Dirty deeds done dirt cheap

[BrucePartington]

Not actually a PJ, rather something I did inadvertently, back in 1990.

From my 20's to my 30's I was big on off-roading and Land-Rovers.
At the time I had a Series III 88' Land-Rover. Sometimes I put the spare wheel over the bonnet.
For those less familiar with it, it looked like this


One late afternoon I was travelling through the country side to go visit with my paternal grandfather.
In a small village, the main road is downhill (the way I was going), and it crosses a train track.
Obviously the track is level.
Out of boredom, and familiar with the outstanding suspension flexibility (albeit hard), instead of coasting, I gunned it in 3rd gear.
While up in the air I spot a pedestrian walking towards me on my side of the road (country side road, no walkway).
I still remember the terror in is face as he jumped blindly onto a heap of brambles.
It must have taken a while for him to get out of there. He's probably still trying to hunt me down.

Before you brand me as a reckless driver, let me clarify that he was never in danger from me, he was not on my path. He was only terrified by the psychological effect of being surprised by the sight of a roaring Series III Land-Rover flying in his general direction.
And no I would not do that today.

[Wolferz]

You're not fooling us, Bruce.

I bet you aim at pedestrians who stand next to big puddles of water.

Oh, by the way, it's called a Land Rover for a reason. Not an Air Rover. A Land Rover.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

We pulled millions of pranks on each other in the Air Force.

Good god, don't get me started. Being in CE circles, i saw pranks that ranged from the simple turn of a knob, to involving heavy equipment.

Some examples off the top of my head:

- turning a radio knob up all the way after shutting off a work truck.

- a large zip tie borrowed from an electrician that was fastened on the drive shaft of a truck. Makes it sound like the U joint is out.

- Fire crackers thrown into the catch tray while wielding or cutting something. Once the splatter hit's it, the fire crackers go off, scaring the bejesus out of you. The smaller "chinese firecrackers" can make it sound like your having a flashback going into the gas lines of a cutting torch, which REALLY scares the crap out of you.

- Coming back from lunch and then finding your tool belt suspended 30 to 50 feet in the air from an I-beam.

- Finding your tool box glued to the floor with a tube of Henry's adhesive.

- Oxy-acetelyne bombs by using either a hospital condom, or an AAFES cup. Makes a large boom to scare the crap out of everyone.

- During an exercise, duck tape a sound sleeper to their cot and haul them outside somewhere and leave them.

etc etc.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Betonov

You know what's the really funny part ??
The friend I did this to is a Subsim member

That's great.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by BrucePartington

For those less familiar with it, it looked like this
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Bruce, I'm perfectly familiar with Land Rovers -

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Bruce, I'm perfectly familiar with Land Rovers -

Eh....Needs a good wash!

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Good god, don't get me started. Being in CE circles, i saw pranks that ranged from the simple turn of a knob, to involving heavy equipment.

Some examples off the top of my head:

- turning a radio knob up all the way after shutting off a work truck.

- a large zip tie borrowed from an electrician that was fastened on the drive shaft of a truck. Makes it sound like the U joint is out.

- Fire crackers thrown into the catch tray while wielding or cutting something. Once the splatter hit's it, the fire crackers go off, scaring the bejesus out of you. The smaller "chinese firecrackers" can make it sound like your having a flashback going into the gas lines of a cutting torch, which REALLY scares the crap out of you.

- Coming back from lunch and then finding your tool belt suspended 30 to 50 feet in the air from an I-beam.

- Finding your tool box glued to the floor with a tube of Henry's adhesive.

- Oxy-acetelyne bombs by using either a hospital condom, or an AAFES cup. Makes a large boom to scare the crap out of everyone.

- During an exercise, duck tape a sound sleeper to their cot and haul them outside somewhere and leave them.

etc etc.

One that we used to pull a lot we would wait for someone to finish up their reapirs on a unit then when they went it to have a supervisor sign off on it we would either disconnect a fuel line or a battery while they where gone.Of course the thing would not run and they sit there for a minute or two trying to figure out what went wrong.

