Pranks are mischievous tricks played on a person, or group of people, with the intent to embarrass people or make them feel silly. There could also be a strain of cruelty involved in some pranks, although they are generally intended to be funny and light-hearted.
April Fool’s Day is a day dedicated to performing pranks in Western culture, whereas senior pranks have become a tradition, and are organized by the senior class of a school or college in order to cause chaos and leave a going away mark on the school.
The senior pranks are often planned very well out in advance, to avoid being caught or blamed. Usually the pranks on teachers are relatively harmless and funny, but in some cases it can be taken too far and damage to school property can be caused, and students can be arrested or fined.
Common senior pranks include putting small polystyrene balls in the air conditioning to make it “snow” in the school building, making prank public annoucements, or attracting lots of birds to the school parking lot by spreading bird seed around so that the birds make a mess on the cars.
Another common prank involves taking three farmyard animals, such as pigs or chickens, labeling them 1, 2, and 4, and letting them run loose in the school. This causes the staff to spend time searching for the animal labeled #3, which doesn’t actually exist.
In 2008, students at Brigham Young University handed out fliers saying that one of the dorm buildings was scheduled to be imploded on April 1. Hundreds of students gathered to witness this event, but to their frustration it never happened. The pranksters were never caught.
Students at school also often steal traffic cones and put them in unusual places, such as using the cones as hats for statues.
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