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  2. Practical joke - Wikipedia

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    A practical joke or prank is a trick played on people, generally causing the victim to experience embarrassment, perplexity, confusion, or discomfort. [1] [2] The perpetrator of a practical joke is called a "practical joker" or "prankster". [1] Other terms for practical jokes include gag, rib, jape, or shenanigan.

  3. List of practical joke topics - Wikipedia

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    A toilet papered residence in Deerfield, Michigan. This is a list of practical joke topics (also known as a prank, gag, jape, or shenanigan) which are mischievous tricks or jokes played on someone, typically causing the victim to experience embarrassment, perplexity, confusion, or discomfort.

  4. Practical joke (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Practical joke is a mischievous trick played on someone. Practical Joke may also refer to: Practical Joke, a romantic drama; Practical Joke, a Russian romantic drama; Practical Joke (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse; Practical Jokers, a 1938 Our Gang short comedy film

  5. Category:Practical jokes - Wikipedia

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    Practical joke devices (22 P) Prank calling (1 C, 43 P) Prank YouTubers (39 P) Films about pranks (2 C, 62 P) Pages in category "Practical jokes"

  6. Practical jokes and pranks: April Fools' Day in Worcester

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    There is evidence dating back to 536 B.C. that Iranians have been playing jokes on one another on the 13th day of the Persian New Year, which typically falls on April 1 or 2.

  7. Fool's errand - Wikipedia

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    Hammer and Nails (1977) by Hans Godo Frabel.A "glass hammer" is a highly impractical object which an apprentice might be sent to fetch as part of a fool's errand. A fool's errand prank is a type of practical joke where a newcomer to a group, typically in a workplace context, is given an impossible or nonsensical task by older or more experienced members of the group.

  8. Joke - Wikipedia

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    Jokes are a form of humour, but not all humour is in the form of a joke. Some humorous forms which are not verbal jokes are: involuntary humour, situational humour, practical jokes, slapstick and anecdotes. Identified as one of the simple forms of oral literature by the Dutch linguist André Jolles, [4] jokes are passed along anonymously. They ...

  9. Practical joker - Wikipedia

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    Practical joker, or Practical jokers may refer to: Someone who plays a practical joke , setting up a situation to produce a humorous physical outcome at the expense of a target " The Practical Joker ", an episode of the animated television series Star Trek