posted April 02, 2016 04:48 PM            

So, I was wondering. Where do you stand on the whole pranks thing? Do you like 'em? To what extent? Do you go *all-out*? Are you a good sport when you're at the receiving end?

Are pranks only for April Fool's day or a year-round tradition for you?

If you have any particularly interesting pranks you've played over the years, feel free to share stories.

I'll get the ball rolling.
I love me a good prank. I've been punk'd n pranked more times than I can count. As long as it doesn't result in harm or hurt feelings of any sort, I'm good. Don't like the mean ones. Basically, the benchmark for a good prank is that at the end, everyone should be laughing - the prankster, prankee, audience, all of 'em.

I play pranks on people as a way of showing affection.

What placement do I attribute to this?? Umm, Venus-conjunct-Jupiter love of a good time? Maybe.

**Please include placements in your answer - whichever you think maybe relevant.

posted April 02, 2016 08:16 PM            

Sun- Scorpio 1st H
Moon- Taurus 6th H
Mercury- Scorpio 1st H
Venus- Scorpio 11th H
Mars- Libra 11th H
Jupiter- Leo 9th H
Saturn- Gemini 8th H
Uranus- Aquarius 3rd H
Neptune- Aquarius 3rd H
Pluto- Sagitarius 1st H

posted April 02, 2016 08:36 PM            

Be it out of revenge or simply because you don't like the person.

posted April 02, 2016 09:29 PM            

She was trying to booby trap lots of stuff and I just thought it was hilarious even though some of it was annoying...

She's a Gemini moon, Scorpio sun. Sag Mercury.

I guess I don't have the energy or interest to pull off that stuff. But I'm pretty agreeable to any good-natured pranks. It all depends on how I perceive their intentions.

So toothpaste in a cookie from someone I like is awesome.

posted April 02, 2016 10:18 PM              

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Originally posted by DualGem:
Not exactly a fan of pranks, I see pranks as a passive-aggressive way to embarrass someone.

Be it out of revenge or simply because you don't like the person.

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Gemini Sun,
Capricorn Rising
Aries Moon
Gemini Mercury
Venus Taurus
Mars Cancer

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I agree. Its the cowards way of expressing negativity. Just like people who insult others then tell them they have no sense of humor when theyre offended by it.

posted April 03, 2016 12:29 AM              

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Originally posted by bonsai:
Depends on the prank and the situation. It's hard to give a categorical answer. I honestly think some people deserve to be pranked and it may be an effective way to learn a lesson for them. I'm not good at pranking and don't really do it, but I'm not automatically negative towards someone else who does. Depends on different things.

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Is your saturn afflicted?

posted April 03, 2016 12:40 AM              

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Originally posted by Spongebob:
Is your saturn afflicted?

Nevermind i was just raading another thrwad and saw that your jupiternis crippled. That would give a person issues with being self righteous.

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You such a joy, Spongebob , Really! [/QUOTE]

posted April 03, 2016 12:41 AM            

Some in our cabal did the pranks as a means of altering consciousness, others for fun, others as a means of enlightening others, and then there was me who just enjoyed the sheer creativity of what was going on. Our "leader" of sorts is my current BFF (though we weren't that close yet--part of the fallout of the entire experience was us becoming BFFs) has her sun and all personal placements in either Pisces or Aquarius, and it shows (her Pisces is 9H, too), and I also considered her Scorpio Uranus part of it as well (given how much detail she went into and just how she was in expressing her Uranian energy), plus she's a rooster in Chinese astrology.

Another was an Aries deluxe, so much Aries in her chart, though also Libra and Sag in her outer planets (and a rooster as well). She was the wildest card in our bunch.

I'm not quickly finding any copy of the chart of another member, but I do know she's an Aquarius sun and a Chinese dragon (much to my surprise). She's given to some radical ideas, enough that it was a problem for her when she studied physics, and she was the one to tell me if there is a god/dess that created the Cosmos than that force would be found described in higher mathematics rather than any holy book...and she hoped to find that equation one day.

There was one more, but all I recall of her is that she was a Pisces sun. She married and swam away to another city many years ago. I can't even recall her age or birthday.

