They crank up the radio on the messdeck,
slip out onto the fleeted barges,
flash their lights at the Pilothouse,
and relocate and repeat the flashing,
just often enough to get my attention,
and make me wonder what those odd flashes are,
and where are they coming from,
so as to drive me nuts!!!

We all needed the laughs that came from a well orchestrated
& planned prank!

What pranks have you admired and/or witnessed in that everyone was entertained & no feelings were hurt????

I am afraid I have been sworn to secrecy, sorry...

"I am afraid I have been sworn to secrecy, sorry... "

Umm, statuate of limitations hasn't run out yet, eh?

Does using Easter egg dye and vinegar on a white Samoyed count?

Sue

One bitter cold night while I was attending college in South Dakota several of us covered a car with 1/4 inch of wet newspaper. It was -4F that night and remained below freezing for over another month and a half. The owner couldn't get into his car until almost spring.

-Blast

Now that's being "cold-blooded"

Whear to start....

#1)
I was elected to get photographich evidence of revenge eneacted.
(here is the blow by blow)
Tom shoved John into his parents swimming pool in highschool. Eleven years later, John decided he had allowed Tom enough time to forget the prior transgression, and hit him in the face with a coconut creme pie, while I took Photoes. Please note this was in a public parking lot with 12 or so whitnesses.

#2)
An overly intoxicatied friend and martial arts sparring partner passed out on my couch with a Bokken (Japanese training sword, usually make of wood) and an eskrima stick (Philipino training stick usually made of rattan) in his hands. So, I took the tennis ball my dog was chewing on away from her, tossed it onto my friends chest as I Yelled Help!

The look on his face was priceless, especially when he started laffing.

I have more of them, but there is just too much to read on this site and all the books I have bought over the last 3 months or so.

Joe

No kidding, there i was:

The pilot taking off his shirt and bounding about the wheelhouse and on top of the console like a primate (including appropriate grunts, clicks and howls). Not sure if my back will ever forgive me for it....;)

When the Captain is on the bridge wing, while going through one of the locks on the Welland Canal, and has to be restrained from dropping his pants so he can moon the people who are watching the vessel enter the lock.

I know that feeling @ the Welland Canal.

I think it's caused by having to deal with the US & Canadian VTS along the way!

I believe that. I HATE VTS.

Those who work at VTS seem to have little understanding of the limitations of vessel handling.

Ever had anyone tell you to hold a tow up, with a fair tide, relatively little horsepower, and a conventional single-screw tug?