APRIL FOOL'S Bingo!
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allbingoApril FOOLS!
There's a long tradition of practical jokes and pranks every April First in the English-speaking world. There's a long tradition in my family of allowing a /single/ prank which cannot injure anyone, damage property, or humiliate the target. This means that our three-year-old pranked his parents by hiding one shoe of all our sets. (I suspect he got the laundry basket from his father, though... Hmm...)
However, not everyone enjoys the day, nor pranks in general. Some of us must tread very carefully to find an amusing, NON-threatening April Fools' celebration. That means I want to specify that fills aren't humiliating to the fictional subject, either. Funny, lighthearted, silly fills will be MUCH preferred.
Due to current family complications, I won't be able to offer a fiction piece for those who get bingo. I apologize.
The list of 35 prompts: prank, jape, pun, jest, riddle, comedy trope, running gag, pratfall, merriment, play, laughter, hoax, snipe hunt, long stand, fool's errand, left-handed spanner, shenanigan, trick, glee, punk'd, joy buzzer, prank war, rivalry, food prank, fool, embarrassed, humor, MIT, chagrin, trick, surprise, prank call, costume party, sleepover, jackalope
A public card for anyone who'd like to join in:
There's a long tradition of practical jokes and pranks every April First in the English-speaking world. There's a long tradition in my family of allowing a /single/ prank which cannot injure anyone, damage property, or humiliate the target. This means that our three-year-old pranked his parents by hiding one shoe of all our sets. (I suspect he got the laundry basket from his father, though... Hmm...)
However, not everyone enjoys the day, nor pranks in general. Some of us must tread very carefully to find an amusing, NON-threatening April Fools' celebration. That means I want to specify that fills aren't humiliating to the fictional subject, either. Funny, lighthearted, silly fills will be MUCH preferred.
Due to current family complications, I won't be able to offer a fiction piece for those who get bingo. I apologize.
The list of 35 prompts: prank, jape, pun, jest, riddle, comedy trope, running gag, pratfall, merriment, play, laughter, hoax, snipe hunt, long stand, fool's errand, left-handed spanner, shenanigan, trick, glee, punk'd, joy buzzer, prank war, rivalry, food prank, fool, embarrassed, humor, MIT, chagrin, trick, surprise, prank call, costume party, sleepover, jackalope
A public card for anyone who'd like to join in:
| embarrassed | pun | merriment | jape | running gag |
| hoax | joy buzzer | prank call | glee | left-handed spanner |
| play | shenanigan | APRIL FOOL'S | trick | prank war |
| prank | humor | rivalry | laughter | sleepover |
| jest | MIT | costume party | fool's errand | fool |
no subject
Date: 2015-04-01 04:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-04-02 12:21 am (UTC)I have just one question: what's an "MIT"?
OH!
Date: 2015-04-02 01:00 am (UTC)MIT is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and they have some utterly LEGENDARY pranks.
My favorite is from 1999, when they turned a domed building into a likeness of R2-D2.
http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/1999/r2d2/.
For the purposes of the card, think of any prank which requires at least half a dozen people, OR a location which is very known for pranking. Some college towns I've lived in have had bus poles (not the signs, the poles) mysteriously painted barber-stripe (in team colors, of course) the night of a big winning game, or similar antics.
Re: OH!
Date: 2015-04-02 01:09 am (UTC)That helps! Thanks! :D
Re: OH!
Date: 2015-04-02 01:20 am (UTC)http://www.wired.com/2013/03/mit-hacks/
Re: OH!
Date: 2015-04-02 02:04 am (UTC)*goes to go check it out*