actions, took the following actions. Remove plug from friends fridge, attach 8 stage maroons (electicaly operated bangers) to fridge light contacts, close fridge door, plug fridge in again, wait for friend (victim) to open fridge. BOOM. Probably not a good idea but was good for revenge

amb_211085
28th Oct 2004, 18:24
When a few people went out for the evening, we took the opportunity to have some fun. Remove bed from room, transport to field and place on top of bales of hay. Borrow bale of hay, return to room, put bed sheets on hay bale and make it look as if nothing happened.

Alternatively, if they hate scampi fries, open a bag and place them strategically around their room.

Borrow car, drive to loaction where all doors will be blocked for entry and exit, remote lock car with windows down, throw keys in window before it closes. This can often give a real sense of humour failure.

Senior Pilot
29th Mar 2021, 01:32
Some old threads are worthy of resurrection :ok:

j4leaphill
29th Mar 2021, 06:14
Flicked on a kettle at work to make an early morning cuppa,and carried on looking at my phone.When I heard the kettle boil I spun round to fill my cup and was greeted by a scene similar to the "its only rock and roll,but I like it" video by the stones,with foam spewing out of everywhere from the kettle,found out someone had simply squirted a generous shot of washing up liquid in the kettle filled it with water and just left it,simple but effective i thought.What a mess.

jolihokistix
29th Mar 2021, 06:56
LOL. What's the difference between a prank?

SnowFella
29th Mar 2021, 08:52
Never had the chance of anything room based as I did my service with 16 people bunk rooms, no reason to ruin things for the other 15 people. So in our case it mostly ended up being low level pranks.
Few folks turned up in the morning to find their locker having had an earthquake overnight, especially popular for the guys you knew would rock up 5 minutes before the morning lineup already squared away.
Leave your boots underneath the bed and you would likely find them filled with shaving cream.
One bloke that came back to the barracks after a few too many beers found himself still in bed the following morning....out in the corridor infront of the Captains room....bed having been carefully carried out there by his squad mates.

Few heavy sleepers also had the rest of their squads go full on ninja on them. Full on silenced wakeup, preparation and lineup in the corridor. Usually woke up from the Sergeants morning lineup call followed by "Lodgment X, 15 present, one still sleeping" reply.

NutLoose
29th Mar 2021, 09:23
Replace his sugar with salt, drill a small hole in the sole of his shoes.

Snowbound 612
29th Mar 2021, 15:03
I went to NAS Corpus Christi for my Primary training in the fall 0f 1980. The tale I heard was two years prior a couple of hens were placed in an individual’s BOQ room (Bachelors Officer Quarters) while he was on a weekend cross country. I currently work as a training contractor for the navy. Turns out one of our new hire instructors was one of the perpetrators involved.

NutLoose
29th Mar 2021, 15:29
Get a invisible postcode marker pen, those that you use to mark your TV's etc as a prevention of theft, then write "I am a......." ( i will leave that bit up to you ), across the back of his shirts, then anytime he walks into a nightclub etc that has the UV lighting it will glow for all to see.

Crromwellman
29th Mar 2021, 16:13
The Sgts Messes at Aldergrove in the mid-1970s could be very dangerous, in fact I sometimes thought that taking my chances with the para-militaries was safer.

AAC pilot (N***l D*****y) smooths his way with somebody else's girl friend - capital offence.

One night in the mess he is told that his fellow pilots have doctored the wine in his room, the groundcrew have loosened the bed springs and they have also Araldited the door. During the passing of this intelligence some cad puts diuretic into pilot's beer. Pilot and girl, followed by discrete surveillance party of 20+ repair to his room where he intends to have his wicked way. Arrives at room and door opens OK, the bed is still serviceable and wine is still sealed.

Oh good thinks our hero as the diuretic starts to do its work. Excuses himself and goes to door which fails to budge. The discrete party had attached 1,000-lb breaking strain para cord from door handle to fixed radiator on opposite side of passage. Escape via the window is impossible because they all have XPM mesh over them to prevent the local nasties throwing anything in.

Large sheet of paper is slid under the door with neatly Letraseted (remember this) message: "Now be a smoothie whilst you p**s in the basin, b*****d

Went round the AAC like wildfir4e

Riccardo Piana
29th Mar 2021, 16:17
Change lock and room number on door?

Hydromet
29th Mar 2021, 22:02
Mate put a smoke canister in a fellow officer's locker. It was only meant to fill the locker, but filled the whole room, and covered everything in it.

stevef
30th Mar 2021, 12:21
(ex) RAF = 1, (ex) USAF = 0

Scene: Shared house of aircraft engineers.
We invited an American contractor (J***) over for a few beers in a Midlands town and gave him some floor space in the lounge to get his head down later. When we returned after a skinful of grog, we stuck on a blue-tinted video for some late night entertainment. J*** fell asleep after half an hour, to which we put a copy of an adult magazine next to him with the centre page open. Then a wad of toilet paper soaked in milk.
The following morning when we got up, the magazine was tidy on the table, the sodden toilet paper had disappeared to hide the 'evidence' and J*** was looking a bit uncomfortable. To this day he doesn't know the truth. (I still have an incriminating photo of the set-up). :E

TLDNMCL
30th Mar 2021, 22:36
Expanding foam - the stuff you use to fill minor gaps around window and door frames etc. Apply just a tiny blob inside the toe cap area of each piece of unattended footwear, and I mean just a tiny blob. The shoes, trainers, boots should look perfectly normal, until the man tries to get his foot in. 😊

The Oberon
31st Mar 2021, 05:15
Expanding foam - the stuff you use to fill minor gaps around window and door frames etc. Apply just a tiny blob inside the toe cap area of each piece of unattended footwear, and I mean just a tiny blob. The shoes, trainers, boots should look perfectly normal, until the man tries to get his foot in. 😊
In pre-foam days, an egg worked well.

ShyTorque
31st Mar 2021, 10:14
Expanding foam - the stuff you use to fill minor gaps around window and door frames etc. Apply just a tiny blob inside the toe cap area of each piece of unattended footwear, and I mean just a tiny blob. The shoes, trainers, boots should look perfectly normal, until the man tries to get his foot in. 😊

Not a prank per se, so couldn’t be repeated, but I once went into the garage and put on my wellies, only to discover I’d put my foot into an active nest of mice.

TLDNMCL
31st Mar 2021, 22:15
Not a prank per se, so couldn’t be repeated, but I once went into the garage and put on my wellies, only to discover I’d put my foot into an active nest of mice.
😂 That would have had me making an upside-down wellie rack from that day on. Then you have to consider bats I suppose...

Tinribs
3rd Apr 2021, 17:15
In BMI one of the very senior captains who thought he was clever always carried a piece of wire coat hanger bent into a circle. He would then place it in the hat rim of an unsuspecting colleague so that he got stopped by the security machine and an in depth search followed because they had to find the cause of the alert.. H e did it once too often and his first officer shopped his customs avoidance (smuggling) at Heathrow. One of the problems clever buggers don't expect is that they are sometimes outclassed by people nastier than they are

Tinribs
3rd Apr 2021, 17:31
The story
BMI long hall 707 crew talking about No 1 cabin crew.
She has a technique with new FOs she pretends she can't get suitcase undone asks FO to go to her room and help
FO enters room and starts fiddling with locked suitcase , she says just going into bathroom to "get more comfortable"
Comes out starkers game is on
Sure enough phone call made FO goes to room she departs usual story
FO gets into bed, rest of crew come out of bathroom