Wedgie

A school prank is a prank pulled at school by a student (or group of students), usually on another student or teacher. Many of these acts, if performed upon a non-consenting person, are violent crimes, usually considered hazing in schools. Bullies are said to often induce the more painful pranks, especially in America and its media. Contents 1 Pain pranks 1.1 Bagging 1.2 Tack on the seat 1.3 Five star 1.4 Hotfoot 1.5 Happy Corner 1.6 Indian burn 1.7 Eraser burn 1.8 Limpy 1.9 Thork 1.10 Milking the mouse 1.11 Thwap 1.12 Palm cancer 1.13 Running Through a Forest 1.14 Typewriter 1.15 Pink belly 1.16 Nipple cripple 1.17 Noogie 1.18 Snap 1.19 Twack 1.20 Hertz donut 1.21 Blanket party 1.22 Charlie horse 2 Embarrassment pranks 2.1 Bra cut 2.2 Skirt Float 2.3 Impossible sit-up 2.4 Impossible elbow touch 2.5 Swirly 2.6 Keg 2.7 Wipe-Up 2.8 Special Speech 2.9 Wedgie 2.9.1 Basic variations 2.9.2 Lesser known variations 2.10 Warm water prank 3 Annoyance pranks 3.1 Wet willy 3.2 Flat tire 3.3 Snowing in 3.4 Bra strap snap 3.5 Tie tagging 3.6 Short sheeting 3.7 Loose towel 3.8 Towel snap 3.9 Nuggeting (Skinning a Backpack) 3.10 Peanutting 3.11 Goosing 3.12 Star Wars 3.13 Ankle Tap 4 Senior pranks 5 External links Pain pranks Bagging When someone falls to the ground, usually in an embarrassing way, the victim is then pelted with school bags which are thrown at them to inflict physical and mental pain. This is also a common occurrence on birthdays when the victim is thrown to the ground and has bags thrown onto him. To maximise the damage heavier bags are often selected and are thrown from further distances and heights. A Scottish varient of this is 'dumps' where a child is thumped on the back by his classmates on his birthday a number of times, equalling and often exceeding his age in years. Tack on the seat A perennial favorite. A thumbtack is placed on the victim's seat, sharp end upwards. Five star Five star refers to slapping the back of a person with an open hand. The name is derived from the fact that if done hard enough, a red hand-shaped imprint is left upon the skin of the victim's back, the five fingers being the separate points of the star. This is sometimes referred to as a "body glove" or "turkey". Hotfoot Hotfoots are dangerous and are not widely practiced anymore, but occasionally a group of people will grab the victim and pin him/her down. Matches are then placed in the victim's shoe so that they are between the shoe and the sock or skin. The matches are lit, which burn the victim. The victim is then released to try to remove the shoe. Happy Corner Usually in boys' schools and camps, the victim is lifted by a group of pranksters, with legs opened up, and then is either rammed into a pole or a protruding corner of a wall, and has his genitalia rubbed against it. Sometimes a variation of "Happy Birthday" is sung, with "birthday" replaced by "corner", during the act, hence the name. This can cause from as little to irritation to as much as serious damage to the victim's genitals. This is well known amongst students from Hong Kong and Macau, although it is likely that many female students will not have heard of it. Indian burn Also known as a "Chinese burn", Chinese bangle, snake bite, Indian rugburn, or Indian sunburn. An Indian burn is the act of one person grasping another by the forearm, with both hands positioned next to one another, and proceeding to twist the skin of the forearm in opposite directions. It can be painful and is usually performed by rambunctious children at play. The name "Indian burn" alludes to the notion that Native Americans are 'red men' and comes from the fact that the procedure renders a light-skinned victim's skin red. Eraser burn An eraser burn is an injury caused when an eraser is rubbed hard against the skin. Eraser burns are not heat or chemical burns but are named so because of the burning sensation they produce. Most eraser burns are not deep enough to cause bleeding. Those which are, however, may take several weeks to heal. Eraser burns are a fairly common way of inflicting self-harm. Limpy To inflict a limpy, the perpetrator gives his hand (usually the nondominant one) several shakes until the fingers are limber and flexible (i.e., "limp"). He or she then places the forefinger under the thumb and shakes the hand violently so that the middle finger moves freely. The middle finger is then flicked or snapped on the victim's flesh, particularly the head. This maneuver can be extremely painful if inflicted with sufficient force. Thork A cruder variant of the limpy, the thork simply involves holding the forefinger under the thumb and snapping it on the victim. Typically, the thork lacks the dramatic buildup and whipping effect that give the limpy such potency. Milking the mouse The act of taking another person's fully curled little finger and squeezing so as to push against the fingernail to