I hope that this is in the remit of this section of the forum, however it reminds me of the prank in the USA where they get the staff from fast food restaurants to smash their windows to 'release gas'. I think this is hilarious! Mum and daughter tricked into licking feet of Poundworld staff...

I got through recently watching the old thriller flick Midnight Lace with Doris Day, and part of the plot revolved around the idea (early in the story at least) that heavy fog in London led to outrageous pranks being perpetrated. it is one of the reasons the police dispel initial fears that...

Sounds like one of those mass-hysteria stories. Parents in a Greenville South Carolina Apartment Complex are being urged to not let their kids out at night because Police have received reports of clowns trying to lure kids into the nearby woods...

Any takers? Exeter woman claims to have built time machine in her garage and is searching Gumtree for a travel companion A woman from a village near Exeter has claimed to have built a fully-functioning time machine in her garage – and is now looking for a partner to share the journey with. In...

I lifted the following from a World Wide Words newsletter (see http://www.worldwidewords.org to subscribe). Does anyone have any good examples? " Turns of Phrase: Culture jamming ------------------------------------------------------------------- It has long been common for opposing groups...

Absolutely Hideous and Disturbing "Prank-Gone-Wrong" THREE CLEARED OVER 'JOKE' EMAIL TO KNIFE HORROR FATHER "Three workers have been cleared of forgery after sending joke emails about a fake business trip to a rival. The man later had a mental breakdown and stabbed his 12-year-old daughter to...

With April Fool's Day approaching, I've been wondering, what is the origin of this occasion. The French have something similar, don't they? What about other cultures? Carole