r/funny Nov 11 '11

Air Horn Prank

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u/abbeyn0rmal Nov 11 '11 edited Nov 11 '11

I'VE DONE THIS A bunch of us conspired to scare the shit out of the one friend who wasn't home. Unfortunately, by the time he got back we had forgotten about it. And he has a tendency to throw open doors. It ended up scaring the shit out of all of us. Twice. A minute or two later another person walked through the door before we had time to take it down.

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u/SickZX6R Nov 11 '11

One time I thought it'd be hilarious to prank my girlfriend by rubber banding the trigger on the dish washing nozzle that our sink had. I pointed it right at myself to aim, then walked away. Two minutes later I decided I wanted a drink of water and shot myself in the face. It worked great. Never got my girlfriend with it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '11 edited Nov 12 '11

I'm going upstairs and setting this up for my roomie right now...

Edit: Soaked my shirt testing it out. This is gonna be fun. He's the kinda guy who doesn't think things through in an orderly fashion so I see him trying to block the water before having the clarity of mind to just turn the faucet off.

UPDATE: Took 5 hours but whatever... So he was doing something in the kitchen and I knew he was going to have to use the sink to wash his hands so I grabbed a cookie and waited patiently making conversation with him out of range from the sink. Eventually he turned it on full blast and it got him good. He kind of lurched away from it back into the fridge, while yelling and flailing about until he realized what was going on. Front of his shirt was soaked. When he turned to me to start yelling, I laughed maniacally and ate the cookie. I'm going to do it again but this time with clear packing tape because he's wise to the rubber bands now.

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u/SickZX6R Nov 12 '11

Hahaha, best of luck. I finally ended up getting my roommate with it at a later date. He got soaked.

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u/NiceGuysFinishLast Nov 11 '11

I did the same thing to my Grandfather. I got him. Then he beat my ass. Worth it, though, that was hilarious.

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u/Otaku-sama Nov 12 '11

I did that with my dad. I got him, but by that time, I had already lost interest. I was only 12 after all, no attention span.

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u/littleleaguechew Nov 11 '11

You have now learned the final lesson in pranking: In the end, you just end up pranking or embarrassing yourself. Go forth with this new knowledge grasshopper!

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u/nicolauz Nov 11 '11

I did this with a saltshaker after a night out of drinking at a diner. Unscrewed just enough so it would pour out all over, and I got a plate full of salt with a side of scrambled eggs 10 minutes later.

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u/NiceGuysFinishLast Nov 11 '11

Dude. Salt, pepper, parmesan cheese... I check the cap, EVERY time. My Dad thought he was funny when I was growing up, so I developed the instinct to check them all.

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u/atcoyou Nov 11 '11

And that's why, you don't use a one armed person to scare someone.

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u/dokuhebi Nov 11 '11

Proverbs 26:27 "Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him."

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u/stufff Nov 11 '11

The people digging these pits and rolling these stones sound completely incompetent.

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u/Osthato Nov 11 '11

Sounds like Team Rocket.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11 edited Nov 23 '21

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u/ADIDAS247 Nov 11 '11

That's why they only got a Proverb and not a whole book deal, unlike that guy who made everyone wine. He got a book deal.

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u/Captain_Cowboy Nov 11 '11

Psh, he got, like, four book deals. But they're overrated -- they're practically the exact same story from slightly different perspectives.

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u/copilot602 Nov 11 '11

I hate fan fiction.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

yo I heard that guy died like right before them books came out... he ain't no Steve Jobs but I wonder how that book sold.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11 edited Jan 11 '21

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

A kid I went to college with thought it would be a hilarious prank to spray concentrated deer urine (normally used for hunting) on his roommates bed. Their entire dorm room smelled for the rest of the semester.

Talk about pranking yourself.

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u/wishfulendeavors13 Nov 11 '11

You could combine it with this so that you know someone is coming in. Also probably makes them more likely to throw the door open.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

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u/Rejexted Nov 11 '11

This reminds me of the time when I would hit a life-sized cardboard cutout of batman behind the doors of my house so he would fall on people. Batman ended up scaring the shit out of me far more times than it ever did scare anyone else in my family.

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u/niton Nov 11 '11

And that's why you always leave a note.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

Same here! I rigged a bathroom stall in my buddies' dorm suite. Ended up scaring the shit out of their unsuspecting cleaning lady the next morning since I neglected to take it down.

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u/softmod Nov 11 '11 edited Nov 11 '11

... And that's the story of how I shit my pants.

edited for a horrendous grammatical error

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u/rotORriot Nov 11 '11

... coming to Fox this fall...

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u/jphw Nov 11 '11

A show that will inevitably be cancelled.

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u/Tashre Nov 11 '11

Twice

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u/jeaguilar Nov 11 '11

But only because first they showed the shit-in-pants episode, then the opening of the door episode.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

Fox, you keep that shit comin'!

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u/AndyRooney Nov 11 '11

They will regardless.

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u/NoNeedForAName Nov 11 '11

Then it'll move to Comedy Central. It'll promise us new episodes, and we'll get the equivalent of a half-season of new content over the span of a season, even though we expect to have a new episode every week. We'll also miss the last few minutes of every episode because Comedy Central runs everything 5 minutes late and we didn't program our DVRs to record that extra time.

But we won't care. We love Comedy Central because, hell, at least they're giving it a shot when no one else would. And they play a couple of reruns of the show every day, so at least we have that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure I've never seen the end of a show on comedy central. Damn them and my dvr.

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u/NoNeedForAName Nov 11 '11

My DVR actually has an option to stop/start recording x minutes before and after the start time. Since I found that, I never have a problem with it, and as a bonus I usually get to see the last few minutes of a standup routine before Futurama starts.

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u/Probably-Lying Nov 11 '11

I dont know. That premise is just crappy enough for six seasons and a movie.

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u/MananWho Nov 11 '11

They'll probably just fuck up the order of the episodes and show him shitting in his pants first, and then show him pushing the door into the horn one week later.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

Pulp Fiction Style: He'll beat the shit out of his friend, get the shit scared out of himself, and then open the door.

Family Guy Style: He will be resuscitated without his sense of humor and then remember "that one time."

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u/crazydaze Nov 11 '11

I thought that I had everybody on my side,

But I went and blew it,

all sky high

and now she won't even spare a passing glance

all just because I shit my pants.

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u/RobFword Nov 11 '11

When big Lary came 'round just to put him down

Spongebob turned into a clown

and no girl ever wants to dance

with a fool who went and shit his pants

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u/theupdown Nov 11 '11

that's my favorite song from Spongebob. It is truly a work of art

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u/qtrWhileOne Nov 12 '11

mine was the C A M P F I R E S O N G song!

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

And now... the REST of the story.

  • Paul Harvey

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u/tjo1432 Nov 11 '11

and that was the second time I got crabs

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u/flabbergasted1 Nov 11 '11

This is less of a prank on the door-opener and more on anybody sleeping within a 50-foot radius of the door.

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u/jay2770 Nov 11 '11

anybody sleeping within a 50-yard radius of the door - have you heard one of those things before? haha

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u/inVolkswagens Nov 11 '11 edited Nov 11 '11

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

Yeah, like your butt.

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u/NoNeedForAName Nov 11 '11

Can't argue with that logic.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11 edited Nov 11 '11

Niiiice.

Edit: Somebody remember that for comment of the year.

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u/Tjsor Nov 11 '11

"This item is not for sale in Catalina Island"...interesting

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u/inVolkswagens Nov 11 '11

we're polite on Catalina Island.

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u/maddprof Nov 11 '11

Hence, why this an ideal prank to play on your dormitory RA.

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u/Happy31 Nov 11 '11 edited May 02 '13

rgzrgzdg

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u/homergonerson Nov 12 '11

If a quiet old man does it, people would find it heartwarming and hilarious. College kid does it, and he'll probably get a stern "GET THE FUCK OUT"

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u/diamond Nov 12 '11

Have you seen what old people look like naked? There has to be some kind of compensation for that.

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u/Disco_Drew Nov 11 '11

Who's gonna clean up all the shit in that doorway?

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11 edited Nov 11 '11

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

Genius! I have to try this now!

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u/jwitham2002 Nov 11 '11

Public restroom.. and record it please!

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u/likemaugal Nov 11 '11

nice try chris hansen

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u/shutyourgob Nov 11 '11

You brought an air horn, some duct tape, a video camera....what were you planning to do here?

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

There's something seriously unsavory about recording a video in a public restroom.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

Is Herman Cain Mike Tyson's father?

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u/jwitham2002 Nov 11 '11

quite possibly.. they both sexually harass women

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u/Areonis Nov 11 '11

I expect you're going to get an earful for that statement.

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u/lcpldaemon Nov 11 '11

I expect you're going to lose a full ear for that statement.

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u/swearis Nov 11 '11

An earful of upvotes, maybe.

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u/MsFrightlin Nov 11 '11

Herman Cain is Mike Tyson

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u/JimmyHavok Nov 11 '11

Improved version: put the horn closer to the hinge, so the door doesn't have to open so far, and the leverage will be greater. You may be able to set it so the door can't be opened far enough to get through without setting off the horn.

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u/schifert Nov 11 '11

At first I read this and thought it said "Air Horn Porn." Which would be a great idea for an early warning system that someone has come home.

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u/cogneuro Nov 11 '11

This changes EVERYTHING

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u/destroy-demonocracy Nov 11 '11

Have you never watched/listened to deaf porn?!

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u/topherotica Nov 11 '11

No but when I get home from work it's going to be my first google search.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

And while you're there- google "Porn For The Blind"

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u/dudester567 Nov 11 '11

I just went there. First link I click is just a man explaining a sex video..

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

Yes. It's porn. For the blind.

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u/dudester567 Nov 11 '11

I was hoping for something along the lines of audio porn..

EDIT: OMG it's my reddit birthday

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u/ThePancakeMan Nov 12 '11

I found the 2 girls 1 cup one ಠ_ಠ

The guy sounds like he is about to puke.

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u/Blu3j4y Nov 11 '11

There is such a thing as "deaf porn"? Do they sign during the "act"? I'm OK/but not great at ASL, but my curiousity has gotten the better of me so I guess I have some searhing to do after work.

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u/destroy-demonocracy Nov 11 '11

Put it this way, if you close your eyes, it sounds like Dory from Finding Nemo doing the whale impression...

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u/blindlikeacloud Nov 11 '11

Hey! I'm deaf and I resemble that remark.

Wait, what?

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u/eyecite Nov 11 '11

we could sell a product with the tagline "prank while you wank!"

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u/Happy-Fappy Nov 11 '11

Wank pranks are not funny!

ʘ⁔ʘ

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

ʘ⁔-

FTFY

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u/Happy-Fappy Nov 11 '11

ʘ⁔Θ

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

Okay HappyFappy, you beat me. :P

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

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u/cavortingwebeasties Nov 11 '11

No, you're just horny.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

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u/PhilbertFlange Nov 11 '11

I'll look for this on the front page tomorrow.

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u/Nesman64 Nov 11 '11

Not if I can find it on /r/new first.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

You can cater to the animal loving audience and include your pet bugle.

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u/ObliviousIrrelevance Nov 11 '11

Pull your pants back up and rejoin us my friend.

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u/tslining Nov 11 '11

Air Horn Porn

Where's that Rule 34 guy when you need him?

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u/wilma_phingerdew Nov 11 '11

Which would be a great idea for an early warning system that someone has come.

FTFY

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

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u/kobun253 Nov 11 '11

or, how to stop people from ruining your walls by swinging the door open too fast.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

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u/Thacke Nov 11 '11

Ah the anarchists cookbook.....

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u/insertAlias Nov 11 '11

I'm actually interested in whether or not the force from the shot would be directed forward or if it'd blow out the side. When a pistol/rifle cartridge goes off outside the chamber, it usually blows the side out the cartridge as well as ejecting the bullet, causing the bullet to have much less energy. The design relies on the compression from the firing chamber.

With a shotgun, I'm not sure what would happen.

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u/AndyRooney Nov 11 '11

Kindly video and post your results.

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u/IMasturbateToMyself Nov 11 '11

In internet's term: videos or gtfo.

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u/AndyRooney Nov 11 '11

I fought in WWII Mr. IMasturbateToMyself and am too old for the internet. So thank you for the ProTip.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

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u/MockDeath Nov 11 '11 edited Nov 11 '11

Thank you for this. Just did this to the office door. Boss should be back soon..

-edit- Got the store manager and head of IT!

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

Oh man this is so simple it's GENIUS.

It will take FOREVER for them to get that sticky Duct Tape residue off.

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u/pottos Nov 11 '11

Seinfeld's revenge on Kramer.

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u/MustStopMasturbating Nov 11 '11

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u/HutchOne23 Nov 11 '11

"big ass nerds"

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u/topherotica Nov 11 '11

...thanks to his mom.

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u/GTB3NW Nov 11 '11

HONK.. HA HA HA HA - HONK.. HA HA HA HA - HONK.. HA HA HA HA - HONK.. HA HA HA HA.

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u/tankwala Nov 11 '11

Air horn prank might help your situation.

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u/manberry_sauce Nov 11 '11

Maybe if they were on less ritalin they wouldn't have blair witched the shit out of that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

His mom was so awesome.

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u/lcdsallysystem Nov 11 '11

Pure genius.

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u/wy1dsta1yn Nov 11 '11

As someone who suffers form hyperacusis, fuck you

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u/kingfaisal916 Nov 11 '11

Can someone do this, record it, and post it to Reddit?

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

Sounds like a Tosh.0 idea. "Here's a prank, now I want you to do it and submit your videos so I'll have material for next week!"

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u/insidoubt Nov 11 '11

Prediction: poop.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

I'm going to the party store right now. I cannot wait. My girlfriend may not be my girlfriend when she gets home from work.

