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- Anarchist Phone Pranks: Vol I
-
- Written by: The 0mega & Electronic Rebel 04/03/86
-
- Introduction:
-
- The Telephone is possibly the most useful device ever invented for the
- Anarchist/Prankster. With it, you can effectively terrorize a person or
- permanently ruin his/her life forever, quickly, easily, anonymously, and
- without ever leaving the comfort and privacy of your own home. It can open up
- new vistas in entertainment and bring hours of fun. Outlined herein are
- several
- Krackartist favorites for phone terrorism, and general cranking. The usual
- disclaimer applies: they are intended for informational purposes only, and we
- take no responsibility for whatever happens to the victim or the perpetrator.
- [But, don't let that stop you!]
-
- Case History:
-
- The Victim: Bob Retard <not his real name>, 22 years old - such the
- lozer,
- Nerds use him as a guideline. Let me describe Bob Retard in greater
- detail...For one thing, Bob was a mormon, and that was bad enough, but his
- appearance was even worse. He was weak and skinny. Bob always wore the same
- old, pale-blue fishing hat no matter where he went. He probably wore it to
- cover up his greasy hair; it looked like he hadn't washed it since 1974, (but,
- I was always afraid to look any closer than I dared) and it looked like he
- combed it back with his clumsy hands. I don't think he had shaved in as long
- either, because he had this stubble growing on his face, like a slime mold.
- He
- had an annoying, pimply little voice, like his nose was stopped up with mucus
- or something. And around his neck was a whistle and a light-meter (we never
- could figure those out), and strapped to his hip he always carried a 99
- function scientific calculator IN A HOLSTER! (Can you believe it?) Maybe he
- wanted to be ready to do numeric battle or something, I don't know. In his
- shirt pocket, he had a leather pocket-guard with an assortment of multi-color
- pens and mechanical pencils. I got the impression that is mother (who must
- have been a Hellen-Keller clone) had dressed him. You could spot him
- anywhere,
- whether riding his bike (him and that bike!), or on rare occasions cruising at
- a speedy 15 MPH in his sporty 1969 Ford Falcon. Honestly, I cannot help but
- make a comparison in my mind between him and Pee Wee Herman (I detest that
- little prick!) because they looked and acted exactly the same; the only
- difference being that Pee Wee does it on purpose. In short, Bob was an ugly
- mother-fucker, and probably a genetic reject. Infact, everyone in his family
- was a genetically defected Bob clone! But, he was generally harmless and so
- everyone picked on the spud. So one week, we decided we'd pull some cranks on
- 'ol Bob Retard and some people picked at random, just for phun.
- __________________
- | |
- | Be alert! |
- | The world needs |
- *) First, we decided to send Bob a few pizza's | all the lerts it |
- (at his expense, of course!) So we calmly called up | can get! |
- every pizza place we could find that delivered. |__________________|
- Rebel told 'em he was Bob and if they asked for a
- phone number, he gave 'em Bob's, number that rang forever, or even a local
- BBS's modem number (it doesn't really matter since they never call anyway).
- We
- ordered the same thing at every pizza place: 2 large pizza's with everything
- on them and 3 large cokes (incase he got thirsty). The bill was about $15 for
- each order. It must have been pretty surprising that every half hour a pizza
- delivery car came to his house for a total of 8 large pizza's and 12 large
- cokes! Too bad none of the Vietnamese restaurants here deliver, or else we
- could have sent him roast dog (yum!)
-
- *) The next day, it occured to us that Bob had stayed in that house too long
- (poor Bob never went anywhere), and that a trip somewhere (it didn't matter
- where! Anywhere!) would be his chance to get away from it all. So we called
- 6
- taxi services (we wanted to give him a variety) to come and pick him up at his
- house and take him to the airport! Then we decided he should have the choice
- of going in style and luxury, so in addition, we called 2 limousine services
- and arranged for a third to pick him up the next day (incase he missed the
- opportunity the first time.) The bill came to about $60 or so.
- Unfortunately,
- he didn't leave. ________________________ I wonder if he got the clue?
- | |
- *) Rebel | Anarchy Rules! | suggested the possibility that
- Bob's house was |________________________| infested with fleas and ticks
- and maybe even termites. So, just to be on the safe side, we called a termite
- inspection company to come check out his house. (We're so considerate, don't
- you think?) They said it would be $70 just to show up. It seemed like a fair
- price to us, so we (or rather, Bob) agreed and said we'd have a check ready.
- Then we called the friendly neighborhood pest control and told them about
- Bob's
- flea and tick problem, and made an appointment a few days in advance for them
- to put a tent (a fucking tent!) over his house and fumigate it. It would cost
- around $120. When Bob was approached by the termite inspection guy, he told
- him that he hadn't called him, that it was probably a practical joke (Bob's so
- swift!) and turned him away, like he had the taxi's, the limo's and the pizza
- delivery's. Needless to say, they were all very pissed (and some were even
- heard to utter some verbal execrations at Bob).
