Comments on: Air horn office chair prank http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 02:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: McGreens http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1682842 McGreens Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1682842 Which one? He's published two :) Which one? He’s published two :)

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1682692 teapot Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1682692 'Acoustic shock' is a term used in connection with incidents involving exposure to short duration, high frequency, high intensity sounds <b>through a telephone headset</b>. http://www.hse.gov.uk/noise/acoustic.htm I don't see the telephone headset anywhere, do you? ‘Acoustic shock’ is a term used in connection with incidents involving exposure to short duration, high frequency, high intensity sounds through a telephone headset.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/noise/acoustic.htm

I don’t see the telephone headset anywhere, do you?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1682690 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1682690 As long as there wasn't a picture of Jerry Lewis... As long as there wasn’t a picture of Jerry Lewis…

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1682688 teapot Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1682688 Thanks for the suggestion. I've owned his book since it came out :) Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve owned his book since it came out :)

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1682687 teapot Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1682687 Delicate over-PC people drive me nuts. Please tell me how printing pictures of things from France is "taking the piss out of someone's nationality". The humour is in the concept that he is so patriotic that he carries pictures of French things around. That is not in any way an affront to France or the French. Thankfully his senses of humour and reason were more robust than yours. Delicate over-PC people drive me nuts. Please tell me how printing pictures of things from France is “taking the piss out of someone’s nationality”. The humour is in the concept that he is so patriotic that he carries pictures of French things around. That is not in any way an affront to France or the French.

Thankfully his senses of humour and reason were more robust than yours.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1680853 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1680853 It's much easier than breaking into the car, removing the door panel and putting a dead fish behind it. It’s much easier than breaking into the car, removing the door panel and putting a dead fish behind it.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1680848 Donald Petersen Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1680848 Yecchh.  I have no doubt. Yecchh.  I have no doubt.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1680798 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1680798 You know, pouring full fat milk on the carpet and upholstery will make a car stink for years. You know, pouring full fat milk on the carpet and upholstery will make a car stink for years.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1680692 Donald Petersen Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1680692 In my pizza delivery days, I heard about a widely-disliked assistant manager who pissed off the doughmaster once too often.  When the meanie wasn't looking, the doughmaster sneaked out to the parking lot with a trash can filled with freshly-mixed thick-crust pizza dough, and dumped it onto the meanie's car seats.  By the end of that hot day, the dough had risen to fill the entire interior of the car, and the yeast made it smell like stale beer. But the doughmaster had the good sense to quit before the end of the day. In my pizza delivery days, I heard about a widely-disliked assistant manager who pissed off the doughmaster once too often.  When the meanie wasn’t looking, the doughmaster sneaked out to the parking lot with a trash can filled with freshly-mixed thick-crust pizza dough, and dumped it onto the meanie’s car seats.  By the end of that hot day, the dough had risen to fill the entire interior of the car, and the yeast made it smell like stale beer.

But the doughmaster had the good sense to quit before the end of the day.

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1680522 Mark_Frauenfelder Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1680522 I agree with you: "forewarned is forearmed."  And that's basically why I posted this. I also enjoy posting about con artists, scammers, and mischief makers because they are out there, and it is not only interesting to see that they are up to, but it's also good to be aware of them and their sneaky tricks. I agree with you: “forewarned is forearmed.”  And that’s basically why I posted this. I also enjoy posting about con artists, scammers, and mischief makers because they are out there, and it is not only interesting to see that they are up to, but it’s also good to be aware of them and their sneaky tricks.

]]> By: David Guilbeault http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1680272 David Guilbeault Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1680272 Fair enough, it's the internet and all, citation needed, etc.   The individual in question had a mental illness ( the "other factors" above ) and I am not about to provide names or other details.  As others have pointed out, ( see remark from "audiotherapist", below ) there may be unintended consequences from pranks of this nature;  anyone contemplating this prank should be aware of them.  I certainly did not intend to be critical here.   I always enjoy BB and your posts in particular, but forewarned is forearmed. Fair enough, it’s the internet and all, citation needed, etc.   The individual in question had a mental illness ( the “other factors” above ) and I am not about to provide names or other details.  As others have pointed out, ( see remark from “audiotherapist”, below ) there may be unintended consequences from pranks of this nature;  anyone contemplating this prank should be aware of them.  I certainly did not intend to be critical here.   I always enjoy BB and your posts in particular, but forewarned is forearmed.

]]> By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1680204 Matthew Petty Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1680204 A little extreme, I agree. But it could be the last straw... A little extreme, I agree. But it could be the last straw…

]]> By: AudioTherapist http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679951 AudioTherapist Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679951  With respect it's not being uptight to warn of genuine harm. I have treated people who were the victim of airhorn and other acoustic 'pranks' and the effects can be lasting and devastating. It would seem rather juvenile to wish to defend the risk of harm for a momentary giggle IMHO  With respect it’s not being uptight to warn of genuine harm. I have treated people who were the victim of airhorn and other acoustic ‘pranks’ and the effects can be lasting and devastating. It would seem rather juvenile to wish to defend the risk of harm for a momentary giggle IMHO

]]> By: iixdotbe http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679938 iixdotbe Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679938 Boing Boing commenters can be so uptight. I wounder if these guys got fired? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP2b3TFIsa8 Only if their boss didn't have the slightest bit of a sense of humor. I have played pranks on my boss before but probably wouldn't do that.  I would do it to a coworker I'm good friends with though. Boing Boing commenters can be so uptight.

I wounder if these guys got fired?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP2b3TFIsa8

Only if their boss didn’t have the slightest bit of a sense of humor.

I have played pranks on my boss before but probably wouldn’t do that.  I would do it to a coworker I’m good friends with though.

