My Mum grew up in rural Ireland in the 1930’s. One of 9 children living in a remote farm cottage. Her 5 brothers were mischievous and sometimes went to extremes to entertain themselves .
They went to a neighbouring farm one day when they knew the couple were away for the day. It was a little old thatched house with a narrow door just like their own. They were sent by their father to return the old wooden cart they’d borrowed for some farm work. They unhitched the donkey from the cart and set their plan into action.
They removed the large wooden wheels from the cart, turned the cart on its side and slid it into the house. Then rolled the wheels in and reattached them to the cart. Then ran off.
Loosen the light bulbs. Unwire the plugs but leave them looking as if they're still intact. Hide the spare toilet rolls. Spray starch on their underwear. Move all their pictures and photos around.
Gosh why would we do any of that. What about you break in and have to do something nice for them to find when they get home. A nice cooked dinner, flowers, the oven cleaned….
Hide screws, bolts etc under the bottom sheet of the beds. Find the car keys, and go out and put a kipper under the bonnet. Loosen the bolts on the toilet seat. Set any radio alarms to come on very early in the morning, at full volume.
Gosh why would we do any of that. What about you break in and have to do something nice for them to find when they get home. A nice cooked dinner, flowers, the oven cleaned….
Because that's what the thread is about! (No one is suggesting they'd really do these things!)
Feel free to start an alternative thread, where you break into someone's house and do a good deed though 😉
If it were me, I'd swap the locks on the front and back doors 😈
Put little bits of plastic in battery powered items covering part of the terminal so that sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. Remove fuses from random electrical items, scrunch up bits of clingfilm and put into the necks of washing up liquid and suchlike, green this too, as it would take longer to squeeze out so they would.use less. Put pairs of crotchless knickers in the knicker drawer
Put insulating tape on all the light fittings so no matter what bulb they use, they won't work... I did actually do something similar to a coworker for April fools - to her cordless drill so it didn't charge overnight.
Leave a lovely wrapped up gift for their return. Mark the box "open this end" and they will find its a spring loaded glitter bomb with extra glitter! Be sure to disable all the hoovers and hide the dustpan and brush. What fun!