Mama Diaries

Friday, April 11, 2014

Jokers

In case you haven't figured it out, there's a lot of silliness that goes on at my place.  My kids (and husband) are a bunch of jokers.  Here's a story from about three years ago that happened on April Fools Day.

My kids had the brilliant idea to pull a prank on our neighbors.  "Do you have empty boxes and packaging tape?" my son asked.

"Why?" I asked, growing suspicious.

"You'll see."

My son and daughter wrapped four empty boxes with packaging tape and affixed a label with my neighbor's address on it. Then they marched over to my neighbor's house, dropped the "packages" in front of her door, rang the doorbell and took off.

I just shook my head.  I would've liked to have seen my neighbor's face after opening up that special delivery!

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    1. Yes! I've known quite a few pranksters who have done the bag of poop thing.

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  2. Your kids sure are pranksters. Like Alex said better than dumping a box of poop at your neighbour's doorstep.

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  3. At least that was harmless fun. Silly kids:D

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  4. Aww, that was sweetly hilarious. Just awesome! lol!

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  5. Their prank was fun and harmless. I'll bet the neighbors got a laugh out of it.

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  6. LOL! I love it. I would never have thought of so brilliant a ding and run, but whew! Awesome. This deserves to appear in a book somewhere.

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  7. That was the perfect prank! Harmless fun. lol. :-)

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  8. *LOL* That's hilarious! Such a great idea for me to use next year. :)

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    1. Hahaha! You'll have to let me know how it goes.

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  9. Never a dull moment in your life, Sherry. I used to love going to joke shops - haven't done it for some time. I might try giving hubby an empty box. I love it.

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  10. I hope that neighbor had a sense of the sublime. My grandmother used to put a small gift within multiple boxes so you'd have no idea what it was. She had lots of grandkids and wanted us to use our imagination. A family that laughs a lot is a good thing.

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    1. I hope the neighbor got it, too. She never said anything. ;0)

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  11. Wonderful story Sherry.

    Yvonne.

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  12. Tell them to put some rocks in the box next time to give it some weight. Not that I have partaken in this ritual before.

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  13. Your neighbor probably knew who the pranksters were. David is correct. They need to add some weight to their boxes.

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    1. I guess they need some advice from a pro on how to do it correctly. ;0)

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  14. 'it's a surprise that counts!

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  15. Silliness in your house? No way!! ;) I love it!

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    1. It's hard to believe that anything silly goes on in my house! ;0)

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  16. lol "air" the gift that keeps on giving

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  17. What a terrific idea! We once gave our nephew a flash drive wrapped in progressively larger boxes, with the largest one being a TV box. We did put a few large rocks in the bottom just to complete the effect.

    Your kids sound like so much fun.

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  18. LOL, You gotta love the kids. They say and do the funniest things.

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    1. My kids do some of the funniest things I've ever seen!

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  19. Loving your blog!

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  20. Ah, your neighbors got a surprise :) Pretty creative.

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