The last time I was gone over break, my roommate pranked me by writing letters on a giant stack of hot pink post-it notes and hiding them all over my stuff. For weeks and months later I was still finding them tucked away everywhere. I've been threatening to get back at her somehow since Thanksgiving, and if you happen to get back on campus before your roommates, the end of Winter break is the ideal opportunity to have a little *fun* while they're away. So for your viewing pleasure, here are five of the classic college pranks, ranked in order from least to most evil.
The Wrapping Paper Prank
The perfect late Christmas present for your roommate. This one is the least evil because it makes a big mess to clean up, but still wouldn't take days to take it down. Plus, free wrapping paper, that stuff is expensive. See, you're really just making sure your roommate is ready for next year's holiday shopping, and making your room look nice a festive. If your roommate is already nostalgic for the holidays, this is perfect prank.
The Post-It Note Prank
This one also makes a headache-inducing mess, but you don't have to be that careful taking it down. This is one of the few that might actually be more effort to put up than it is to take down, depending on if you really go for it like this person did and make patterns. And look at the colors! Your room just got a style upgrade. Leave your roommates a nice message on the wall to let them know you missed them.
The Popcorn Prank
This one gets to be in the middle spot because it's technically edible, which makes most things less evil, but still. It's going to take a lot of vacuuming to get all that corn off the floor. If you're going to pull this one, expect to be in the doghouse for a while. Also probably expect some retaliation. If your roommate is particularly easygoing, you could do this, get a stack of DVDs, and spend the last night of freedom before the new semester having the most gluttonous movie night ever.
The Cups Prank
Ah, the classic cups of water prank. This one is pretty evil because this actually will take forever to clean up. You'd better hope your roommate has quite a sense of humor if you're going to pull this one off. This is up there with putting flour on the blades of the ceiling fan. And if you live in California, you could potentially get arrested for this.
The Chairs Prank
What is wrong with you? First, of all, where did you even get all of these? And how did you get all of them in there? And how on earth is your poor roommate supposed to clean this up? If you pull this prank, your roommate would be well within his or her rights to put baby powder in your hair dryer and lock your laptop in a basement storage unit. Consider those consequences.
