PRANKLOPEDIA: Dribble Can

Excerpted from the young practical joker’s bible, Pranklopedia by Julie Winterbottom. 

The Prank

By age five, most people have figured out how to drink a soda without spilling it all over themselves. You can undo all that progress by making a simple adjustment to your victim’s soda can. It’s best to use a can of seltzer or club soda or a clear, nonsugary soda for this prank. Otherwise, you might end up having to pay your victim’s dry-cleaning bill.

What You Need

• 2 cans of seltzer
• 1 pushpin what you do

The Setup

1. Use the pushpin to poke a tiny hole in the side of one can about three-quarters of an inch from the top, on the side where the tab opens.

Pull the Prank

1. Offer your victim a drink, and then hand him the trick can to open. Sip calmly from your own can and try not to crack up when your victim dribbles soda all over himself.
2. You can bolster your innocence and pester your victim by offering a napkin and saying, “Wow, you sure are making a mess! Do you need a sippy cup?”

For more hilarious, not-mean pranks, check out Julie Winterbottom’s book.

About the Book:

Pranklopedia is the young practical joker’s secret weapon, a boisterous collection of over 70 guaranteed-to-amuse (or annoy) pranks to be pulled on friends, siblings, and parents. Discover the Homework Hoax, the Squirting Blister, the Movie Popcorn That Grabs You Back. Pull classic pranks on your siblings, like short-sheeting the bed. Freak out your friends with food pranks: a self-peeling banana, “misfortune” cookies, or ice cream that will make them scream (here’s a hint—it involves instant mashed potatoes). And there are perfect pranks to pull on your parents, including a scheme to “freeze” the family computer.

The book includes recipes for fake bird poop, fake dog poop, fake vomit, and fake snot (regular, nosebleed, and wormy varieties). Plus you’ll find 40 pages of cutout pranks: fake labels (mmm…Cream of Sparrow Soup!), a “winning” lottery ticket, bogus bathroom signs, and letters from school that will make your parents cringe.

A complete prankster’s guide, Pranklopedia also provides a four-part lesson on how to pull the perfect prank and tells you what to do when pranks go bad: 1. Disappear for a while . . .

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