Good Day DU (March 8, 2021)

[EarlG]

Today in History: March 8

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Question of the Day: What's the best (or worst) prank you've played on someone?

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Today's milestones: Congratulations to the following active DU members!

Anniversaries
sammythecat (18 years), mindem (18 years), PAMod (18 years), LanternWaste (18 years), Grown2Hate (17 years), livetohike (17 years), Puppyjive (15 years), snort (13 years), uponit7771 (13 years), Eko (10 years), LeftofObama (10 years), sillaG (9 years), Thomas Hurt (4 years), Stevegberg (1 year)

Posting milestones
magicarpet (10000 posts)

New members who posted for the first time
Owletto, PJH, RotorHead

[NewHendoLib]

1. I'm more of a victim of pranks than a perp, but...

For years my wife and I sent my parents Christmas cards pretending we were random couples they never met (or existed), but wrote notes as if they were familiar friends.

Runner up... we had a local real estate agent who, once she sold a house, put up a sign saying "Phyllis did it again". My mom's name is Phyllis, so we "borrowed" a sign and wrapped it up and gave it to her for Christmas on one of their visits.

[NewHendoLib]

2. kicking - come on, DUers - I can't be the only one to play a prank!!!!!

[Donkees]

3. DUers pranking you :)

[Harker]

4. I shaved off half a beard and moustache on a whim

while home for lunch and managed to conceal it from my co-workers for about an hour by strategic positioning.

April Fool's, ca. 1986.

[rurallib]

5. A Friday night 20+ years ago. My oldest daughter had just gotten her license and

we got her a car. She was parked in the driveway. I got home from work and pulled sort of behind her.

When I went inside she asked if she could have some money for gas. I gave her a $20. Then I said- 'hey my car is behind yours, why don't you just take mine?' and I flipped her my keys.

She rushed out, hopped in my car and took off.

When she came home she banged her way in the house, looks straight at me and says 'you did that on purpose, didn't you???'

[Coventina]

6. .

[Auggie]

7. About 50 years ago ...

my brother had a failed high school art project of a bust, something he made up that looked like a cross between the idol in "Raiders of the Lost Arc" and a statue from Eastern Island. There was an air bubble in the clay and part of the bust blew apart in the kiln.

A co-worker of my father had bought a house under construction across the street from us. We buried the bust in the construction site hoping the co-worker or construction crew would dig it up by "accident" and think they discovered an ancient artifact.

My dad laughed about it for years. As far as I know the thing is still buried somewhere in the yard.