Within minutes, I had about 20 emails out to other people in the company asking them to remind Mandy about the spaghetti feed. The response was overwhelming, so I carried it to the next step.

Since I know people at her previous place of employment, I emailed them to also email Mandy to remind her about the spaghetti feed. Again, the response was very positive.

Mandy personally answered each email, and most people sent those responses back to me. I can tell you, I was laughing my butt off.

I ran into Mandy at a committee meeting at lunch and asked her how her day was going. In her very sarcastic way she said: "Oh, fine, Jim. But I'm a LITTLE BUSY with EMAILS!" So, I took it to the next level.

Knowing an instructor at Western Washington University, all the way across the state, I send him a note, hoping to get him to have his class email her. I sent a note to Mandy's husband, Peter, asking him to email and to get friends and family on board.

By this time, the email was propogating throughout the workplace, and Mandy was inundated with emails from inside the workplace and from outside.

And then, the crowing achievement - a stunt so bold that even Mandy's husband had to write: "THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST PRANK EVER!"

I emailed the Mayor of our fine town, asking HIM to email Mandy to remind her of the spaghetti feed, and also invited him to be a guest of honor at the spaghetti feed tomorrow. I don't know if his schedule will permit, but I know the Mayor personally and I know that he will do everything within his power to add spark to this flame.

So there is another workplace prank idea. It's something we all can use. Be creative. Get participation inside the company first, and then start taking it outside - in concentric circles, widening the reach each time.

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