-
- *) But, we weren't finished yet! Bob's life was infinitely too boring (though
- we never bothered to do an indepth study on just what it was he did for
- 'entertainment'), so we thought a brand new video recorder would be just the
- thing. We called up a local TV shop that also sold video recorders. What
- kind
- would we get? Nothing but the best for our buddy Bob! Spare no expense!
- Rebel
- talked to the salesman and asked about the best VHS unit we could get - one
- with remote control and 8 hour quality recording, 14 day programmable timer,
- LED and digital display and all that kind of good shit. That was the unit we
- wanted - it would cost about $700. After some more talking and an extra $50
- fee, we convinced him to come over to Bob's and deliver it, C.O.D. in a few
- hours. Joking "do you guys accept cash? Everyone's using Credit Cards these
- days," made our story a little more credible. Be calm, polite, sound a few
- years older than you really are, and be able to B.S. your way through things
- in
- a jam, and that's the key.
-
- *) Finally, about this time, we decided clumsy Bob had locked himself out of
- his house (Oh, dear!) So Rebel called 2 locksmiths (2 locksmiths is good for
- effect) and told 'em he was Bob, calling from a neighbor's house and that he
- had just locked himself out of his house. We told 'em it was a deadbolt lock
- and to bring the heavy equiptment. Each locksmith would charge a $35 fee just
- to show up, and extra to work the lock. That was reasonable, and afterall,
- poor Bob was locked out of his house and it was getting dark! I bet they were
- surprised to find Bob open the door and meet them! I bet Bob was more
- surprised to learn he had been locked out of his house!
-
-
- *) We pulled a few more stunts on him that go without mentioning, like
- ordering
- a Garbage Truck to come pick up tree limbs and assorted refuse, and calling
- another service to re-pave his driveway. But, I'll save those exploits for
- later.
-
- At the end of the week-long terrorist spree, we added up the damage, and
- compiled the following list (figures are approximated):
-
- Quantity/Item Cost
-
- 8 Large Pizza's, 12 Large Cokes..$ 60
- 6 Taxi's, 3 Limo's...............$ 60
- 1 Termite Inspector..............$ 70
- 1 House Fumigation...............$120
- 1 Super Hi-Tech VCR..............$700
- 2 Locksmiths.....................$ 70
-
- TOTAL = $1080
-
- [Wow, a spiffy little chart like TIME magazine does!]
-
- The Coupe De Grace:
-
- We rounded it off to an even $1100. Then, we sent him an anonymous
- letter
- politely thanking him for participating in our 'gag', acknowledged
- responsibility for the 'terrorist attacks' and presented the above list of
- damages and the total. And, enclosed in the letter was $1100 in Monopoly
- money
- (You can get 'em at TG&Y), in crisp new bills, that "should more than cover
- the
- damages." - Now that's classy! Actually, Bob was too retarted to have been
- pissed, but at least we inconvenienced the hell out of him! Of course, he
- didn't have to pay anything since he told everyone it was a gag, so no real
- monetary damage was done.
-
- Conclusion:
-
- I could cover many more pranks, but I'll save 'em for a later Volume
- (afterall, there has to be a sequel!) Be creative! Strip-A-Grams are boring,
- tacky, and unimaginative (more than once). Looking in your Yellow Pages is
- often a great help for coming up with ideas. Mail order C.O.D. is always
- good.
- Anytime you see anything on TV or in a magazine that you can get C.O.D. go fer
- it! (To my knowledge, they don't require any ID or verification, other than
- an
- address). It doesn't matter if it's expensive, it'll all add up in the end.
- "Ginsu: It slices, it dices, it can EVEN cut this 74 Datsun IN HALF and STILL
- cut a watermelon! But, that's not all..." If you're in a hurry, send it
- Express Air, Overnight Service or whatever. And, in most cities and towns
- there is a Senior Citizen grocery delivery service. Old folks unable to get
- down to the local VONS/SAFEWAY can order their groceries and pay for it when
- they are delivered. That one could be interesting! Or, how about calling
- your
- local Cable Co. and cancelling someone's Expanded Cable Service? Oops! No
- more HBO, PLAYBOY, CINEMAX, and the 30 odd other channels that person had!
- Cancelling the entire cable service is not only suspicious, but more trouble
- for you than it's worth. [Thanks to Carol M. for the Cable idea].
-
- Look for the next editions of Anarchist Phone Pranks by The Krackartists:
- "Bob plays Jeopardy", "Special Operator #337, may I help you please?" and
- "RadioFunkSpiel".
-
- This has been a Krackartist Presentation.