I got to pull a prank on my buddy after hiking today! / myLot

Walnut Creek, California

January 13, 2022 9:07pm CST

I went hiking with my professional story teller friend, Michael, today. It was an easy hike, on flat terrain, and mud was not an issue. I wore my hiking boots and he wore...his new red sneakers! I started singing "I love my red shoes...I love my red shoes..." from the Pete the Cat children's book. To my surprise, he did not know the book. I've read it to preschoolers literally hundreds of times. I snarled. After our hike, I was heading to my truck to bring it near his, so he could give me some stereo gear to test out. I encountered some young people who were stretching for a late afternoon jog on the same trail that Michael and I had just hiked. Three gals and one guy, I think. I asked them if they could pull a small prank on my friend and they said yes. I said when you get to that guy over there, can you sing, "I love your red shoes! I love your red shoes!" We rehearsed it quietly. As I made it to my truck, I secretly watched as they jogged by him, still stretching and flexing. Then I heard it: "I love your red shoes! I love your red shoes!" Michael laughed out loud as I fired up my truck to bring it next to his Prius. Now that I think about it, he and I didn't even discuss my prank as we loaded some stereo gear into the back of my truck. Do you ever pull little pranks on your friends?

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (112002)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

14 Jan 22

I like to do it but I am fearful due to the saying "A joke is funny until you are the victim and it is hilarious."

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The Horse

@TheHorse (228709)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 Jan 22

Michael and I occasionally pull harmless pranks on each other.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (112002)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

15 Jan 22

@TheHorse That is okay.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (119450)

• Marion, Ohio

14 Jan 22

That was a good one.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (228709)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 Jan 22

I'm glad he got a laugh out of it.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (50025)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

14 Jan 22

I'm thinking your friend figured it out...

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The Horse

@TheHorse (228709)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 Jan 22

He said it took him about a second...maybe two. I heard him laugh out loud across the parking lot. I wonder if he'll "get me back."

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (145152)

• Roseburg, Oregon

15 Jan 22

@TheHorse Oh yes he will get you back.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (228709)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 Jan 22

@jstory07 Perhaps you can provide some ideas. His name is...

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (145152)

• Roseburg, Oregon

14 Jan 22

Maybe he though they really loved his red shoes and you were not behind it..

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The Horse

@TheHorse (228709)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 Jan 22

Heh. He told me it took him a second to realize I was behind it.

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Greg

@xander6464 (45309)

• Wapello, Iowa

14 Jan 22

I would love to pull pranks on people but pranks require imagination.

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Greg

@xander6464 (45309)

• Wapello, Iowa

15 Jan 22

@TheHorse I wish that would happen to me.

The Horse

@TheHorse (228709)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 Jan 22

I consider myself imagination-challenged as well. But sometimes an opportunity just overwhelms me.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (87058)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

14 Jan 22

I have a long time ago, That was amusing indeed,

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The Horse

@TheHorse (228709)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 Jan 22

He and I like to give each other "a hard time." We know each other well enough...

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Anna

@LadyDuck (479259)

• Italy

14 Jan 22

Yes, I do, even to my husband, I cannot refrain.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (479259)

• Italy

15 Jan 22

@TheHorse Never, he thinks it's childish and I know he is right, I should stop being childish.

The Horse

@TheHorse (228709)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 Jan 22

Does he "get you back"?

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@DaddyEvil (153677)

• United States

14 Jan 22

No. Not all of them have the same sense of humor that I have.

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Fleur

@Fleura (32059)

• United Kingdom

14 Jan 22

Love it! Maybe he didn't even realise it was a prank, he just thought the joggers had had the same thought as you?

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The Horse

@TheHorse (228709)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 Jan 22

He told me it took him a second or two to realize I'd "set him up."

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (358752)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Jan 22

That would have been so funny. The young people would have enjoyed the joke too. Vince has some bright red sneakers. We call them his 'Pope' shoes as the pope wears red slippers.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (228709)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 Jan 22

I had not realized that!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (358752)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Jan 22

@TheHorse Vince says 'if it's good enough for Frank, it's good enough for him'.