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     Court |
>>>pulled out some lineman pliers that are like giant side cutters. They clip off valve stem I've done that twice with my pair of handy Klein HD2000-9NE. They work great and you can walk past the car . . . bend over . . as if tying a show . . . and clip the valve stem in less than 2 seconds. | ||
| Pwnzor |
I always preferred loosening the valve stem core just slightly... so the tires leak nice and slow. | ||
| Aesquire |
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| Airbozo |
Hehe, since we are confessing to property damage, I once chained my neighbors rear axle to his porch. (OK so he was squatting on the property and shot at my animals, so not really my neighbor). He had a habit of accelerating full speed out of the driveway, kicking up a huge could of dust and rocks. It was his chain too. It's one of the stories that comes up every year at my pig roast. I have more from the same guy. The SO and I made it our mission to get him out of the 'hood and in jail (he unloaded a handgun into my bathroom, but the cops bungled the arrest and he got off). His untimely passing meant he skipped jail time. | ||
| 86129squids |
You guys are great. Actually, the kickball idea is awesome, but then I'd have to go backtrack on the "Never Again" thread. AirBZB, I'll follow your logic. I loved dodgeball. Once I got some of that "tacky grip" stuff from the bowling alley, then we had PE session, gave it to my teammates. I'd hoped to REALLY throw a bean, but the grip threw off my aim, didn't do so well. | ||
| Mnscrounger |
One nice summer day, when my kids were very young, I let a self propelled lawn mower wander out in the street in front of a speeder. Lots of tire squeal, and then cursing as his car rocked back and forth on the springs. After I had caught the mower and shut off the engine, the exchange went something like this: Driver: What the F*** do you think your doing? Me: Just proving a point, (smiling) Wow! I really didn't think you could stop in time. Driver: you're G****M lucky I did. I if I had hit your f*****g mower I'd kick your ass for messing up my car. I might do it anyway I'm so f******g pissed! (he's got his hand on the door handle, and I think he might make good on his promise) Me: (not smiling now) My point is what if my lawn mower was one of my kids, would you still want to kick ass, or would you be feeling a bit more regret? (by now the neighbors are all at their windows and on their doorsteps) Driver opens his mouth, but takes a few seconds to think. He looks around, settles down about two inches, lowers his chin, and slowly drives away. | ||
| 86129squids |
"I let a self propelled lawn mower wander out in the street in front of a speeder. Lots of tire squeal, and then cursing as his car rocked back" "I let a self propelled lawn mower wander out in the street in front of a speeder." Conundrum? | ||
| Ebutch |
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| Tq_freak |
I also prefer to not actually damage someone else property. That said. Trick we used, primarily as kids, was BB's you know, regular BB's from a BB Gun. Take one or two, stick them under the valve cap and it was just enough to depress the valve core and get a slow leak and the tire would be flat by morning. they go to fill it and the BB's roll away May or May not have happened to the school bus yard and may or may not have had a "snow day" in mid may. | ||
| Crusty |
I LIKE that!!! | ||
| Ratbuell |
True, if you're anti-damage either a BB or a broken off toothpick under the cap can do the trick. Minor bruises happen with this one - older drum-brake cars were less susceptible than current disc-brakes - but I may or may not have had a hand in removing all 20 lug nuts from our high school disciplinarian's station wagon in the school parking lot one day. Remove lug nuts, reinstall hub caps (this was the 80s), and wait. Backing straight out of his parking space it went fine...till he turned the steering wheel and the car went sideways as it came off its wheels. He knew it was me. Confirmed by the fact that I was at the ready with a floor jack, a wrench...and his lug nuts. Once I got everything back on, we had a good laugh together. "That's almost as good as the one when you wrapped my entire (east-facing) office in tin foil so I was blinded when I walked in that morning". I was wearing shades when he called me in, that time. "it's like...he KNOWS..."  We also built a squareback VW in the cafeteria. "Meh" he said. I reached in, turned the key, and started the car. "OK, I'm impressed. Now get it out of my cafeteria!". One night we filled the soda machines with beer. Freshman lunch was a madhouse - "Wha...? GIMME MORE QUARTERS!!!!!" Then there was the time we painted the drop-soffet-ceiling in the octagonal auditorium, like a stop sign - the night before a full-school assembly. Don't leave the drama club unsupervised during production week - caffeine, sleep deprivation, and excess scenic materials... Ahh...high school. I almost learned stuff IN class, too! | ||
| Airbozo |
Not neighborhood speed related, but... I once got back at a former landlord by pulling all of the magazine subscription cards from every magazine on the rack at the book store and filling them out with his name and address and checked "bill me later". My neighbor then filed change of address cards to redirect his mail to Anchorage. 3 months later he changed it to somewhere in Nebraska. 3 months after that, Sarasota Florida. And on and on... As I was moving out, I knew he was heading out on a 3 week trip to the desert, so I called the Rockery and had them deliver 3 yards of number 2 rock to his driveway, and billed to his account. He was REALLY pissed when we took him to court to get our deposit back and since he missed the window, he had to pay us double... I got more... | ||
