Man's Apartment Encased in Aluminum Foil
I heard him open the door and gasp and start laughing. I love the quarters. It's almost more funny realizing the things that were left unwrapped.
- Beth Kelly
My history as a practical joker has, mercifully, been rather short and nonprodictive. OK, there was the one time in college that I duct-taped two women into their dorm room, and another time when I balanced empty pop cans against their door in the middle of the night. Yeah, we all need when the got up to go to the bathroom....
THIS stunt, however, is world-class, and I bow to skills far superior to my own.
OLYMPIA, Wash. - What kind of friends coat your apartment - and nearly everything in it - with tinfoil while you're away? Here's a hint: One of the only objects that escaped the shiny treatment was a book titled "Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends."
Chris Kirk found his downtown Olympia apartment encased in aluminum foil when he returned home Monday night from a trip to Los Angeles.
The walls, ceiling, cabinets and everything in between shimmered, after the prank orchestrated by Kirk's longtime friend, Luke Trerice, 26, who was staying in the apartment while Kirk was away.
This sounds almost like performance art, but it does make me wonder what the payback's going to involve....
Trerice, who lives in Las Vegas, and a small group of friends draped the apartment with about 4,000 square feet of aluminum foil, which cost about $100....
"It was just a spur of the moment thing," Trerice said. "I really don't even consider it art. I consider it a psychology project. ... He seems to be upbeat, so I consider this a success. "
No detail was too small or too time-consuming. The toilet paper was unrolled, wrapped in foil, then rolled back up again. The friends covered Kirk's book and compact disc collections but made sure each CD case could open and shut normally. They even used foil on each coin in Kirk's spare change.
And to sweeten the theme, they left silver Hershey's kisses sprinkled throughout the apartment.
"The toilet was hard. The molding around the doorways took a very long time," Trerice said.
When you consider the amount of time and effort required to so so completely and thoroughly complete a practical joke like this, Kirk should be glad that Trerice is a friend. I shudder to think what might have happened if something had been done as an act of revenge.
Kirk's awestruck neighbors and friends kept him up until late Monday night. He hasn't started unpacking his belongings and isn't sure when he will. "
"As I was trying to sleep last night, I realized that, actually, it's creepy," Kirk said.
And as for whether Trerice will ever be allowed to stay again at the apartment unsupervised, Kirk said: "I don't know. We'll see."
The good news is that Kirk won't have to worry about aliens reading his brain waves for quite some time. Of course, I would imagine the toilet seat is a bit on the uncomfortable side....
