Monday Fun Day 5/7 - Practical Joke

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socal78

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Monday Fun Day - Beating the Monday Blues

Name some jokes you've played on others or someone has played on you.


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I like to mess with my husband.

When living in our first home which was pretty small - approx. 1,300 sqft. - I wanted to make him more motivated to find something bigger after our son was born. I stole an idea from an episode of "I Love Lucy" when she was in the same situation while living in their N.Y. apartment after Little Ricky was born. She pulled all the furniture away from the walls, making it feel really crowded, and she added some extra pieces. I tried not to make it too obvious, but pulled all the furniture away from the walls a few inches at a time towards the center of the room for several days until it started feeling more and more crowded. He said it was starting to feel cramped. We live in a larger home now.  ;)

Also, he has a habit of constantly leaving cupboard doors open everywhere - kitchen, baths, hall. For years, I would remind him to close them or follow him around and close them myself. As the years went on and his memory wasn't as good, I started not only not following him, but propping more doors open. It's funny when he walks in and says, "I couldn't have left all of these open! ???" I finally admitted it was me. I do it every now and then just to keep the old man guessing.  :)
 
For those using the Recent Posts button to get caught up -- Monday Fun Day was posted ahead of time (Sunday night). It's Practical Joke week.
 
did you ever tell him that you moved the furniture?  that doesnt really seem like a joke but the opening all doors is very funny

 
rkp said:
did you ever tell him that you moved the furniture?  that doesnt really seem like a joke but the opening all doors is very funny

Yeah, I guess you had to be there for the first one to appreciate it.  ;)

Oh yeah, definitely. I always reveal the joke to him sooner or later.  :) He is my best friend. We like to laugh and play a lot.

He plays jokes on me, too, although they give me a heart attack!! Like he pretended to electrocute himself in an outlet once! That was NOT funny. I cried when I realized it was a joke. And recently, he was chopping fingerling potatoes when he screamed in pain and a chunk fell on the floor. Of course, they are called "fingerlings" because they look like fingers. I screamed bloody murder. Thought I was going to have to drive him to the urgent care to reattach the potato finger. His idea of jokes are more traumatic than mine.  ::)
 
Haha... those are good ones (both from you and the Mr.).

I don't know of any elaborate practical jokes that I've played on the Mrs. other than set ups or white lies for anniversaries or holidays.

One thing I can think of is my kid loves vanilla ice cream.  We were at dinner one time at Pomodoro and they don't usually give you butter because they have a pesto dip for the bread. I asked for some and they gave me a scoop of butter... we ended up not using it and come dessert time, my kid is not paying attention because he's into an iPhone or a 3DS and when the ice cream arrives, I switch the cups. He digs in and the look on his face was hilarious. Now he checks his ice cream before he eats it... hehe... I'm such a bad dad.
 
nothing elaborate here but a daily dose of fun and surprises from me to the mrs.  just this weekend, we were in ralphs and i gave her a big wet kiss on the lips at the checkout line and said "i love you sis" just loud enough for the checkout lady to hear and left.  of course she was beyond embarrassed :)
 
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That's funny about the butter. It was similar with us and broccoli. One time I was eating Whoppers (chocolate-covered malt balls, for those new to America). My little 2 year old was begging for some. I said "You wouldn't like these. They are just broccoli balls." He got his hands on one. He devoured it and begged for more "broccoli balls". Then, I served him actual broccoli for dinner. He happily shoved in a big mouthful, no doubt expecting it to be every bit as good as the "other broccoli". The look on his face was excruciating. To this day, when he sees Whoppers he still calls them broccoli balls.  :)
 
Does my April Fool's Summit Crest purchase count?

Kind of felt bad about that one... people PM'ed to congratulate me and I had to tell them it was a joke.
 
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