Practical Jokes

What began as a college prank — a little scare, a quick laugh — ends in a nightmare that won’t let go. Three travelers find themselves trapped in a town that isn’t on any map, where every road leads back to the same dead end… and every shadow hides the sound of something breathing. As dusk falls, the air grows thick, and the streets come alive with the low chuffing of a thing that hunts by sound — a thing that knows when you laugh, when you whisper, when your heart dares to beat. For Kenneth, Stephen, and Delores, survival means silence. But when friendship and fear collide in ...

Congratulations. You have successfully avoided the neon-colored covers promising you the secrets to becoming a billionaire by Tuesday, and landed here. Let us be clear about the terms of our arrangement: This book will not fix your life. It will not repair your past, and anyone trying to sell you constant happiness as a lifestyle is running a scam. However, I have a realistic proposition. I am offering to solve exactly 50 percent of your problems. Why 50 percent? Because the other half is External Chaos completely out of your hands. Your car making an expensive rattling noise, the global ...

Dive into the world of laughter and mischief with Master Prankster's Ultimate Guide: Hilarious Tricks and Gags for Every Occasion! This book is your go-to resource for all things pranking, whether you're a seasoned jokester or just getting started. Packed with a wide range of pranks—from timeless classics to innovative new tricks—this guide will equip you with everything you need to surprise your friends, family, and colleagues with unforgettable moments of fun. Inside, you'll find: 400+ Pranks are available. Make fun guys Step-by-step Instructions: Detailed guides for executing each ...

Where can you find the most hilarious jokes and riddles? Inside Greatest Jokes, Riddles, and Brain Teasers, of course. Kids, everywhere, are sure to find the perfect jokes that will tickle their funny bones, the silliest riddle of the day or the best brain teasers ever. And, with so many to choose from, this fun, easy to read book will have them laughing for hours. And it goes without saying that Greatest Jokes, Riddles, and Brain Teasers, also makes a great gift.

Throughout history, people have loved practical jokes. Listen about a few of the more well-known jokes and pranks throughout history, including unicorns on the moon, a boat-car, and the Loch Ness monster.

Totally Punked: The Dreadnought Hoax By Mike Nesbitt In 1910, the world’s most powerful navy was thoroughly duped by a gang of bohemians in bedsheets and boot polish. This is the true—and truly hilarious—story of how a group of eccentric intellectuals, led by a compulsive prankster and including a young Virginia Woolf in disguise, managed to infiltrate the Royal Navy’s crown jewel: HMS Dreadnought. Totally Punked is a raucous, razor-sharp retelling of the most famous prank in British naval history. More than a hoax, it was a theatrical masterpiece—a moment where satire torpedoed ...

Time to get even, this collection of the best pranks to get friends and family! Dad always on your case about tidying your room? Brushing your teeth? Doing your homework? Get your own back and have some fun at Dad's expense with this awesome collection of hilarious gags. Scroll up and click 'buy now' to have delivered to your Kindle or other reading device instantly!

'Really funny & engaging. A breeze and a pleasure to read' Katherine Ryan 'As hilarious and outrageous as you might expect' Rosie Ramsey 'Funny. Poignant. Fascinating. Just the sort of hilarious, disrespectful, ribald book I love to get stuck into' Jo Brand *** How did little Jenny Hargreaves...

From the host of the YouTube channel that went viral—Dad, How Do I?—comes a book that’s part memoir/part inspiration/part DIY. Rob Kenney’s father left him and his seven siblings when he was fourteen years old, and the youngest had to fend for themselves. He wished that he had someone...

Traditional values abound in these hilarious stories from Appalachia: friendship, family, orderliness, humor, and delight in an especially inventive practical joke. In "Rainy Weather", a hound dog with more heart than sense wins everyone's admiration. "Uncle Frank Learns to Speak Polish" finds Davis' famous Uncle Frank making the most of a little foreign language. And, in "Uncle Frank Clean Up the Post Office", cleanliness is next to godliness, and it's also next to hilarity.

Do you and your friends love to joke around? Want some new ideas to up the fun factor? These harmless hacks will be sure to keep you and your buddies rolling with laughter.

Nature invented sex as a bribe. A biochemical cocktail of hormones and neurotransmitters, carefully designed to make complex organisms do something profoundly inconvenient: find a partner, perform an elaborate and rather undignified act, and then deal with the consequences for the rest of their lives. It worked beautifully for a few billion years. Then humans came along and ruined everything.

Talon was a college playboy who did Janet wrong. Unfortunately for him, Janet was an engineering student with an active imagination and access to the Wiretap Practical joke Archive. Book 1 of a new series, based upon a true story.

Performed by David Baddiel, Morwenna Banks, Paul Panting, David Rintoul, Nneka Okoye and Aysha Kala. Head Kid tells the story of Ryan Ward, the school prankster at Bracket Wood School and a body swap that involves Ryan swapping bodies with his new head teacher, the strict no nonsense Mr Carter...

In The Siren and Other Stories That Lure You In, Wil Adams conjures a world where myth bleeds into memory, and every tale is a test of what we believe — and what we fear. From jungle fireside legends to urban predators undone by their prey, from metafictional pranks to Southern Gothic hauntings, this genre-bending collection explores the seductive power of storytelling and the emotional truths we bury beneath it. Whether whispered in the dark or etched into the swamp, these stories lure you in with humor, suspense, and existential bite — then leave you wondering what part of you ...

A Heart-Warming Story that will make you Laugh and Cry. How does an only child used to having all the parents' attention deal with the addition of a new sibling? Dingle Doo is mischievous, loves to irritate his brother, and practical jokes can get out of hand. The story goes from one prank to the next, and Justin can never get one up on Dingle Doo. A very funny story. The parents have their doubts the brothers will ever get along. When tragedy strikes, guilt, shame, and lost opportunities take their toll. Can Justin ever reconcile his feelings of regret? Life will never be the same. Ricki ...

A journey in time through the author’s career with Staffordshire Police – from cadet to inspector – from schoolboy to man. ‘The practical jokes and camaraderie kept us sane.’ The book presents a cameo of some of the events which went on behind the scenes of policing in the seventies, eighties and nineties. A lifetime of side splittingly funny tales are mixed with some sad and tragic stories which made up the ‘policeman’s lot’ along with the black humour which often served to temper the emotions and relieve the stress. Snippets of social history – now long forgotten are ...

BE CAREFUL WHO YOU PLAY A PRACTICAL JOKE ON. IT COULD COST YOU YOUR LIFE. When a drunken man named Chuck (aka Chuckles) decides to play a joke on his barfly buddy, Timmy (aka Buddha), by drawing a rather accurate rendering of the male anatomy on Buddha's dusty black BMW, all hell breaks loose. You see, it only takes a couple of minutes for Chuckles to realize he's created the stunning artwork on the wrong car. In fact, the car belongs to an underworld executioner known only as Rod Last Name Not Known. What follows is Chuckles and his buddy, Jones, being kidnapped by Rod and made to endure ...

Freckle Juice is a short, funny adventure for younger listeners from the iconic Judy Blume. Andrew wants freckles. He wants to be like Nicky Lane, who has millions of them. If he had freckles like Nicky, then his mother would never notice when his neck was dirty. He wouldn't have to wash and...

The place is St Oswald's, an old and long-established boys' grammar school in the north of England. A new year has just begun, and for the staff and boys of the school, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Suits, paperwork, and information technology rule the world, and Roy Straitley, Latin master, eccentric, and veteran of St Oswald's, is finally, reluctantly, contemplating retirement. But beneath the little rivalries, petty disputes, and everyday crises of the school, a darker undercurrent stirs.