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Lighten Up! Office Fun for Everyone
You spend eight hours a day with these people! Eight hours a day! Eight hours with people you don't even get to pick. Eight hours with the guy who has something to say about EVERYTHING. Eight hours with the sci-fi dork who lives in his parent's basement. Eight hours with mother earth who eats tofu for lunch and keeps breast milk in the office fridge. Eight hours with people who would eat your lunch if it didn't have your name on it!
Sure, you all get along - most of the time.
But, you must laugh to retain your sanity. Without laughing with (and at) your co-workers, the cubicle's half walls might just close in on you - lodging you between a file cabinet and your PC.
Office pranks are perfect. When you laugh with someone, you become friends - even if you have nothing in common. Office pranks can bring an office together. Oh jeez, forget the sappy stuff. Office pranks are just funny as hell !
Prank Pics
Visual Ideas for Some Great Pranks
If you are looking for prank inspiration, take a look at what others have been up to. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.
Romper Room
Post-It Prank
Who Goes There?
Watch Your Step
Photo Replacement
Error Message
Some Simple Pranks
Easy Pranks Ideas for Your Office
- At the end of the day, everyday, empty someone's stapler leaving only 2 or 3 staples. They will have to refill it everyday, and go crazy.
- Advertise a colleague's job as available. Leave their number with extension for contact. Be sure it is well paying and with low qualifications.
- Each day move a co-workers desk an inch.
- Drop a lemon slice or maraschino cherry into someone's water bottle.
- spray glitter
- Move everything off someone's desk and into the office fridge.
- Play "Eye of the Tiger" everytime your boss walks in.
- Replace photos of friends and family with that of say Scott Baio, Eugene Levy, Drew Carey, William Shatner, or The New Kids on the Block. Also set their screen saver to a slideshow of these photos.
- Drop a rubber duckie into the watercooler when you are changing the bottle.
- Remove the ink from every one of their pens.
- Open a container of lice powder, and leave it in the bathroom. Say nothing to anyone. Panic will slowly rise.
- Put a brown paper bag in the office fridge labeled "squirrel"
- Before an important meeting, replace everything on a co-workers desk with the Hello-Kitty version (pens with feather tops, pink pads, ...)
- Tape a really long memo or calendar to the inside door of the elevator.
- Install the clapper on something (anything)
Prank: Welcome Home!
Extreme Cubicle Makeover
Jello!
(Or Jelly for you UK visitors)
Popularized by NBC's The Office, embedding items in Jello has become a classic. For explicit directions on how to preform such a feat visit How To Put A Stapler In Jello.
Stapler in Jello
Cherished Item
Debit Card
Computer Mouse
Scissors
Staple Remover
Paperclip Dispenser
Office Supplies
Stapler
The Office
Office humor fills out these great DVDs.
The Office has increased office pranks at never before seen levels. It has truly brought office humor back.Putting all the items on Dwight's desk into the vending machine was classic. But, popularizing the Jello prank is the greatest office prank success for The Office.
Prankster's Mug
More Prank Pics
Sticky Note Experiment
Hold All My Calls
I've got you covered
Shiny!
Balloons!
You've Veen Rednecked
Let's Wrap This Up
Home Sweet Home
Co-worker went away on vacation and we ...
A little prank a few friends pulled...
Beetled
Giftwrapped
Blah
Keeps the Alien Gamma Rays Away
Cabinet Scare
Doors
They Got Me.
Confetti Cannons
A prank in itself, or a grand finale...the confetti cannon.
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Fun With Photos
Photoshop Pranks
A few minutes with photoshop, and a copy machine can make a prank that never really dies. Those photos just keep popping up. Bonus points for getting the photos online. Extra bonus points to the folks that made these photos that so many have laughed at!
The Host
Frodo ID
Mike & the Intern
Fake Advertisement
Prank Photos
Office Space
I believe you have my stapler.
Office Space - Special Edition with Flair (Widescreen Edition)
Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 11/09/2009)
Unable to endure another mind-numbing day at Initech Corporation, cubicle slave Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) gets fired up and decides to get fired. Armed with a leisurely new attitude and a sexy new girlfriend (Jennifer Aniston), he soon masters the art of neglecting his work, which quickly propels him into the ranks of upper management! Now the stage is set for Peter to carry out a high-tech embezzling scheme that's sure to mean the end of his job and a one-way ticket to easy street. Can he pull it off before all corporate hell breaks loose?
Office Space Novelties
Novelty Gifts From The Classic Office Humor Film
Excuse Me. I believe you have my stapler...Office SpaceThis Office Space t-shirt has that famous line, plus a photo of the legendary red Swingline stapler seen in the movie.
