Have you been on the wrong sife of a practical joke????

@mummymo (23706)
March 8, 2007 3:55pm CST
As I was the baby of the family my brothers were always playing pranks on me! One which has never left me though is this; My grandad had started taking sweeteners in his tea and one day when I was about 5 my brothers tolld me that they were special sweets like space dust ( now theres a blast from the past!) and that I could have some if I wanted. They went on to explain that the sweets wouldn't pop unless I ate a handful at once, so guess what this silly girl di - she put a big handful of sweeteners straight into her mouth and I can still taste it to this day!!! Now they have the cheek to ask why I won't drink diet soda d'oh! Bet loads of you have had pranks played on you - wanna share so I don't feel quite so stupid!
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
8 Mar 07
Yes I remember this time I was at my nan and grandads and we were sitting down to tea with my cousins, I love pickled onions and one of my cousins offered me a chilli out of the jar (they were home made ones) and I thought it was a small onion and they all watched as I put it in my mouth, then it hit me, my eyes streamed and my mouth burnt, they all laughed, I rushed into the kitchen and drunk tonnes of water, I was NOT amused!
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@mummymo (23706)
8 Mar 07
Oh babes - you poor thing! Do you still hate them? Chillis that is not your cousins! x
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
8 Mar 07
Yes, it put me off them for life, chillis not cousins x
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@weemam (13372)
8 Mar 07
lol mine wasn't a practical joke but I remember the taste so well , we were at my eldest sons house and his wife had made us all coffee , mine tasted horrible and I tried to take a couple sips m my mum wanted sweeteners and DIL couldn't find them , the box had got a bit damp and my granddaughter had put them in a spare mug , guess who's mug it was lol yuck xx we still laugh about it xx
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@mummymo (23706)
9 Mar 07
Eeeeeuuurgh - i HATE the taste of artificial sweeteners to this day and I could taste them when I was reading that! At least we know your granddaughter wasn't trying to make you sweeter - cos you couldn't be any sweeter! xx
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9 Mar 07
I remember from years ago when I was a child (only 10 years ago *shifty eyes* lol) and my older brother played one on me. The did the classic of a bucket of water over the door. Trouble was, I'd just come home with a model I'd been making at school in art for the past 2 or so months. The model went out of my hands and broke into many soggy pieces. The paint stained my carpet and some of the clay (it was a painted clay sculpture of my head) cut me toe. I still have a faint mark there and he still teases me about it. I've got my own back time and again but it never seems to even things out.
@mummymo (23706)
9 Mar 07
All that hard work too, bet you were devastated! Why are the boys always the worst? Thanks maktheman
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
9 Mar 07
I have a Brother thats younger then me, well I have 2 but the other one was not there then, but my other Brother and I never got on as he was the spoilt brat and I always got the blame for everything. I went to bed one night only to get back out of it screaming, reason, well my lovely Brother had put a Frog in my Bed, which I did not appreciate. My Mum come in and asked what the noise was about and she saw the Frog, then shouted at me for bringing it in the House. My little Brother stood there laughing, but I did get my own back on him.
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@mummymo (23706)
9 Mar 07
I'm sure you did gaby - maybe one day you will tell me how! My Niamh would've loved that she's into Frogs in a big way! xxxx
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
10 Mar 07
Lol yes maybe one Day hahaha I was not nice when I did get my revenge
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@carolscash (9492)
• United States
9 Mar 07
Do I have a story to share with you on this topic. A few years ago I was set to get a big bonus from work and I had told everyone that I was going to buy a new PT Cruiser with it. While I was at work one day my dear husband called to say that he had bought me a car. He is one who is constantly making a good deal with someone and getting stuff all the time. Anyway, I figured that he had bought one that needed worked on or something as I knew he didnt' have the money to buy a new one. Anyway, after asking hundreds of questions, I decided that he had for sure bought me a car so I told him that I would be home in a few minutes to see it. I was store manager and didn't live far from work so I asked the cashier to please watch the store until I returned and told her and several customers who knew my husband and I well that I had to go home and get my new car. When I arrived home, I didn't see a car in the driveway and decided that he had hid it somewhere so I would be even more surprised. I went in and asked where it was and was told in the driveway. I said "Who's driveway" as I knew it wasn't it ours. He replied that I should go look again. I went outside and seen nothing. When I asked where it was, he pointed to a matchbox car sitting next to his truck in the drive and said "it is a new car". I burst into tears and couldn't even stand the site of him. My stepson thought it was funny until I began to cry. They thought that I would think it was funny:however, I was heartbroken. I was so upset that it was almost an hour before I coul stop crying! He felt bad and said that he never thought that I would be that hurt. Still to this day, I am sad when I think about it. I still feel betrayed at times when we talk about it. I just couldn't believe he had done something so mean to me!! (By the way, I ended up buying a van as I couldn't bring myself to buy the Cruiser.)
• United States
10 Mar 07
It is sort of funny now, but it sure wasn't at the time. I know he thought it would just be a good laugh and he never meant to hurt me, but it did. He has made it up to me now and he won't do things like that anymore.
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@mummymo (23706)
9 Mar 07
Oh you poor thing bet your husband was really upset when he saw how much he hurt you! I feel terrible cos I laughed to til I realise how badly it affected you! Hope your hubby has made it up to you! xxx
• United States
9 Mar 07
Heehee, I've been on the *right* side of too many practical jokes. But that's for another time. I guess the worst offense against me was commited by one of my best friends. He was teaching me some Spanish phrases. Basically, he taught me how to say this phrase, but he *really* had me saying something dirty and embarassing. I went around the whole day saying it and never caught on till he told me. Man, that was embarassing.
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@mummymo (23706)
9 Mar 07
LOL sounds embarrassing - but the question is have you used it since you found out what it meant?
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
8 Mar 07
Hi Mummymo, This prank was on my brother actually. I was 2 years older then my brother and I had a sister a year older then me.The 3 of us spent lots of summer days together .Whenever we got in trouble my brother would cry and tell our mom that we made he go with us or do whatever.Anyway my sis and I decided to get even with our bro. We lived on a farm and had dairy cows,pigs,chicken,etc.We haqd our cows fences with barbed wire and electric strand.I was about 9 so he was about 7.We told him to touch the electric fence and when he did we laughed because he jumped and screamed. Then my sis told him if he peed on the fence that the fence would throw sparks and since we were girls and couldn't that he should. He peed on the fence and it was a hoot! He was getting a zap and saying I I I CCCaaaannn'tttt stttooppp pppeeeeiinggg!Well he never peed on the fence again because the current followed the water right up to his body. We were such mean children. Raydene
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@mummymo (23706)
9 Mar 07
Raydene - you were mean! you're poor brother - does he have any children now? Sounds like an idyllic childhood - well at least for you and your sister!!!! Thanks for making my day a little brighter! xxx
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
10 Mar 07
Don't feel sorry for him.he was so spoiled.We just evened the odds.LOL To this day I get a chuckle thinking about that. Raydene
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