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Since I’ve already made a comprehensive survival guide to surviving school (and the dreaded exams), let me reminisce at this point some very fun and harmless pranks we were able to pull off when we were at school. You’ll definitely get intro trouble if you get caught – but that’s what makes it fun right?

Inside Out
Done best with Jansport brand bags or those with long zippers that can allow the bag to open wide and be turned inside out. Pick on a classmate, then during recess when he/she is out, take out all of that person’s stuff out of the bag, zip open the bag, turn it inside out, replace all of the kid’s belongings and zip the bag back up. It’s harmless, it’s worth the hassle, it’s totally hilarious.

Follow the Teacher
Works best with teachers who tend to say a certain word a lot of times during discussion like it’s a mannerism. Our class president picked on our history teacher who always say “yes?” after each sentence or explanation. The class agreed that whenever she says “Yes”, we would all quickly look left. When she said “No”, we would quickly look right. When she said “Correct”, we would all look at the ceiling. This was so damn fun specially when we all simultaneously looked out the window (left) and the teacher followed suit trying to figure out what we were looking at. On one point when we all looked up to the ceiling, she (the poor teacher) also looked up and the class laughed. We heard her say to herself “something’s fishy here…”

Rock n’ Load
Done best with those big duffle bags used by varsity players and remember to do this before the class is dismissed. The class picks one of the varsity guys, when that guy steps out of the room; stuff the bag with huge pebbles taken from the school garden. Make sure those rocks stay hidden beneath his books, shirt and shoes! Now watch in amusement when that guy tries to lift his bag. Sometimes the guy won’t even notice that the bag just got 40 pounds heavier until he reaches home and discovers the gimmick.

Sticky Mickey
Get some taro syrup or that stuff that you use on pancakes. Make sure you get the clear kind of syrup. On our time, we used a clear type of rugby. Use a brush to paint over one of your classmates’ mouse (do this on your computer class) with the syrup. You may bring in a defective mouse to switch in so that you won't ruin school property. Let it dry a bit. This is a guaranteed laugh specially if you let the whole class in on the prank except for your victim.

Get Dirrrty
Get some packs of condoms. Partly fill some up with Cetaphil or any clear sticky substance. Leave those on a comfort room stall. Do this if you have a nasty, arrogant janitor. You can also throw some up to the ceiling on the halls and let them stick there. That’ll create a pretty atmosphere.

Do a Thomas Crown
Steal the school signs – the boy and girl signs on the comfort rooms, the room signs, the hallway signs etc. Then dump them all on the janitor’s room or any storage room but make sure they can be easily found by any school employee. A friend and I did this on a different school, well on another university we don’t go to to be more precise.

That same friend who helped me with the signs thing also helped me bring to his home a whole plastic garbage bin – the one that says “Non-biodegradable - Property of UST-HS”. Those things were big enough to fit 2 people inside. I couldn’t even remember how we pulled it off. We didn’t even have a car.

There are a lot of bad pranks that can top the ones above but I just wanted to post in the harmless gags so as to not give any ideas to youngsters reading this. Well, that same friend who took home the garbage bin actually put a sandwich on a teacher’s chair. That was a huge mess and he got probation. He got off easy if you ask me. So please, take it easy on the wise gags.

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