59 Fun Things to do to Confuse Your Roommate!
- Make brown-bag lunches for your roommate every morning. Give them to
him/her before he/she goes to class.
- Every time you enter the room, sit in a chair, lean back too far, and
fall over backwards. Laugh hysterically for about ten minutes. Then,
one day, repeat the falling-over exercise, but instead of laughing, get
up, look at the chair sternly, and say, "It's not funny anymore."
- Read with a flashlight when the lights are on. Pretend to read
without one when the lights are out, remarking every so often how great the
book is.
- Get a surfboard. Put it on your bed. Stand on it, and pretend to
surf for about fifteen minutes. Then, pretend to "wipe out," and fall off
the bed onto the floor. Pretend you are drowning until your roommate
comes over to "rescue" you.
- Keep a hamster as a pet. Buy a blender, and make milkshakes every
day. Then, one day, get rid of the hamster. Make a shake using a lot of
ketchup. When your roommate comes in, look at the shake, look at the
empty cage, and tell your roommate, "I was curious."
- Make toast for breakfast every morning, but don't plug the toaster in.
Eat the plain bread, looking at the toaster angrily, and complain that
the toaster doesn't know what it's doing. If your roommate suggests plugging
it in, go on a tangent about fire-safety hazards.
- Pack up all of your things and tell your roommate that you're going
away to "find yourself." Leave, and come back in about ten minutes. If your
roommate asks, explain that you're not a hard woman to find.
- Never speak to your roommate directly. If you need to ask or tell
him/her something, go to another room and call him/her on the phone.
- Every night, before you go to bed, beg your roommate for a glass of
water. When he/she brings it, dump it on the floor and immediately go to
sleep. If he/she ever refuses to bring you a glass of water, lie on the
bed and pretend to be dying of dehydration, making annoying gagging
sounds, until he/she does so.
- Every time the phone rings, turn on the stereo at full volume and
begin to violently slam-dance with your roommate. If he/she asks about it,
say, "Oh, that darn hypnotist...."
- Hang a picture of your roommate on the wall. Throw darts at it.
Smile at your roommate often, saying things like, "How nice to see you
again."
- Get a can of beans. Label them, "Jumping beans." Eat them, and then
jump around the room. Get another can of beans. Label them, "Dancing
beans." Eat them, and then dance around the room. Get another can of
beans. Label them, "Kill Your Roommate beans." Eat them, smiling at
your roommate.
- Every time your roommate falls asleep, wait ten minutes, and then
wake him/her up and say, "It's time to go to bed now."
- Insist that your roommate recite the "Pledge Of Allegiance" with you
every morning.
- Recite "Dr. Seuss" books, all the time. Eventually, think up
melodies for the words and sing them, loudly, directly to your roommate. If
he/she tells you to stop, act offended and spend the day in bed.
- Put up traffic signs around the room. If your roommate doesn't obey
them, give him/her tickets. Confiscate something your roommate owns
until he/she pays the tickets.
- Walk, talk, and dress like a cowboy at all times. If your roommate
inquires, tell him/her, "Don't worry little buckaroo. You'll be safe
with me."
- Complain that your elbows, knees, and other joints have been
bothering you. Get a screwdriver, and pretend to "fix" them.
- Paint abstract paintings, and title them things like, "Roommate Dying
in a Car Crash," and "Roommate Getting Whacked in the Head with a
Shovel." Comment often about how much you love the paintings.
- Wear glasses, and complain that you can never see anything. Bump
into walls and doors. Put your clothes on backwards. Say, "Who's that?"
every time your roommate enters the room. When you're not wearing the
glasses, act like you can see fine.
- Buy a lava lamp. Stare at it for hours, imitating its movements with
your face. Explain to your roommate that you have established a
connection with the spirit world through the lava lamp. Tell your roommate
that "Grandma said hi."
- Keep empty jars on the shelf. Tell your roommate that this is your
collection of "inert gases." Look at them often. One day, act surprised
and angered, and accuse your roommate of having released one of the
gases. Cover your nose and mouth and run out of the room.
- Wear scary Halloween masks. Look in the mirror and scream
hysterically for about five minutes every time you put one on.
- Rollerskate up and down the hallway. Every time you see your
roommate, crash into him/her and knock him/her down. Apologize, and say that
he/she looked like "the enemy."
- Put headphones on your roommate while he/she is sleeping, and
subliminally teach him/her to speak Spanish, play the trombone, and
memorize all the major imports and exports of each African nation.
- Stick your head out the window, but forget to open it, so that your
head crashes through the glass. Then say, "Silly me," open the window
again, and try to stick your head through. Act like you hit your head on
something.
- Dress like a military officer. Insist that your roommate salute you
upon sight. If he/she refuses, insist that he/she do 100 push-ups. Keep
saying things like, "Your momma isn't here to take care of you any more."
- Keep a collection of teeth in a jar. Act excited whenever you add to
it, and say things like, "In a little while I'll have enough for that
sailboat."
- Get a pet rabbit. At a designated time every day, take the rabbit
into the bathroom and engage in loud shouting matches. If your roommate
inquires, refuse to discuss the situation.
- Switch the sheets on your beds while s/he is at class.
- Twitch a lot.
- Pretend to talk while pretending to be asleep.
- Speak in tongues.
- Move you roommate's personal effects around. Start subtlely. Gradually
work up to big things, and eventually glue everything s/he owns to the
ceiling.
- Walk and talk backwards.
- Spend all your money on Jolt Cola. Drink it all. Stack the cans in the
middle of your room. Number them.
- Spend all your money on Transformers. Play with them at night. If your
roommate says anything, tell him/her with a straight face, "They're more
than meets the eye."
- Recite entire movie scripts (e.g. "The Road Warrior," "Repo Man,"
Casablanca,") almost inaudibly.
- Collect all your urine in a small jug.
- Chain yourself to your roommate's bed. Get him/her to bring you food.
- Ask your roommate if your family can move in "just for a couple of
weeks."
- Smile. All the time.
- Collect dog doo-doo in baby food jars. Sort them according to what you
think the dog ate.
- Hide a bunch of potato chips and Ho Hos in the bottom of a trash can.
When you get hungry, root around in the trash. Find the food, and eat
it. If your roommate empties the trash before you get hungry, demand that
s/he reimburse you.
- Leave a declaration of war on your roommate's desk. Include a list of
grievances.
- Paste boogers on the windows.
- Shoot rubber bands at your roommate while his/her back is turned, and
then look away quickly.
- Dye all your underwear lime green.
- Hide your underwear and socks in your roommate's closet. Accuse him/her
of stealing it.
- Whenever your roommate walks in, wait one minute and then stand up.
Announce that you are going to take a shower. Do so. Keep this up for
three weeks.
- Array thirteen toothbrushes of different colors on your dresser. Refuse
to discuss them.
- Whenever he/she is about to fall asleep, ask questions that start with
"Didja ever wonder why...." Be creative.
- Shave one eyebrow.
- Put your mattress underneath your bed. Sleep down under there and pile
your dirty clothes on the empty bedframe. If your roommate comments,
mutter "Gotta save space," twenty times while twitching violently.
- Always flush the toilet three times.
- Subsist entirely on pickles for a week. Vomit often.
- Buy a copy of Frankie Yankovic's "Pennsylvania Polka," and play it at
least 6 hours a day. If your roommate complains, explain that it's an
assignment for your primitive cultures class.
- Give him/her an allowance.
- Listen to radio static.
Back to the Funny lists page
Back to the MAIN PAGE
LE FastCounter