Mashable has come up with some harmless pranks you can pull on unsuspecting friends and family, and they just may brighten your self-isolating day.
Harmless pranks include:
- Sign them up for a weird mailing list– There are all sorts of odd lists out there that could make for a good prank, with Mashable suggesting one, The Ferret Association of Connecticut, which actually publishes three newsletters a year.
- Text a typing dots GIF -Sending them a GIF of typing dots will make keep the perpetually waiting for your message.
- Use texting auto-replace tool -You can actually set up their phone to replace a word with anything you choose. You can find it in Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement.
- Plastic wrap a shampoo bottle –Unscrew the top of the bottle and cover with plastic wrap, making the wonder why they can’t get a drop of shampoo out of that full bottle.
- Replace photos- How about swapping out family photos around the house with random strangers or celebrities.
- Eat pudding like it’s mayo– Put vanilla pudding in your mayo jar and eat it by the spoonful (although who wants to waste all that mayo).
- Tape the TV remote sensor –Frustrate your favorite TV watcher by covering the remote sensor with tape so they can’t change the channel no matter how hard they try.