A prank is defined by Princeton University Cognitive Science Laboratory as "acting like a clown or buffoon" or "dressing showily", or alternatively, "a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement". Pranks can take the forms of practical jokes, hoaxes, or even petty criminal activity, such as the theft of traffic cones.
In recent years, the term "pranking" has also come to mean the ringing of a mobile telephone and hanging up before it is answered, to alert the mobile phone's user without having to pay a network connection charge.
Prank Links
- Ala Realm
- A collection of links leading to various pranks and joke sites.
- Funny Email Network
- Humorous email generator covering love, hate and things in between.
- The Center 2000
- Online pranks and funny pictures. Also includes a webring.
- Funny Practical Jokes
- Gags to amuse or torment friends, family and coworkers.
- The Prank Institute
- Ideas for pranks, practical jokes, and mischief.
- Find The Ginger
- A test of the six degrees of separation theory.
- MailFool
- Send e-mails which appear to be from someone else. A responsible prank e-mail system.
- Bartender Magic
- Magic tricks and jokes to play on other people.
- S.E.P Anonymous Email
- Contains the option to send fake emails, hoaxes, anonymous emails, and receive replies to it.
- Practical Jokes
- A small collection of pranks and practical jokes.
- NervousRat
- Features prank calls, funny original videos, nasty humor for download and to be sent as greeting cards.
- The Farts
- Offers stories, techniques, and sound files. Includes a message board. [English, Japanese]
- Original Pranksters Hangout
- Site features original movie clips of pranks, a collection of funny videos, pictures and links to humor sites.
- Publish or Perish
- The correspondence of fictitious journalist Graeme S. Marshall, detailing his efforts to get real-life media outlets to accept his bizarre story proposals and unorthodox applications for employment.
- One Hundred Things to Do in an Elevator
- Numerous suggestions of pranks to pull in an elevator with other people.
- Crush 007
- Trick a friend into detailing personal details and secret crushes.
- iGotLooks-Warped Pictures
- Upload pictures of your friends and warp them into different shapes. Then, email them to people you know.
- Fizz Fun
- Joke calls for pranks. Includes MP3 samples. Fee based service.
- PrankBot
- Choose a prank, enter details about your friends, and PrankBot will play a practical joke on them.
- Tin Foil Cubicle Office Prank
- Detailed photographs of a prank involving a lot of tin foil.
- Clifhanger Pranks
- A collection of Internet jokes which will keep the victim busy for a while. Miscellaneous pranks.
- T-ClassMates
- Claims to be able to retrieve school photographs from all over the world.
- Prank Mail
- Send a prank email to your friends, from the email address of your choice.
- WebDemise.com
- Visitors can send anonymous prank mails either written themselves or by using a template.
- The Phreaky 4's IM Abuse Page
- Random AOL Instant Messenger users get pranked by the creator of this site. Read the conversations and have a good laugh.
- Loony Letters
- Archive of prank letters written to UK companies, and their replies.
- Lil Prankstar Jokes
- Practical jokes are separated by category. These pranks can be played at home, school, or wherever a laugh is needed.
- ReachMe.us
- Email rejection service to enable users to give annoying or irritating people the brush-off while avoiding embarrassment.
- Mooning of Amtrak Trains
- Information on the annual Mooning of Amtrak Trains in Southern California.
- The Trouble Makers Guide to School
- A collection of one hundred pranks aimed at school pupils.
- Death By Laughter
- Funny jokes, pictures, and quotes.
- Spooked
- An innocent looking video that makes the viewer jump right at the very end.
- Wally's Wide World of Pranks
- A large collection of pranks for school, office, home, dorm or everyday life. Pranks are tested for usability. Samples and directions are included.
- IQ Test For Free
- Spoof intelligence quiz, designed to be emailed to others.
- Riot
- High school students film themselves doing crazy pranks and stunts.
- Pseudo Mailer
- Allows visitors to send free email pranks from the email address of their choice.
- Lumpy Porridge
- Send email pranks, computer pranks, or learn practical jokes.
- Bluebottle Plus
- Visitors can send prank emails to their friends with details of fake airline bookings, online shopping or pest control visitations.
- Humor of Penn and Steven
- Jokes, AIM conversations, and humorous pictures.
- Project Gaidaros
- Follow college boys through their quest to prank New York City.
- Celebrity Prank Calls
- Audio files of prank phone calls, with the voices of various celebrities. Features Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- ThePrank
- Practical joke forum, where readers can share their ideas for revenge or pranks on other people.
- Aladdin's Magic Genie Lamp
- The "Blue Screen of Death" prank, disguised as an animation of a magic lamp.
- Purity Trick
- Send a purity test to a friend, and discover their answers.
- GetsNone.com
- Features a customisable personals page to embarrass yourself or a friend.
- AIM Conversations
- Random AOL Instant Messenger conversations.
- Rossford's Pranksters
- Pranks executed by teens in the town of Rossford.
- Phonebashing
- Movies of pranks involving destruction of mobile phones of randomly selected people. Requires Quicktime.
- GuessWhosFamous.com
- Enables visitors to get themselves or their friends in the news by creating a fake story as published in popular e-magazine.
- Prankified
- Visitors can share and discuss pranks, arrange into categories and rated for effectiveness.
- Monkey Doo
- Assorted pranks and ideas.
- Who Dis?
- Read prank conversations over AOL Instant Messenger.
- Sign Stealers
- Videos of a group of people who enjoy liberating street signs from their surroundings, plus a gallery of funny and disturbing signs.
- StrangeReports.com
- Play pranks on friends and coworkers with fake news reports.
- Label the Table
- Visitors are encouraged to place secret labels under tables in bars, restaurants and other places of interest.
Great Prank Stuff
Bump in the Night - Hocus-Pocus, Pranks and Play
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