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PRANK
WHEN MY FAMILY WOULD GO UP NORTH, I WOULD STEAL ALL THE
TOILET PAPER OUT OF THE OUTHOUSES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
SILVERWARE-NUMBER GAME
KNIVES, FORKS, AND SPOONS ARE ARRANGED IN WHAT LOOKS
TO BE A PATTERN OF SOME SORT. PARTICIPANTS TRY TO
GUESS WHAT NUMBER FROM ZERO TO TEN THE ARRANGEMENT
IS SUPPOSED TO BE. THE KNIVES, FORKS, AND SPOONS,
HOWEVER, DO NOT REPRESENT ANY NUMBER. THE TRICKSTER
ACTUALLY HAS A CERTAIN NUMBER OR NO NUMBER OF HIS
FINGERS SHOWING ON THE TABLE.
Submitter comment:
A BIOLOGY NUN PLAYED THE GAME ON US. SHE FOUND IT
VERY AMUSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
TELEPHONE PRANK
LOOK UP ANYONE IN THE PHONEBOOK AND CALL. WHEN
THEY ANSWER SAY, "MR. JONES, YOUR CAT'S IN OUR
BUSHES!"
NOT EVERYONE HAS CATS AND HE MAY ANSWER, "WE DON'T
HAVE A CAT." WHEREUPON CALLER RETORTS, "THAT'S
OKAY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY BUSHES EITHER."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
TELEPHONE CALL
RANDOMLY CALL A NUMBER, ASK THE PERSON ANSWERING,
"IS YOUR REFRIGERATOR RUNNING?" THE PERSON GENERALLY
ANSWERS, "YES," THEN RESPOND, "THEN YOU'D BETTER GO
CATCH IT." MM
RANDOMLY CALLING ANY NUMBER, ASK THE PERSON ANSWERING:
"IS ONE WALL THERE?" RESPONSE, "NO." "IS TWO WALL
THERE?" RESPONSE, "NO." "IS THREE WALL THERE?"
RESPONSE, "NO." "WELL, IS FOUR WALL THERE?"
RESPONSE, "NO." "WELL, THEN HOW IS YOUR HOUSE
STAYING UP?"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 11-12-1971
LET'S SAY YOU ARE GOING WITH A YOUNG MAN FOR ONE OR TWO
YEARS AND ALL AT ONCE, YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND AND YOU GOT
ANOTHER GUY. ON A CERTAIN NIGHT, THE JOKERS WOULD MAKE
A WOMAN (AND WE RAISE A LOT OF FLOCKS), THEY WOULD GO
AND GET THE OUTSIDE OF THE FLOCKS AND SPREAD THE STUFF
STARTING WITH THE CLOSEST STREET TO THE GUYS HOUSE TO
HIS HOUSE, AT THE END OF THE STUFF WOULD BE THE WOMAN.
THEN EVERYONE WOULD COME OUT AND HAVE A LAUGH. THEY
WOULD DO THE SAME IF IT HAPPENED TO A GIRL.
Submitter comment:
I TRIED TO REPEAT THIS AS MR. VALKEN RELATED THE
STORY TO ME.