]]> By: AudioTherapist http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679932 AudioTherapist Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679932 Sorry but this is really, really dumb. Look up acoustic shock syndrome - the symptoms are pretty far from funny and I wouldn't want to be the office drone attempting to explain his actions in a court of law. This could make the butt of the joke too ill to work and permanently damage their hearing and/or auditory processing. Hate to be a kill joy but as I said... This is dumb Sorry but this is really, really dumb. Look up acoustic shock syndrome – the symptoms are pretty far from funny and I wouldn’t want to be the office drone attempting to explain his actions in a court of law.

This could make the butt of the joke too ill to work and permanently damage their hearing and/or auditory processing.

Hate to be a kill joy but as I said…

This is dumb

]]> By: McGreens http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679900 McGreens Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679900 I recommend the work of David Thorne: http://www.27bslash6.com/ I recommend the work of David Thorne:

http://www.27bslash6.com/

]]> By: McGreens http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679899 McGreens Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679899 Thank fuck I don't work for someone who considers pictures of cheese offensive. Thank fuck I don’t work for someone who considers pictures of cheese offensive.

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679816 Gilbert Wham Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679816  Um, yeah, er, wait, no. I'd fire you on the spot for the whole 'taking the piss out of someone's nationality' thing. The others, fine, as is beer at lunch.  Um, yeah, er, wait, no. I’d fire you on the spot for the whole ‘taking the piss out of someone’s nationality’ thing. The others, fine, as is beer at lunch.

]]> By: L_Mariachi http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679814 L_Mariachi Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679814 Nice. The litmus test for a good prank is whether the victim would laugh at it — maybe not immediately, but not too far off in the future. Nice. The litmus test for a good prank is whether the victim would laugh at it — maybe not immediately, but not too far off in the future.

]]> By: Hardley http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679800 Hardley Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679800 That's kinda like the archetypal ".. well if you don't know what you've done wrong then I'm not going to tell you .." ploy. That’s kinda like the archetypal “.. well if you don’t know what you’ve done wrong then I’m not going to tell you ..” ploy.

]]> By: DrDave http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679795 DrDave Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679795 Or maybe "He once put an air horn under my chair!" Or maybe “He once put an air horn under my chair!”

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679788 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679788 I wonder if he told the judge, "Your honor, I was just funnin'." I wonder if he told the judge, “Your honor, I was just funnin’.”

]]> By: DrDave http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679787 DrDave Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679787 It happens. http://thecourtroom.stomp.com.sg/stomp/courtroom/case_of_the_day/1634654/maid_agency_boss_stole_volvo_from_condo.html It happens.
http://thecourtroom.stomp.com.sg/stomp/courtroom/case_of_the_day/1634654/maid_agency_boss_stole_volvo_from_condo.html

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679740 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679740 Was the space to which you moved it in Malaysia, by any chance? Was the space to which you moved it in Malaysia, by any chance?

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679733 Mark_Frauenfelder Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679733 I enjoyed your story. You should write more short fiction. I enjoyed your story. You should write more short fiction.

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679732 teapot Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679732 I read and comment on BB in the office. I also spearhead many of the pranks here. Here are a few of my pranks: 1) Papercraft someone's desk and hide the real items (including printed WinXP 'sign in' screen) 2) Print stereotypically French things (Camembert, escargot, red wine, frogs legs) on A4 sheets and hide the printouts through a French colleague's binders and books in the hope that during a meeting he open the book and a picture of cheese drops out. 3) Make it appear that you've used a picture of your friend while out drinking as a backdrop for a marketing email that has been sent out to hundreds of thousands of people. The office can be bad, but it can also be pretty OK. I've just returned to my desk after drinking 1140mL of tasty beer at the pub across the road. Ahh, Fridays. Papercraft Desk: http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8875/papercraftdesk.jpg I read and comment on BB in the office. I also spearhead many of the pranks here.

Here are a few of my pranks:
1) Papercraft someone’s desk and hide the real items (including printed WinXP ‘sign in’ screen)
2) Print stereotypically French things (Camembert, escargot, red wine, frogs legs) on A4 sheets and hide the printouts through a French colleague’s binders and books in the hope that during a meeting he open the book and a picture of cheese drops out.
3) Make it appear that you’ve used a picture of your friend while out drinking as a backdrop for a marketing email that has been sent out to hundreds of thousands of people.

The office can be bad, but it can also be pretty OK. I’ve just returned to my desk after drinking 1140mL of tasty beer at the pub across the road. Ahh, Fridays.

Papercraft Desk: http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8875/papercraftdesk.jpg

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679731 Mark_Frauenfelder Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679731 I did it so you could show us your Internet tough guy persona. Pretty good! I did it so you could show us your Internet tough guy persona. Pretty good!

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679727 teapot Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679727 Holy crap I'm glad a don't work with some of the commenters here. I once moved the car of a colleague to another car space as a lesson to not leave her car unlocked with the keys <i>in</i> it. She was angry, but saw the humour in it. Holy crap I’m glad a don’t work with some of the commenters here. I once moved the car of a colleague to another car space as a lesson to not leave her car unlocked with the keys in it. She was angry, but saw the humour in it.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679694 Donald Petersen Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679694 Ah, for the innocent bygone days of the humble Whoopee Cushion... Ah, for the innocent bygone days of the humble Whoopee Cushion…

]]> By: BarBarSeven http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/air-horn-office-chair-prank.html#comment-1679693 BarBarSeven Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218900#comment-1679693 What about the part where the prankster says, “Dude! Relax. We were only having some fun… Really? Dude… Dude! Dude!” What about the part where the prankster says, “Dude! Relax. We were only having some fun… Really? Dude… Dude! Dude!”

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