Ooooh, the evilness of it all!
Children make excellent marks for convincing of facts of a dubious nature. For example- the time I was working in a summer camp and managed to convince a bunch of nine year olds that pushing their thumb to their forehead would make them more intelligent. Later in the day I had a class full of nine year olds in my computer room all typing one-handed...

Also, convincing them that yelling "go web go!" is really innocent, and not a terrible way to get yourself dumped. Became a camp craze that one did.

Or my personal favourite, adult Americans. Two words- drop bears. The guy who I told about this was apparently heading off to Australia the next month- last I heard he'd cancelled his ticket on the mistaken belief that carniverous koala bears were going to rip out his spinal chord and eat it.

And of course, April Fools. You can't beat that. