Here’s my thing with pranks. They’re best when they’re confusing, reversible, tedious, and/or absolutely pointless. Elaborate preferred, but optional. Nothing should be damaged, and no one should cry.

Other people have listed some better kid examples, but consider: filling a room with balloons. emptying their dresser/cl…

There’s this episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic that I watched with my kiddos wherein Rainbow Dash keeps pranking everyonepony and it’s super stressful for her friends (except Pinkie Pie, who IS INTO IT). The episode ends with all the ponies pulling an elaborate prank on Rainbow Dash to make it look like…

A prank isn’t funny unless the person you played it on is laughing too.

Seriously. My mom did this to me when I was about 11. She told me that my kitten had escaped out the back door and was run over by a car. I was a hysterical, despondent mess. I had begged for a kitten for years and I loved him so much. Then she was like, JUST KIDDING. And told me that she was just trying to teach me a…

My daughter actually nailed me years ago (She was maybe nine or ten at the time). I’ve never been one to prank, since I don’t know that I have the social awareness for it, but she got super into them and did some really stupid ones one year (Like moving my chair or something). The following year, though, expecting…

I did not have the rosiest childhood, but twopainful memories that have not dulled at all with time are the two times I found out our dogs died unexpectedly (we lived deep in mountain lion/rattle snake country). I would have been DEVASTATED if this were me. Most often the dogs slept with me at night, they were my best…

My youngest was obsessed with the idea of April Fool’s Day when he was 5. I decided to play a prank on him. I saw it online. Put red Jello in a drinking cup with a straw inside. Tell your child there’s a glass of Hawaiian Punch on the counter. Watch as they try to drink the jello. I did this. He laughed. Then he ate…

She cried for like, two minutes, and she’s the happiest kid ever now.

Folks, look for an uptick in parental murder rates in the next 20 years.  Kids, please note that if I’m on the jury, you’re free to go.

Your comment reminded me of this adorable comic:

the greek freak, in athletic chic, found her artwork to be on fleek and rather unique, and said so, from behind his table made of teak, which caused a tear to run down her check.

So much this. Took my girls (7 and 4) to their first hockey game a few months ago. This was AHL. Before the game we were looking at the Zambonis parked by the side of the rink and the security guard kinda laughed and gave them a little wave. We head back to our seats and about ten minutes later the same dude walks up…

This one got me. My 10-year-old daughter does stuff like that. She’s always creating little crafts and drawings and letters and giving them to me. I mean, they suck because she’s 10, but I love them so much.

It’s this sort of thing that makes me reconsider the notion that the world needs to be purged by fire. I still think it should, but stuff like this gives me momentary pause.

this is amazing. It’s amazing.

Agreed. I feel like at the first hit he would have known it was real. And god bless him, if Snoop handed me a joint of his shit I would suck that down and have the best day of my life.

Speaking of time travel, remember when Snoop changed his name to Snoop Lion and we collectively acted like it didn’t happen, so it just faded away.

Lmao,

*Draaaaaaaag*cough*cough* Yeah man, that sounds lit. So long as we only hang after she is a felon. I gots a reputation to protect.

If time travel was possible......I would love to witness Snoop going back in time and telling 1993 Snoop what his life is going to be like in 2019. I would particularly love to see 1993 Snoop’s reaction to him being BFFs with Martha Stewart.