What Prank Would You Most Like to Pull?

Yesterday, Michael Christian – the DJ who prank called Kate Middleton's nurse, who then committed suicide – was given the "Next Top Jock" award by his employer. A lot of people said the award was in incredibly bad taste, and they were probably right, if you define "bad taste" as awarding people for spurring on suicides.

The news got me thinking about all the other distasteful pranks people must have pulled or wanted to pull, so I had a walk around and asked some strangers a question: What prank would you most like to pull?

Neeliya, 21, student: Well, I'd do this thing that they do at my uni. Somebody wees on a plate and freezes it, then gets it out when it’s frozen. Then they slip it under someone’s doors in halls and it melts, so the next day there’s just this horrible stain and smell.

VICE: Who would you want to do that to?
Well, definitely not to a nice person, because I don’t have the heart to be a meanie.

Brigadier, 24, entrepreneur: I'd tell my friend, who’s an illegal immigrant, that I’ve just seen the immigration border force outside his door, and that they’ve been looking for him.

Wow, that's strong. How long would you let the dare go on for?
Until he finally goes home and realises that there’s nobody there.

Sanarya, 21, student: I’d cut the hair off this boy who treated me really badly. I would just, like, crawl into his room when he’s sleeping. Just take some scissors and do my thing and leave him there with a bald head. He’s such a vain person.

Woah. That sounds more like revenge?
Yeah. Wait – this might not even be a prank. This might just be cruelty.

Do you think he'd see any kind of funny side?
Nah, I’d hope that he’d be crying.

Alright.

Aleksi, 19, student: I would lie on top of a building holding some melted chocolate so that I can let it trickle down on people and they’ll think it's shit. But then when they get it on their shoulder, they’ll realise that it's chocolate and then, all of a sudden, you’ll have all these crowds of people looking up at the sky to get a mouthful of chocolate. Like chocolate snowflakes,

So you’re both prankster and Samaritan?
Yeah. It would be a prank that turns into a favour.

That's nice.

Tobi Ola, 18, student: I do this quite often, but I would develop it more and make it bigger. Normally, when my friends are looking for a job, I'll call them and pretend to be the job agency that they’ve applied for. Then I say that they’ve got a job interview and when they get all excited, I tell them it’s me.

That’s really mean. And you looked so nice. 
It’s really funny. The next one I do, I’m going to give them an actual time, date and location for the interview. Then when they get there, they’re gonna be crying.

Previously - How Would You Hold Up in Prison?