Data entry tech comment: FINE, BUT IT MAKES NO SENSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DUNG
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
PRANKS
WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, ALL THE BOYS ALWAYS TRIED TO GET
THE SCHOOL YARD BEFORE THE SCHOOL DOORS WERE OPENED,
BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT THE GIRLS ALWAYS GOT THERE EARLY
AND IT WAS ADVANTAGEOUS TO GET A FEW GOOD PINCHES IN
WHEN THE DOORS WERE OPENED. IN THE CROWD IT WAS HARD
FOR THE GIRLS TO TELL WHO PINCHED THEM. THE BOYS
MADE A REGULAR SPORT OUT OF THIS PRACTICE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DID THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
THE THREE TYPES OF KISSES
THIS MUST BE SAID ALOUD AND PREFERABLY DEMONSTRATED
ON SOMEONE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX. THE THREE TYPES
OF KISSES ARE PEACHES, PRUNES, AND ALFALFA. EACH
SYLLABLE OF ALFALFA IS SAID WITH THE GONGUE OUT
AND SLOBBERY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS VERY FUNNY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 09-30-1971
THE EGG TRICK
FOR THIS TRICK YOU ASK SOMEONE TO STAND BEHIND A DOOR
ON THE PRETENSE OF HELPING YOU FIX THE HINGE. YOU TELL
THE PERSON BEHIND THE DOOR TO PLACE HIS THUMB AND INDEX
FINGER THROUGH THE NARROW DOOR SPACE. THEN YOU HAND
HIM AN EGG AND LEAVE HIM THERE INDEFINITELY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS PRANK VERY FUNNY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
PRANKS
IN THE SUMMER OF 1971, SIX POLICE OFFICERS GETTING OFF
WORK (THE AFTERNOON SHIFT) POOLED THE BEER THAT THEY
TOOK FROM MINORS (UNDER 21 YEARS OLD) DURING THE NIGHT'S
PATROL AND WENT OUT TO A SECLUDED FIELD ALONGSIDE SOME
RAILROAD TRACKS AND PROCEEDED TO GET DRUNK. A TRAIN
CAME DOWN THE TRACK AND THE SIX POLICEMEN IN FULL
POLICE UNIFORM STOPPED THE TRAIN WITH GUNS AND
FLASHLIGHTS IN HAND. THEY WALKED UP TO THE CONDUCTOR
OF THE TRAIN, HANDED HIM A BEER, SAYING "YOU'RE
DOING A FINE JOB," AND THEY ALL WENT HOME LAUGHING.
THE CONDUCTOR WAS SPEECHLESS.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD AS A TRUE STORY BY A WHITE, MIDDLE-AGED
DETROIT POLICE OFFICER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 08-00-1971
PRACTICAL JOKE
THIS JOKE CONSISTS OF BOTH SPEECH AND GESTURES. THE
SPEECH IS FORMULARIZED AND THE GESTURES PLAY A VERY
IMPORTANT PART FOR THE EFFECT OF THIS GAME. TWO
PEOPLE PLAY THE JOKE--ACTUALLY ONE PERSON PLAYS THE
JOKE ON A NAIVE PLAYER.
ALL RIGHT, NOW WE SHALL TAKE OUT THE BRAIN. (SAID IN A
"MATTER-OF-FACT" TONE). FIRST, MAKE AN INCISION DOWN
THE MIDDLE OF THE HEAD. (AS THE PERSON SAYS THIS, HE DRAWS
A LINE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE OTHER PERSON'S HEAD WITH
HIS FINGER). THEN ONE ACROSS THE FRONT. (DRAWS A LINE
ACROSS THE FOREHEAD WITH HIS FINGER). ONE ACROSS THE
BACK. (DRAWS A LINE ACROSS THE BACK OF THE HEAD.)
THEN WE PULL THE SKIN APART. (USING BOTH HANDS, HE
SMOOTHS DOWN THE PARTICIPANT'S HAIR ON EACH SIDE.)
REACH DOWN. (THE ABOVE PHRASES WERE SAID IN A WHISPERING
TONE; THIS ONE IS SAID WITH REAL EXCITEMENT. AS IT IS
BEING SAID, THE PERSON SPREADS HIS FINGERS ACROSS THE
SIDES OF THE HEAD TIGHTLY). TAKE OUT THE BRAIN (THE
PLAYER SUDDENLY PULLS HIS HANDS UP AND THEN YELLS
MADLY PRETENDING THAT HE THROWS THE BRAIN ON THE
FLOOR AND STOMPS ON IT).
Submitter comment:
THE PARTICIPANT ACTUALLY SAID THAT SHE FELT THAT HER
BRAIN WAS OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
PASTIME
WHEN INFORMANT LIVED IN THE UPPER PENNINSULA (OF
MICHIGAN) A FAVORITE PASTIME WAS GOING TO THE CITY
DUMP TO WATCH THE BEARS COME OUT AT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
PASTIME
INFORMANT STATED THAT A FAVORITE PASTIME ACTIVITY
AMONG NEIGHBORING PEOPLE WAS TO GO NUTTING IN THE FALL.
