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Top Ten April Fool's Day Pranks!

By Leah Mainiero | April 1, 2009

Play these tried-and-true practical jokes on your friends any day of the year!

10. Writing "gullible" on the ceiling

9. Giving someone a number for the zoo and telling him or her to ask for Mr. Lyon

8. Unscrewing the tops of all the salt shakers in the FFC and Nolan's

7. Setting your freshman friend's alarm clock for 5 a.m., then hiding it above the ceiling tiles of his/her room in the AMRs

6. Putting Orajel in a suite-mate's toothpaste tube

5. Saran wrapping the toilet seat: an easy (though icky) classic. A safer substitute: saran wrapping a mattress, a car ...

4. Covering the floor with hundreds of water-filled Dixie cups. Just make sure you work from the back of the room toward the door

3. Filling an entire bathroom with boxes from UPS or the U.S. Postal Service

2. Suspending your roommate's stapler (or coffee mug, or other personal effects) in a bowl of Jello, a la NBC's The Office

1. Calling a friend's boyfriend and telling him that her Planned Parenthood results are in


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