He even got me by spiking my glass of water with pure mint extract-so much that my mouth was numb for hours.
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Valerie Can you bring me my water?
May 26 at 9:59pm ·
Valerie Wait. why did you " " water? Please don't spit in it.
May 26 at 10:00pm ·
Valerie That just sounds dirty now.
May 26 at 10:02pm ·
Valerie i hate you
May 26 at 10:04pm ·
Valerie I am dead serious! What did I just put in my mouth?
May 26 at 10:09pm ·
Valerie he promised not to put anything in my water yet after one sip, my mouth is numb and tingly.
May 26 at 10:10pm ·
Valerie Daniel Brian! Tell me right now what you did.
May 26 at 10:11pm ·
Valerie Fine then. what did you do to the glass? And why does your hand smell funny?
May 26 at 10:12pm ·
Valerie NVM.I do NOT want to know.
May 26 at 10:13pm ·
Valerie There's lots of things that won't kill me, but I don't stick those in my mouth. It's unpleasant.
May 26 at 10:14pm ·
Valerie Daniel just ran up here to pour the water out. Is antifreeze minty? I think I may have been poisoned.
May 26 at 10:19pm · · 2 people
Valerie Me too. It's Friday! Next time, poison me on a Sunday.Ii always have the worst Mondays...
May 26 at 10:26pm ·
Valerie And it was only a sip.
May 26 at 10:28pm ·
Valerie crap.
May 26 at 10:29pm ·
Valerie huh?
May 26 at 10:31pm ·
Valerie Are you fucking serious?
May 26 at 10:32pm ·
Valerie My lips are still numb, you know.
May 26 at 10:33pm ·
Valerie I wouldn't put it past you to poison me, but all the same, I;m glad you didn't. However, my lips really are still numb and that water tasted minty, so I think I'll be preparing my own food and drink from now on.
May 26 at 10:34pm ·
Valerie LOL. Ok, that's pretty damn good. I didn't realize that much pure mint would temporarily paralyze someone!
May 26 at 10:37pm ·
Daniel haha neither did i. i just opened the pantry looking for food dye but then i saw the extract
May 26 at 10:38pm · · 1 person
BTW the full length of this thread was 112 posts long. And yes, it is sad and pathetic that I was upstairs, my husband one room over in the office and Daniel downstairs.
Thus far, the pranks have been harmless, albeit annoying. But I ask you: When has a prank gone too far?
Several weeks ago, my brother and husband went out to the middle of the desert at night to drive around my brother's redneck truck and shoot guns. The next day they bring me lunch at work and tell me all about their adventure, including a tall tale of being surprised by a cougar who wandered up to them. I'm not buying what their selling. I implore them to prove it. Then my husband tells me he was able to snap a picture of my brother scaring the mountain lion off with a shovel and homemade torch (they were playing "Lost"-Desert Style, don't ask). When I asked why only one photo was taken, he said the flash drew the curious cat's attention and they didn't want to push their luck, so he put down the camera and grabbed the gun. I still didn't believe them until I saw the photo myself and my brother put it up as his FB profile pic.
The picture heard 'round the world:
If a photo is worth a thousand words, this one said it all. It solidified their story and made them heroes. I told my friends, family and co-workers about it.
Now, 3 weeks later, I was notified it was a hoax. The image above was "Photo-shopped." I am more than a little peeved. Not that I had been fooled and played into it, but for the sheer fact that they lied to me for so long. They let me believe their story and use my reputation to share the harrowing tale with others. Moreover, I only discovered the truth through my grandpa. Daniel's picture on FB sparked interest from other family members, so the photo was emailed to poor, unsuspecting grandparents who then blasted all their friends and family. I don't know how the truth came to light, but needless to say, the G'rents are not happy.
So when does a prank become something more? I hold that this prank may have started funny, but ended cruelly when it lasted longer than showing the initial picture. How long can you let a prank like this go before it just turns into a massive lie?
Pranking someone leaves a trusting person feeling like a fool for the amusement of others. It's a lot easier to forgive when only a few people are aware you have been duped. The longer it goes on and the more witnesses adds to the humiliations and that's when the prank turns cruel. At what point would you have told the truth? If my grandpa didn't discover the truth, I may have never known.
Who should be more ashamed? The prankster or the pranked?
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