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22Dec2006

Foiled!

DateFriday, December 22, 2006 at 06:28AM

That's right. My team and I tin foiled a fellow designer's cubicle. So here's the background: a fellow designer left for vacation this past week. He intends to return the Tuesday after Christmas. What he doesn't even know yet is that my boss, fellow designer and myself used over 500 square feet of tin foil and wrapped up EVERYTHING in his cube!

The pictures don't do it justice... We wrapped it all -- his phone, the mirror, his headphones, his hat, the action figures, the papers on his desk even the trash under it. We started around 3pm Wednesday afternoon and spent 3-4 hours wrapping. Then on Thursday we spent the entire day finishing it up.

$25 of tin foil and only 1.5 days of time ... not to shabby if I may say so myself. You can view all the pictures here:
http://flickr.com/photos/vinesugar/sets/72157594432152707/ 

Note - I'll be setting up a webcam and recording his reaction when he returns so SSSHHHH! don't tell him =)

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    Response: Guy wraps co-worker’s cubicle in tin foil
    at RespectRandomness on December 22, 2006
    This is great. I would so totally love to do this to someone in my office. If only we had cubicles….....
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    by Peanuts at Mallr.com on December 24, 2006
    Vote up on this great story!
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    Response: The evil genius of office pranksters
    at Watercooler Confidential on January 28, 2007
    Are you the practical joker in your office, or the practical jokee? Like many of us, I am both. My longest running prank was some years ago when I unscrewed the bottom cap of my co-worker's telephone and put scotch...
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    Response: So I Tinned My Boss’ Office Today
    at 6 Degrees Of Me on May 1, 2007
    I got a lot of stuff done today at work. I did a lot of organizing to get ready for a big ramp up of one of my projects. I also wrote a lot of documentation to present to the VP of Operations. Speaking of the VP of Operations…it just so happen...
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Reader Comments (129)

That's awesome, make sure you film his return, would be hilarious to watch :D
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterJuz
wow thats freaking great
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered Commenteraaron
LOL NICE!
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterAlphaDrake
There's another prank like this that's even on a larger scale than this one. Pictures are floating around on the net.
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterBS News
Quite possibly one of the best office pranks ever!
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered Commentercdaddario
That is freaking amazing. seriously video tape that - bookmarked this page :D
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterZeke
Good thing the plot wasn't foiled! ARghhhhhh!
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterDemosthenes
I don't get it.
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered Commenterdamnhappydad
Amazing work. thank's for sharing it.
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered Commentercodwif
Is that a plant in the last picture?
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered Commenterjimmy
Way to rip off someone else's work. These pictures are extremely old, and you had nothing to do with them.
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered Commenterandrewr
I'd love to see that shot in HDR. :)
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered Commenteradubyailkinson
How am I supposed to act surprised now?
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered Commenterfoiled
Dude, that is freakin' incredible. How many hours do you think it will take for him to UNwrap it??
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterTarod
pwnd!
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterChaf
So what if he hops on the net and sees this on digg now? If I was him I'd come to the office then dressed all in tinfoil too.
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered Commenterblanktarget
You should really tape his reaction to this:D Geat work.
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered Commenterbeingridden
Beyond amazing.
What a lot of work, planning and fine detail.
How many rolls of metallic foil ?
Dilbert would be proud !!
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterMax Nohcud
Yay! Let's waste a whole bunch of foil for a stupid prank and then throw it out when we are done! What a waste!
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterWhatever
That's so funny, yes make sure you film his reaction.
December 22, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterLisa
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