Not a college prankI had a party several years back, and some people came who I didn't particularly like (and hand't really invited). As the ever polite host, I welcomed them into the house. I insisted that all those who came in cars, put there keys in a locked drawer so they wouldn't be tempted to drive home drunk. These people wre driving and so were pleased to be able to stop over.
I took everyone's keys and locked them in the drawer in the hallway. Sometime during the evening, a friend and I conspired to irritate these unwelcome guests.
We took there car keys and went out to their car (it was dark, people were drunk, dancing and chatting, and we went unnoticed).
Opening the driver door, we arranged to turn the windscreen wipers on full speed (they don't work when the key is not in the ignition).
We also turned the radio to come on when the ignition was turned and put the volume on as high as it would go (again, this wouldn't work without the key being turned in the ignition).
We poured a bag of flower into the warm air vents in the dashboard, and arranged the fan to come on at it's highest speed. Once again - this wouldn't work without the key being turned in the ignition.
We locked the car up, replaced the keys and carried on with the party.
The next morning I got up and 'had to inform people' that 'something urgent had come up and that I had to leave to drive down to London'. People would have to get up quickly and go home so that I could lock up the house.
Lots of hangovers were in view, and the unwelcome guests looked particularly bleary eyed. I unlocked the drawer and handed over the keys to them.
They got in the car, shut the doors, seatbelted up and turned the ignition.
Wipers, mad loud radio playing drum and bass and a sudden huge white cloud completely blocking any view of the car's occupants.
I do believe they may have soiled themselves, and we never saw them again.
(I took everyone's keys and locked them in the drawer in the hallway. Sometime during the evening, a friend and I conspired to irritate these unwelcome guests.
We took there car keys and went out to their car (it was dark, people were drunk, dancing and chatting, and we went unnoticed).
Opening the driver door, we arranged to turn the windscreen wipers on full speed (they don't work when the key is not in the ignition).
We also turned the radio to come on when the ignition was turned and put the volume on as high as it would go (again, this wouldn't work without the key being turned in the ignition).
We poured a bag of flower into the warm air vents in the dashboard, and arranged the fan to come on at it's highest speed. Once again - this wouldn't work without the key being turned in the ignition.
We locked the car up, replaced the keys and carried on with the party.
The next morning I got up and 'had to inform people' that 'something urgent had come up and that I had to leave to drive down to London'. People would have to get up quickly and go home so that I could lock up the house.
Lots of hangovers were in view, and the unwelcome guests looked particularly bleary eyed. I unlocked the drawer and handed over the keys to them.
They got in the car, shut the doors, seatbelted up and turned the ignition.
Wipers, mad loud radio playing drum and bass and a sudden huge white cloud completely blocking any view of the car's occupants.
I do believe they may have soiled themselves, and we never saw them again.
groovegenerator The man who mistook his wife for his wife,
Wed 22 Oct 2003, 11:00,
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