Among the many inventive things that humankind is doing to keep sane at this time of the COVID-19 lockdown/ self-isolation effort, are quarantine pranks. Some are funny, some not so much. Some are successful, while others aren't. Check out some of these quarantine pranks people shared on Twitter:
When there is really nothing to do, why not have a bit of fun. This is simple enough to do: it spooks someone and everyone has a bit of a laugh. If the video goes viral as this one did (6M+ views and a mention on Jimmy Kimmel) that’s just a bonus!
Things are meant to happen a certain way, but they happen a different way – a somewhat more painful way than expected.
This one became quite popular a while back – my kids pranked me with this. It seems to be back in fashion; particularly because of April Fool’s Day.
While dad was out, the kids did this.
This prankster dad went to the trouble of creating large sized bear photos. However if I was the intended butt of this joke, I would wonder why the bear wasn’t moving at all.
Someone created a fake article to prank a friend – apparently the quarantine is giving people a lot of time.
It wasn’t her neck making that crackling sound – it was the pasta in her mouth. The ‘prankee’ is understandably startled.
It isn't just the kids pranking parents – parents are pranking kids right back.
So parents are pranking kids and making TikToks – unforgivable! Do one or the other folks!
Some were less willing than others to be pranked and to find it funny.
Life is a bit grim for many of us right now – not conducive to a happy and pranky state of mind.
2020 began by scaring the bejesus out of a lot of us. It then got progressively worse and now, most of the world is battling the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. It would seem that nature itself is currently playing the biggest prank on the lot of us.
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