mash the outermost bone (distal phalanx) into the first bone (proximal phalanx) and slightly upward. It is extremely painful if significant pressure is applied. Thwap The act of taking the victim's forearm in hand, moistening one's fore and middle fingers, usually by licking them, and slapping them as hard as possible onto the sensitive skin of the victim's inner forearm, making a loud snapping noise and leaving side by side red outlines of the perpetrator's two fingers. Palm cancer This is done by informing the victim that if one's hand is bigger than their face, they are likely to develop cancer. This invariably causes the person to position their open hand up to their face to compare the relative sizes. At that point, the perpetrator forcefully pushes the victim's own hand into his/her face. A variant of this is claiming you can tell if someone smokes by smelling their hand, "testing" the victim and provoking a response by claiming they're a smoker. Running Through a Forest Similar to Palm Cancer, this prank entails instructing the victim to close their eyes, and imagine they are running through a forest. There's usually a bit of build-up, entailing repeating the phrase, "You're running, you're running through the trees," etc. At a suitable moment, you smash your hand into the victim's face, and tell them, "You just ran into a tree. That's what you get for running through the forest with your eyes shut." Typewriter And yet another one in the Palm Cancer school; this one is more dated, as it requires an understanding of manual typewriters to get the full impact--they had a bar on the side of the roller that you would have to hit, often quite hard, to advance to the next line; there was usually a bell attached to the bar. You tell the mark you're going to turn them into an old-fashioned manual typewriter. Have them hold out their arms in front of their chest, one forearm resting on top of the other. Then begin 'typing', moving your fingers as if their crossed arms were the keyboard of a typewriter. As you do so, make little key-clacking noises. At a suitable moment, slap them across the face, while making a loud "Ching!" sound. Pink belly Also known as a "red gut", a pink belly is made when the victim's shirt is pulled up and a series of open-handed slaps is applied to the abdomen, until the victim's belly is pink from the repeated agitation. Nipple cripple Also known as a "nipple twister", "titty twister", or a "(purple) nurple", it is the act of grabbing a person's nipple between the thumb and forefinger and then twisting it around roughly. This game is typically played among young males and it is discouraged when either player is shirtless. On August 8, 2005, David Thumler, a Gold Hill, Oregon 15 year old, was charged with a misdemeanor for applying a titty twister to 13 year old Matthew Cox. Thumler was fined $67 and given three days of community service. Noogie Also known as "Dutch rub" (even though it isn't Dutch) or a "Russian haircut" (even though it isn't Russian). Noogie has more than one common definition: the act of rubbing one's knuckle on another person's head. It can be very painful if much pressure is applied, but is often also a playful gesture of affection when done lightly. The origin of the word is unknown, but it may have been derived from the Yiddish word nudyen, a verb meaning "to pester", from which the English word nudge, which means to push or poke, is derived. It may also refer to the "noggin" which is another made-up word for head. the act of punching a person in the upper arm with the knuckle of the middle finger protruding slightly above those of the other fingers, also commonly known as "frogging" or a "dead arm". Those who consider "noogie" to mean this definition generally call the previous definition a "Dutch rub". Snap A prank involving catching someone unaware, sneaking up and snapping him with a rubber band. This is done by putting a rubber band around the thumb and index finger and pulling the bottom segment up past the top one with the fingers of the other hand to make an 'A' shape. The segment held up is then released against the victim's skin and allowed to smack him painfully. Twack A twack involves sneaking up behind someone and forcefully flicking the back of the earlobe. It can be especially painful it the giver has strong, thick fingers; pain increases in colder weather. If excessive windup is used, the attacker may cut his own skin. Hertz donut Asking a person if he wants a "Hertz donut". An unsuspecting person will believe he has been offered some kind of doughnut. When the victim admits to wanting one, the prankster hits or punches the victim and then says, "Hurts, don' it?" Blanket party Blanket parties are very rare at day schools, but very common at boarding schools and summer camps. A blanket is thrown over the sleeping student (or camper) and then he is given an anonymous (often group) beating. If the beating becomes too severe though, this goes beyond a prank. Charlie horse Hitting the victim on the nerve ending of arm or leg in such a way that the whole limb goes numb. Also known as a "dead arm" or "dead leg". (see Funnybone). Embarrassment pranks Bra cut This prank is done by a boy who grabs a girl's bra (or more likely, swimsuit top) and uses scissors to cut the girl's bra so it falls down, revealing her breasts; most often done in front of boys. Skirt Float This prank is usually done by a boy, who puts a helium filled balloon attached to a piece of tape onto the bottom of a girl's skirt. This causes the girl's skirt to lift up without the girl noticing, which exposes either her panties, or, if she is going commando, her rear. Impossible sit-up The act of convincing someone that he or she cannot do a sit-up with the prankster holding a towel over his or her head and pulling forcefully in the opposite direction. Another friend puts their exposed buttocks by the knees of the person doing the sit-up. The prankster then lets go of the towel which forces the person doing the sit-up face first into the rear of the third friend. (Also called an "atomic sit-up".) Impossible elbow touch The victim of this subtle prank should be a girl with prominent breasts. The prank is simply to ask her if she can touch her elbows together behind her back, which is physically impossible for a human of normal anatomy, but it causes the breasts to protrude more than any other posture. The longer the victim continues to attempt the impossible elbow touch, the funnier and more enjoyable it is for the observers. Swirly Also known as a "twirly", a "whirly" (or "whirling"), being "bogwashed", "dunny flushed", or the "royal flush". The act of a person putting another person's head in a toilet and flushing it. The variations Chocolate Swirly and Lemon Swirly involve toilets containing, respectively, feces and urine. Keg Also known as "dacking", "(de)pantsing", "detrousering", "pantsing", "shanking", "flagging"; in eastern Manitoba, Canada, as "shanking"; in South Africa as "jocking", or "debagging" someone (especially at the University of Oxford where loose trousers known as Oxford bags were once fashionable) or, in some regions simply as a "hoedown". The victim's trousers are pulled down. It's known as "kegged" because some children refer to their trousers as kegs. The verb "to bag" is synonymous with "to keg". Although the intent is usually to leave the underpants on, they may accidentally come down as well (especially if not fitting tightly, such as boxer shorts). A kegging match is when a group of people try to keg each other until the last participant left is the only one with his 'kegs' left on and is declared winner. This is not to be confused with mooning, which is the voluntary exposure of the perpetrator's rear end, always bares his buttocks and has the observer as the 'butt of the joke'. Wipe-Up The prankster tells the victim to sit on the floor (Preferably tile) with his/her legs apart. He then pours some water on the floor between the victim's legs. He gives the victim a stick, a ladle or something else. He tells him/her that if they can whack his hand with the stick before he wipes up the water with a rag, they win. Just as he is about to wipe, he grabs the victim's ankles and drags them through the water, making it look as if they wet their pants. Especially effective in front of a large group or where a change of clothes is not easilly acessable. Special Speech This victim is convinced by the prankster to say the words "Hoof hearted, ice melted." In front of a large crowd. Of course, the outcome, the victim appearing to say "Who farted, I smelled it", is embarrassing. Only will work with a person who is fairly dim-witted. Wedgie A wedgie is inflicted when someone grabs the victim's underpants and pulls them up between the buttocks, causing pain. Supposedly, an atomic wedgie is the prank form in which the waist band of the underwear is pulled above the head, but this is considered impossible, and the term is used merely as a joke, or to describe a "really bad" wedgie. Used, among other places, in the Dilbert comic. Also known as an undie grundy or simply grundy. Basic variations (Regular) Wedgie: described above. Frontal Wedgie, Melvin, or Redgie: the frontal wedgie is the condition of having the victim's underwear yanked up from the front waistband, either squashing the testicles or wedging the underwear material into the vulva causing camel toe. Mervin: a combination of both the regular wedgie and the frontal wedgie, both the front and rear of the victim's underpants are hoisted upward, causing significant discomfort and humiliation. Difficult to perform with any stealth (and thus rare), this variation on the wedgie was popularized most notably by the early 1990s Nickelodeon show Salute Your Shorts. Can also