I used to wait for someone to park a truck then when they left it unsupervised I would hop in and change the channel on the two way radio turn it up full blast I'd set the wipers to full speed.

Sometimes I would only change the two-way radio channel that was more of a dummy test in our job you should get calls regularly so if you have brains you notice that something is up fairly quickly.I had one guy come in two hours later and he was happy about how slow it was that day.I said "hey buddy attention to detail what channel are you on?"

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

Sometimes I would only change the two-way radio channel that was more of a dummy test in our job you should get calls regularly so if you have brains you notice that something is up fairly quickly.I had one guy come in two hours later and he was happy about how slow it was that day.I said "hey buddy attention to detail what channel are you on?"

That's great.

[BrucePartington]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Bruce, I'm perfectly familiar with Land Rovers -

It's sad to see one like that.

[Betonov]

There was once this guy, don't know what he was looking for there, that parked his car right onfront of the workshop doors and we couldn't get things we need in or out.
So we lifted his car with a forklift and set it between two containers. It took him almost an hour to wiggle himself out

Another one involving a forklift. There's this hot designer and we knew she ends her shift on noon on fridays. So I parked a forklift infront of her car and my car behind it so close there's no way she could get out.
After an amusing 15min she finaly goes to us and asks (in a rather angry tone) if we could move the forklift.
''can't, I don't have the licence for a forklift'' I said
And when she was about to throw something at me I showed her the keys from the Clio and said ''I do have a licence for the car''
She smiled and never talked to me again

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by BrucePartington

It's sad to see one like that.

Don't worry, it was fixed up and back on the roads about eight months later.

[Oberon]

My Dad told me of one he pulled at school, he and a mate stacked all the chairs in the assembly hall up on a stage in a manner that they all leant on one stack of chairs, which he then attached by string to the door leading into the room. Then he and his mate went up into the rafters above the hall and waited. Eventually someone would open the door, and the entire load of chairs would come cascading down off the stage.

As for myself, I've not done many, but I did once create a series of folders within folders on one of the school computers, with the top one named something like 'Killer Virus 2000' or something like that. The next day I go into the library and find the computer shut down with a note on it saying 'This computer has been infected with a virus'
Then at college I renamed icons on the desktop, I called Internet Explorer 'Bob', Publisher became 'Pub Crawler' or 'Down the Pub' and so on, well, someone in the IT department must have cottoned onto the theme because one day every single internet explorer icon on every networked computer was renamed to 'Fred', and I didn't do it!
I've also been almost caught out at work by the old 'cling film over toilet seat' trick.

[Jimbuna]

Once saw a police dog taken from an air conditioned van outside a station and taken indoors.

The look on the handlers face was priceless when he returned to the van and wondered how he'd explain he'd lost his dog.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Oberon

As for myself, I've not done many, but I did once create a series of folders within folders on one of the school computers, with the top one named something like 'Killer Virus 2000' or something like that. The next day I go into the library and find the computer shut down with a note on it saying 'This computer has been infected with a virus'
Then at college I renamed icons on the desktop, I called Internet Explorer 'Bob', Publisher became 'Pub Crawler' or 'Down the Pub' and so on, well, someone in the IT department must have cottoned onto the theme because one day every single internet explorer icon on every networked computer was renamed to 'Fred', and I didn't do it!
I've also been almost caught out at work by the old 'cling film over toilet seat' trick.

My school superintendent is stubbornly refusing to use any browser other than Internet Explorer.

I was going to change the shortcut to go to Google Chrome every time...or even restart the computer....

But...sadly, the computer restrictions are being strictly enforced this year and I won't get away with that.

[Sailor Steve]

I was wondering if I had ever played a practical joke on anybody. I had to go way back. When I graduated from eighth grade several of us picked up our favorite teacher's VolksWagen and stood it on its rear bumper, leaning against a fence. Of course once he had seen it we got it back down for him.

Many years later I did the same thing to a friend I worked with. He had a reserved parking space for his Porsche. It only took two of us to pick up the rear end and pull it across the parking lot to a different space. It wasn't like it was gone or anything, just...not where he'd left it.