Wrapped cube prank, originally uploaded by scpetrel.

200 feet of wrapping paper - about $12.
Wrapping a coworker’s entire cube in that paper and putting the contents of his desk under the Christmas tree - priceless.

The rest of the photos are here.

And then there are ones that are just damn funny.

The Australian Open is a weird tennis tournament for American media, because matches start at about 9 p.m. EST and run through about 7 a.m. EST. This means that writers filing stories for American papers and the Associated Press will file a first story about 10:30 p.m. and then update it for several hours. They will file a final story for the day at the end of the day’s play. It leaves editors in a strange position of running – and sometimes rerunning – two days worth of results.

Well, Lindsey Davenport’s second-round matchup at this year’s Australian was scheduled for Tuesday night EST (Wednesday morning local time in Sydney). She was playing a WTA Tour fringe player, who everyone on the sports desk had heard of but no one would have expected to put up much of a challenge to the world No. 1 in the early stages of a Grand Slam tournament.

So, when the story came across that Davenport had won, nobody was surprised, and we hurried the story into the paper so that it could make our 10:50 first-edition deadline. As we were preparing for final edition, the dreaded EDS came across the wire.

Quick explanation: The AP will resend about a story about four different ways, and each carries a designator at the top of the second version. An update is just that; it updates the story with additional details or quotes. A lede will top a previous story with a more recent event (say, a later tennis match in the same tournament) and move the previous top event deeper into the story. A writethrough will take a previous story and greatly expand on it, usually adding quotes, analysis and a more inventive opening. An EDS edits a story to fix a typo or factual error.

Well, when the Australian EDS moved Tuesday night, it was to fix a typo. And it was a big ’un. The exact text read:

Eds: SUBS 12th graf to FIX typo in Sprem’s

Karolina Sprem is a Croatian currently ranked around 60th in the world, and may have the most unfortunate name in sports right now – well, since Dick Trickle retired from NASCAR. The AP has been successfully dodging this bullet for about three years.

Until Tuesday.

This is how the 12th paragraph originally read:

Davenport said Sperm’s power surprised her at times.

That’s not something you read in the sports pages every day…

This test only has one question, but it’s a very important one. By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand morally. No one else will know, so you won’t be fooling anyone but yourself if you give anything but a truthful answer.

The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation in which you will have to make a decision. Please read slowly and thoughtfully, giving due consideration to each line.

You are in Louisiana. New Orleans to be specific.

There is chaos all around you caused by a hurricane with severe flooding. This is a flood of biblical proportions.

You are a photojournalist working for a major newspaper, and you’re caught in the middle of this epic disaster.

The situation is nearly hopeless. You’re trying to shoot career-making photos. There are houses and people swirling around you, some disappearing under the water.

Nature is unleashing all of its destructive fury. Suddenly, you see a man floundering in the water.

He is fighting for his life, trying not to be taken down with the debris. You move closer; somehow the man looks familiar.

You suddenly realize who it is. It’s George W. Bush, President of the United States! At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take him under, forever.

You have two options: You can save the life of G.W. Bush, or you can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo, documenting the end of one of the world’s most powerful leaders.

So here’s the question, and please give an honest answer:

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Would you select high-contrast color film, or would you go with the classic simplicity of black and white?