A strategically placed smoke pellet under a bus or truck that is being worked on by the electrician proves to be very entertaining, especially as the pellets are encased in plastic, so it smells as though the wiring is burning out. Wicked but funny.
Another one is to drill a 1/16th hole in a mug just below the handle and poke vaseline in the hole, when next brew is made vaseline melts, oh dear flood on the table. Victim has bemused look wondering where the tea has come from and why his mug is suddenly empty.
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Both the above have been done on several occasions.
I've also had fun with Engineers Blue marking compound on the earpiece of the workshop phone. Also on the eyepiece of the steering tracking guages
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I've been on the receiving end many times aswell
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