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Classic april fools prank: bucket o' water trap

$Classic april fools prank: bucket o\$

Here's a classic prank and awesome prank that I know your gonna love! using a bucket of water!

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Step 1Materials

So here's what your gonna be needing to ruin someones day, and their clothes, and put a dent in their pride! >:D

a bucket of water

a door

a ladder

and a victim (one who is a slow runner, if you know what I'm sayin)

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40 comments

May 20, 2010. 6:27 PMKottonKandy says:

LOL i tried something like this once, and the bucket fell on me, drenching me with ice cold water, and then the bucket bonked me on the head. D'oh! And, probably the worst part of it was, was that I had just called the victim, so they got to watch the whole scene. I happened to be a little upset at that particular moment, (wonder why? lol) so I said "You better get outta here, coz im getten mad!!" and they look up in "mid-laugh" and say "Why are you mad?" and I'm all "CUZ THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!" and then im all *facepalm* "I wasn't supposed to say that" and they laffed soooooooooooo hard.

Oct 8, 2011. 10:50 AMspeedracer425 says:

Pure gold epic fail

May 22, 2010. 6:45 AMApple_4_life (author) says:

HAHAHA! epic failure!

Nov 25, 2010. 10:06 PMthe_burrito_master says:

We tall people don't need ladders.

Jun 6, 2011. 8:46 PMDerek Vigil says:

hehe your probably a short person.

Jul 4, 2011. 12:46 AMthe_burrito_master says:

haha you must be orelse you wouldn't belittle me :P

Mar 28, 2011. 1:51 PMcliffordsr says:

how bout bucket of rocks? or cinderblock? glass? or even boiling oil?

Dec 18, 2010. 11:29 AMAir_Assassin says:

NOOOOO! not the yankees! PHILLIESSSSSSSSS!!

Dec 18, 2010. 1:32 PMApple_4_life (author) says:

nope, Yanks all the way

Dec 19, 2010. 4:18 PMAir_Assassin says:

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Dec 23, 2010. 8:43 AMApple_4_life (author) says:

haha, i have nothing against the phillies, im just not a fan, sorry dude

Dec 23, 2010. 2:07 PMAir_Assassin says:

thats okay

Dec 10, 2010. 2:22 PMmattthomas992003 says:

I did this with a plastic shopping bag and a girls hair rubber band thingy, when it fell the rubber band shot off and the bag covered my vic and it didnt hurt them like a bucket but still cool idea with the bucket

Sep 29, 2010. 7:59 PMRedFlash says:

You'd better tie a piece of string or something to the bucket or someone might get knocked out...

I played this one with those little 20c rubber bouncy balls. Hilarious!

Nov 24, 2010. 11:30 AMAir_Assassin says:

Awesome

Nov 24, 2010. 1:09 PMRedFlash says:

Yeah, it was hilarious until mum got up and started yelling... lol

Dec 4, 2010. 9:06 AMAir_Assassin says:

okay...About that...

Dec 5, 2010. 12:43 AMRedFlash says:

May 5, 2010. 10:51 PMpufferfish9108 says:

try this one with eggs or juice or somthing that stains.

May 8, 2010. 7:52 AMApple_4_life (author) says:

ok, thanks, ill remember that

May 9, 2010. 4:41 PMpufferfish9108 says:

or even paint!

Jul 3, 2010. 5:52 PMCompgeek789 says:

or barf

Dec 4, 2010. 9:09 AMAir_Assassin says:

Why would u do that?

Jul 4, 2010. 7:27 AMApple_4_life (author) says:

I like your thinkin!

May 9, 2010. 4:40 PMpufferfish9108 says:

depends on how cruel u r

Nov 24, 2010. 11:29 AMAir_Assassin says:

nice

Sep 23, 2010. 4:53 AMbeehard44 says:

too bad they take practical jokes seriously here in the Philippines...
damn

Sep 16, 2010. 12:47 PM

ElvenChild says:

someone did this to me once but I new it was going to happen and they were standing on the inside of the door so I closed it and it fell on them

Sep 23, 2010. 4:52 AMbeehard44 says:

lol

Aug 15, 2010. 7:25 PMpoprocks7453 says:

lol my sister FREAKED when the bucket dumped

Aug 17, 2010. 3:23 PMApple_4_life (author) says:

Niiiiiiice lol

Apr 6, 2010. 7:42 PMfartnocker says:

what my freind did was did this to the door to the kitchen and the only way to get through to the kitchen was opening the door. it was messy

Apr 2, 2010. 2:47 PMDangerArt says:

This is a bad idea as the water bucket may not actually tip completely over to empty the water before the bucket lands on the victims head. the full weight of the water in the bucket could cause a range of injuries from bruising to neck trauma. :-(

Apr 3, 2010. 7:21 AMApple_4_life (author) says:

the only way that the bucket were to not tip over would if there was a string attached to the handle, the only way for the bucket to fall is to have it off balance so when you open the door the bucket tips over, or to push against the door really hard

Mar 31, 2010. 11:24 AMApple_4_life (author) says:

again can't you please rate more then just a 3.09? thats all you've put! (sorry its just I thought that this was a better instructable than the other 3)

Mar 31, 2010. 11:38 AM

LoneWolf says:

Your right, It was a better instructable than the other three.

Actually, I rated it a 5.0, but it averages out the rating, even if another person rates it 5.0 it won't show up as a 5.0, the rating will just increase respectively.

Mar 31, 2010. 12:08 PMApple_4_life (author) says:

OHHHH..... how strange

Mar 31, 2010. 12:39 PM

LoneWolf says:

Yeah, but I like it cause' then some idiot can't go around taking instructables rated 5.0 and move them down to 0.5

Apr 1, 2010. 1:43 PMApple_4_life (author) says:

yeah

Apr 1, 2010. 1:49 PM

LoneWolf says:

Now it has 6 ratings, you can see how it slowly changes.