Snappy gum trick

The Snappy gum trick (or "snapping gum trick") is a prank wherein a victim is offered a stick of chewing gum from an ordinary-looking chewing gum package. The package, however, does not actually contain gum. Instead, the stick of gum actually has a spring-loaded snapping mechanism similar to a mouse trap. When the victim pulls on the stick of gum, the spring releases and strikes the victim's finger, causing minor pain and embarrassment.

A similar prank is the package of "rattlesnake eggs." This consists of a slingshot-shaped piece of stiff wire, with a rubber band tied to the "horns." In the middle of the rubber band is an ordinary washer which the prankster winds up on the rubber band just before slipping the affair into a small manila envelope, which usually is printed with a warning about "Rattlesnake Eggs inside--heat may hatch them!" The victim opens the flap, which causes the rubber band with the washer to unwind, making a noise suggesting that a newly-hatched baby rattlesnake is in the envelope, and, as with the Snappy Gum, feels embarrassment.

For the record, rattlesnakes don't lay eggs.

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