Pranks for the Memories

Brought to you by the Kerner.

In response to my request for ways to leave Media HQ with a bang, the Kerner presented me with a deck of cards promising 50 Hilarious Ways to Have Fun at Work. You can find your own deck online at Lagoon Games, but here are some of my favorites.

• Spread rumors about random drug testing and see if they get back to me by the time I leave.
  
• Use a large banana to point at presentation slides or charts at the next staff meeting.
  
• Send text messages to cell phones and pagers that say "low battery."
  
• Change the AutoCorrect settings in a colleague's Microsoft Word setup so that whenever the person types in a certain word or phrase, it's replaced with "Engelbert Humperdink" or "gotcha" or something equally informative.
  
• Steal and scan someone's family photos, do a little creative PhotoShopping, and put the new versions back in the frames. I could replace the family's face with my own or the pope's or Abba's, for instance.
  
• A perennial favorite: put Icy Hot on toilet seats.
  
• Drop dry ice down the toilets for an isolated fog patch.
  
• Tape down the rocker on someone's phone so that the phone keeps ringing when the receiver is lifted.
  
• Lay bubble wrap behind wheeled chairs.
  
• Fill several paper cups with water and put them someplace where they're in the way. Staple the rims together so they form a large ring. Watch people try to pick up the floppy ring without spilling.
  

Today around the world: March 21 is the Spring Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the Autumnal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere. It's also National Tree Planting Day in Lesotho, Week of the Fish in French Polynesia, and International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination internationally.