Shop practical jokes

[J Shocik]

Just wondering about some of the funny things that happen in the garage...



One of my better ones is a co-worker wearing his uniform shirt & sweat pants is bent over removing a hubcap cover on a Jeep, with about a 4" butt-crack showing from him. I went over to the tire machine, took the tire tube swab & lubed it real good, and proceded to "lube" the butt-crack. That guy didn't laugh too much, but the rest of the shop had tears in their eyes. :-laf

The best part, we never saw the butt-crack again from him. :-laf



I'm sure there's other "stories" out there...

 

[JayWm]

I just got my next practical joke, one of the guys always has crack hangin' out when he bends down to work.



One guy had the ability to consume food quickly, so another guy bet him that he couldn't cram an entire jelly filled donut down in one shot, but the guy had taken a grease gun with a needle end and injected the donut with grease. The guy proceeded to jam the whole thing into his mouth and about the time he started to chew the grease started coming back out of the donut and out his mouth and onto his hands... .



Last one I have, didn't happen at my shop, could be urban legend, but still funny. Anyone two mechanics were constantly butting heads in the shop. It got ugly and finally one night one guy drilled and tapped and installed a zerk fitting into the other guy's toolbox, hooked up the pneumatic grease gun and zip ty'd the trigger on and left for the night. Needless to say it pumped the 55 gallon drum of grease into the guys tool box.



At the service station my dad owned as a kid, we had a mini store with a fountain soda machine. All the employees were given large mugs to use so they would grab the paper cups. We also sold hot dogs, bahama mama's etc so we had hot sauce packets. Well lordy help you if you left your cup unguarded. They would take the hot sauce packet, tear off the top and stuff the straw into the hot sauce packet and bury it down in the ice. Nect time you took a pull on the straw all you got was hot sauce, when you were expecting cold soda..... yeeeahhhh

 

[nickleinonen]

Last one I have, didn't happen at my shop, could be urban legend, but still funny. Anyone two mechanics were constantly butting heads in the shop. It got ugly and finally one night one guy drilled and tapped and installed a zerk fitting into the other guy's toolbox, hooked up the pneumatic grease gun and zip ty'd the trigger on and left for the night. Needless to say it pumped the 55 gallon drum of grease into the guys tool box.

not an urban legand... we've done it at my shop. we've also siliconed all the drawers closed on others toolboxes [company provided boxes and tools, so only the company gets really po'd] we've also taking 1" wide metal banding straps and ran 4-5 straps around a guy's toolbox. that is a surprise when he comes in, especially if no one lends him some snips to cut the bands. . i've welded a piece of steel to a guys boot once... the steel toe was exposed, and we were in the welding area of the shop, and i gently layed down a piece of 1/8" plate [6"x12"] and clamped the ground to it before laying it down on his boot, then crouched over to "tie" my bootlaces up and zapped him quick with the stick. . just enough to tack it, but funny as heck when there are 5-6 guys seeing it happen. talcum powder in the lockers is also a blast... , and well, getting a 5 gallon pail of water dumped on you from the roof is also a mean little trick

 

[WDixon27]

Last one I have, didn't happen at my shop, could be urban legend, but still funny. Anyone two mechanics were constantly butting heads in the shop. It got ugly and finally one night one guy drilled and tapped and installed a zerk fitting into the other guy's toolbox, hooked up the pneumatic grease gun and zip ty'd the trigger on and left for the night. Needless to say it pumped the 55 gallon drum of grease into the guys tool box.

maybe i just don't have the right sense of humor, that'd more then likely result in a savage beating around here

 

[BGlidewell]

flash cubes or flash camera

wait till the subject is working intently on an electrical project. Set off a flash and run. :-{}

 

[RTillery]

A light coat of moly(black) grease on your buddy's ear muffs is pretty good for a while. The guy walks around with these two rings on the side of his head. Reminds me of the Little Rascals Dog. Everyone he comes up to starts cracking up until he wises up or somebody spills the beans.

 

[fkovalski]

Back in a day when I used to work at a Cheby dealer... a guy was prepping a mini pick- up for the used car lot... whilst he was at lunch I ran a wire from the brake light leads to the horn!



Onother time- a co- worker mixed brake filings (from the rotor and drum turnings) and mixed it with battery acid in a spray can cap and put it under his work bench! The stench from this mixture is ungodly!!! He mixed a lil' too much of the potion and the smell drifted into the showroom clearing out the salesmen and customers.



another time a guy taped a breakable "stink" vile in the door jamb of the roach coach! :-laf

 

[DieselTweaker]

Im not sure if can let all my secrets out.

First off seen the grease fitting in a drawer very funny... . was even better watching the guy getting his butt kicked!!!!!



One guy I use to work with, always left his tool box unlocked, one night after he left, a couple guy's took every tool and layed them out nicely on the floor infront of his box, talk about a guy's mouth hitting the floor in the moring,,, priceless,,, from that point on he locked his tool box.



Anti-sezie on the underside of a door handle.



some old ford friction additive, I have an old bottle that I keep just for fun. the best one was an old shop rag soaked in it and tossed behind the shop forman's desk for those of you that have smelled this you know what im talking about,,,, a drop on someone uniform shirt's work's well too.



