Eating out at restaurants is usually fun. But it’s not always funny. You can fix that. See how long it takes your victim to realize that today’s specials are especially weird.
what you need
* “Today’s Specials” menu (print the download for this prank found here: workman.com/ebookdownloads)
* Scissors
* A paper clip
what you do
THE SETUP
1 Carefully cut out the list of specials that you’ve printed.
2 The next time you go to a restaurant, bring the list and a paper clip with you (hide them in your pocket or a bag).
PULL THE PRANK
1 Sit next to your chosen victim. As soon as the menus arrive, secretly attach the fake specials list to the front of your menu with the paper clip (or slip the list into the menu’s plastic sleeve).
2 When your victim isn’t looking, quickly switch your menu with hers. If you need to distract your victim, you can say something like, “Wow, can you believe what that lady over there is wearing?” and point to a far corner.
3 Once you’ve made the switch, go back to studying your menu and wait for your victim to notice the unusual specials. If the person comments about the dishes being strange, say, “You should order one so we can all try it!”
VERY IMPORTANT PRANKS
V.I.P.
The Left-Handed Burger
A fast-food restaurant pulled a fast one on April Fools’ Day 1998. Burger King ran a full-page ad in USA Today announcing the introduction of a Left-Handed Whopper, a burger designed just for left-handed people. The ad explained that even the special sauce had been “rotated 180 degrees.” Thousands of people went to Burger King to order the new burger, not realizing it was a King-size joke.