Buy at AllPosters.com
Initech Bobble Head Office Space Bill Lumbergh
Amazon Price: (as of 11/10/2009)
Swingline Collectors Edition 747 Rio Red Business Stapler (S7074736E)
Amazon Price: $16.09 (as of 11/10/2009)
The Chia Keyboard
Watch this video to learn how, or check out one of these tutorials:
Cress in a keyboard
How to Grow a Chia Keyboard
Tips for Tricksters: Chia Keyboard
Which One Are You
The Prankster? The prank victim? The spectator?
Inappropriate Pranks
Some pranks and practical jokes are not acceptable for the workplace
You don't want to be 'that guy' - that guy who did something terrible because he thought it was funny (and no one else did).So, what not to do:
Don't prank people you don't like. If you are not their friend or at least on good terms then do not prank them. That's more in the harassment realm. Pranks should not be done in a mean way.
Don't do sexual jokes at work. You have no idea how this will be received, and sexual harassment is not funny. Even if you think that person would be ok with that particular joke, you don't know for sure, and the person in the cubicle next door may not be. Keep it clean. It is possible to be funny and clean. But, if you have to do something a little sexual, do not target it at one person.
Safety first. Don't do anything that can actually hurt anyone. A trip to the emergency room will spoil any prank. Greasing the doorknob may be funny, greasing the floor is not.
Don't cause damage. Embed their keys in jello, not their flash drive. If you ruin or break something, the laugh is lost.
Everything else is fair game.
Books on Office Pranks
Browse one of these books for great office entertainment
Computer Pranks
Simple Prank Ideas to Pull On Their PC
By leaving your computer unattended and unlocked, you are pretty much asking to be pranked.
Right-click on the desktop and click properties. You can then make one or more of these changes:
- change the desktop image to something funny
- change the size, font, and color of the windows
- switch primary and secondary buttons on the mouse (make mouse left-handed)
- Flip the screen upside-down by hitting CTRL-ALT-Down Arrow. To get it back, CTRL-ALT-Up Arrow
- set a new screen saver
- Switch some letters on the keyboard around (simply swapping M and N gets a great result)
- hit print screen and save the image in say Paint. Then set this as the desktop, and hide start menu. They will see the start menu, but it won't work.
Detailed Instructions - In MS Word, change some of the AutoCorrect settings (Format, Auto Format, AutoCorrect). These auto corrections are meant to automatically correct a commonly typed mistake, or enable you to type shorthand. You can set it to change any word or their name to something different. For example every time they type "To Whom It May Concern" you can have it automatically change it to "To you or you have no right reading this" or to change "the" to "fogizzlest". Also fun to change words their misspelled versions...that to dat, was to wuz, there and they're to their, or to and too to two. (That sentence made me giggle.)
- Visit a few websites that you know they use (which require logins). Type in a different (funny) login and when it asks if you want to save it click yes. So next time they go to google for example and try to login it will have the user name "ILoveEugeneLevy" or something like that as the default.
- Save random nonsense as a favorite in the browser. Examples: Barry Gibb Fan Club, Clay Aiken Fan Club, Hello Kitty Fan Club, ...
- Change people's icons (right click on the icon, click properties, shortcut, and change icon). You can get free and funny icons online at sites like IconArchive.com.
QUICK COMPUTER
PRANK:
Switch the
keyboard keys
M and N.
Pick Up A Few Things
A Few Tools of the Trade
George Bush Magnetic Dress Up Set
Not so much a prank, but it does make the office fridge more fun - also add a set of poetry magnets for more fun.
Amazon Price: (as of 11/09/2009)
Magnetic Poetry Office Magnetic Poetry Kit
Leave messages on the office fridge, or on metal door or desk. Write poetry, stories, or use as captions for photos. Not a prank, but still not actually working.
Amazon Price: $8.48 (as of 11/09/2009)
Prank Links
These sites have more great prank ideas:
- Pranks at ebaumsworld.com
- Here are some pranks to pull in the office on co-workers.
- Top Ten Office Pranks
- hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.
- The Office Humor Blog
- Bored at work? The Office Humor Blog is here to help! Featuring office pranks, daily jokes, poems, gift ideas, news, downloads, and other office humor.
- Planet Wally: Wide World of Office Pranks
- The Wide World of Office Pranks
- Prank Example
- Funny
- Post-it Notes Prank : Damon's New Office
- 2,500 post-it notes prank : Damon's New Office
Few More Ideas
These Pranks Bring Laughs...Slowly But Surely
- Print out a much of random photos and make files for them. Then file in the correct place in the victim's cabinet. For example, file a photo of a Sock Puppet under 'Sock Puppet". A few more photo ideas...Queen Elizabeth, Monkeys (put in a bunch of monkey photos), World's Largest Chair, Noses (a bunch of noses cut from magazine).... Especially good if they use interns or temps, as they will think the victim is psycho. It's a slow and subtle prank, but sometimes they are the best.
