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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Redstreblo on October 06, 2010, 11:15:42 pm
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So, in the past three weeks my car has had several practical jokes played on it. I go to school for automotive technology and the guys there make fun of the fact that it is a 95 Dodge Neon. I have done nothing to the people in the department to make anybody angry.
- They Disconnected my cooling fan electrical connector causing my engine to overheat
- They installed my rear license plate upside down (noticed it before I was pulled over)
- Somebody put a very heavy dose of some kind of ooze material (it smelled sweet and had the consistancy of yogurt) onto the underside of my drivers door handle. Noticed it running down the door before I stuck my hand in it. Took me 15 minutes to clean it all off.
The occasional practical joke is fine with me, so long as it does not cause damage to the car. Disconnecting the cooling fan for example can cause permanent damage to the engine and require it to be rebuilt. This is causing me some distress and I am worried that if these jokes continue at this rate I would have to fix my car on a regular basis.
I do not know who is performing these jokes, or if it is multiple people. Everybody is aware of the practical jokes and my disapproval. And because I am unaware of who is doing this I cannot react as i would like. What I would like is some advice on how to prevent this sort of thing from happening if possible. I have thought about parking my car at a far away point in the parking lot where there are few cars and not much ped traffic to hide it, but I like to be close to my destination.
Use this thread to tell stories about cases where you have had jokes played on you and any practical jokes that you have played onto other people as well as tips on preventing such things.
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Leave a wide-angle-lens camera on the dashboard of your car (hidden by a newspaper or something), leave it running while you're gone, and catch the culprit that way. If you do it for long enough, you'll find whoever is causing you this trouble.
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If you've already told the guys in your class that you're taking it seriously, and they're still pranking you... Tell campus security? :nervous: If they're doing things to your car that could potentially get you pulled over, then somebody deserves a formal warning.
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tell them next time something happens, EVERYONE is getting punched in the face.
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I concur with Galemp, and Dark RevenantX stole one of my ideas, so here's some more:
Diverse hidden security measures, like four cans of pepper spray mounted under the hood and rigged to spray when the hood is opened without disengaging the system. You could do the same on the underside in case they target one of those components--probably will have to trigger it with IR sensors of some kind. I came up with this in response to someone jacking my dad's catalytic converter. I know that might make a bunch of you go "O.o wtf?" but it happened. Them foos hacksawed it right out of the car.
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Hook up a tesla coil inside the car, connected to the outside (if it's conductive), that can be activated and deactivated remotely, so that anyone who touches the car while it's active is electrocuted. When you leave, activate it, and make sure to deactivate it before touching the car!
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Put a combination-lock detonator on the car, attached to a pressurized canister (with a wide-angle trajectory) underneath the hood. Whoever raises the hood without putting in the proper sequence will wind up with a broken neck. Problem solved.
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If you've already told the guys in your class that you're taking it seriously, and they're still pranking you... Tell campus security? :nervous: If they're doing things to your car that could potentially get you pulled over, then somebody deserves a formal warning.
Ha! What are they going to do? Put my car under 24 hour surveillance? With no evidence of any kind they will just say something along the lines of "we'll look into it" and do nothing.
Leave a wide-angle-lens camera on the dashboard of your car (hidden by a newspaper or something), leave it running while you're gone, and catch the culprit that way. If you do it for long enough, you'll find whoever is causing you this trouble.
Yes, this would be useful and I thought of this. But I would need to buy the camera and find a way to keep it on the dashboard which is very slippery and angled while keeping it out of view at the same time. And they might not do it in a while or not from the angle visible by the camera, this is impractical.
tell them next time something happens, EVERYONE is getting punched in the face.
:lol: I am not a fighter.
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This seems to me to be crossing over from joke territory into outright vandalism. I echo the recommendation to get in touch with campus security: even if they can't do anything directly, it's worth it to have something "on file" with them about it. They may also have some helpful suggestions.
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Leave a wide-angle-lens camera on the dashboard of your car (hidden by a newspaper or something), leave it running while you're gone, and catch the culprit that way. If you do it for long enough, you'll find whoever is causing you this trouble.
Yes, this would be useful and I thought of this. But I would need to buy the camera and find a way to keep it on the dashboard which is very slippery and angled while keeping it out of view at the same time. And they might not do it in a while or not from the angle visible by the camera, this is impractical.
Found a "dashcam" that can be used in this situation nicely... for $300!! :ick:
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in the meantime you might try just checking in on your car when you can throughout the day. you MIGHT get REALLY lucky and catch someone, but it'll probably deter whoever is doing it if they know you keep checking it.
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Just activate the cloak of invisibility and hope no one else tries to park in the same spot.
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Well, since no one else has told any other practical joke stories, I'll start with the first one that comes to my mind.
So, as mighty fine fourteen year olds, Dilmah and co. spent a summer's day walking around suburban Perth, wreaking havoc and cleaning several McDonalds outlets of their triple cheeseburger patties as well as frequenting the local cinema.
