Have you ever played a practical joke or prank on someone and had it backfire?

I know I have, but I can’t remember any specific situations.

I once pissed in a kettle it sort of back fired as the mother in law drank the coffee,she was not the intended recipient.

Here’s a story of unintended consequences. One of my roommates and I played a minor joke on a girl that lived next to us. She though it was funny, but one of her roommates took offense. The offended roommate made ex-lax cookies for us (the two of us who had performed the prank). However, we weren’t home when she brought the cookies over, so my other, unsuspecting, roommates ate them. One was in gym class when they kicked in. One was on a date. One was gaming with me in the computer lab. He was in so much pain that he couldn’t steer his mouse.

Yeah, I thought giving my sister in law a gag lottery ticket would be a good idea. Needless to say, it turned out badly. She took it well, but I felt like a real ass afterwards. She eventually forgave me, but I learned a lesson. Jokes involving money aren’t a good idea.

i sent a coworker a memo from personnel (not on letterhead, not from a specific person) that said that her desk did not meet standards for health and cleanliness and it had all this official language in it. If you read it carefully, however, you would have figured out that it was a joke because some of the language was “over the top.” For example it said that “the conditions could be harmful to personnel, flora, fauna and waterfowl.” The girl got upset when she saw it and handed it to the supervisor, who later on gave it to the manager and they called me in and said it is fraud. I said it’s not on letterhead, not signed by anybody. they were actually pretty nice about it (but firm) and told me don’t do it again. they said if you have a problem with her desk tell the supervisor. i said i don’t have a problem with her desk, it was 100% a joke. i learned not to make jokes like that at work. if i put it on a post it note and didn’t make it look so real she might have taken it as a joke.

Sometimes my friends and I use to light our leg hairs on fire. I happened to have a lighter in my hand while my buddy was raising his arm so I wanted to singe one of his armpit hairs. He was wearing deodorant. His whole pit immediately went up in flames. He was so pissed but I thought it was hilarious.

@yoteddy fuck thats funny dude!ha ha ha ha ha

When I used to live with my dad, we would get a rise off of scaring one another. One day after he got home from work, I decided to dress in all black, put on a mask and run up behind him. He has the best reflexes though.. I didn’t even get a chance to finish my yell or touch his arm before he punched me in my gut knocking me into the mulch.

I worked at Goodwill and one of the people doing community service thought it would be funny to play a trick on my supervisor. She called the store and told them a car seat they sold her malfunctioned in a crash and her baby died and she was going to sue. (Goodwill doesn’t sell car seats since they get things second hand and don’t know how well they will work)

Even after she explained it was a joke my supervisor didn’t take it very well…

@benjaminlevi see, even the best thought out jokes can turn ugly.

@evelyns_pet_zebra I don’t think it was very well thought out at all. Most people don’t think dead babies are funny, and I don’t know why she thought it would be well-received.

this one time at band camp…lmao, kidding. i tried to fart on someones lap in the cafeteria and i shit my pants!!!!! i was so embarresed…

my brother and tried to get me by putting plastic wrap on the toleit seat.
well just say before I could use the bathroom , My Dad had went in there with a newsppaer and just say the joke had backfire or should I say backplash on my brother.