Best Practical Joke Ever: Mind Mess Edition
Rob Long ·
Jan 21 at 8:19am
I'm on the first leg of a long cross-country drive -- heading back to LA -- and I'm listening to a lot -- a lot -- of Fox News on Sirius XM. So, you know, every now and then I need to take a break from politics, and I suspect some of my Ricochet friends do, too.
I found this somewhere, and as soon as I can get two willing co-conspirators, I'm going to try it. It's the best Messing with Your Mind practical joke ever:
Okay, I'll add a little politics into this: which current or past candidate for president would freak out the most if someone did this to him or her?
Bonus points if you don't say Ron Paul.
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Sep '10
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Newt Gingrich:
"No. I don't agree with that. I think the American electorate is walking around in a coma if they don't throw out the current President and do something to transform this nation into the economic powerhouse it was meant to be. And let me be perfectly clear: no way, no how, am I walking around in a coma and I am shocked and -- quite frankly -- appalled that you would suggest such a thing given the perilous state that we're in right now."
Jan '11
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Must it be a random stranger?
Aug '10
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I'm astounded that Rob Long doesn't have a private jet to zip back and forth across the continent.
Dec '10
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He's just doing research for a new project. Normally he'd take his Gulfstream V.
Jul '10
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This sounds to me like a great way for pranksters to explore the wonders of being shot, stabbed, or just plain pummeled. That being said, per pseudo:
Mitt Romney:
"Here's my wallet, my watch, my cuff links, my proxy vote for felon enfranchisement and government run single payer health care, just don't hit the face! Or the hair! Not the hair!"
Edited on Jan 21 at 8:55amJun '10
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Pseudodionysius: Newt Gingrich:
"No. I fundamentally and profoundly disagree with that. I think the American electorate is walking around in a coma if they don't throw out the current President and do something to transform this nation into the economic powerhouse it was meant to be. And let me be perfectly clear: no way, no how, am I walking around in a coma and I am shocked and -- quite frankly -- appalled that you would suggest such a thing given the perilous state that we're in right now." · 40 minutes ago
Slight editing suggestion in bold.
Jan '11
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Jesse Ventura!
And that's for the win unless you amend your current bonus question remark -- the one pertaining to Ron Paul -- so that it'll include this guy.
Oct '11
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Pseudodionysius: Newt Gingrich:
"No. I fundamentally and profoundly disagree with that. I think the American electorate is walking around in a coma if they don't throw out the current President and do something to transform this nation into the economic powerhouse it was meant to be. And let me be perfectly clear: no way, no how, am I walking around in a coma and I am shocked and -- quite frankly -- appalled that you would suggest such a thing given the perilous state that we're in right now."
Slight editing suggestion in bold.
Feel free to toss in an "As a historian" somewhere in there as well, possibly an "Is that a rhetorical statement?" instead of the "No".
While I love Ron Paul, I'd be afraid to bump into him, for fear of breaking a hip.
Edited on Jan 21 at 9:33amAug '10
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Michelle Obama.
You could even provide her clues like how her husband is too tech savvy to have ever given Region 1 DVDs as a diplomatic gift.
Aug '10
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I had someone do this to me in Berkeley. Are you sure you want to emulate Occupiers, anarchists, and street people?
May '10
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I hate practical jokes that mess with people's minds. One of the very worst moments of my courtship was when my then-fiance thought it would be hilarious to pretend he didn't understand what I was saying when he was driving and I was navigating.
It wasn't. My nerves were completely shot for the rest of the evening. And I had to cope with the fact that he'd rendered me that way because he thought it would be funny.
This one is amusing to think about, cruel to do.
Edited on Jan 21 at 10:19amJul '10
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Richard Nixon. I mean, the man was already pretty paranoid.
Apr '11
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Barack Obama,
except he'd just think he was in a cabinet meeting.
I would like to hear some after-action reports that show it really is effective. What was the effect? Did the target chase after the perpetrator? How do you handle such a confrontation? Vigorous denials or pretend not to notice the importunate target?
Jun '10
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katievs:
This one is amusing to think about, cruel to do. · 47 minutes ago
Edited 44 minutes ago
There always has to be someone to make us act like adults. (Maybe we can pretend that Katie is speaking to us in Russian).
Jun '10
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Crap: double post.
Does anyone understand Katievs' post? It looks like it's in Cyrillic.
Edited on Jan 21 at 11:24amApr '11
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Was he really trying to upset you, or just to create a slightly annoying absurd situation, a la the dumb guards bit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
May '10
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katievs:
This one is amusing to think about, cruel to do. · 47 minutes ago
Edited 44 minutes ago
There always has to be someone to make us act like adults. (Maybe we can pretend that Katie is speaking to us in Russian). · 1 minute ago
I have a sad suspicion that I am deficient in some essential humor gene.
Jul '11
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Mike Dukakis. Except I want to add the phrase,"Leave the tank photo out"
Mar '11
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Does it have to be a Presidential candidate?
Dick Durbin is probably running for reelection in 2014...
Mar '11
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katievs
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katievs:
This one is amusing to think about, cruel to do. · 47 minutes ago
Edited 44 minutes ago
There always has to be someone to make us act like adults. (Maybe we can pretend that Katie is speaking to us in Russian). · 1 minute ago
I have a sad suspicion that I am deficient in some essential humor gene. · 54 minutes ago
No Katie. You're probably just normal. It's the rest of us that are demented.