Worst. Dad. Ever.
A friend who works at a betting shop chain regaled this tale to me of his day at work.

Late one evening, a regular wanders in and starts putting some bets on some horses. He'd brought along his 19-year old son who was a bit of a scrounger, and his dad was pretty tight. The kid was begging his dad to lend him a fiver to put a bet on and his dad was having none of it. After kicking up a stink, the kid wanders outside to have a cigarette while the guy finishes his bets and starts chatting with the staff. Meanwhile, the kid is outside picking up scratch cards looking for any unscratched ones, and proceeding to scratch off any that he finds.

While the guys were talking, the kid wanders in, scratch card in hand, literally trembling. His dad asks what's up, and the kid finally forms words.
"Dad! I won ten grand! Really! Honest!"
The dad, unbelievingly, takes the scratch card, and then he becomes speechless too. The card was a winner, with the symbols matching up to the automatic ten thousand pound prize. He hands the card back to the kid who is screaming celebratory and telling all the staff he's giving them all a hundred quid each, and soon everyone is happy.

The dad then asks the kid how does he claim the cash. The kid carefully turns the card over, still trembling, and begins to read aloud the card.
"If you have won 1000 pounds, please send this card to the tooth fairy."
The trembling stops. Some people are confused.
"If you have won 5000 pounds, please send this card to the North Pole."
The trembling begins again, although this time it is in rage.
"If you are still reading this, you've been had you gullible mug!"
The dad can't contain himself any more and starts absolutely wetting himself. He then reveals that he, knowing his son always scrounges for scratch cards whenever they come, dropped the joke scratch card on the floor on the way in. The kid's face had gone purple, and everyone was pissing themselves at his expense. The gullible mug.
(kingh0 is grating the cheese of life, Sat 23 Aug 2008, 9:57, 2 replies)

win
:D what a pleb.
(ladyflash Formally known as "oshi_", Sat 23 Aug 2008, 11:11, closed)

How Cruel!!
"Click"
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 27 Aug 2008, 13:12, closed)