Did you pull every prank from A to Zzz? That’s a lot of pranks—but it’s only the beginning of your career as a prankster. Often the best pranks are the ones you invent yourself, using everyday materials. Keep your eyes, ears, and mind open to pranking opportunities. As the dedicated prankster Hugh Troy (see page 35) once said, “You will make life more interesting for yourself—and for other people.”
P.S. How many times did YOU get punked while reading this book? Though a master prankster such as yourself probably catches onto a hoax as quickly as a Whoopee Cushion toots … here’s the official list of pranks that your faithful author planted in these pages for your enjoyment.
1 PAGE 9: THE PRANKSTER HALL OF FAME: ANIMALS PULL PRANKS, TOO! While it’s amazing to picture wild hyenas pranking each other with homemade whoopee cushions, unfortunately, no one has ever witnessed such a thing. Dr. Sheila Getchew is a made-up scientist. Did she getchew to believe her fake research?
2 PAGE 37: COMPUTER PRANKS AT WORKMAN.COM/COMPUTERPRANKS. Those additional computer pranks were pranks on you, but you didn’t fall for them, did you? Instead, you sent friends to the fake website and they are busy enjoying their subscriptions to the Cottage Cheese of the Month Club!
3 PAGE 93: THE PRANKSTER HALL OF FAME: INTELLIGENCE TEST: DO PRANKS MAKE PEOPLE SMARTER? Dr. Fran Luschinsky and her discoveries about the effects of pranks on the brain are completely made up. But don’t worry if you spent some time pacing around your living room with a pineapple on your head while repeating the word knarp (which, by the way, is prank spelled backward). It can be a very therapeutic exercise—at least for those around you, who will enjoy all the health benefits of hysterical laughter.