I have a confession - many years ago I had a family from hell berthed next to us. They were loud, kids were out of control parent couldnt care less. Load music etc late into the night. I even had kit go missing Site manager was too scared to challenge them. Campers were complaining to them but they just swore and generally took no notice. Because they were late risers in the morning my devious mind got working. So early every morning i Spent half an our cutting the breadf crusts into tiny little pieces and threw them on his van roof. I did this for many days and every morning there were dozens of seagulls amassing on the roof of his van waking them up. Every morning because the familyy was very loud I could hear them complaining that the bloody seagulls must be wearing clogs (this made me chuckle). I hope I put them off caravanning. How many people out there have done a devious deed like that.
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I have that in my younger days, not for the same reasons either. what I found was the bigger the chunks of bread you use, the more noise and faster they congregate on the roof, haven't had a reason to do that in years now,
Think you should have named the thread "what pranks we have done in all our years of camping/caravanning"
Should make interesting reading
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exactly what I do all the time. esp to those who go away and polish their van whilst on holiday. wait untill they are out and bread on roof. ha ha great fun ! guess I should have grown out of it by now but cant.
last year I stayed in a hotel with a partner new to this country and wanted to see and stay in a proper fishing village. whilst she was in the bathroom at night I loaded the flat roof above us with bread and cake, and left one on the cill inside of room and insisted on having the bedroom window open at night. was woken by her at 5am sitting shaking wide eyed to the rowe and comotion.
turned out she had a problem with large birds en mass so funny and yet had to feel sorry for her. it was a good few hours later that I owned up about it. we still laugh to this day.
Quote: Originally posted by D Mansworth on 06/3/2011
exactly what I do all the time. esp to those who go away and polish their van whilst on holiday. wait untill they are out and bread on roof. ha ha great fun ! guess I should have grown out of it by now but cant.
Not quite so funny for those people that have their vans in storage and only get the chance to clean them whilst out on site.
Quote: Originally posted by Chalkie56 on 06/3/2011
I have a confession - many years ago I had a family from hell berthed next to us. They were loud, kids were out of control parent couldnt care less. Load music etc late into the night. I even had kit go missing Site manager was too scared to challenge them. Campers were complaining to them but they just swore and generally took no notice. Because they were late risers in the morning my devious mind got working. So early every morning i Spent half an our cutting the breadf crusts into tiny little pieces and threw them on his van roof. I did this for many days and every morning there were dozens of seagulls amassing on the roof of his van waking them up. Every morning because the familyy was very loud I could hear them complaining that the bloody seagulls must be wearing clogs (this made me chuckle). I hope I put them off caravanning. How many people out there have done a devious deed like that.
never had the need to do it, what we tend to do is go camping from sunday till thursday not many kids about then, or find a camp with no club coz they tend to go places with clubs on them xx Gill
My dear old dad was a great one for pranks in his younger days, but never anything that would cause harm or damage to anyone or their property. One of his favourites being a cigar smoker at the time was to take a razor blade and carefully remove the celophane wrapper without tearing it, then remove all the cigars from the packet into his silver case before replacing them with a little gravel for weight, replacing the celophane without any visible joins, then place the packet on the ground within his visible range from his caravan door or window where he would watch and wait!
The game was to see who would fall for the prank by picking them up and pocketing them as a good find, as indeed they looked just like a packet of fairly expensive fine cigars that had been accidently droped on the way back from the shop!
Even funnier was when the finder proceeded to open the treasure packet in full view of us, then discard it by throwing it down in disgust!
One observent Gent actually noticed my Dad was a smoker of these 'Jimmy Saville' type cigars in onsite bar, and after finding them on the floor, proceeded to tap on the caravan door to hand them back as he honestly thought dad had dropped them on his way back from the shop!
Those were the days!
Julia
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Quote: Originally posted by romany girl on 06/3/2011
My dear old dad was a great one for pranks in his younger days, but never anything that would cause harm or damage to anyone or their property. One of his favourites being a cigar smoker at the time was to take a razor blade and carefully remove the celophane wrapper without tearing it, then remove all the cigars from the packet into his silver case before replacing them with a little gravel for weight, replacing the celophane without any visible joins, then place the packet on the ground within his visible range from his caravan door or window where he would watch and wait!
The game was to see who would fall for the prank by picking them up and pocketing them as a good find, as indeed they looked just like a packet of fairly expensive fine cigars that had been accidently droped on the way back from the shop!
Even funnier was when the finder proceeded to open the treasure packet in full view of us, then discard it by throwing it down in disgust!
One observent Gent actually noticed my Dad was a smoker of these 'Jimmy Saville' type cigars in onsite bar, and after finding them on the floor, proceeded to tap on the caravan door to hand them back as he honestly thought dad had dropped them on his way back from the shop!
