Prank ideas

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I need to prank Mr. Language, and I need ideas that will be easy to implement, subtle, and cumulative. It ought to be something that won't immediately make him think he's being pranked, but will puzzle him, preferably over the course of a month.

Something along the lines of Cram's paperclip prank would be good, but I'm not sure what I can put in his house that will have that cumulative effect without being noticeably out of place.

Maybe I could hide things in his books? I have thought about slipping strange items into his fridge and cupboards, but since he has a housemate I don't think it would become evident or be funny unless there was a theme to it.

Help!

[Doktor Howl]

Leave lists of seemingly unrelated objects in his books.

Or ransom notes for pets he doesn't have.

Or I could whip up an apparently very old map to the Lost Dutchman Mine.  I've become very good at aging paper.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Leave lists of seemingly unrelated objects in his books.

Or ransom notes for pets he doesn't have.

Or I could whip up an apparently very old map to the Lost Dutchman Mine.  I've become very good at aging paper.

The first and last! I love this! Yes please! I will commence listmaking today.

Anyone who wants to send me a strange handwritten list or note, they will be gratefully accepted... PM me for address if you don't already have it

GAME ON!

[Jasper]

Leave Baudot code papers around his house.

There should be clues as to which page they match to, and perhaps layers of hints in multiple Baudot code papers.

ETA:  I mean whatever it's called when a sheet of paper has holes in it to show a message when held up to a page of text.

[Cramulus]

Coordinate "found objects" with text messages from ohdontforget.com. He receives texts which suggest where in his house to find things. And then some of the texts don't actually lead to anything, leaving him with a sense of impending weirdness that just hasn't hit yet.

If you time it right, he will receive anonymous texts while you're actually with him, removing you as a possible culprit.  (dicey: the texts do contain the website URL, but will not reveal who sent them via the website)

other long term ideas:

plant seeds in his yard

mist objects in his house with a certain perfume or cologne, leading him to wonder what that smell is and where it's coming from

use postful.com to send him postcards with pictures of his stuff... or pictures of himself sleeping

[Jasper]

  That last one!

WHAT ABOUT mixing pictures of him with the Baudot code idea?

[Doktor Howl]

Leave lists of seemingly unrelated objects in his books.

Or ransom notes for pets he doesn't have.

Or I could whip up an apparently very old map to the Lost Dutchman Mine.  I've become very good at aging paper.

The first and last! I love this! Yes please! I will commence listmaking today.

Anyone who wants to send me a strange handwritten list or note, they will be gratefully accepted... PM me for address if you don't already have it

GAME ON!

I'll get the map started.

[Jasper]

Ooh ooh!  Get black and yellow markers and put a batman beacon in his fridge light!

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

I'm really anal, so I have probably every receipt I've gotten in the last few weeks, want me to start mailing them to you for you to leave around the house?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Ooh oooh ooooh! These are all good!

I like the idea of saturating his home with increasing levels of weirdness.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

He has a housemate, so a lot of subtle stuff will simply be dismissed without notice. Receipts from another state that neither of them have visited might be noticed, though... I will PM you my address!

[-Kel-]

get photos of other cities and write on the back of the them....."2pm on 7/18/10" or "me Herbert at 2pm on 7/18/10"

past dates work even better.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Anybody want to mail me strange photos of their town? Preferably with odd note included...

[Doktor Howl]

get photos of other cities and write on the back of the them....."2pm on 7/18/10" or "me Herbert at 2pm on 7/18/10"

past dates work even better.

Future dates are best.

I think I can come up with something here.

[Doktor Howl]

Anybody want to mail me strange photos of their town? Preferably with odd note included...

YES.  I've been meaning to get the City back under my feet, anyway.

Horrible pics in about a week or so.  Disposable cameras ftw.