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Tricksters and Fools (April 2011)

In "Mind Over Magic," you learned about the science behind tricking people. Then in "Gold's Fools," you read about times when humans embarrassed themselves over shiny bits of metal. And if you've ever read Muse, you've probably noticed a certain tricksy figure sprinting through our pages, pies aloft, bent on causing mischief. So which side are you on? Are you a trickster--and if so, want to share some of your secrets? Or are you the gullible friend who's always getting pied in the face? (Cough, Urania.)

We'll try to keep Koko from scanning this thread for ideas, but we can't promise anything.

bring back the spy kids thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

submitted by liam h, age 10, cary nc
(April 5, 2011 - 7:30 pm)

A hundred and sixty three exclamation points, huh?

Actually, it was a pretty cool thread. Editors?

submitted by GeekGirl, age 13, Punctuation land
(April 8, 2011 - 5:04 pm)

i detest spy kids, NOT intelligent movie-making.

submitted by SabreDragon, age 13, Narnia
(April 25, 2011 - 8:03 am)

Not the movie, the thread about spying.

submitted by Caroline G., age 12, NC
(May 12, 2011 - 2:38 pm)

I'm somewhere between the two. I have been pranked more than I pull pranks on other people, but I don't do that often. However, I'm not extremely gullible, either, so... yeah.

 

I have a trick! Everyone knows what gullible means right? Right. *drum roll*

Did you know that gullible isn't in the dictionary?

Think about this real hard before saying "Really?". Trust me on this.

submitted by GeekGirl, age 13, Pluto
(April 8, 2011 - 4:52 pm)

Ha.  Ha.  Ha.  Gullible IS in the dictionary.

submitted by Victoria, age age, City, State
(April 12, 2011 - 8:36 am)

Yup! And it's funny cause gullible means you're tricked easily. If you fall for this, then you are 1) easily tricked into thinking that a word meaning "easily tricked" is NOT in the dictionary and 2) you are crushed by enormous amounts of irony.

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I've never tried this trick, but on the overnight field trip a couple of boys in my class tried this on another boy in their cabin. Apparently, it works.

You will need: Shaving cream or toothpaste, a feather or something similarly tickle-y and a friend that is ticklish and sleeps through just about anything.

1) Make sure that your victim is deeply asleep, but they still twitch when you yell at/poke them. If they wake up, abort the mission. Running is a good idea in this scenario as well.

2) Take one of the victim's hands and spray a reasonable amount of shaving cream into it, but not so much that it tumbles out of their hand.

3)Tickle their cheek with the feather. Keep doing so until they scratch their cheek with the hand full of shaving cream. They will probably wake up when this happens.

4) Run. Fast.

submitted by GeekGirl, age 13, Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, Diagon Alley
(April 16, 2011 - 7:51 pm)

I am definetly a trickster. Kokopelli, if you can break in, try the old-fasioned pillow over the door trick. But instead of a pillow, use a pie.

submitted by Lauren B., age 11, York, PA
(April 9, 2011 - 1:46 pm)

triskters in stories often arn't as strong as others, so they become cunning to make up for it. i am very thin and can be tricky at times.

submitted by liam h, age 10, cary nc
(April 10, 2011 - 3:53 pm)

go urainia!!!!!!!!!! down with kokopelli!!!!!!!!!!!

submitted by liam h, age 10, cary nc
(April 11, 2011 - 4:21 pm)

Go Kokopelli!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Down with Urainia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

submitted by Erin K., age 13.314159, Apex NC
(April 17, 2011 - 2:32 pm)

Go Mimi and Pwt! Down with Koko AND Urania!!

submitted by Caroline G., age 12, NC
(May 12, 2011 - 2:39 pm)

Weeell... I would be a trickster if I could ever think of any tricks.  I stuffed my friend's shoes with tissues... but she found them before she put her foot in... she was like "are these MY shoes?"  it was only a little funny.

submitted by Victoria, age age, City, State
(April 12, 2011 - 8:38 am)

the only trick i do on a reguler baiss is snicking up on some one and yelling boo!! any segestuns for other tridcks? on an other note, when triying to convey excitment throgh exclumation points, use two, since when you use one it is't anuf, but when you use three or more it's to much. 

submitted by liam h, age 10, cary nc
(April 12, 2011 - 10:19 am)

Okay!! I will!!  For a little while at least!!  This is fun!!

submitted by Victoria, age age, City, State
(April 12, 2011 - 1:08 pm)

You could stick a golfball in someone's shoe. I don't know what the point of it is but that's an idea.

submitted by Vivian M., age not over 463, Tymund, Shilonmond,Kiytrusi(city,country,planet)
(April 13, 2011 - 6:16 pm)

You can NEVER have too many exclamation points.

submitted by Erin K., age 13.314159, Apex, NC
(April 17, 2011 - 2:28 pm)

