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April 2, 2007.
Well, I had to come back with a prank of my own. I remembered that I had one that I had been saving in my head for a while. So, afterwards, I ran to Ma’s computer and opened up her email.
Now, we have a house that we are looking to rent out. We have posted an add for a tenant to fill it and out of 15+, we found somebody who fits the bill. After some back ‘n forth emails, they wrote us saying that a certain date to check out the house was perfect and they looked forward to seeing it. Well, I took a snapshot (by hitting the “Print Screen” button on the keyboard) of the screen and then sent the picture to my computer. Then I turned off her computer and booted of Photoshop on my computer. I made a few little changes to the image of the letter in the screen. Then I sent the image to her computer (our computers are all in a network so it’s easy to send stuff) and set it as her backround/wallpaper and then turned off her computer. (click on image to see the full size)
After I did all that, I looked at the tainted image again on my computer, and I notice the I didn’t change the date-stamp. The date said “March 31 (13 hours ago)” and she saw that message at that time. So I had to get the image again and change that little bit (which you see in the 2nd image).
When she turned on her computer to check her email, the first thing she saw was the background that looked like her email was open. She first saw the letter and I heard her say, “Aw, that’s too bad. I really liked them.” Then she tried to hit reply, but nothing happened. After a minute I told her what happened.
*licks thumb and touches hip* *tttsssssss. . . .*
Written on
April 2, 2007.
We in the Abbott family have never been good at pulling off good April Fool pranks. I don’t know, it’s in the genes or something. We just never been successful at it. They’ve always been things like, “It’s snowing!” or “Hey! There’s a cow down the street.” You see, April Fool pranks of that caliber. Well, today was a landmark achievement.
We were all doing are own thing when suddenly, Ma says, “you know, I was thinking about telling John (not the persons true name but let’s say it is to make it interesting) about the party today.”
Now, one thing I have to tell you about John to put this in perspective. He talks. . . a lot. It’s even beyond talking. It’s non-threatening verbal assault. When you are by him, he will start talking to you. Sure a little bit of chit chat wouldn’t hurt nobody but he will go on and on and you want to leave but it’s hard to find an opening. Even when he does pause to give you a chance to escape, he will follow you and keep talking! The only way it could get worse is if he grabbed your arm and pulled you in for the too-close conversation.
Now, I was shocked by Ma’s idea. I asked why in the world she would want to do that? Then she said, “well, I was thinking about how mean we’ve been to him by ignoring him, I thought I’d make it up to him by inviting him over for dinner.” I almost passed out! “Wait! Did you send the letter yet?” I asked. “Yeah.” She said. For ten minutes I was reeling and said how by inviting him over, she dragged us into it and we’re gonna get non-aggressively verbally bombarded. (or ‘friendly-fire’ as we say)
Then, Ma started to chuckle and said, “Boy! This has been my best one yet!” I thought she meant that it was her best foot-in-the-mouth blunder or best “whoops!” moment. Just then, I realized that it was April Fools day! However, I had yet to realize that John-invitation thing was a prank so I came up with a brilliant idea and said, “Hey! When we see John, we’ll tell him ‘April Fools!’ and then we don’t have to eat with him!” After that, to my relief, I finally realized the whole thing was a joke. whoo!
