Previously, I spoke about pranks and pranking etiquette with comedy writer and stand-up comedian Ariane Sherine, from London. In her personal opinion, pranks have to be funny and harmless to be considered a success in her eyes.
“For me, a good prank is funny and believable but harmless with little or no risk to the person being pranked. For instance, when my daughter was five, I put her toy dog on a tea stain on the bed and pretended it had done a wee! I personally don’t like pranks where anyone gets hurt or upset, but maybe I’m just a bit soft,” comedy expert Ariane told Bored Panda during an earlier interview.
“I’m generally very conscious of people’s wishes and feelings. For instance, if I knew that someone was arachnophobic (had a spider phobia) there’s no way I’d give them a wrapped gift box with a big spider in!” Ariane said that we should all keep in mind how our ‘marks’ feel about pranks before pulling a fast one on them.
“My daughter wanted to prank her stepmum with a fake rat as her stepmum has a phobia of them, but I managed to persuade her not to,” she said.
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“Kids are hilarious and very silly so it’s hard to become boring when they’re in the house,” Ariane said that having kids will help nearly any adult keep their sense of humor and silliness as they grow older.
“My daughter and I love pranking each other. I remember the time she took some brown plasticine and molded it into a convincing poo shape, then asked me why there was a poo on the floor! We make each other laugh all the time.”
