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"I was cupped!" - Cupping Prank

Step 5Mean tricks

Mean tricks
If you want to be mean (and colorful) fill the cups with colored water or Kool-aid (or dye if you're really bad).  You could also fill the cups with something your prankee wouldn't want to dump down the sink (like good booze).  Of course this would increase the cost of the prank, but it might be worth it.

Prankee have a cat or dog?  Toss an animal into the mix and cups will tip.  

If you can time it, consider punching a pin hole in the bottom of some of the cups.  Leave them be or place a square of paper towel underneath to soak up some of the leakage.  In this prank, nothing says "panic" like leaking cups.

Connect a few cups with a piece of thread (taped to the bottom of the cups).  Your prankee will pick up one cup and empty a handful of them all over the floor.
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Jan 29, 2012. 10:08 AMthe dashing hero says:
naboo fighter!

D
Sep 17, 2011. 6:27 AMFrozenIce says:
wow...... ur evil......u deserve 5 stars.....
Jun 8, 2011. 5:40 PMPlo Koon says:
Truly evil. (Ha! Ha!) >=)
Apr 14, 2010. 11:13 PM00JAMIEJOHNSON00 says:
if its a vinyl or concrete floor or something similar, use vegitable oil instead of water and watch them slide
Jun 6, 2011. 8:42 PMDerek Vigil says:
Thats awesome!
Nov 30, 2010. 9:30 PMminioop says:
hahahahahahahaha..wow thats mean
Aug 11, 2010. 8:46 PMarpoky says:
That's cold...
Mar 24, 2011. 5:06 AMCyclonicNinja says:
if you know your Victim will have to cross the sea of cups within a few minutes of finishing. add glue or some liquid latex (latex gets stuck in fabric big time!) in some cups and add a tripwire so they will fall down.
Feb 20, 2011. 6:23 PMjake4a4 says:
Here are some things that help if you're an evil pranker.

-Fill the cups up almost completely instead of halfway. This will make cleaning it up tougher.

-Use fishing line to make a tripwire. When they're cleaning, they will trip and spill some, while landing on the rest of the cups.

-Put a drop of something clear and disgusting into each cup. When cleaning it, they may take a sip of the water (instinct) and be grossed out. Some good ideas are: Lime juice, Castor oil, etc.

-Fill the cups with something that stinks.

-Use duct tape to make a giant floor of cups. Make 2x1 cups, put 2 together, make 2x2 cups, put 2 together, make 4x2 cups, put 2 together, make 4x4, put 2 together, etc. untill you have a giant unit of cups which you can fill up with a bottle/pitcher.

-Think up yo own!
Dec 13, 2010. 9:20 PMairsoftdominator999 says:
do it with elmers glue. MWAHAHAHAHA!!!
Mar 19, 2010. 1:29 AMsillyzombie666 says:
remember if your stupid enough to use dye or any thing that can stain odds are you will need to replace the entire carpet, rug, wood floor or the grout of the tiles
Mar 25, 2010. 7:09 AMhazode says:
Only if you're caught ;)
Mar 25, 2010. 10:24 AMTrilby says:
 Damn straight
Jul 5, 2010. 5:46 PMguineapigmaster138 says:
fo shizzle my nizzle !
Jun 30, 2010. 9:39 PMmo shuga fo yo pancakes says:
im going to do this in the bathrooms at my summer camp, and the mess hall if i can get in
Mar 26, 2010. 9:43 AMdrresearch says:
If the guy is desperate of getting through he might even become destructive and just walk straight the cups upsetting everything, also if it is an office, etc. where you are doing this, make sure there are no CCTV cameras or you might get caught later if your trick does work out!
Mar 25, 2010. 10:28 AMgofeetgo says:
or if you are the smart prankee you could just empty the cups in your path to the other (half-filled) cups just to get foot room and minimize just how much time it would take to get through...
Mar 25, 2010. 10:04 AMBankyEdwards says:
Stapling the cups together at the rims and completely covering a section of floor before pouring them full makes for this task to be so much funnier... But the string is a good alternative.

I knew a father of a friend who did this to the entire surface of the floor of a laundry room that bridged the gap between garage and house... With the staples involved and the floor completely covered, it was nearly impossible to pick up the cups without spillage.
Mar 19, 2010. 8:15 PMBluexadema says:
if there are floor tiles outside the room flip the cups upside down (keep the water sealed with a notecard or a laminated sheet)

this way they cant pick up the cups without spilling it

you can also build vertical in front of the door, use notecards again to build a frame so you can build vertical
Mar 20, 2010. 4:32 AMBluexadema says:
i guess i forgot to mention that you need to pull out the sheet,

i believe there is an instructable called the upside down cup

http://www.instructables.com/id/Upside-down-full-cup-shina/step2/Pre-Flip/

we do this at the service academies all the time since its tile everywhere, detergent, water, and milk all get used (milk only for personal vendettas)
Mar 19, 2010. 11:57 PMBartboy says:
100x better idea,
10x more work.
Do the math.
I think you'll find that you have a very good idea!
:D

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