Hammock practical jokes?

**iggy** · 07-28-2010, 09:52

Originally Posted by Hawk-eye

Most any hunting supply place has them ... but you can make them ... just get some reflective tape and put on the head of a good thumbtack.

Good fun stuff especially if you prep it with bear stories and what if's ... that sort of thing ... without being obvious about it.

My brother is SO in trouble!! Thanks Hawk Eye!

-----Iggy--

**Hawk-eye** · 07-28-2010, 10:00

Originally Posted by iggy

My brother is SO in trouble!! Thanks Hawk Eye!

-----Iggy--

Talk to him about all the bear attacks and stories way in advance of your planned "event" ... when you place the tacks ... make sure the back ground isn't a rock or something that would show a bear is not there when they shine the light on it. Don't make it too close ... a good 80 feet or so away works best ... these things show up well over a hundred yards with a good light.

Of course one could have several "bears" in the thickets now couldn't he?

**poker88** · 07-28-2010, 10:10

I would want to be very careful not to have a practical joke that ended up damaging a hammock. Maybe I love my hammock too much but it wasn't cheap and any "friend" who played a joke that ended with an unusable hammock would fall out of the friend category pretty quickly.

**Hawk-eye** · 07-28-2010, 10:37

Iggy ... practical jokes on brothers is classic in our family ... sometime if we meet I'll have to tell you about my brother's 30th birthday in a fancy Detroit restaurant and a 325 lb stripper named Sultry Sofie ... or his 40th birthday and the 16 transvesties that gave him a block party at his house in Livermore, California (all employees of the company he worked for in San Fran ... great bunch of guys by the way).

And yeah there have been paybacks!

**hogback** · 07-28-2010, 15:04

yah i was on a trip and lowerclassmen always get bullied and i got serand raped then duct taped an then some body yelled train and a flash light was shined in my face and then wham somebode hit me with a pillow making me think i got hit by a train

**twowheels** · 07-28-2010, 15:06

Originally Posted by Kukri

I remember seeing some pics of Mother Nature playing a practical joke on some hammockers and sending a flood that rose to just below the hammocks. Always look down before you get out in the morning.

If that's not a good reason to hang high and ditch the tent, I'm not sure what is!

**lizzie** · 07-29-2010, 01:18

Originally Posted by Just Jeff

Somebody still develops pictures? That IS a good joke...

Yup. I'm old fashioned. In fact I still wind my watch

So another practical joke to pull on a hammocker would be to stand behind them with a long strip of velcro. As they ease themselves into the hammock, pull the velcro apart - they'll think they just ripped open their brand new Clark hammock

(Then run like hell!)

**Jsaults** · 07-29-2010, 06:45

of joke I was thinking about! No possible loss of life or limb.

Jim

**RootCause** · 07-29-2010, 07:54

Originally Posted by hogback

yah i was on a trip and lowerclassmen always get bullied and i got serand raped then duct taped an then some body yelled train and a flash light was shined in my face and then wham somebode hit me with a pillow making me think i got hit by a train

You did mean "saran wrapped", didn't you? Please?

**avi** · 07-29-2010, 08:25

There is a video of a group of campers in hammocks....everyone is awake except for one sleeping in the hammock..one of the guys come up on this guys webbing on the tree and take a huge knife and cuts his lines....guy and hammock both fall to the ground....not cool but still funny in an adolescent kinda way. (as long as he got new straps out of it). I am always scared this is going to happen to me when camping with people in tents. Gotta find the clip on youtube and put it up here. I think I found it as a YouTube recommendation while checking out shugs videos.