I know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

submitted by GeekGirl, age 13, Exclamation land
(April 19, 2011 - 3:59 pm)

I am a pretty gullible when I am not pranking people. A good prank is to turn everything upside down after covering it in cheesecake. I'm not going to go into the details of a prank involving plstic cockroaches, sour cream and a kitten. Really. It's unpleasant.

submitted by Ethan M., age 12, Ranolph, New York
(April 14, 2011 - 3:02 pm)

oh yeah,Orbodox.

submitted by Vivian M., age 9 and 3/4, Randolph,Ny
(April 16, 2011 - 12:43 pm)

I am definently a gulible person!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my brother is always trying to trick me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!personally,I think HE'S NOT VERY NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1Did i use too many exclamation marks?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 

submitted by Vivian m., age 9 and 3/4, Randolph NY
(April 16, 2011 - 12:55 pm)

YES.

submitted by Caroline G, age 12, NC
(May 12, 2011 - 2:39 pm)

I AM A TRICKSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A tip for fellow pranksters:  having a gullible friend really helps.

submitted by Erin K., age 13.314159, Apex, NC
(April 17, 2011 - 2:31 pm)

Hey! I am a gullible friend.

submitted by Caroline G., age 12, NC
(May 12, 2011 - 2:40 pm)

I know this one is sort of old but....

THESE ARE THE FOUR TRUTHS IN LIFE

1. You cannot stick your tongue out and look up at the ceiling at the same time, a physical impossibility due to the tendons within your neck. 

2. All idiots will try #1 after reading it.

3.They will discover it is a lie.

4. You are now smiling because you are an idiot.

PS They should make an article not on how using numbers makes you believe fibs, but on using big words. Such as now. 

submitted by Lion L., age 10, The Jungle
(April 17, 2011 - 7:29 pm)

i can stick out my tonuge out and look at the celling at the same time!! also what do you mean by #1?

submitted by liam h, age 10, cary nc
(April 19, 2011 - 10:34 am)

I did this to my mom and dad... they soooo fell for it... =)  it was funny.  i will have you know that I DID NOT FALL FOR IT!  i kinda accidentally read number 2 before i finished number one...

submitted by Victoria, age toot sweet, hushaby bay, vulgeria
(April 22, 2011 - 9:21 am)

Thanks for the prank, Lion! I tried it on my sister, and she stared at me dumbly bfore trying it. After which I burst into laughter. HA HA HA!!!!!!!!

submitted by Emma V., age 12 (finally! finally!), Nowhere in particular
(May 1, 2011 - 2:42 pm)

secretly the easyest and funyest thing to do is to to do thiss oen speshel tric that everyoen fals for! you cna do it enywhere to.

step 1 FREASE

step 2 LOOK some where random, usualy up or at the grownd

step 3  PRETEND theres supper man or somthing else interesting flying acrost the sky or crawling on the grown and gape at it say somthing like who do you guyes see that, man it's so cool. dude awsome, neat ext. don't over do it

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lames joke ever you know how it goes

look under there

where

ha ha you said underwhere

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trust me this joke is not funny sereusly. the underwhere joke is as bad as the

how to amputate your leg joke wich is simpuly terable it can put all kokopelli's to shame.

injoy your joking.

submitted by maya h, age 13, salinas ca
(September 8, 2011 - 9:30 pm)

I AM NOT AN IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:(  :(   :(   :(

submitted by NO, age NO, NO
(April 18, 2012 - 8:05 pm)

bad erin!! go  stand in the corner!!

submitted by erin's mom, age i like to think of myself as 24 years old, erin's house
(April 19, 2011 - 10:37 am)

42, is that you?  Does anyone know what i did wrong?

submitted by Erin K., age 13.314159, Apex, NC
(April 22, 2011 - 2:36 pm)

i have no idea...

submitted by Victoria, age toot sweet, hushaby bay, vulgeria
(April 23, 2011 - 10:55 am)

It's ok. You didn't do anything wrong, as far as I know.

Whoever said that: NOT NICE! No offense or anything.

You can come out of the corner now, Erin.

submitted by Caroline G, age 12, NC
(May 12, 2011 - 2:42 pm)

what you did wrong is supporting kokopelli, and saying you can never have to many exclumaition points.

submitted by erin's mom, age i like to think of myself as 24 years old, erin's house
(April 23, 2011 - 10:30 am)

Exclamation is actually how it's spelled.

My favorite way to prepare exclamation points is to mix them with question marks, which create interrobangs.

submitted by Caroline G, age 12, NC
(May 13, 2011 - 3:04 pm)

if you want to see the spy kids thaed just look up spy kids muse. 

submitted by liam h, age 10, cary nc
(April 24, 2011 - 9:53 am)

A good trick to play on someone in the winter is sticking some hard-packed snow in the tip of their boots. Even if it melts it will still make their feet wet. ( I played this one on my older sister. )

submitted by Inez M., age 12, somewhere
(April 24, 2011 - 6:10 pm)

who likes spykids anyway?

submitted by SabreDragon, age 13, Narnia
(April 25, 2011 - 8:02 am)

The movie: I found it annoying and creepy.

