Practical jokes

act meant to produce humor by causing annoyance, alarm, confusion, discomfort, or embarrassment, but no lasting harm

A practical joke, also called a prank, is a trick used to embarrass or confuse someone as a joke. Practical jokes are extremely common on April Fools' Day.

List of practical joke topics

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Some common pranks include:

  • Egging, throwing eggs at people or property
  • Giving people itching powder, which is a powder that makes people need to scratch
  • Kick Me note, putting a sign saying “kick me” on someone’s back so that people will kick them
  • Milkshaking, throwing milkshakes at people
  • Pieing, throwing pies into people’s faces
  • Toilet Papering, covering a building with toilet paper