be executed by a pair of wedgiers (one in front, one in back)—synchronization of yanking is pivotal to ensure the deepest wedging. Lesser known variations Footsie: after tripping the victim or finding a victim unlucky enough to already be lying face down, one or both feet are bent back and their underwear is wedgied and wrapped around their toes (or the toe of their shoes.) It ends up exposing their rear and gets pulled tighter if they try to move their feet. If someone else is holding down their hands, all they can do is struggle and wedge it in tighter. Also known as a "Jock-Lock wedgie". Atomic Wedgie: described above; perhaps only an urban legend. The victim has his/her underwear pulled up over his/her head and secured on his/her forehead. Such was often done by the Mask on Police Lt. Kellaway and his partner Doyle in the animated series, "The Mask". Hanging Wedgie: performed by executing some form of basic type of wedgie, and then lifting the victim off the ground, and hanging either the tip of the underwear onto some form of elevated hook device, or jamming an elevated stationary pole of some sort through the underwear leg holes. For this particular wedgie to be authentic, the victim's legs must not be able to reach the ground. Sometimes the victim's clothes (except for the victim's underwear) is taken off. A variation is when the victim is bounced up and down (possible by being pulled and let go of) to make the underpants go further up the buttocks with each bounce, causing more pain, a.k.a. the "Bouncing Wedgie". Thwedgie: a wedgie when the victim is wearing thong underwear. Propeller Wedgie: induced by giving the victim a regular wedgie, then jamming some form of pole between the legholes, then somehow twisting the form around, tightening the material and wedging the material in the victim's buttocks. A Variation is when a shirt is then placed on the Pole, so they are stuck, also known as a "Scarecrow Wedgie". The Flying Dutchman: performed by grasping the victim's underpants and lifting him off the ground. At the same time, the shirt is grasped and then the person is spun around several times. Sky High Wedgie: when the person delivering the wedgie grabs the back of the underpants and jumps, usually continually. The point is to get the cloth as far up the "crack" as possible. Ripper (or Super) Wedgie: when the wedgie is delivered with so much force that the underwear rips. Rambo Wedgie: A derivation of the Ripper Wedgie in which the waistband of the underwear is ripped off completely. The waistband is then put into a figure of eight and folded over in order to halve the circumference. The one-time owner of the pants must then wear his old waistband as a head scarf reminicent of the great Rambo character played by Sly Stallone. The invention of this variation has been widely credited to the collective Argentina Tour Bus of the 1999 St. Paul's School 1st XV. Bra Wedgie: when the wedgie is given and the victim's bra is quickly unhooked and rehooked through the leg holes of the underpants. After that the bra is pulled up and the wedgie gets more painful. Pants Down Wedgie: a combination of both pulling the victim's pants down, standing on the pants and whilst the victim is trying to pull their pants up, performing a wedgie. Tape Wedgie: the same as a normal wedgie, but the waistband of the underpants is taped somewhere inaccesible, thus not allowing for the wedgie to be undone. Grape Wedgie / Gredgie : An obscure variation performed in British Boarding schools where students lives are regimented, such that all pupils in a dormitory will get dressed in the morning at the same time. School masters tend to maintain order through collective punishment, this prank is usually used in retribution following some group punishment. The student is cornered whilst dressing in the morning and their pants filled with grapes or any berry like fruit, whilst the pupil is restrained the pants are pulled up hard. The other pupils then quickly finish dressing the victim and send him out of the dorm to breakfast. Once pupils have left the dormitory in the mornings they are not permitted to return, the pupil must then spend the rest of the day with squashed fruit in their pants. For a particularly painfull prank an acidic fruit should be used so that it will irritate any sensitive areas covered by the pants. Gang Wedgie: victim is grabbed by group of people, who then give wedgie in any form to victim, as well as as many wedgies as the group decides to give and even combonations. This can end then in putting them in a footsie and leaving them alone to get out themselves Tied up Wedgie: first, give victim regular wedgie (this should be performed with at least three people on the victim) and then use either handcuffs or rope to tie their hands together, but first put their hands through the leg holes. Then duck tape their mouth. This way, they