The thread: Epic win.

submitted by Caroline G, age 12, NC
(May 12, 2011 - 2:44 pm)

Last year, all my friends took a class trip to boston. my best friend got pranked 4 times.

here they are:

shaving cream on the nose while sleeping

shortsheeting the bed

pillow on the head

and believe it or not, she fell for the myth that if you say "gullible" really slow, it sounds like "green beans"

man, i wish my parents let me go on over night trips. they dont care if its educational. my bestie would have gotten pranked at least 6 more times. Im the koko of our group.

 

submitted by worldsaga, TARDIS (Dr. Whos hangout/ time traveling machine)
(April 28, 2011 - 7:13 pm)

i am a prankster. i am an odd number.

submitted by 1234567, age 1234567, deep river CT
(April 30, 2011 - 4:29 pm)

I love Bo!!!!!! Facts are utterly (he he) awesome! I enjoy pestering my friends/family with the facts you present in Muse. Not only am I obssessed with facts, I'm also obssesed with cows (I call them moo cows). So if I could talk with you, Bo, the talking, fact filled, moo cow of awesomness/radness, my life would be complete!

~ Please reply!!!! <3 Hannah

 

Thanks, Hannah! I love to hear from my fans! --Bo

submitted by Hannah H., age 11, Fairview, TX
(May 1, 2011 - 12:32 pm)

  i DID have a show lamb. She happened to live next to  a show cow. (I kept her at the 4-H Barn.) I totally agree that cows are awesome. YOU RULE, KOKOPELLI! BECAUSE I LIKE PIE! DO YOU HAVE ANY CHOCOLATE PIES? I`LL ROB YOU IF YOU DO!

THANK YOU.

YOUR #1 FAN,

LIZZYBEE 

submitted by Elizabeth W., age 10, Nowhere, NO
(May 1, 2011 - 2:13 pm)

great news!! osama bin laden killed in helocopter raid north of islamabad!! ding dong the wicked witch is dead!!

submitted by liam h, age 10, cary nc
(May 2, 2011 - 1:40 pm)

We SOOOOOOOOOOOO got off topic here...

submitted by Victoria, age toot sweet, hushaby bay, vulgeria
(May 4, 2011 - 8:54 am)

Yeah....

submitted by Caroline G, age 12, NC
(May 12, 2011 - 2:43 pm)

Okay, first off, WHAT IS SPY KIDS THREAD????

submitted by wingnut, age 2,346, wingnutland
(June 9, 2011 - 10:27 am)

Go with Kokopelli and down with anybody who doesn't like him because of a prank and his pies. He makes me laugh and I love that about him. You don't have to be perfect and he shows us its o.k. to laugh out loud. Go Koko!!!!!!!!

submitted by Kaitlyn L. , age 12, Glen Ellyn, IL
(June 16, 2011 - 2:11 pm)

I love KOKO! I think the pies are great and so are the pranks. Everyone needs a good laugh!

submitted by Kaitlyn L. , age 12, Glen Ellyn, IL
(June 16, 2011 - 2:16 pm)

this is proof that koko is with the hpbs the following is a intercepted letter to koko from the head hpb   dear mr kokopelli we are makeing the nuchuler pies as fast as we can and soon will have enough of them to concour the world now on the order for chemicll and biologhichull pies you do know that it will take months to reaghust the factorys to the new prosiegher please reply to share your thoughts on the matter

singhed general and commander-in-chief of all hot pink bunny armies lord carrom flopsy vii  

here is my proof you see i youst to work for koko but when i learnd his true intent i quwit and took as much inforemaition as possoboll 

submitted by ******, age ******, ******* *******
(June 17, 2011 - 11:24 am)

erin!!! back in the corner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i mean it!!!!!!!

submitted by erin's mom, age i like to think of myself as 24 years old, erin's house
(June 30, 2011 - 10:06 am)

I love this one:

Go up to a friend and say "I can tell your fortune by looking at your shoe!" Another item they have would work, but I think it's funniest with a shoe. If they aren't convinced, take their shoe anyway.

Look at their shoe and say "You will go on a long journey" in a mysterious voice.

Chuck their shoe as far as you can.

Run.

submitted by GeekGirl, age 13.14159265, X-Men school
(December 23, 2011 - 4:02 pm)

There is a room in our school that actually has the word "gullible" taped the celing.

submitted by Meghan H, age Do you know?, 11
(December 26, 2011 - 2:38 pm)

Koko should chuck way more pies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Go pies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!READ GENIUS SQUAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

submitted by Me (well duh!), age none of your beeswax, My city,my state
(April 18, 2012 - 8:03 pm)