The Prank Call thread...

[tina.tina]

This isn't a call but it's really the only prank I tried to pull and it backfired! I worked at the same place as my Dad but in a different department. He would tell people to call over to the storeroom because he needed a ladder stretcher- he's just a big prankster and loves jokes- and they would do it!

It was April 1st- April Fools Day. My dad was kind of down. His dad died the year before and April 1st was his mom's birthday and she had passed away a few years previously. I wanted to cheer him up so I decided to play a joke.

Another girl in my office had just found out she was pregnant. I had the big idea to let my dad think it was me who was pregnant. I had all kinds of people tell him they heard someone in my office was pregnant and ask if was it me. He never called me so I knew more drastic measures were needed. He returned to his office everyday at lunch and I had the secretary in his department tell him she heard he was going to be a grandpa again.

It took him until near the end of his work day to call me. He asked me didn't I have something to tell him. I acted innocent and he got mad (that I hadn't told him first) and hung up on me! I had to call him back and tell him April Fools!

A week later I had to go tell him that I would never do another April Fools joke again. My DS is almost 8.5!

 

[dyna]

My friends an I had a kewl way to get out of math class 1 yr we'd go to pay phone call an leave message that teachers kid at another school was sick an needed to be picked up from school....Teacher fell for it everytime . I think she liked the time away from work in the middle of the day.

 

[sailorstitch]

Wow. If I'd ever prank called anybody I'd STILL be grounded! I just asked Mrs. Tex and she said pretty much the same thing.

That's me too! The only pranks I've done are when telemarketers call me.

However, I do have a story. And it's not a funny one. When I was in 6th grade (early '90s) my class went on a field trip to a local living history museum. When we were getting ready to leave we were waiting outside for the buses to come pick us up. A couple of the boys found a pay phone. They called 911 and told them that the museum was on fire!!! By the time the fire trucks got there our class was long gone. The fire fighters, the museum staff and my school's staff were all beyond LIVID.

And, no, my classmates did NOT learn their lesson. In 8th grade we had a class trip to Chicago. My class behaved so badly that now my school is banned form the city of Chicago!

sailorstitch