Pulling a practical
joke. Before Jeffrey Dahmer was a psycho serial killer, he was an alcholic class clown at his high
school. Classmates reffered to any practical joke or crazy antic as "doing a Dahmer". Later, it would come to mean "killing, having
sex with, and dismembering a man".
see the A&E Biography of Jeffrey Dahmer for the actual mentioning of this phrase
Joe:
Kevin was just doing a Dahmer right in the middle of class
John: Oh my God! The teacher didn't stop him?!
Joe: Dude, calm down. It means
played a
joke.