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First things first: I read Blind Cavefish a couple times a week. It's that rarest of things - a diaryblog that's fun to read.

On the one hand: Jess, from BCF, got herself into this column, complete with inadvertent Glamourshot. Kudos.

On the other hand, I'm trying to figure out the news value of a story that says, basically, "sometimes pranks are funny, but sometimes they're cruel".

Is there anyone that survived junior high that doesn't know this?

My best practical joke? I edited my college newspaper. On April Fool's day, I released an issue claiming that the college had been bought by a Kuwaiti oil sheik. Hilarity ensued - mostly at the expense of foreign exchange students unfamiliar with the institution of "April Fool"...