Don't Answer

One of my favourites.  The phone booth prank that didn't work out, but ended up being the funniest one ever.  The guy just WOULD NOT answer the phone.  We rang the phone as this young man was about to make a call.  He just stood there, refusing to pick up the receiver.  Luckily, the phone kept ringing without a time-out.  He walked around, attempting ton out-wait the phone.

After a few moments, he walked into the variety store... apparently asking if he could use their phone.  They refused.  We could even see the clerk in the store pointing to the pay phone.  As he walked out, we re-dialed the phone and made it ring again.  As he'd walk away, we'd stop the ring and re-dial as he neared the phone again.

With this prank we got lucky with our timing.  We'd re-rung the phone three times, and were done.  As he walked away a final time, another lady from a different direction approached the phone.  We let her make a call.  The guy runs back and waits beside the booth.  The lady talked for a while, so he walked away. 

The funniest part is what happened next.  For some reason, this guy really wanted to use the phone, but he wouldn't pick it up while it was ringing, and since we made it ring every time he approached the booth, he gut frustrated.  We watched him walk to the stop light and thought; "Oh no!  He's coming HERE".  Sure enough, even though we were not the closest store, he walked right up to our store and entered.  Rick, my college and partner in prank couldn't hold it in, he had to leave.  He walks up to me, and says; "Can I use your phone?" 

Naturally you know my answer; "There is a payphone across the street".  Rick's laughter can be heard from the back.  I honestly don't have a memory of what happened next.  The funny part was over.  I don't remember if we let him use our phone or not, but I never found out what his fear of answering was.