Halloween is the perfect time to pull pranks that have a creepy edge. If someone in your family takes especially long and steamy showers, this prank is perfect for him or her—especially if you pull it on the scariest day of the year. With nothing more than lemon juice and a cotton swab, you can make a ghostly message appear in the bathroom mirror while your victim is showering away.
what you need
* A cotton swab or cotton ball
* Lemon juice
what you do
THE SETUP
1 First decide what message you want to appear on the mirror. Shorter is better: HELP! or WATCH OUT! or I SEE YOU or I WANT YOUR BLOOD! are all good. Or just write the name of someone in the family.
2 Now dip the cotton swab (or a small piece of the cotton ball) in the lemon juice. Squeeze out the excess juice so it won’t drip when you write. Then use the cotton to write your message on the mirror in big letters.
PULL THE PRANK
1 Wait for your victim to take a shower and steam up the bathroom. When the person looks in the mirror, your ghostly message will be waiting there.
VERY IMPORTANT PRANKS
V.I.P.
Zombie Alert!
Commuters in Austin, Texas, probably thought they were still in bed dreaming when they read the electronic signs at a busy intersection one Monday morning in 2009. ZOMBIES AHEAD! said one sign. RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! warned another. Pranksters had hacked the computers in the signs and changed the message from CONSTRUCTION AHEAD to the zombie alert. The new messages didn’t last for long, though: A construction manager saw the signs on his way to work and quickly had them changed back.
Sign of zombies in Austin, Texas.