It’s time to start getting your summer bucks party ideas together, and this hilarious dissolving swimmers prank should be on your bucks party pranks list.
Picture this. The buck and his crew are enjoying the sun at the the surf, in the the back yard pool or at a ritzy day club. Music, laughter, jeering and smiles all round. You’re the best man and you’ve pulled off a real sun’s out / guns out event.
But, not everything should be smooth sailing for the buck. As the best man, it’s your job to make sure you have a bucks party prank or two up your sleeve so that the buck never gets too comfortable. Sometimes with a good prank, somethings just gotta give. And when the buck jumps into the body of water to cool off, the dissolving swimmers prank makes sure the thing that gives is the bucks shorts.

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What are dissolving swimmers and how does this prank work?
Dissolving swimmers are specifically made with stitches that dissolve when they get wet. That’s it. They look like normal shorts, and you can get a whole bunch of different designs and styles.
The real secret to making this bucks party prank work is creating a theme that has a believable reason for the buck to don on the swimmers you’re handing him. You might also need to get some accessories like a flotation device because the buck is dressing up as The Hoff from Baywatch, or a bucket and sponge so the buck can wash windows at the traffic lights while the bucks party crew shoots him with super-soakers.
Another good idea to make the dissolving swimmers prank work is to get the whole bucks party crew to gear up. Make sure that everyone gets a new pair of swimmers, but only the buck gets the dissolving swimmers!

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How to pull off the dissolving swimmers prank
You should get creative when you think up the scenario that ‘adds water’ to trigger the dissolving shorts. Think about your overall theme and where the buck might naturally be in the course of events. Some ideas are:
- Back yard swimming pool is a nice and private location to have the buck exposing his nads to the world without scaring the natives.
- Set up a Car Wash and make the buck work for his drink money. As he washes the cars, sit back and watch the suds drop his duds.
- The Beach offers so many opportunities to get the buck wet from planning surfing lessons, having a sprint race into the surf or simply playing some beach cricket and smashing the ball into the waves. Just make sure the the buck is strategically encouraged to get waist deep in the salty goodness!
- River or lakes are great ways to get the buck wet. Maybe its a spot of river fishing, some water skiing, or cliff diving… so many options to dip the buck and expose his butt.
- Water parks are set up to make sure the buck gets wet while you’re having a great time. Think water slides, wave pools or cable water skiing. What ever it is, the buck won’t be able to stay dry at a water park venue. If you’re at a water park, maybe opt for The Hoff style life-saver shorts and flotation device combo!
- Slip-n-slides are great back-yard fun, easy to set up and will get the buck wet. Get yourself a kit and start building, because if you build it they will come… off!
- White water rafting will definitely get the buck wet, there’s no way he’ll escape the watery goodness as he hurtles down river rapids. The added bonus is that he won’t have access to back-up shorts til the end of the rampaging torrents.
- Golf Course sprinklers – or any sporting field sprinklers – offer a great way to get the buck wet. You’ll need to plan ahead to get the golf course on board to turn on the sprinklers when the buck arrives at a strategic location. Hopefully they’ll see the funny side and get in on the prank.
- Super soakers in any location can add the water needed to start the dissolving process, just make sure the whole crew is armed and ready to spray. Walking down the main street in any city? Check, you can spray those shorts. A nice bush walk in the mountains? Check, spray away. On a brewery tour midway between the third and fourth stop? you get the drift. Just make sure that the over-spray doesn’t present a safety slip hazard (ie on the walk out to a bungy jump platform probably isn’t the best idea).

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Dissolving swimmers prank in private or public areas
If you decide to pull off the dissolving swimmers prank, you’ll need to decide if the buck will be in a private or public location when the shorts fade away and work out an appropriate approach for each. You don’t want to become that bunch of d!cks who scarred a bunch of 10 year old kids at the public beach – and give bucks parties a worse name then they already have.
- A private location is where it’s just the buck and his crew, somewhere like at home or at a private rental with exclusive use of a venue. You have more flexibility at a private bucks party location, meaning you don’t need to be too concerned if the buck ends up starkers and flashing everyone as the shorts start to drop off, turning the guns out event into a true buns out event.
- A bit more care needs to go into planning the dissolving swimmers prank in a public location. Public decency standards should be considered so that innocent bystanders aren’t exposed or offended… and the buck arrested. This does not mean don’t attempt the prank in a public location, just be considerate. Make sure the buck has something suitable under the swimmers… like a g-string bikini bottom. Make sure he doesn’t expose his trunk when he loses his trunks, but you can still make sure he’s suitably shocked and embarrassed!!
The Stag that survived the dissolving swimmers prank in Ibiza

Groom-to-be, Ryan Jackson, was almost kicked out of his own stag do over dissolving shorts prank. The Mirror reports that just 30 minutes into his stag do at Ibiza ‘s famous O Beach Club, Ryan Jackson, 28, nearly faced being thrown out – after paying £2,000 to get in.
The 28-year-old thought he could enter the prestigious club after he was forced to wear lifeguard shorts and kids’ armbands. Ryan thought that he’d ‘get told off lightly’ for the get-up – but little did he know his shorts were dissolvable in what was an epic stag do prank set up by the best man.
Other party-goers at the legendary O Beach Club thought the prank was hilarious – laughing and cheering as the red-faced stag held onto fragments of the dissolving shorts smaller than the tiny bit of dignity he had left.
Unfortunately, two burly security guards – who were just doing their jobs – didn’t think it was so funny and followed Ryan to the stag party’s beds and escorted him to the club’s owner. Luckily the owner saw the lighter side of things and told security to leave the scantily clad stag alone. And double-lucky, a pair of back-up shorts were close-at-hand, so the stag got to stay and the festivities continued.
Definitely a memory making best time of his life before the best day of his life!
Featured image: Photo by KEMAL HAYIT
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