Adult Only Practical Jokes

by Anonymous

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1741216583
• ISBN13: 9781741216585
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Hinkler Books (AU)
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Always good for a laugh..at some poor unsuspecting soul's expense.

In many ways this is just another Practical Joke book;but in other ways it is quite different. First,this book was published in Australia. I have to admit,I don't think I've ever read a book from there.I know it's on the bottom of the world.I often wondered what it would be like to spend your life continually upside down.I remember once when I was a little kid;I asked some workmen why they were digging such a deep hole.They told me they were looking for Australia because it was supposed to be "down-under".Well,I kept watching ,and since they never found any Kangaroos ,I knew they hadn't found it. Second,the title "ADULT only" ,I thought it might have some sexy Practical Jokes.If their idea of SEX is anything like what's in this book,they've been upside down far too long! Third, There is no author.They left the Editor to take the blame! Besides,would you really expect a Jasmine Chan ,a Chinese Lady,to be the font of knowlege on Practical Jokes? I have a Korean friend,and once asked him ;"How come I never hear any Korean jokes? He told me; "When you live in Korea;nothing's funny!" Don't get me wrong,I'm not knocking this book;I really enjoyed it.I'm just trying to understand it! Back to the title again. If adult is intended to mean mature or grown up,I still don't get it. There is absolutely nothing mature about a Practical Joke. This is the domain of the immature,childish and particularly for those who flatly refuse to "GROW-UP". Now, getting to the Practical Jokes ;there are a lot of real good ones in the book.Many are old as the hills,and many are new and really imaginative. After all,the essence of any good PJ is a FERTILE MIND that has idle time on its hand. One thing different about this book is that along with a lot of the PJ's there is a warning that it could go wrong .These, so obvious warnings are so silly,they're almost funny.All I can think is that someone must have sued the editor for something such as Political correctness;so never again. Again,the essence of a good PJ is not to cast second doubts on your brilliant escapade! Here's an example; "Hold a hot magnifying glass over someone who is sunbathing up on the shared house roof" with this warning; "Be prepared to run shortly after you do this" This breaks the fundamental rules of a PJ;Never pull one where you get caught red- handed, and have to run. The utmost pleasure is when you can sit right there,take in the whole experience,and above all,deny everything. It's even fun to help the poor sucker try to find the suspect! I was surprised when I came across a PC that a few of us "cooked-up" when we were in High School.We gathered up a bunch of Magazine Xmas Gift Subscription Cards in the school library.We filled them out from one teacher to another,dumped them in the mail,(we didn't even have to put postage on them). When the s--- hit the fan, and the teachers got notifications of their gifts from one another; the fun really started. One teacher brought it up i