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malaise

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Thu Jan 1, 2026, 10:11 AM Jan 2026

What is your most memorable childhood prank [View all]

Our home was on a corner. Our immediate neighbors included three boys. Their dad had a pick up truck. He never parked it in the yard. The bright street light was across the road from our home.
On nights when the parents were out, the guys would stuff an old wallet with paper, tie a cord, place it on our corner and hide either behind the pick up or in the back of it. Folks walking or riding a bike fell for this regularly. As soon as they touched the wallet, the cord would be pulled.
Every freaking teenager within range would howl with laughter. There were more than a few near heart attacks not to mention embarrassment.
We all remember this - it is still hysterically funny to us. Life was so damn simple back then. 😀😀

A happy and healthy 2026 to all DUers

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I have a couple, in middle school a friend and I found an old hubcap (cars had them in those days) and we would wait wcmagumba Jan 2026 #1
Love it malaise Jan 2026 #2
We did something similar berniesandersmittens Jan 2026 #3
ROFL malaise Jan 2026 #7
Throwing water balloons at passing cars Beatlelvr Jan 2026 #4
They'd shoot you today malaise Jan 2026 #10
Dead Patty Play Pal PikaBlue Jan 2026 #5
Love it malaise Jan 2026 #8
I just wanted to laugh at him kissing my doll goodnight PikaBlue Jan 2026 #17
Visiting my grandparents, my dad's folks True Dough Jan 2026 #6
Bwaaaah malaise Jan 2026 #9
I hid in my sister's closet at bedtime... MiHale Jan 2026 #11
ROFL malaise Jan 2026 #13
When I was at summer camp me and a friend Phoenix61 Jan 2026 #12
Hahaha malaise Jan 2026 #14
It was when I was in 4th grade Hey Joe Jan 2026 #15
Ouch! malaise Jan 2026 #18
Oh Lordy! My friend, a tarantula, and me! Dorothy V Jan 2026 #16
You win the thread 😀 malaise Jan 2026 #19
Really bizarre Grim Chieftain Jan 2026 #20
You folks have me howling with laughter malaise Jan 2026 #21
One I pulled on my best friend bif Jan 2026 #22
Too wicked malaise Jan 2026 #24
The invisible wire trick nuxvomica Jan 2026 #23
LOL malaise Jan 2026 #25
I placed a Garter snake, small one.... FarPoint Jan 2026 #26
I'm guessing surprised is an under statement malaise Jan 2026 #27
He figured it out rather quickly... FarPoint Jan 2026 #32
Not a prank, exactly, but a "gotcha" moment that I still relish 60+ years later. 3catwoman3 Jan 2026 #28
Love it malaise Jan 2026 #30
This prank was at a little older age. Involved a '57 Chevy. marked50 Jan 2026 #29
Good one malaise Jan 2026 #31
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