Pranks

By Vortex

Prank is fun. The problem is that a very large portion of the population has no idea what a prank actually is, or how they work. And while it's merely annoying that most of your co-workers think a "prank" is nothing more than a random, pointless lie, there are always those few who go too far in the other direction.
Here's a collection of the greatest pranks mankind has ever pulled up for the rest of humanity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Vortex
• Release date: Apr 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301760787

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Pranks

by Vortex

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Cover by Julius Broqueza

Contents

Misguided April Fools' Pranks

Office Pranks That Went Wrong

Pranks by Soldiers in the Middle of War

Orson Welles' Halloween Prank

Pranks by Famous Comedians

Misguided April Fools' Pranks

April Fools' Day is great in concept. The problem is that a very large portion of the population has no idea what a prank actually is, or how they work. And while it's merely annoying that most of your co-workers think a "prank" is nothing more than a random, pointless lie, there are always those few who go too far in the other direction.

Uday Hussein

Saddam Hussein's regime really was a bunch of wacky pranksters. For instance, on April 1, 1998, the Babil newspaper (owned by Saddam's brutal son Uday) quoted President Bill Clinton in a front page story, saying the U.S. had decided to lift sanctions against Iraq. This was potentially lifesaving news for impoverished Iraqis living under the strict sanctions, so you can only imagine their tears of joy ... which quickly dried when they turned to page two and saw, April Fools'! It is the beginning of spring. Many happy returns! Ha! You starving kids just got Uday'd!

Uday had a whole year to think about how to top himself, and on April 1, 1999, the paper's fake headline stated that monthly food rations would now include bananas, Pepsi, and chocolate. You can guess how that thigh slapper went over.

But then, like all great comedians, the Husseins eventually started recycling material, reusing the crowd-pleasing sanction gag in 2000 and the oh my aching sides! ration one in 2001. Unfortunately, Captain Bringdown, er, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdula Aziz bin Abdullah Al al-Sheikh ground the clown car to a