Filling an office with packing peanuts, how to fake it

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Office filled with packing peanuts

I’ve always wanted to do the packing peanuts prank at work, but it’s usually prohibitively expensive and time consuming. Then I came across this page. A quick trip to the UPS store to purchase 28 cu ft of biodegradable packing peanuts (cost: $65), office supply store for paper and tape ($12), and a few beers later we were quite successful. The difficult part was that the offices here have a glass corner, so we had to setup some boxes inside to hold the paper in place, but in the end I think it really adds to the effect. Our coworker explained his thoughts when he came in the next morning as: “Oh my… they didn’t? no, they couldn’t, it’d take to much.. no, no way…”. For added effect we locked his door so that he couldn’t immediately confirm that it was a fake front. All of the reaction, a fraction of the time and cost. I love a good April Fool’s prank. There are a whole series of pictures of the whole process here (my photos) and here (photos by Mike Morris). Credit must also be given to Cristian Mueller and Mike Morris for being a part of this. Seems like three people are perfect to pull this off.

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4 Responses to “Filling an office with packing peanuts, how to fake it”

  1. C.I.A. AGENT on April 1st, 2008 5:39 pm

    owned XD

  2. Autumn on April 7th, 2008 7:57 am

    That looks fantastic. Props!

  3. Autumn on April 7th, 2008 8:01 am

    Also, after going through your photos, I wish I had an office like that! I’m all too familiar with the schizophrenic-intern-cubicle. And I see from your profile that you do fire poi– that’s pretty amazing. Cheers!

  4. Ed on April 7th, 2008 10:11 am

    Yes, the offices here are quite awesome, big spacious and full of glass. Our coworker is quite happy to have some privacy now. :)

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