Obviously they had decided to treat the whole matter as
a practical joke and to brave it out, for outside the gates in an open fly were the whole party.
A Millionaire of Yesterday
Sir Dinadan the Humorist was the first to awake, and he soon roused the rest with
a practical joke of a suffi- ciently poor quality.
Connecticut Yankee
Candy, the doctor, on the sore subject of his profession; and he plays you
a practical joke, in return, with a dose of laudanum.
The Moonstone
BUT what about if I played
a practical joke on you now and it took ages and was not funny and made no sense and I laughed and you did not?
and this joke took ages [...]; First things first... If I started to tell you a joke right now
Judge of the Sverdlovsky District Court of Bishkek sentenced all defendants accused of organization of
a practical joke on talent of the Public Service Broadcaster (OTRK) Nazira Aitbekova.
Correspondents of Super-Info newspaper charged with two-year suspended sentences for organization of prank on OTRK talent
Washington, Jan 287 ( ANI ): George Clooney, who is notorious for playing practical jokes on his co-stars, has admitted he is putting together
a practical joke that will have huge repercussions for Brad Pitt.
George Clooney working on a prank that could end Brad Pitt's career
Gervais said: "It was a little bit of
a practical joke on my part in the sense that I think Karl is fascinating.
Gervais star '8th wonder of world' TELEVISION
When he considers the bed trick in All's Well That Ends Well in another chapter, he insists that it is not really
a practical joke because Helena is too solemn and just not funny; but that of course depends entirely on the players, and especially on the loathsomeness of Bertram.
David Ellis. Shakespeare's Practical Jokes: An Introduction to the Comic in His Works
A MAN told a court he left a hoax bomb on a bus as
a practical joke because he was bored.
'Bomb' a joke claim
NOW footballers aren't usually renowned for their great sense of humour, but how about this for
a practical joke on Liverpool striker Peter Crouch?
Football: Great sense of humour
TWO Midland teenagers have been given fixed penalty notices after posting a friend's details on a dating website as
a practical joke.
Web joke backfires
Surely playing him against France in Euro 2004 was enough of
a practical joke.
When will it end?
A federal appellate judge ruled last week that the city of Albuquerque and its police department can be sued for
a practical joke played on a new Southwest employee at the New Mexico city's airport in 2002.
Company Watch - Southwest Airlines
Mr Ferreira added: 'We spent a while looking for him and realised it was more serious than we thought it was.' 'JOKE' ENDS IN TRAGEDY: A 29-year-old man died after he leapt from a hotel balcony as part of
a practical joke, an inquest heard today.
Practical joke that ended in tragedy
"It is believed this person may have thought the man was playing
a practical joke and carried on walking.
Why a plea for help was ignored