Tag: Trickery

• The Humble Bookshelf: Or, How to Give Others the False Impression That You’re an Interesting Person

  Every respectable adult knows that obvious displays of material goods are the best way to make a good impression on visitors. However, one of the best available options for this most noble of pursuits has been increasingly overlooked in the modern day: I speak, of course, of the bookshelf.  Set aside, for a moment, your…

  Will Palmer

  July 12, 2022

  “Humor”, Latest Wisdom

  Advice, Books, Bookshelf, Churchill, Clausewitz, Home Improvement, Home Organizing, Humor, Interior Decorating, Lifestyle, S.P.Q.R., The Art of War, The Da Vinci Code, The Last of the Mohicans, The Road, Trickery

• Throwback Article: The Definitive List of Pranks

  (To Alienate Your Friends and Loved Ones) 1) “The Parrot Pretext.” This is a classic gag. Use a birthday as an excuse to purchase a parrot for the target of your prank, and train said parrot to repeat problematic phrases at inopportune times. This is one of my favorites because it’s an intergenerational method of…

  Will Palmer

  June 15, 2022

  “Humor”, Latest Wisdom

  Challenge, Fatwa, Funny, Gags, Gaslighting, Humor, Jokes, Life Advice, Losing Friends, Parrot, Plagues of Egypt, Pranks, Taxidermy, Throwback, Trickery