After retreating to the house of a mate living close by, about half a dozen of us got the okay from our folks to spend the night there, playing Halo to loud hip hop whilst consuming the contents of the host's fridge. After the majority of them had decided to doze off at around three in the morning after an epic game of CS, a mate and I checked the host was fast asleep before raiding his bathroom and returning with toothpaste, a bar of soap and a cup of water.
As my mate squirted toothpaste carefully into the host's right hand, I used the bar of soap and cup of water to moisten the wooden floorboards next to the couch he was sleeping on. Giggling with anticipation, we turned on the lights to see him work his newest tube of colgate all over the left side of his face and through his hair. Realising that something was amiss, he attempted to open his eyes whilst placing a foot on the ground, only to slip forwards as he stepped out and fall face first onto the back of another mate of ours who was dozing off on the carpet.
lulz were had.
We also ran very, very, fast down his stairs.
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australians are assholes :P
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For the record, it wasn't my idea. :D
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australians are assholes :P
Hey, now that ain't fair! :(
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australians are assholes :P
Oi! :P
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Any coffee shops near the parking lot? If so, park as far from it as you can so the car is still on the lot where it'll get vandalized and you can still see it, without it being too obvious you're there looking at it. Arm yourself with a lot of coffee and patience and wait it out. Once someone starts messing with it, confront them. Stakes are different when the identity of the culprit becomes known, 10 to 1 the guy will stop once you catch him in the act. If you're not a fighter you may want to have that tear-gas spray on you, or something like that - just in case he turns violent :)
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Infrared sensors in strategic locations that make a mobile (use a crap, pre-paid mobile) call your phone ...
Or use the phone as a camera, it should have a micro SD card. You could hack it into something that looks like a speaker, or a bag of some sort.
As for practical jokes...Once some of my friends cable tied another friend's wrists to the bed while he was asleep...don't ask me how he didn't wake up...
Not a practical joke, but our college dorm room had a pillow fight at 1am, it lasted a while until the supervisor came in!
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It's quite obvious the solution is to drive something other then a 95 Dodge Neon. :drevil:
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I actually think this qualifies as vandalism. You should go to an authority.
Alternatively if you ignore it they may get bored...I'm not sure I'd count on it.
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It's quite obvious the solution is to drive something other then a 95 Dodge Neon. :drevil:
Not a possibility. The corolla is Galemp's and I prefer not to commute in somebody else's car. I cannot afford to buy anything else either so I'm stuck with it.
Besides, the neon has a manual tranny, and the corolla is a stinking auto...
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Yeah, if I were you I'd report this to campus security as acts of vandalism. Those are taken quite seriously.
And weren't you just complaining about small text in posts?!
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Just looked the 95 Dodge up... and it looks like an Ford Escort. Well... hey, but it brings you from A to be faster than your own legs, doesn't it? :p
No worthy target for those mean jokes.
I know what I'm talking about. I have a '95 Opel Corsa :nervous:
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Hmmm
Okay, buy a bunch of royal blue and some gold rustoleum spray paint, get a Folgers coffee can, an old dish washing rubbermade tub, a screw driver, duct tape and some STI decals.
1) Use the screw driver to pry off the dodge neon iconography
2) Cut the dishwashing tub in half and duct tape it to the hood like a intake.
3) Cut the bottom off the folgers can and tape it to the exhaust
4) Spraypaint the whole thing blue and the hub caps gold
5) Wait for it to dry and apply the stickers
6) Look *****in' in your faux rally car and steal all the pranksters' girlfriends cuz you've got sweet wheels :P
(http://www.dynotechonline.com/store/images/categories/0203WRX.jpg)
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Thermite is easy to make.
And screw you Klaustrophobia. :p
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Hmmm
Okay, buy a bunch of royal blue and some gold rustoleum spray paint, get a Folgers coffee can, an old dish washing rubbermade tub, a screw driver, duct tape and some STI decals.
1) Use the screw driver to pry off the dodge neon iconography
2) Cut the dishwashing tub in half and duct tape it to the hood like a intake.
3) Cut the bottom off the folgers can and tape it to the exhaust
4) Spraypaint the whole thing blue and the hub caps gold
5) Wait for it to dry and apply the stickers
6) Look *****in' in your faux rally car and steal all the pranksters' girlfriends cuz you've got sweet wheels :P
(http://www.dynotechonline.com/store/images/categories/0203WRX.jpg)
Hmmm
Okay, buy a bunch of royal blue and some gold rustoleum spray paint, get a Folgers coffee can, an old dish washing rubbermade tub, a screw driver, duct tape and some STI decals.
1) Use the screw driver to pry off the dodge neon iconography
2) Cut the dishwashing tub in half and duct tape it to the hood like a intake.
