Uni is riddled with pranksters, new flatmates making exciting new targets to plot against. But some people are just born to be pranksters, whilst others lack the creativity or courage to really be successful. So how do you go from being the victim to being the most respected prankster in the group?<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, you have to suffer the cling-filmed room, the room filled with cups of water, the rice-filled shoes, the subtle re-arrangement of furniture\u2026in order to learn that the most valuable skill when it comes to being a successful prankster is lying. Whether it\u2019s adamant denial or believable persuasion, lying is the key ingredient to pulling off a great prank (of course it helps if you have a gullible target).<\/p>\n
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Creating a sense of paranoia and double, even triple, bluffing so that the prank subject has no idea of the true prank play important roles in the success of the prank as a whole. Dropping hints is what pranksters enjoy the most, and what prankees find the most infuriating. Have they really got into my locked room? Why won\u2019t they send me photographic evidence? Did I forget about finishing my juice? Questions I asked myself time and time again as I vowed to never live with these people again\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I wish I could say I had an elaborate scheme planned throughout the course of the year, however, this was not the case at all. In fact, this simple, but hugely effective prank occurred quite by accident! After the latest prank of a series of \u2018mysterious thefts\u2019, I seized my opportunity to steal something of theirs. In a rushed panic, I took a duvet of all things (not the easiest object to conceal) and attempted to hide it in someone else\u2019s room to escape the blame\u2026<\/p>\n
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Every flatmate was a suspect, given the pranking nature of the flat. Still, to this day, I have no idea how the duvet was not spotted when it was in plain sight and every one of our rooms was searched, but somehow it went unnoticed. Being the novice prankster that I was, I found myself riddled with guilt that my flatmate spent the night without a duvet, but the thought of all the pranks I had suffered kept me from confessing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Since I\u2019d taken it this far, I had to keep up the denial. Of course, nobody else confessed, so the entire group was left puzzled and speculative as to the identity of, who came to be known as, \u2018the duvet thief\u2019. It remained an unsolved mystery, with theories of ghosts and intruders being put forward \u2013 it became the most talked about topic within the group. In order to not be discovered, it was necessary to place the blame on others, contribute to theories and state valid reasons why it couldn\u2019t have been me. If I learned one thing during my time at uni, it was how to lie.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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I couldn\u2019t share the hilarity it brought! Anyone outside the group trustworthy enough to be told couldn\u2019t fully appreciate the pleasure this prank was giving me. But best of all was the moment of reveal. I waited a whole two years, until our uni journey together was ending, to confess to being \u2018the duvet thief\u2019. The dumbstruck silence that met the confession, followed by genuine applause and admiration was far from the angry reaction I expected, proving how pranking the pranksters is worthy of the utmost respect.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Uni is riddled with pranksters, new flatmates making exciting new targets to plot against. But some people are just born to be pranksters, whilst others lack the creativity or courage to really be successful. So how do you go from being the victim to being the most respected prankster in the group? I\u2019d like to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25705,"featured_media":150955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8120,18719,23351,8056],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-150954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-friends","tag-prank","tag-prankster","tag-uni"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n