8-Year-Old Plays ‘Smoking Toilet’ Prank on Grandmother

An 8-year-old girl in Dublin, Ireland, played a joke on her grandmother by yelling at her to hurry because her “toilet was smoking.”

Rose Gallagher recorded footage of her daughter Frankie calling her grandmother into the bathroom, where she had set up two full toilet paper rolls atop the toilet lid for eyes, and an empty cardboard roll as a “cigar” tucked in the seat to create the “smoker” effect.

“At the time, my mam’s shower was acting up, so my mam thought that was what was on fire,” Gallagher told Storyful.

Gallagher’s mother can be heard yelling in the background as Frankie laughs at the prank she has played on her grandmother.

This prank was widely popularized in 2020 during the pandemic. Credit: Rose Gallagher via Storyful

Video Transcript

GIRL: (WHISPERING) Playing a prank on my Nanny Nanny!

GRANDMOTHER: Yeah?

GIRL: Quick!

GRANDMOTHER: What?

GIRL: Your toilet is smoking.

GRANDMOTHER: What?

GIRL: Quick, your smoking!

GRANDMOTHER: What you mean?

GIRL: The toilet's smoking! Quick! Quick!

GRANDMOTHER: What you mean?

GIRL: (GIGGLING) It's smoking!

(WHISPERING) Playing a prank on my Nanny. Nanny!

GRANDMOTHER: Yeah?

GIRL: Quick!

GRANDMOTHER: What? Your toilet's smoking!

GRANDMOTHER: What?

GIRL: Quick, your toilet's smoking!

GRANDMOTHER: What you mean?

GIRL: Your toilet's smoking! Quick! Quick!

GRANDMOTHER: What you mean?

GIRL: (GIGGLING) It's smoking!

(WHISPERING) Playing a prank on my Nanny. Nanny!

GRANDMOTHER: Yeah?

GIRL: Quick!

GRANDMOTHER: What?

GIRL: Your toilet's smoking!

GRANDMOTHER: What?

GIRL: Quick, your toilet's smoking!

GRANDMOTHER: What you mean?

GIRL: Your toilet's smoking! Quick! Quick! (GIGGLING)