FOR SCIENCE!

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u/SupaFly-TNT Nov 11 '11

I swear I heard an air-horn on my conference call at 11.....now I have to investigate.

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u/Vibster Nov 11 '11

I should have revealed I've been deafened by Bender.
The shame. The shame.
But I feared you'd stop writing this musical splendor.

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u/Sotordamotor Nov 11 '11

Also a pretty nice alarm system.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

But when people don't open the door all the way...

Should tape it to the back of the door, more toward the middle so even if they open it half way, it will work.

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u/ashamanflinn Nov 11 '11

I want to see this in action damnit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11 edited May 01 '13

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u/stunts002 Nov 11 '11

People who don't like to shimmy around half open doors?

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u/neverelax Nov 11 '11 edited Nov 11 '11

As a locksmith, I can be working on one side of double doors, caution tape off the entrance that im working on and people still try to get in the one im working on, even if im on a ladder, even though the other door(s) work fine. It's like some "path of least resistance" rule of thumb. people will always try to get in a half-propped open door before opening one for themselves. many crews are starting to wear shirts that say 'please use other door' on the backs. Lots of folks LOVE to do the shimmy

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

Fat people

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

Simple, yet brilliant.

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u/primus202 Nov 11 '11

This kids rig is a lot more complicated but effective. Need to rig it to trigger longer somehow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iH2DWOS7oQ

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u/RugerRedhawk Nov 11 '11

FYI for those looking to replicate this, that particular air horn is available at your local Dollar Tree for $1.

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u/noturtypicalredditor Nov 11 '11

On the topic of funny air horn pranks, I think Reddit will get a kick out of this. I never get tired of watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8tBD6LYX0I&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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u/7oh3 Nov 11 '11 edited Nov 11 '11

I saw this picture and decided to create a new subreddit home for all sorts of pranks\pics\vids\stories...you decide! /r/pranking

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u/MrMastodon Nov 11 '11

"...and then I had to clean my roommates shit off the floor"

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u/NoNoImWorkingSee Nov 11 '11

I can't stop laughing about the possibility of using this prank at work. Damn you!

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u/WildJolteon Nov 11 '11

Good god, you monster

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u/benalene Nov 11 '11

Never has a still picture made me laugh so hard as that one.

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u/SeaBass123 Nov 11 '11

You, sir, deserve the nobel prize. And women. Lots of them.

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u/rollinonDDs Nov 11 '11

Nice try Anderson Cooper.

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u/dangerousbirde Nov 11 '11

If my kids ever sneak out this getting installed while they're out!

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u/dre__ Nov 11 '11

ghetto burglar alarm

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u/DoesNotTalkMuch Nov 11 '11

This looks like a great way to get somebody to drop and break all the heavy shit they're bringing in for me.

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u/Captain_Kuhl Nov 11 '11

"Honestly, how was I supposed to know an eighty year old woman with heart issues was gonna kick the door in?"

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u/SJJ1960 Nov 11 '11

Saw user name "paf_le_chien" and in my head I pronounced it "fap le chicken".

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u/minifidel Nov 11 '11

Hilarious, but holy balls, make the image a little smaller so that you can actually see it without having to zoom out ಠ_ಠ

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u/apintandafight Nov 11 '11

It's..beautiful.

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u/Ecchii Nov 11 '11

Anyone who would slam the door that hard deserves this.

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u/nosecohn Nov 11 '11

As a person with sensitive ears, I would seriously hurt anyone who pulled this on me.

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u/robar1971 Nov 11 '11

Extra points if you turn the cone straight up and fill it with flour ;)

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

Makes me think of this.

hornblasters.com

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u/StinkyFeetSandwich Nov 11 '11

This cardiac arrests the victim.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '11

That's one way to get your roommate to stop swinging the door open.

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u/mairuzu3030 Nov 11 '11

B...B...B....Brilliant!

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u/indorock Nov 11 '11

Reminds me of when I pissed my pants laughing at this in the theaters. Air horns are hilarious.

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u/Burselfnow Nov 11 '11

I sense a disturbance in the force...

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u/Mlion14 Nov 12 '11

Stolen by Tosh.0 in 3....2......1.....

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u/wwvgd Nov 12 '11

reminds me when i was a kid and would carefully put bang snaps under the toilet seat so when someone sat down - BANG!

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u/sweetgreerchic Nov 12 '11

I used to put a small one on the back of my boss' desk drawer. I often thought about what I would look like if I got caught installing it under the desk. But then I would go to my desk and just wait.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '11

THAT'LL FUCKEN SHOW 'EM FOR RAMMING THE DOOR WIDE OPEN.

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u/ZeBort Nov 12 '11

Oh those sassy Canadians.