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Declassified: Urine Sample, Nude Tanning Spot, Huge Apartment Needed

In this edition we declassify a terrible prank, a frustrated apartment hunter, and the problems facing local surfer boys

Wanted: Horrifying Conception Anecdote Pregnant woman’s piss needed for hilarious prank where you sell me piss and then I drink your piss and see if it gives me an erection. This will be such a gag! Can’t wait to see the look on your face! Surf3r BoI Needz H3lp! If you guys want to know [...]

Yes Man to Talk Pranks and Politics at the Royal

The Yes Men’s Andy Bichlbaum (left) and Mike Bonanno. Bichlbaum will speak about our federal election this week. Jacques Servin is a man of many names. A professor at Parsons by day, Servin moonlights as Andy Bichlbaum, one half of the hoax-activist duo the Yes Men, who notoriously impersonate politicians and business executives. Servin has [...]

Racing Like A Pro

Last weekend, Improv Toronto—the volunteer prank team that brought us such hits as Subway Dance Party, Dinosaur Protest, and Where’s Waldo in the Eaton Centre—set out to bring the glamour and spirit of the finish line to downtown Toronto. Taking to the streets, twenty pranksters armed with noisemakers staked out intersections, Dundas Square, and even [...]

Freezing Can Be Fun!

Weeks of record-breaking, finger-numbing, Antarctican weather are leaving Torontonians frozen across the city—and someone thinks it’s hilarious. Who could be cruel enough to snicker as you stand miserably in a pool of slush, waiting thirty-something minutes for the streetcar that was stopped up by unprecedented snowfall? On February 16, the jerks themselves want to watch, [...]