Bob, you would have fit in with us so well!

Some highlights.

My buddy was a bit too proud of being the first one to get an apartment. We purchased a padlock set, like you would see on a minibarn, and superglued it to his door along with an eviction sign.

Other uses we found for the same tube of superglue....
- We also glued his cast iron barbecue cover down.
- I glued another buddies keys into a nice flat stack. He had to put them in a vice and use a hammer and chisel to separate them.
- Did you know if you use enough drops of superglue on a passed out guys jeans, he will not be able to get out of the chair, nor will he be able to get out of his jeans to escape without being a contortionist. Warning; use multiple, very tiny drops verses a few big drops so it doesn't sink through to the skin. The first guy we did this too, we were not quiet careful enough. The second time worked much better.

Stag party where we camped at a lake.... Preset up the guest of honor's tent over double sheets of plywood. When he passes out, in the tent, carefully pick up the tent and lower it into a few inches of water. Choose a tent you don't mind being destroyed in the ensuing panic.

To the lady who used to work at the movie theater who wouldn't let us in to adult (Rated A, not porn) movies who lost her job and worked at Tim Horton's now....
- Six of us would line up and order one timbit each. Whomever was the one she would complain to, would order "Two timbits please".
- Pool our money together to get a 100 dollar bill from the bank. Get in her lineup and order one timbit with the one hundred dollar bill.

When going for a burger at Wendy's, one was always at risk that the chains used to corral people into lines would be clipped onto the belt loops of your jeans.

Taping tar paper to bedroom windows and setting their alarm clocks back was an old fashioned but yet still effective maneuver.

When my Mom was in the hospital for an extended period once, the babysitter used to always be late getting our supper because she watched soap operas all afternoon. Pretty much every parent in the neighborhood had supper at 5:00pm at the latest because all the kids gathered for street hockey at 5:30. I remedied this problem by coming home from school after 3:00 and sneaking into the basement and removing the fuse for the living room. Sneak back out, then wait a while and pretend you just arrived home. No TV = Supper on time.

You have already heard that spraying Pledge on hardwood floors beside a bed is an excellent way to teach your brother not to wear socks to bed.

I had an uncle who like to show off his cash in a gold money clip. The whole family made fun of him. I bought some of that super strong nylon thread and spend a lot of time carefully sewing all of his bills together. You absolutely could not tear those bills apart by hand. I also removed all the credit cards from his wallet to make it more interesting. Same Uncle also got in his car to go to work one morning with his hair all white from Baby Powder. What can I say, he man should have showered in the morning more.

Spreading a bag of chocolate chips on top of the blades of a ceiling fan is always fun. As is putting red KoolAid powder in a showercap after a horror movie.

Placing the glass eyeball my brothers and I found when we moved into an old doctor's house into the pot of soup should have been entertaining. We started to sweat when Father Jaimeson stopped in and was, of course, invited for supper. If there is a God, he must enjoy a good chuckle too because of course the eyeball ended up in his bowl. We were grounded for weeks after that one. ONe of the few times I ever thought my Da was ever mad enough to strike us.

When VCRs were just becoming big, we took a VCR and a porn tape to a local apartment building (small, just about 8 tenants) where we had noticed that 6 of the 8 apartments were stealing cable with a bunch of splitters. We hooked the main feed into the VCR and began entertaining the building with a little fresh content.

I won't say that I never did anything illegal (the usual teen stuff, underage drinking, running moonshine, etc.) but I only was involved in one, ongoing prank that could be deemed mildly illegal. Even after 20 some years, I think I'll refrain from posting that one online.

My Fav. and longest story.
At another Aunt and Uncle's farm where I spend a lot of my summer weekends a s a kid, my cousin and I played a bit of a trick on my Aunt with her dog. The dog loved getting in the truck and always would jump in first and prop himself up with his paws up on the steering wheel. This inspired us to steal the keys, put the dog in the truck and my cousin layed down on the floor of the cab to reach up and run the steering wheel while I sat on the passenger side with my hands behind my head in a relaxed position as I quietly directed my cousin to steer in circles around the house until my Aunt noticed.

What unexpectedly made this even better, that we did not plan on at all, was that the dog seemed to refuse to get off the wheel when my cousin turned it from below. He would just shimmy his paws back and forth on it to keep himself propped up. This really made him look like it was truly the dog turning the wheel. Sadly this was long before the days of video cameras. The results (including the look of bewilderment on my Aunt's face) were soooo much better than even expected.


I'm sure there are lots more if I think but I'm out of time for now.

With great power comes Awesome irresponsibility.