Facebook Pranks

I think we've all had that time that our friends accessed our facebook account. It's a terrible, sinking feeling to know that your gender was wrong for the past month.


Before I started dating Kara, she mistakenly left her facebook up. We were going to be driving all the next day, so I figured this would be a perfect opportunity. But what to do?


Then it hit - change her birthday to the following day.


As we're driving, she keeps getting all of these "happy birthday" texts and phone calls. She was clueless. Confused, because these were her "true" friends calling to genuinely wish her happy birthday. There is no way that everyone could be in on this.


A smile itched its way across my face until she read out loud one of her texts and I burst out laughing. Luckily she thought it was funny. I made sure to wish her happy birthday before she could change it back.


If you're looking for good ways to change someone's profile, here are a few suggestions:

• Change their gender. Whenever they post something, it will show the world that they posted something on "his" or "her" wall.
• Subtly change their activities. Throw in "medieval club" or "polka dancing" to their list. They'll never notice.
• A status update that will get people's attention but is still realistic for them. Perhaps "was late to work because I ran over a cat." 

One of my recent pieces of work, you can hardly notice the "Watching Twilight," "Medieval Club," or "Dancing in the Rain." An added touch is the matching capitalization of his profile.