My Pranking Cup Overfloweth

This post is dedicated to Catherine!

I've decided to take matters into my own hands. Therefore, the ensuing post will be out of its originally designed context. That is to say, I'm about to explain how to defuse a prank that Tyler Jimmy has not explained how to execute.

I am not patient.

I had an advantage in disassembling this prank: I knew it was coming!

You could say that I metaphorically caught Tyler Jimmy with his pranking-pants down. I happened to walk into the room while the cup-sculpture was under construction. I assumed cups were made for filling, and when Tyler Jimmy didn’t show up for class Thursday night – I knew it was only a matter of time before somebody spilled… the prank.

(I’m not apologizing for that.)

Sure enough, I arrived home to find the image to your left. I contemplated the cups around my room, cursing and shuffling. It occurred to me to drain the cup by puncturing the bottom and maneuvering the cup over a plastic dish. Yeah, that doesn’t work! You’ll dump as much water onto the floor from the connected cups as you empty.

(Insert Act Two here – including dramatic build up, choreographed dance competitions and a team of Alaskan snow dogs.)

The de-pranking muses graced me right around this time, and here’s how I did finally get the construction apart. Using an exacto-knife I cut away sections of the cups, slicing under the staple when the water level was below the level of the said fastener. You’ll have to finagle. I used a tray to carry the sections to the sink where I dumped them out. Doing this it took me about an hour total to get the cups cleaned up (including some spilled “water.”)

I would go on here about how the smell of nutmeg and dish soap brought back memories of my dad in his bachelor days (when he’d just started working for McCormick Spice Company) – but this post has gone on long enough. And my dad doesn't prank me.