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My friend and I used to prank each other.

One day he left his car at my house to go somewhere with another friend and he left me his keys in case it needed to be moved.

I had a few hours to work with so I came up with a plan.

First I downloaded a song; I Want It That Way by Backstreet Boys. Using an editor I copied just the chorus to a file. I put a 60-minute cassette in the tape recorder and put the chorus on followed by 15 minutes of silence and kept doing that to fill the tape.

I grabbed his keys, a portable tape player, the Backstreet Boys, and some tools and went to work.

I removed his car radio from the dash and stuck the tape player up in the dash and using a voltage regulator I tapped the "key on" power wire that goes to his radio. I put the tape player in continous play mode and adjusted the volume low to where it was barely audible. I stuck the radio back in the dash and went inside for a celebratory drink.

Here's what happens: any time he's driving at 15 minute intervals "I Want It That Way" would come from somewhere but because it's only a couple seconds you can't locate WHERE it is coming from.

I let a week go by and then I visit with him for beers. Eventually I ask him if he likes Backstreet Boys and he just glares at me silently for a good long moment and says "You motherfucker."