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# Prank

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Odegaard loaned to Man City? Real Sociedad 'confirm deal' on Spain's equivalent of April Fool's Day
The Spanish club announced the loan via their official channels – but all is not what it seems.
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Dec 28th 2019, 6:30 PM
The viral Justin Bieber burrito photo was actually just an extremely elaborate hoax
This is the TripAdvisor shed restaurant all over again.
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Oct 29th 2018, 4:31 PM
Jimmy Kimmel and a bunch of A listers crashed a nearby movie screening during the Oscars
Jimmy Kimmel loves his pranks.
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Mar 5th 2018, 4:08 AM
Male arrested on suspicion of making hoax call which led to man being shot dead by police
The hoax caller told police that he shot his father in the head and he was holding his mother and a sibling at gunpoint.
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Dec 31st 2017, 2:45 PM
'A prank has cost an innocent life': Online gamer shot dead by police after row over $2 Call of Duty bet
The man was shot dead in Kansas this week.
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Dec 30th 2017, 11:15 AM
'Welcome Messi' - Real Madrid social media accounts hacked
The incident follows a recent takeover of Barcelona’s official Twitter account
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Aug 26th 2017, 10:52 AM
Two Mullingar teenagers pulled off the harshest Justin Bieber ticket prank
Don’t worry, it all worked out in the end.
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Apr 19th 2017, 4:30 PM
Woman accused of Kim Jong-Nam killing 'thought it was a prank'
The woman thought she was taking part in the prank for a comedy video, Vietnam said today.
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Feb 25th 2017, 7:12 PM
13 times one Irishman brilliantly trolled Metro's missed connections page
So good.
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Jan 2nd 2017, 6:00 PM
Someone has renamed Trump Tower 'Dump Tower' on Google Maps
Let us have our immature giggle.
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Nov 27th 2016, 2:41 PM
Some genius used a drone to pull off this truly spooky Harry Potter-esque prank
You can’t just give a Dementor the old one-two.
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Oct 20th 2016, 8:33 AM
This Halloween decoration was pulled from shops because it's too fecking creepy
No thank you.
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Sep 30th 2016, 10:15 AM
This lad's Facebook got pranked and people think he's giving away All-Ireland tickets now
This is going to run and run.
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Sep 6th 2016, 7:57 PM
This Dublin guy's parody account brilliantly trolled the Pope with his Olympics tweet
Well played, everyone.
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Aug 12th 2016, 11:01 AM
This grandad waited years to prank his grandson with this ridiculous dad joke
Everyone else go home. He can’t be beaten.
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Aug 7th 2016, 10:30 AM
This lad replaced family photos with pictures of Steve Buscemi, and his mam didn't even notice
Maybe she likes Steve Buscemi?
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Jul 27th 2016, 7:42 AM
This big sister played the most devious prank on her little sister as she slept
That’s what older siblings are for.
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Jun 29th 2016, 8:01 PM
This teenager hilariously got herself stuck in a giant Barney the Dinosaur head
When your childhood friend becomes your worst nightmare.
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Jun 22nd 2016, 6:30 PM
This prankster has created some ads taking the piss out of Father's Day sales
Father’s Day Blowout!
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Jun 15th 2016, 9:52 PM
This teenager pulled off an absolutely superb art gallery prank
Go to art gallery. Put glasses on the floor. Observe.
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May 25th 2016, 9:56 PM
Men jailed for staging 'fake robbery' at art gallery as part of Youtube prank
The four men enacted fake art robberies at two major London art galleries in the same afternoon.
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May 16th 2016, 10:13 PM
These guys played the most mortifying prank on their pal at airport security
Dying inside.
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May 11th 2016, 9:51 PM
This lad took his cousin's request for Frozen pajamas WAY too literally
Worst cousin EVER.
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May 11th 2016, 7:30 PM
This prankster mortified commuters by reading highly NSFW 'books' on the train
‘This Book Has A Camera In It And Google Is Taking Your Photo With It’.
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Apr 11th 2016, 3:05 PM
A Lisburn teen's tarantula prank on her mam sent Facebook into a frenzy last night
When mam pranks go wrong.
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Mar 11th 2016, 9:35 AM
A radio host pranked his co-worker by reading out curse words 'on air' and she FREAKED
“ALEX. ALEX, YOU CAN’T. ALEX!”
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Mar 11th 2016, 8:08 AM
A man successfully scared the shite out of his co-worker with a bear costume
Make him Employee of the Month.
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Mar 9th 2016, 11:02 AM
An unlucky lad is going viral after a prankster locked a padlock on his earlobe
Ow?
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Mar 4th 2016, 8:11 PM
Ant and Dec gave James Corden the pranking of his life last night
Saturday Night Takeaway is back!
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Feb 21st 2016, 9:07 AM
Adele and Ellen played a hilarious prank on an unsuspecting juice shop yesterday
Rason #253 we want Adele to be our best friend.
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Feb 19th 2016, 7:51 AM
When this woman wanted her sambo cut in half her husband delivered in style
She never specified how.
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Feb 7th 2016, 2:10 PM
This girl pranked her dad into thinking she was pregnant on Christmas morning
Just look at his face.
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Dec 28th 2015, 6:40 PM
This lad's friends put an ad on DoneDeal saying he had cheap Justin Bieber tickets
And his phone nearly exploded.
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Dec 18th 2015, 11:59 AM
This lad hired a fake family to prank his relatives with a cringey Christmas card
Merry Christmas from the Brassows!
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Dec 12th 2015, 3:20 PM
This husband has been pranking his wife with the same photo/video joke for years
The classic switch.
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Dec 9th 2015, 9:22 AM
This student has the same name as his lecturer, and he's taking full advantage of it
*applause*
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Nov 11th 2015, 9:56 PM
All this guy's friends dressed up as his embarrassing profile pic for Halloween
Hennoween.
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Nov 2nd 2015, 11:54 AM
Alarm as soldier in suicide bomber Halloween costume tries to get into army base
The compound was searched for explosives after the soldier tried to pass security.
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Nov 2nd 2015, 11:43 AM
People are loving this man's reaction to a simple 'egg-balancing' prank
A truly eggcellent prank. Ahem.
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Oct 16th 2015, 10:15 PM
This guy left a note to his parents saying the gaff had been 'robbed'
But it wasn’t what they expected AT ALL.
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Oct 13th 2015, 11:59 AM
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