tommydazzle
Well-Known Member
Can't stand the physical ones like bucket of water on top of door, cling film on toilet bowl etc but was once involved in a more elaborate one.
My brother (a builder) worked with a bloke who had a very short fuse and was notorious for blowing his top and completely losing his temper over the most trivial thing. This bloke, Fred (not his real name) was complaining about the introduction of wheelie bins (when they first came out to replace the standard single bin) and how he didn't want them cluttering up his drive and he would be damned if was going to accept them and he had already told the council he was refusing them. My brother got me to ring Fred up (at lunchtime so him and all his mates would be listening while they ate their sarnies) and pretend to be from the council and I was to wind him up about the wheelie bins.
As soon as I said I was from the council he was shouting down the phone and calling me all sorts of names. I knew I had him then. I tried not to laugh (I could hear my brother and all his workmates laughing in the background). I told him that the wheelie bins had already been processed and would be delivered shortly and that if he wanted them returned he would be charged for this. At this he was close to smashing the phone to the ground and it was hard for me to put my ear to the phone he was yelling obscenities so much. I told him that if he insisted on using his original bin then the council could not collect his rubbish and he would have to make alternative arrangements. By now he was apoplectic with rage (my brother told me later that they were all rolling around in hysterics and Fred's face was pulsing purple). I told him to 'Please calm down sir' and that the new bins would be in nice colours which of course just made him worse. He threatened to come to the office and sort me out and with that I put the phone down. Mission accomplished. My brother never did let on that he was the wind up merchant and probably wasn't worth the risk to his life!
Anyone else been involved in a practical joke which involved deception?
My brother (a builder) worked with a bloke who had a very short fuse and was notorious for blowing his top and completely losing his temper over the most trivial thing. This bloke, Fred (not his real name) was complaining about the introduction of wheelie bins (when they first came out to replace the standard single bin) and how he didn't want them cluttering up his drive and he would be damned if was going to accept them and he had already told the council he was refusing them. My brother got me to ring Fred up (at lunchtime so him and all his mates would be listening while they ate their sarnies) and pretend to be from the council and I was to wind him up about the wheelie bins.
As soon as I said I was from the council he was shouting down the phone and calling me all sorts of names. I knew I had him then. I tried not to laugh (I could hear my brother and all his workmates laughing in the background). I told him that the wheelie bins had already been processed and would be delivered shortly and that if he wanted them returned he would be charged for this. At this he was close to smashing the phone to the ground and it was hard for me to put my ear to the phone he was yelling obscenities so much. I told him that if he insisted on using his original bin then the council could not collect his rubbish and he would have to make alternative arrangements. By now he was apoplectic with rage (my brother told me later that they were all rolling around in hysterics and Fred's face was pulsing purple). I told him to 'Please calm down sir' and that the new bins would be in nice colours which of course just made him worse. He threatened to come to the office and sort me out and with that I put the phone down. Mission accomplished. My brother never did let on that he was the wind up merchant and probably wasn't worth the risk to his life!
Anyone else been involved in a practical joke which involved deception?
