Best student prank.

[Anonymous]

After hearing about the recent GDS senior prank email, I'm curious to hear about other pranks that were done by students at their schools over the years. Doesn't have to be limited to senior students, just any prank that was either clever or memorable. Not counting vandalism or other acts which crossed a line (whether legal, ethical, etc).

[Anonymous]

Students at MIT one year assembled a replica (fake but realistic) police car on the roof of their great domed building.

[Anonymous]

In my school we brought goats into the gym (this was in a big city - the goats were delivered by a farmer, still not sure how they did that!)
We also painted one of the outdoor buildings bright red

[Anonymous]

I went to an all girl school in the 80s, and my brothers went to the ‘brother’ school. One year the entire senior class went to the other school. Afterwards they met for a picnic lunch close by.

My brother’s class let 3 greased piglets loose in their school.

Finally, the seniors at the Catholic girls school hung ~ 300 bras that had been dyed various colors from the windows of school to the spire of the church across the parking lot.

[Anonymous]

Very large "For Sale" sign on top of the National Cathedral. St. Albans class of 1980.

[Anonymous]

This was minor in the scheme of things but the sound effects were hysterical. NCS, mid-90s — pre-cellphone, when everyone had alarm clocks. We all brought them in and set them to go off at the same time in the afternoon - I forget when exactly; not right at the end of the day, maybe 2 or 2:30ish? Most were a variety of beeps or buzzes or chimes or whatever, but some people had gimmicky ones like a cow that mooed. There was a chicken that used words - “cluck cluck, time to get up! Cluck cluck, time to get up!” over and over and over. Some stopped after a few minutes but some went for a long time. And the bulk of our lockers were outside the office of a particularly uptight teacher. Ms Eliot was SO MAD. 😂😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to an all girl school in the 80s, and my brothers went to the ‘brother’ school. One year the entire senior class went to the other school. Afterwards they met for a picnic lunch close by.

My brother’s class let 3 greased piglets loose in their school.

Finally, the seniors at the Catholic girls school hung ~ 300 bras that had been dyed various colors from the windows of school to the spire of the church across the parking lot.

This is common. At my school a senior class released 3, but put the numbers 1, 2 and 4 on them.

[Anonymous]

1969
Gonzaga convinced the Department of the Interior to turn the Washington Monument purple before their annual football game against St. John's.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeinthedistrict/3740970551

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to an all girl school in the 80s, and my brothers went to the ‘brother’ school. One year the entire senior class went to the other school. Afterwards they met for a picnic lunch close by.

My brother’s class let 3 greased piglets loose in their school.

Finally, the seniors at the Catholic girls school hung ~ 300 bras that had been dyed various colors from the windows of school to the spire of the church across the parking lot.

This is common. At my school a senior class released 3, but put the numbers 1, 2 and 4 on them.

That's pretty clever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1969
Gonzaga convinced the Department of the Interior to turn the Washington Monument purple before their annual football game against St. John's.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeinthedistrict/3740970551

And the next day Gonzaga got shut out and lost.

[Anonymous]

These pranks are all harmless and fun. Did the teachers and administrators cry over it and revoke all senior privileges and traditions like a Bethesda all girls school did this week? And yes I am serious about the crying…..absolutely ridiculous

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These pranks are all harmless and fun. Did the teachers and administrators cry over it and revoke all senior privileges and traditions like a Bethesda all girls school did this week? And yes I am serious about the crying…..absolutely ridiculous

We obviously need to hear more details...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These pranks are all harmless and fun. Did the teachers and administrators cry over it and revoke all senior privileges and traditions like a Bethesda all girls school did this week? And yes I am serious about the crying…..absolutely ridiculous

Pranks *should* be harmless and fun. Annoyance? Sure. Anger to the point of serious punishment? You went too far, and that’s a bad prank.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very large "For Sale" sign on top of the National Cathedral. St. Albans class of 1980.

Ok that’s pretty good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These pranks are all harmless and fun. Did the teachers and administrators cry over it and revoke all senior privileges and traditions like a Bethesda all girls school did this week? And yes I am serious about the crying…..absolutely ridiculous

Pranks *should* be harmless and fun. Annoyance? Sure. Anger to the point of serious punishment? You went too far, and that’s a bad prank.

Who gets angry over a simple email.

And stop telling women to stop doing things because it might make someone angry. We are not responsible for other people’s irrational emotions.