THIS MEANT THAT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON THE NEIGHBORING
FAMILIES WOULD GATHER TOGETHER AND GO NUT PICKING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT RITA CONVENT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
LIGHTNING BUGS
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, IN NEW YORK , WE'D HAVE REALLY GREAT
FUN IN THE SUMMER NIGHTS. YOU SEE ALL THESE LIGHTNING
BUGS WOULD COME OUT ALL OVER, AND WE'D SPEND HOURS
CATCHING THEM IN JARS. IF YOU HAPPENED TO SQUISH ONE
ACROSS 12 INCHES, YOU'D HAVE GLOW FOR 12 INCHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): PHOSPHORESCENCE ; SQUASH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LEAVES
BACK IN NEW JERSEY, THERE WAS THIS GAME WE'D PLAY WITH
LEAVES. WE'D RAKE THEM ALL TOGETHER AND FORM A HOUSE
OUT OF THEM. MAKE A WALL OUT OF THEM, THEN HAVE
LEAVES THAT WOULD REPRESENT BEDROOMS, KITCHEN, LIVING
ROOM, ETC.
Where learned: ON THE WAY TO UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 03-11-1970
TIN CAN
TAKE A TIN CAN, PUT IT ON THE GROUND...YOU HAD TO HAVE
HARD HEELS, YOU KNOW. WE USED TO STOMP ON THE CAN
WITH OUR HEELS. THAT WAY WHEN IT WOULD CRUSH, IT
WOULD BITE YOUR FOOT (HEEL) AND WOULD MAKE A REAL
COOL SOUND.
Where learned: ON THE WAY TO UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 03-11-1970
THE CHILDREN MADE ALL THEIR OWN TOYS. A KITE WOULD BE
A GREAT EVENT IN THEIR LIVES. THEY WOULD FIND WOOD THAT
WOULD BEND EASILY, THEN GO TO MOTHER AND ASK FOR A
PIECE OF NEWSPAPER AND A LITTLE BIT OF FLOUR AND A CUP,
SHE NEVER REFUSED THEM. THEY WOULD PUT THE KITE TOGETHER
(IN KITE FASHION) AND CUT THE NEWSPAPER TO FIT THE FRAME
AND THEN MAKE A PASTE OUT OF THE FLOUR AND USE IT TO
GLUE ON THE NEWSPAPER. MAYBE IT WOULD TAKE A WHOLE WEEK
TO MAKE. WE WERE JEALOUS OF EACH OTHER AND WHO WAS
GOING TO MAKE THE BEST KITE. PARENTS BOUGHT THE STRING
AND THEY USED RAGS FOR THE TAIL. IF THE TAIL WAS TOO
HEAVY THE KITE WOULDN'T GO UP; IF IT WAS TOO LIGHT
THE KITE WOULD CRASH AND YOU HAD TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.
ONCE THE KITE WAS UP, WE WOULD CHALLENGE ONE ANOTHER ON
WHOSE KITE WOULD GO UP THE HIGHEST.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS REPORTED AS MR. VALKEN TOLD ME. I BELIEVE THE
WOOD THEY USED CAME FROM THE WEEPING WILLOW TREE,
THIS WOOD BENDS EASILY WITHOUT BREAKING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
DON'T LOAN MONEY IN A GAMBLING GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
FIVE ACES: ANY OFFICER WHO ROLLS FIVE ACES WHEN
THROWING DICE FOR REFRESHMENTS IN A MESS, IS OBLIGED
BY TRADITION TO BUY A COMPLETE ROUND FOR ALL MESS-MATES
PRESENT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-19-1965
BASEBALL CUSTOM
IT IS TRADITIONAL TO EAT HOT DOGS AT BASEBALL GAMES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
KICK THE WATER COOLER
WHEN A BASEBALL PLAYER MAKES A BAD PLAY, HE COMES
INTO THE LOCKER ROOM AND KICKS THE WATER COOLER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival |
Date learned: 04-00-1968