We also throw stuff back and forth at each during the day other little rubber balls or rubber plug's, here lately we have been shooting vacuum cap's back and forth at each other using our blow guns.



firecraker's in the bathroom never get's old.



Empty 2liter coke bottle, air fitting and shop air on a ball valve. . need i say more.



use helium ballons, and put the shop formans keys in the celing one night hour's of entertainment there.



there are more that ive seen or been a part of but that's more than enough to spark your intrest.

 

[PToombs]

Yep, never-seize on the door handles, or grease on the handles on tool boxes, service trucks. Bend the mirrors on the service truck, guy has to stop someplace to fix 'em, happens to me alot. :-{}



Tape balls-a roll of duct tape or whatever, any size from golf ball to baseball. Walking thru the shop WHAP! back of the head, back, leg, neck, gut, where ever. Or the classic hi-lo, throw one up slow and easy, when the guy is watching that one, WHAM- line drive with a fast ball.



Fast reactions can save your life around heavy equipment, in more ways than one! :-laf

 

[DieselTweaker]

Fast reactions can save your life around heavy equipment, in more ways than one! :-laf

while working on a and komatsu D-65E removing the belly pan's I had someone do the coke bottle on shop air, MY LIFE FLASHED BEFORE MY EYE'S AND MY EAR'S WERE RINGING FOR A FEW MINS, AFTER I NOITCED I WAS STILL ALIVE I never laughed so hard in my life.

 

[GFritsch]

Just wondering about some of the funny things that happen in the garage...



One of my better ones is a co-worker wearing his uniform shirt & sweat pants is bent over removing a hubcap cover on a Jeep, with about a 4" butt-crack showing from him. I went over to the tire machine, took the tire tube swab & lubed it real good, and proceded to "lube" the butt-crack. That guy didn't laugh too much, but the rest of the shop had tears in their eyes. :-laf

The best part, we never saw the butt-crack again from him. :-laf



I'm sure there's other "stories" out there...

:-laf :-laf



We put the plastic ketchup container full of ball bearings in the freezer and poured them down the ol crapper crack on one fella who didn't seem to mind showing us his smelly second smile on a regular basis. Never saw anyone jump that fast. :-laf :-laf

 

[Nyoest]

Our welder was always crackin on me so I fixed him right up. He had a four foot long blow gun made out of some old brake line. I used my 12 volt grease gun and packed that baby FULL of molly after work. The stench next morning as he was blowing slag off of his steaming hot weld filled the entire shop :-laf



Also gently coating the nose piece of your best friends safety glasses with some molly works pretty good.

 

[DieselTweaker]

only 12 post's in to this tread and I already need to stop viewing this tread too many good IDEA's already.



NYoest prop's to you I would have never thought of that, Excellent job sir.

 

[R-N-R]

A couple from the other side of the wall....

Well not in the shop, but I thought I would share a couple from the front office... .



Switch the letter caps on somebody's keyboard. Sit back and watch while they frustrate the daylights out of themselves trying to log in (hidden text *** password).



Another favorite around my office to to remove the mouse ball from the mouse.



yep, I work in the computer dept...

 

[Turbo Tim 1]

I like emptying 3 hole punches into peoples hard hats, it's lame compared to the rest of you guys but pretty funny still.



The chief engineer on a ship I was on was always pulling "little hairs" out of his coffee cup that he left laying around, other "things" were rubbed inside the cup too! :-laf disconnecting car batteries is another favorite of mine.

 

[Turbo Tim 1]

Another favorite around my office to to remove the mouse ball from the mouse.

Tape over the new optical mouses works good too, or sugar ground around on a desk top.

 

[GFritsch]

I like emptying 3 hole punches into peoples hard hats, it's lame compared to the rest of you guys but pretty funny still.

I am going to try the three hole punch tomorrow on my Foreman who's got a great sense of humor.



As for screwing with someones truck;



Long zip tie on the driveshaft so that it slaps something. This will frustrate the victim to no end finding the problem. or



a sign that hangs from the rear bumper held up out of sight by a loose piece of wire. First bump lets the sign fall into view. What's on the sign is up to your creative genius. :-laf

 

[JApol]

The chief engineer on a ship I was on was always pulling "little hairs" out of his coffee cup that he left laying around, other "things" were rubbed inside the cup too! :-laf

<BARF!!> I bet he just kept drinking out of it too. I have been a rubber but not a rubbee. At least I hope not.

 

[JayWm]

maybe i just don't have the right sense of humor, that'd more then likely result in a savage beating around here

Forgot to finish the story, yes it ended in a rather nasty fist fight

 

[JayWm]

We once had a younger guy, about 18 working in the tire shop with us. Well, he tee'd off one of the service drivers. Needless to say we do tractor tires as well, thus we have water fill adapters. The service driver water filled the kid's bicycle tires. He rode it for several days and couldn't figure out what was wrong... .



Anyone know what a cheetah bottle is... ? It's a 5 gallon tank w/ a ballcock valve used to shoot pressurized air into truck and tractor tires to seat the beads. New one's come with the nozzle slightly flattened. Old ones did not and golf balls fit nicely. Think Jesse James' golf ball shooter porsche. Other thing that works go with these tanks is fill half full with water, then pressurize with air and hose em down.



Jay