cannot get out of the wedgie without causing themselves a lot of pain. At that point you can also give extra wediges, or even also tie their legholes to a rope and hang them. Wedgie Deluxe: should also be performed with two people against the victim. Fisrt, get one person to hold victim down, whilst the other goes to give wedgie. Give wedgie, and then, you must tie legholes with a string or a rope (String is actually more effective) and then tie that to something (VERY GOOD THING TO TIE THE STRING TO IS A BED) and then, you turn the victim on their belly, the string going over their head and conecting with the bed, and get as many people as you can and pull on the victim's ankles, as well as wrapping arms around them and pulling. This will cause quite a bit of embarrassment probably, so to make it better leave them in a footsie after. Push up Wedgie: this is not only a test of phsyical strength, its a test of will. First give victim wedgie, and then tie string around leg holes. Make sure its the right distance, and put them in a push up position. Now, every time they go down on a push up, the wedgie pulls harder, and they must now get back up. You can sit on their back and do this, cause it works better. When they run out of energy, they will fall down and the wedige will be permanent. Also what you can do is get them to do a bridge, which is an excesise where you have to hold a push up position for as long as you can. This way, the wedgie doesnt happen until they give up, but make it a really short string so that when they go down, it'll hurt. Warm water prank Like the "blanket party", this prank can only occur where students (or campers) sleep. The fingers, or entire hand, of the sleeper are immersed in a cup or bucket of warm water. This is intended to make the victim urinate in his or her sleep. The effectiveness of this prank is extremely variable though. Annoyance pranks Wet willy A prankster's finger is placed into the mouth to create a very wet finger, and then inserted into one of the ears of the victim. Most effective when the victim is completely unsuspecting of the approaching prank. A more severe version of the wet willy is known as the wet walter, where the entire hand is wetted and applied to the face of the unsuspecting victim. For added effect, a common quip to deliver immediately subsequent to a wet walter performed after emerging from a bathroom is "I hate it when I forget to wash my hands." Flat tire The act of stamping on a person's shoe heel while walking behind him. The heel of the shoe then goes flat underneath the heel of the foot. Snowing in The act of shoving snow up a shirt by the opposite gender. A related prank is ice cubes down the back. Bra strap snap The act of grabbing a bra strap through the material of the back of a girl's top, and releasing it with a snap. This is usually only done to girls in the training bra stage. The pranksters may say "North, South, East, West, Equator" while pointing out where those are on the back of the girl and then pulling back on the "Equator" (horizontal bra strap) and letting go of it so that it can be heard to snap. This prank, while mostly embarrassing, can also be painful. Tie tagging In schools with a uniform code (especially boys schools), this is the practice of forcibly removing the tags on the back of ties by hooking a finger through them and pulling them off. This is usually performed on juniors by seniors as a mild form of hazing. Short sheeting A prank done on camps or excursions where children sleep in full beds. It is achieved by untucking the foot end of the bottom bedsheet and wrapping it round to the bed opening, making it look as if it is two sheets (the base plus the covering sheet). The victim will find that he cannot get into bed (as doing this "shortens" the bed length). Loose towel A prank conducted in a changing room. Requires the intended victim to be wrapped in a towel. The prankster unties the knot on the victim's towel, exposing the victim. Towel snap Also known as a "Rat-Tail" or "Rat-Tailing", the prankster twists a towel (typically wetted to hold its shape) along the diagonal, making it into a whip with a towel corner at the tip. The prankster "snaps" the towel as if cracking a whip, striking the victim with the tip of the towel and causing pain. If done repeatedly or with great force, this can cause bruises, welts, or even break the skin causing bleeding. Authorities in schools and gymnasiums may regard this more seriously than a prank, considering it to be physical abuse, harassment or even assault. Nuggeting (Skinning a Backpack) Also known as "Turtling", this prank normally perpetrated by a group of pranksters, the victim's books are removed from their schoolbag, the bag is turned inside out, and the books are placed back in again while the victim is elsewhere. The victim then must reverse this process themselves before they can