Those were the days!
Julia
better still get a two pound coin and drill a hole thru it couter sink the hole so it will take a 4" nail and hammer it into tarmac path. sit back and watch folk. you will be amazed at the number who will not stop straight away but kick it as if by accident.
if they stop to try and pull it up just let them know its yours and to get their own one. hours of fun esp if you are sitting comfortably.
Quote: Originally posted by D Mansworth on 06/3/2011
exactly what I do all the time. esp to those who go away and polish their van whilst on holiday. wait untill they are out and bread on roof. ha ha great fun ! guess I should have grown out of it by now but cant.
Not quite so funny for those people that have their vans in storage and only get the chance to clean them whilst out on site.
yer right like the chap I saw with two awnings one for their use and one for his car ! the whole idea of getting out there is to get away and relax/chill/re-charge the greycells.
Quote: Originally posted by D Mansworth on 06/3/2011
Quote: Originally posted by romany girl on 06/3/2011
My dear old dad was a great one for pranks in his younger days, but never anything that would cause harm or damage to anyone or their property. One of his favourites being a cigar smoker at the time was to take a razor blade and carefully remove the celophane wrapper without tearing it, then remove all the cigars from the packet into his silver case before replacing them with a little gravel for weight, replacing the celophane without any visible joins, then place the packet on the ground within his visible range from his caravan door or window where he would watch and wait!
The game was to see who would fall for the prank by picking them up and pocketing them as a good find, as indeed they looked just like a packet of fairly expensive fine cigars that had been accidently droped on the way back from the shop!
Even funnier was when the finder proceeded to open the treasure packet in full view of us, then discard it by throwing it down in disgust!
One observent Gent actually noticed my Dad was a smoker of these 'Jimmy Saville' type cigars in onsite bar, and after finding them on the floor, proceeded to tap on the caravan door to hand them back as he honestly thought dad had dropped them on his way back from the shop!
Those were the days!
Julia
better still get a two pound coin and drill a hole thru it couter sink the hole so it will take a 4" nail and hammer it into tarmac path. sit back and watch folk. you will be amazed at the number who will not stop straight away but kick it as if by accident.
if they stop to try and pull it up just let them know its yours and to get their own one. hours of fun esp if you are sitting comfortably.
Oh so now I know who nailed the pound coin down to the pavement outside the little cafe naer Bewst-y-coed railway station!
It must be the resession thats caused it to drop in value, but its amazing how many old dears try and pick it up as they alight from the pensioners tour busses that stop outside!
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I remember once someone had superglued a £1 coin to the pavement in a busy shopping centre - right out side Costa coffee and people watching out the window. I bet it was the caravanner from hell getting their own back on me.
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exactly what I do all the time. esp to those who go away and polish their van whilst on holiday. wait untill they are out and bread on roof. ha ha great fun ! guess I should have grown out of it by now but cant.
Television? DVD? Satellite TV? Games Console? pitch boundry markers? please show me where these folk camp so I can avoid! I get away to get away !
exactly what I do all the time. esp to those who go away and polish their van whilst on holiday. wait untill they are out and bread on roof. ha ha great fun ! guess I should have grown out of it by now but cant.
Television? DVD? Satellite TV? Games Console? pitch boundry markers? please show me where these folk camp so I can avoid! I get away to get away !
Quote: Originally posted by Chalkie56 on 07/3/2011
I remember once someone had superglued a £1 coin to the pavement in a busy shopping centre - right out side Costa coffee and people watching out the window. I bet it was the caravanner from hell getting their own back on me.
yep that was prob me ! best way to get your own back on noisy campers I find is to do what we did last season in sussex, next unit along joined in also and the party goers was very un happy bunnies.
we awoke around six showered and spoke to the other campers about the noise and they also had a restless night. on getting back to the caravan announced WAKEY WAAAKY and started calling and cooking breakfast orders and requests. Radio 4 on. the offenders all woke up much earlier than they wished and as they was campers had far less comforts than us for breakfast and warming up. their breakfast was left over burger buns and crisps. they had packed up and left around 9am, site owners wondered where they was as they had paid for two nights. lucky us! no problem with folk having a good time but after 1am I expect a fair amount of silence!
Quote: Originally posted by Crypto on 07/3/2011
at D Mansworth:
What's that lead coming off your caravan roof in your picture gallery? Wouldn't be a TV aerial would it?
yes correct removed now it is a picture from when I collected it also gone are the old ladies draws "net curtains to you and me" and the wind break/screens that was in the unit are long gone.
full marks for observation you are the first to notice many others are not so bright.
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Topic: Noise on roof of Van # 2