I can't recall the pranks we played in detail as it was over 10 years ago. I do the most fun I had was when me and the Russian American were both on the phones calling to sell Young Pioneer cookies which capitalized (no pun intended) on the fear and confusion many Americans have about socialism and communism, and inspired by some silly tirade in the area (and perhaps beyond) of the Girl Scouts promoting socialism. And yet we did get silly with it, and with the Russian American's help, we were able to toss in many Russian words (she was the best, especially as she had such a poker face and voice to go with it), and when any of us were calling, she'd play the harsh Soviet matron behind us to "sell more cookies to capitalist swine." Hmm..come to think of it, she was kind of pretending to be Trump, only it was to "destroy America, and make America pay for it by buying our cookies." We baffled some people, and a few actually thought we were part of a Soviet plot to destroy America and yelled at us to saying they were going to report us to the FBI! (Maybe we should use the FOIA to try to see if a case file was ever started...)

I think the most intricate was inspired after a Heathen friend complained of "reverse racism" at a library. So we conducted a "sting operation" that proved that race did matter, and strangely enough, it was the reverse of the usual. The librarian involved was getting more and more disturbed as we argued racism and such while pretending to be of a completely different race, ethnicity, and even gender at times. As the librarian was about to crack (and not crack up), our leader (a black woman) told her that the only way to combat racism was not to give *** for tat, but to stop treating any one special because of it. She opened her purse then (and the librarian flinched which made us wonder if she thought the black woman was going to draw a weapon) and pulled out an apple wrapped in golden paper with "To the Most Beautiful" (see Apple of Discord ) and said, "We are all beautiful."

We, our entire prank society and the Heathen, were also banned from that library.

But ever since our cabal broke up, we've played almost no pranks at all. I think I've played the most. And before it, I was the only one who was much of a prankster. I didn't like mean pranks though (with the one exception of when I joined other kids in placing condoms in purses for sale knowing the store policy was to check the purse before ringing it up, and thus likely to cause a scene and embarrassment--I cringe now recalling that, but we were just kids, and even to this day I check anything I buy before taking it to the register if it might be holding something), and I could feel bad if they accidentally were. Like once a survivalist guy was calling a bunch of tree sitters (one a guy I was sort of dating) a bunch of "watermelons" (green on the outside, Commie red on the inside) and how he hated hippies, so as a prank I placed flowers in the barrel of his guns that were out in plain view...as this was in the morning, they had dew on it, and he explained about how that could cause oxidation to his guns (and he was not amused), and I offered to clean his guns for him feeling genuine remorse, I just wanted to tweak him, not cause actual harm. If I ever left clues or riddles (like where a certain item could be found, which would be somewhere safe), then they were not red herrings, they could be solved (as otherwise it would be unfair).

While I can watch and enjoy prank shows between adults (if creative enough), I refuse to watch Kimmel when it features parents pranking kids and then uploading the reactions to YT as that's just plain mean...the prank itself is typically mean (meant to disappoint, like making them think the parents ate all the Halloween candy or giving them a gift that the parents know the kids will hate and may even insult them), and uploading it for the public is just a new level of cruelty. I'm surprised how so many say they hate pranks but those segments are incredibly popular, I think what they mean is they hate pranks on them (especially mean ones like that), but love laughing at others. (But perhaps that makes sense given how most of us don't want to be killed, but give a chance to watch a live execution--as some Americans have been known to do when visiting a nation that has them--or visiting a place where a serial killer lived, and you could sell tickets.) Perhaps this is my Libra sun and stellium in action, and maybe my Sag stellium inserts its own ethical philosophy onto it (or just sympathizes with the kids, especially being in 5H). Or maybe it comes from when I realized I'd been fed my favorite cow when I was a child (which amused my very young cousin at the time who treated it like a prank--his father was the one to do it, not him, he just got to watch).

I'm more about being silly with words, though, probably my 5H Sag influencing my 3H Libra (and note that the pranks I took part in with the cabal required a lot of speaking and acting on my part). Sometimes that can border a prank, and when it reaches the level of a prank, perhaps that's just putting a cherry on top. It's also worth noting that I learned to use humor as a coping skill.

I'm a good sport about it unless it's mean. (Once my cousin nearly accidentally blew my hand off in a prank of his, and I beat him up pretty bad over it--he was the same one who laughed when I found out I'd eaten meat from my favorite cow.)

posted April 03, 2016 12:43 AM            

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Originally posted by Spongebob:
That would give a person issues with being self righteous.

