the great vinegar icepop prank
whilst at uni, a number of friends and I got hold of a huge quantity of Mr Freeze jumbo ice pops.

For those not in the know, these are like a long thin ice lolly, but with no stick, just in a transparent bag.

We used to munch on those bad boys day and night (we were stoners) and eventually my teeth became so sensitive that even hot tea would make them ache like they were freezing. I digress....

One warm Cardiff day we had taken the sofas outside to the garden to enjoy the sunshine in comfort and an idea hit me.

"This cola-flavoured frozen water treat" I thought to myself, "could quite easily be replaced with vinegar, packaged upright in the chest freezer and given to an unsuspecting Marcus"

(Marcus is Swedish and looks like a grumpy baby; a perfect target for pranks)

So that is what I did.

with the aid of my able-bodied assistant Quiff Tim I emptied the contents of one of these ice pops while he mixed up a conical flask full of coke and vinegar in equal measures.

This done, we filled the packet with the mix, sellotaped it to a thermos flask (for stability) and set it in the freezer.

Some hours later, Marcus emerges from his room and joins us outside. At this point someone offers to fetch more ice pops for all. I seize my opportunity and grab the prank-pop.

Hoisting it from the freezer I discover that the resulting product is good enough to pass casual inspection, but there is some seperation of the two ingredients leading to a not quite perfect colour throughout.

Fortunately I explained this away with some fast talking, the details of which currently escape me.

Waiting with baited breath as Marcus raised the ice pop to his mouth I could barely contain myself as he took it into his mouth and gave a good hard suck.

Such a look of revulsion passed across his face that I have never since seen the like.

Success!

I leapt to my feet, full of glee, pointing and laughing, Quiff Tim doing the same!

Marcus is grabbing for cans of beer to rinse the foul taste from his mouth.

It was only later that we were informed that he'd had a heavy time on the pills the previous night and was suffering from a comedown of almost unprecedented proportion.

That made it even better!

Remembering the bewildered, disgusted look on his face still brings a smile to mine
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 13 Dec 2007, 14:50, Reply)