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Online Ribbers Get You Ready For April Fool’s, Beyond

Posted on Mar 29, 2010 @ 03:00PM - Add a comment

Prankplace.com, an online gag shop, has got you covered on the art of pranks this April Fool’s Day, and then some.

The company puts out an array of products to play the perfect prank, such as: a toilet paper roll with sheets resembling $100 bills, phony eviction notices, fake winning lottery tickets, fake parking tickets, Liquid Ass spray and realistic-looking rubber turds in every shape from hearts to peace signs to question marks. It also has its' finger on the pulse of what's hot and topical, as they manufacture such novelty products as Barack Obama toilet paper, Tiger condoms and the like.

“Humor is one aspect of our lives that doesn't go away, no matter what the state of the economy is," PrankPlace.com president Steve Wampold told us in a previous interview.

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Live Nation Ends Summer With A Bang

Posted on Aug 18, 2009 @ 05:49PM - Add a comment

Ticket seller Live Nation has already made the summer of 2009 a memorable one for music lovers, eliminating overpriced concert tickets and exorbitant service fees during many of its promotions. The good news: they saved the best for last.

On Wednesday, August 19 only, Live Nation will hold their end-of-summer blowout sale with prices so low ($10 All-In lawn tickets, $15 reserved seats, no service fee), you can probably scrounge it out of the couch (if you still have one in this economy!).

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Online Ribbers Make Economy The Butt Of Their Joke, Literally

Posted on Aug 06, 2009 @ 02:20PM - Add a comment

The current economic crisis, billed by some as the worst since the Great Depression, is nothing to laugh at -- or is it?

Prankplace.com, an online gag shop, is making the best of a bad situation, marketing popular products to those who want to replace the stress of layoffs, foreclosures and the like with the world's best medicine: laughter.

"This economy is in the crapper and many customers are buying products that relate to money and the toilet," says PrankPlace.com president Steve Wampold said.