3) Cut the bottom off the folgers can and tape it to the exhaust
4) Spraypaint the whole thing blue and the hub caps gold
5) Wait for it to dry and apply the stickers
6) Look *****in' in your faux rally car and steal all the pranksters' girlfriends cuz you've got sweet wheels :P
(http://www.dynotechonline.com/store/images/categories/0203WRX.jpg)
DO THIS AND POST PICS!
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Yeah, if I were you I'd report this to campus security as acts of vandalism. Those are taken quite seriously.
And weren't you just complaining about small text in posts?!
Yes, but Goober5000 put a minimum font size on the forum so now its ok ;)
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Thermite is easy to make.
And screw you Klaustrophobia. :p
*cough* was that out loud? :nervous:
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make it known in the class that you've had enough, and the next time this happens you're pressing charges.
if someone says "how will you know who it is" or some other bull**** response, then alter your strategy - instead, make it known in the class that the next time this happens, you're going to pour brake fluid on everyone's car.
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I'm glad you're weighing in on this, Stealth... I think you would know from experience about this kind of stuff.
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I suppose you could get a family member or a mate not on your course to keep a discreet eye on your car during the 'at risk' times and report back when they see something
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Easy enough.
1. Acquire a high powered rifle, i would recommend the Remington 700 SPS in 7mm magnum for this job. Scope of your choice, id recommend Leupold
2. Find tallish building with good sight lines to your car's usual parking spot.
3. Wait until you see the person messing with your car.
4. Shoot the target in the arm, if you know the person, shoot them in the arm that they use ( aka are they right or left handed ), if you do not know them, shoot their right arm.
5a. If you know the classmate, then justice is served.
5b. If you did not know them, look for the classmate with a missing right arm.
Justice, Spyder style.
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I'm glad you're weighing in on this, Stealth... I think you would know from experience about this kind of stuff.
what makes you say that?
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The professor seems to be cracking down on the class about this. Apparently the Dean got news of it and told him that the next person to do something like this will be dropped, no questions asked. Also the teacher suggested that he look at the video surveillance the school supplies, but I declined saying I didn't want to be responsible for somebody being kicked off campus for this. The next time, however, they won't be so lucky.
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what makes you say that?
Well, you care a lot about your cars... and you've been the butt of some unfunny 'jokes' as we all know. :nervous:
@RedStreblo: I hope that puts an end to it!
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Easy enough.
1. Acquire a high powered rifle, i would recommend the Remington 700 SPS in 7mm magnum for this job. Scope of your choice, id recommend Leupold
2. Find tallish building with good sight lines to your car's usual parking spot.
3. Wait until you see the person messing with your car.
4. Shoot the target in the arm, if you know the person, shoot them in the arm that they use ( aka are they right or left handed ), if you do not know them, shoot their right arm.
5a. If you know the classmate, then justice is served.
5b. If you did not know them, look for the classmate with a missing right arm.
Justice, Spyder style.
How about a Remington 700 in 260?
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Just grab a .30-06 or a .45-70 if you want something that is really high-powered.
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lets stop the killing talk...
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Alternately, just mount a video camera prominently on the dash, and stash some sort of weapon in the car, also prominently. Neither need to be real, but it sends a message: If you try something, I will know, and I will find you.
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i'm pretty sure having a weapon visible in your car is illegal.
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i'm pretty sure having a weapon visible in your car is illegal.
Oh yeah... Uh oh...
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7mm mag is the hardest hitting non Class-III license ammo available ( from what ive been told, i know it kicks the hardest, from experience )
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i'm pretty sure having a weapon visible in your car is illegal.
Actually it has to be visible, at least where I live. I think it needs to be on a gun rack.
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when you're driving, or when it's parked? that could also possibly be specific to rifles. there's a bit of a difference of having a hunting rifle on the rack in the back of your truck to having a pistol laying out on the dash.
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haha yea i live in alabama, people go to school with rifles in their window gun racks lol
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Yeah, it's going to depend on what the laws on concealed weapons are around there and whether the weapon is classified as concealable or not. In Texas, as I understand it it's illegal to try and conceal a rifle. On the other hand, if you get a concealed handgun license, you have to keep it concealed. Handguns in cars have to be concealed too.
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Sounds like the issue is largely resolved, and the thread author has asked people to stop talking about killing people so don't know why everyone's still rattling on about guns and whatnot.
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I'm still waiting for the nazis to show up.
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The problem is resolved, however I did mention using this thread to tell your own stories of your experiences with practical jokes. Get to it! :)
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I usually put a rubber band on the kitchen faucet head thing, so it wets whoever turns the faucet on.
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haha I did that one as well, classic! :lol:
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i've taken my RA's 42 inch TV out of his room. while he was in it. he didn't notice for 2 days. :lol:
we also replaced the padding on his futon with a very similar-looking, but extremely thin comforter. and i unscrewed the RA nameplate from his door and put it back upside down. good times.