by Sarah Parrish

Created on: April 19, 2009

Sometimes the better the joke, the greater the risk of the joke being taken the wrong way. You could try something with a high risk and a high reward like send your husband flowers and sign them with the name of a woman at work (especially if he doesn't like her very much) but these sorts of high risk pranks have a tendency to backfire so below are some suggestions that are a little calmer in nature, though they might not pack quite such a big punch.

Food related
Try replacing salt with sugar or sugar with salt (though this has a tendency to ruin some food and drinks). Add Tabasco to his ketchup (this carries the same risk). Including plastic bugs in food works great and in ice cubes works well, too. Best to include just one in something like a salad, though. If it's stuck in an ice cube it might look a little too contrived.

Clothing related
Sew his pant legs together at the bottom hem. You can also try different things with his shoes like hide something in them or reversing the laces.

Work related
Disorienting pranks are the easiest to pull off related to his work. You can change the picture on his computer or cell phone to something slightly embarrassing or put something on his chair that he might not want to sit on. Try change the clocks to the wrong time or better yet, find some clocks that run backwards and replace all the ones in his office.

If you want to do something with his computer with a little more humor than changing the picture, you could cover the bottom of his mouse with some tape so the cursor doesn't move or even remove the batteries from his laptop so he can't use it without a power cord (but it'd be so much lighter!)

Morning pranks
Try stealing his towel while he's in the shower or replacing the shampoo with conditioner and the conditioner with shampoo.

Gross pranks
If you're up for a little work in cleaning up the situation, you can try putting some yellow Jello or plain pectin in the toilet so the water doesn't move. This one can be a bit of a mess to clean up.

If he's the kind of guy who won't be mad if his hands get dirty, go ahead and slather some honey on the doorknobs.

While he's sleeping (These are only good if he's a sound sleeper.)
Switch things around in the room so he's disoriented when he wakes up. For example, you could move clothes around, adjust the placement of the furniture (just a little adjustment works best so it takes some time to notice something isn't quite right) or change the clocks. If you decide to change the clocks you should also reset the alarm clock so it wakes him up at the right time. He'll be very confused. Just be sure he isn't late to work. And, finally, in the tradition of men's fraternities and good movies, you can always put some makeup on him while he's sleeping.

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