carry their schoolbag using the shoulder straps, and when this prank is pulled at the end of school, the victim may often have to run for a bus or train with their bag "nuggeted". Peanutting A common prank in schools (especially single-sex boys' schools) where uniforms including ties are worn, peanutting involves grabbing the front fold of the victim's tie and pulling hard, causing the knot to tighten into a tiny, solid ball of fabric about the size of a peanut. This often proves impossible to unravel without the aid of some sort of tool, and in extreme cases the tie must be cut off. Goosing The prankster pokes or pinches the victim's buttocks. Star Wars The prankster claims that he has the Force. After the victim asks the prankster to show him, the prankster then licks his hand and pushes it toward the victim's face, causing the victim to pull away. Ankle Tap This is the act of walking behind somebody and "tapping" their heel of their shoes while their heels are in the air but their toes are still on the ground. The prankster taps the heel to the inside, causing the victim's feet get tangled on the other foot and results in them stumbling or in severe cases; tripping up. Most effective if the victim is running and both feet are higher in the air, causing a larger chance of them tripping up. Known throughout the West Coast as a "Flat tire," especially when enough force is used to make the heel of the shoe slip off. Senior pranks A move that is often pulled by high school seniors at the end of their school year, usually targeting the staff and/or lower years, which usually involves some type of mischief but can result in injuries or damage. This trend occurs at most high schools worldwide and has been going on for nearly 200 years. An alternative is an announced day, as is tradition in many schools in Belgium, usually shortly before the exams or 100 days before the end of the school year, on which they are partially or wholly excused from classes and allowed to stage various games and sillyness, dressing up, etc., though that does not guarantee no other pranks will occur otherwise. Historically, schools in the United Kingdom and some other countries have a similar tradition known as Rag week or Rag day. Students are allowed to raise money for charity by staging foolish masquerades throughout the community. In Australian high schools, the last day of school (although this occurs before the final exam period) for seniors (year 12 in New South Wales and the ACT) is known as "Muck-up Day" (or sometimes "Fuck-up Day"). The United Kingdom has now also adopted "Muck-up Day" and due to the severity of the pranks/vandalism, many schools now force students to leave the premises early, sometimes as much as the day before the officially declared end of term. This is extremely unpopular as some students lose the opportunity to say a final farewell to friends before parting. Some examples of senior pranks include letting animals into the school. A variation involves labeling the animals 1, 2, and 4, leading the staff to helplessly search for #3 (this was originated at New Trier High School with pigs). Other common acts include intentional vandalism on the walls and even mischief to the staff of the school. In Australia, water pistols and water balloons (which may be filled with coffee, milk or other liquids) and eggs may be used to harrass junior students on Muck-up Day. Various pranks involving property damage can also occur and vary in severity from the defacement of grass fields and pouring glue into the keyholes of doors and locks to flipping over vehicles. Some senior pranks are notorious enough to make local and even national news. MTV produced a show called High School Stories: Scandals, Pranks, and Controversies which featured several. Another example of this is when the senior class of 2004 of Newfield High School in Centereach, New York had gotten someone to make an official looking letter from then principal Mitchell Ross, saying that motel rooms and sexual lubricants would be provided at the senior prom, if the students wanted to use them. The mail had been slipped in with the normal bulk mail in the school's main office, and had been sent out to parents of seniors in the school. It was a "cut-and-paste job", according to Ross. Although it is rare, some classes find it appropriate to conduct their Senior Pranks in their junior year, mostly on April Fool's Day. The most notorious of these cases occurred at High Technology High School, NJ on April 1, 2004. Although names remain confidential, it has been confirmed that several juniors were bold enough to steal their principal's car. No one has topped this pranks since. External links The Prank Institute's school pranks PranksOnline Senior Pranks Culoo Culoo - Draftee Search Term: "List_of_school_pranks" Categories: Practical jokes

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