Evergreens, maples, rhododendrons—all are beautiful trees and shrubs, but unfortunately none of them grows edible fruit. Until now, that is! Make your parents think they never quite grasped where fruit comes from with this juicy prank.
what you need
* 5 to 10 pieces of one kind of fruit (bananas, oranges, apples, strawberries, etc.)
* A large bush or a small tree that doesn’t normally grow edible fruit
* String and/or tape
what you do
THE SETUP
1 Choose your tree or shrub and the type of fruit you want it to “grow.” Make sure to take weight into account—meaning, don’t tie oranges to a bush with flimsy branches.
2 When no one is watching, attach the fruit to the bush or tree using the string or tape. For heavier fruits without stems, like oranges, tie pieces of string around the middle of the fruit (the “equator”) and knot them tightly. Add a piece of tape if necessary.
PULL THE PRANK
1 Wait for someone to notice the miracle of nature. You may need to direct their attention to the plant by saying something like, “Wow, that tree is finally producing some fruit!”
VERY IMPORTANT PRANKS
V.I.P.
Orange You Amazed?!
The inspiration for the Fruit of the Loony trick comes from a prank created by a cartoonist named Frank Adams in 1950. Adams lived in California, and the National Orange Show had just taken place in San Bernardino. One night, Adams got his friends to help him attach 50,000 oranges left over from the show to the pine trees along the Rim of the World Highway. The next morning, drivers were astonished to see that these noncitrus trees had magically produced a crop of delicious-looking oranges!
Are you pining for an orange?