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posted April 03, 2016 12:46 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
@Spongebob

Troll

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posted April 03, 2016 12:51 AM            

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Originally posted by Elysia:
You scrape the cream off an Oreo and stuff it with toothpaste instead. Serve to intended victim with a sweet, friendly smile.
^ If someone did this to you, What would be your reaction?
On a scale of mild annoyance to extreme irritation.. You can be more descriptive than that, of course. In real life, though - you should also have real Oreos ready to smooth things over!
(P.S. Yeah, I was thinking of trying this on my friends, actually).

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I would not do this, nor like it done to me. Toothpaste typically contains fluoride and other toxic chemicals, and it can take surprisingly little to cause damage or even death to someone (I know a guy who accidentally swallowed the mouthwash instead of spitting it out and ended up in the hospital). Granted, chances are that they'd spit it out first, but why take the chance?

Perhaps my 6H Cappie Lilith is being felt here.

posted April 03, 2016 01:10 AM              

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Originally posted by Faith:
@Spongebob

Troll

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posted April 03, 2016 01:12 AM              

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Originally posted by bonsai:
What, like you?

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Thats the best you got?

...Probably.

posted April 03, 2016 01:14 AM              

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Originally posted by Faith:
Oh you're welcome.

Just pointing out the obvious.

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Or taking out your crappy night internet people.

posted April 03, 2016 01:15 AM            

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Originally posted by Spongebob:
Thats the best you got?

...Probably.

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posted April 03, 2016 01:32 AM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
I would not do this, nor like it done to me. Toothpaste typically contains fluoride and other toxic chemicals, and it can take surprisingly little to cause damage or even death to someone (I know a guy who accidentally swallowed the mouthwash instead of spitting it out and ended up in the hospital). Granted, chances are that they'd spit it out first, but why take the chance?

Perhaps my 6H Cappie Lilith is being felt here.

And it strikes me as more in the nature of pulling someone's chair out as they're about to sit down so they fall to the floor instead. While it's a surprise, it's just mean to me rather than funny.

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Haha! Agreed, I'm counting on them spitting it out, duhh. And kids swallow small amounts of tooothpaste all the time, don't they? Before they learn to gargle properly..
Disagree about the second half though, it's nowhere near as crass as pulling a chair out. :/

posted April 03, 2016 01:38 AM            

@DualGem: That's weird! I wouldn't take the effort to prank someone unless I liked them. Ditto for a Gem sun, Virgo/Libra moon I know.. POV, huh...

posted April 03, 2016 01:53 AM            

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Originally posted by XzaultaX:
Nay

Oreo test-
I would probably stare at them in dissapointment and I would be b*tching on them for the rest of the day (rest of the week if i swallowed the oreo)

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omg, steer clear of you. :@

posted April 03, 2016 01:59 AM            

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Originally posted by Elysia:
@DualGem: That's weird! I wouldn't take the effort to prank someone unless I liked them.....[/B]

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Timing makes a difference as well...
Clearly I'm not in the mood this week...

Most people who know me would take that into account.

Prank me during the Summer during the holiday season and I would respond more positively.

I would be cautions when pranking mutable signs they may take it positively or negatively, after all mutable signs are changeable.

One of my Gem friends got pranked at the wrong time and I've known him for at least 10yrs and I have never seen his face get so red in my life, he got up didn't say anything and he chased down the person.

He's normally pretty quiet and gentle wasn't expecting that.

Taurus is another sign to avoid, as long as its private between a small group of extremely close friends its okay prank them with a big group of people and your asking for trouble.

posted April 03, 2016 02:14 AM            

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Originally posted by DualGem:
Timing makes a difference as well...
Clearly I'm not in the mood this week...

Most people who know me would take that into account.

Prank me during the Summer during the holiday season and I would respond more positively.

As per severity an extreme example is Its only a matter of time before some dummy pies in the face Donald Trump or Barrack Obama ( I use both politicians as an example to preserve being neutral).

I would be cautions when pranking mutable signs they may take it positively or negatively, after all mutable signs are changeable.

One of my Gem friends got pranked at the wrong time and I've known him for at least 10yrs and I have never seen his face so red in my life, he got up didn't say anything and he chased down the person.

He's normally pretty quiet and gentle wasn't expecting that.

Taurus is another sign to avoid, as long as its between a small group prank them with a big group of close friends and your asking for trouble.

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Gemini Sun,
Capricorn Rising
Aries Moon
Gemini Mercury
Venus Taurus
Mars Cancer

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^Wow that's a cautionary tale.