| Court |
>>>> I once got back at a former landlord by pulling all of the magazine subscription cards from every magazine on the rack at the book store and filling them out with his name and address and checked "bill me later". Those are called "blow ins" and it works great . . . | ||
| 86129squids |
I love you guys!  Joe, I tell ya, we'd been great buddies had we gone to school together... heck, what is school for if not shenanigans?!? OK- so, I've got a copy of this book just to my right, here in my office: https://www.amazon.com/Pranks-RE-Search-No-11/dp/0 965046982/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1516296857&sr=8-2 &keywords=Re%2Fsearch+pranks The title is "Pranks". After reading it a couple of times, I've come to realize it's really a book of philosophy... twisted and hilarious as it may be. Joe, AirBZB, you guys in particular would benefit from grabbing a copy. As I just finished that Amazon search, my goodness, they've published a 2nd version! Yay! And, FWIW, that particular publisher has put out several hella-weird books besides "Pranks"... but that's easily my fave. HIGHLY recommended.  | ||
| Shoggin |
I'll check it out but It seems like we're writing our own book here! Am I the only one taking notes??  | ||
| 86129squids |
 TRUST me on that "Pranks" book... it'll change your life! Joe Coleman in particular, but SO many other miscreants to read about. Truly inspirational. | ||
| Airbozo |
2 quarters and a bag of cement (with or without rocks) will destroy a coin op washer and the drain lines. Not that I would know. -------------------------------------------- A large bottle of Dawn makes a gloomy day much more fun when poured into the washers before the patrons arrive. -------------------------------------------- The Blue toilet tabs fit nicely into most shower heads... (OK a little work is needed) -------------------------------------------- Jehova's Witnesses will pay your (or someone else's) home a visit with merely a phone call. They are persistent too. Mormons will do the same thing. It's even funnier when they arrive at the same time. | ||
| 86129squids |
I remember "penny locking" dorm room doors... great fun when a guy's GF shows up. Takes the right amount of pennies taped in a stack, and about 3 guys to flex the door for frame insertion down to the doorknob. Dang near impossible to remove. One weekend, everyone went home (suitcase college), and one deserving fella got a goat delivered to his room in his absence. Goat had a couple of days of funnin', munchin'. Ziplock w/whipped or shaving cream under the door... priceless. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Showing my age here...the cream under the door trick in my day, used album (anyone remember LP's?) covers. Of course, it helped that I was program manager / chief engineer of the campus radio station and had a literally-limitless supply of record sleeves... The VELOCITY you get out of those is amazing. Clear across a 30' dorm room, we could cover the freakin' WINDOW with shaving cream. | ||
| 86129squids |
Oh yeah, you're right- old 33 sleeves were the best! Maybe we should start a funnin' thread. | ||
| Aesquire |
 I've stopped myself several times from joining this conversation. Not sure about statute of limitations.  | ||
| Zac4mac |
prosit | ||
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| Tq_freak |
The Blue toilet tabs fit nicely into most shower heads... (OK a little work is needed) Better yet Butter rum life savers, Melt clear and leave a sticky mess | ||
| Tootal |
Jerk in the neighborhood back when you could open anybody's hood. Raise hood. Remove air cleaner. Remove spark plug wires and route them into carb. Lay air cleaner back on top. Next morning and a couple of pumps of gas to set the choke. Ignition! Large dent in hood!! Damn, kids are mean!!! | ||
| Aesquire |
We used to put one kid on either side of the road where the speeders went past the grade school, and lean over and pretend to pull an invisible rope between us just before the car got to it. No one died, but a few spun out into the school grounds with a bit of automotive and property damage. We decided it was too hazardous for all involved and stopped after a few close calls with panicking drivers. Many of these pranks are cruel and will get you arrested today. OTOH the Senior year High school prank my Junior year involved a pallet of Mr. Bubble and the school pool. The year before that someone led a cow to the second floor of the school. ( cows will climb stairs. They refuse to descend them ) They had to remove the windows in a corridor and use a crane & sling to save the poor creature. | ||
| Shoggin |
You used to be able to reach in a fender well and pull the plug wires off of a V-8 and swap them. Ahh, the good ol' days  | ||
| Sifo |
My brother had a run in with someone over a girl. The guy went under my brothers hood and cut the fuel line right next to the carb. Then pulled a single spark plug wire and laid it on the manifold. After work, my brother starts the car and it runs on the fuel in the carb, but is pumping fuel like crazy on top of the manifold where the one spark plug wire is doing it's thing. One less V8 Ford Fairlane in the world. | ||
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