- In someone's messy office, put a set of sea monkeys on a bookshelf. Care for them until the person discovers it.
- Switch the nameplates from everyone's desks and doors.
- Visit Catalogs.com and sign them up for the most random catalogs you find, to their office address of course. The fun will start rolling in just a few weeks. May I recommend catalogs for Ballet Costumes, Wedding Gowns, Medieval Replicas, The Alzheimer's Store, Dog Fashions, ... The key is to order several catalogs opposite their personality. And, if there is a stupid nickname that they have earned themselves, use that.
Let Not the Parking Lot Be Safe
Go ahead...prank their car.
So, perhaps your victim is a hermit and never leaves their office. Or, maybe they don't even have an office. Then frankly they have left themselves vulnerable to the car pranking. This is a great prank to pull off right under their nose.
But, please, do no damage...insurance companies don't like that. Don't put duct tape or glue on a car.
Post-it Car
What a Mess
Piggy
Shrink Wrapped
Fill 'er Up
Office Pranks in the News
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Best Prank Ranking
Vote Now for Your Favorite Office Prank!
By request, we now have a ranking list of the best pranks. Vote now to raise the ones you like higher on the list.
1
Object embeded in jello
5 points
2
Taped Phone
Tape over the inside of the mouthpiece- a little more tape everyday. After a month, remove tape. Listen to them scream on the phone for no reason.5 points
3
Office Crime Scene
4 points
4
Replaced Family Photos
(with that of Eugene Levy, Drew Carey, ...)4 points
5
All office supplies replaced with Hello Kitty version
4 points
6
All staples but 2 dissappear every night
3 points
7
Psycho type shrine set up in cubicle
(as if they were the psycho, not you. Like a shrine to Carrot Top or Fran Dresher)3 points
8
Calendar replaced with a different year
2 points
9
eeek! mice!!
Chocolate cake sprinkles make nice pseudo mouse droppings - pre-setup with reported findings in your desk drawer - then seed the victim's desk (actually works - now I don't - thanks Dilbert! ;-(2 points
10
Order random and embarassing catalogs to their desk
2 points
11
Office covered with Post-It Notes
1 point
12
Office full of balloons
1 point
13
Cubicle full of packing peanuts
1 point
14
Computer desktop changes
1 point
15
Cubicle relocated to bathroom
1 point
16
Plastic ants sprinkled over desk and keyboard
1 point
17
Everything wrapped in foil
0 points
18
Everything wrapped in newspaper
0 points
19
Lemon slice or cherry dropped into water bottle
0 points
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Let us in on the fun!
Have you done, seen, or thought of an awesome prank that you'd like to share? Has one been done to you? Go ahead, brag a little.
And, if you were interested in how to publish a page like this, it is really quite easy. Just Click Here to begin...open a free account and start your own "lens" here on squidoo. Maybe you can even make a lens about your latest prank.
MIchael wrote
Too much time, plus camera phones, equals amazing office pranks.
There's a site that has a bunch of pranks out there too, including some videos. I think my personal favorite is the chia keyboard, just because of the forethought required. You can check them out http://www.whilethebosswasaway.com
Posted October 28, 2009
Laura Wisecracks wrote
Someone in the office had a woman call in for them. She proceeded to say that she was from HR and that she had a complaint from someone who heard he farting down the aisle and this was against company policy. This person got very irritated and asked me if they should call back to HR and ask to go home because they couldn't help their gas problem. I didn't want to get involved and told them to talk to the manager on duty. The manager told them to go ahead and go to HR. I said HR was being kind of anal with a laugh. This co-worker went to HR only to find out that no one called from HR. He was stunned. All of us were crying we were laughing so hard. Then he saw the humor in it all.
Posted September 09, 2009
partybuzz wrote...
I've never worked in an office...I didn't know it could be so much fun!! Great lens! Thanks for visiting my Mountain Laurels!
Posted June 10, 2009
JenOfChicago wrote...
Funny ideas... we've done the foil wrapped desk one, it was great!
Posted June 09, 2009
Swisstoons wrote...
I enjoyed this lens....and am delighted to see that you are spotlighting the best show on television, today...The Office. I began watching it after coming across the DVD at the library. The first couple episodes made me so uncomfortable, I almost felt as though I were actually going to an office. I almost called in sick after the second episode....but fortunately, I hung in and was hooked by the end of Ep 3. Rolling this funny lens to four funny ones of my own.
Posted April 19, 2009
by kab
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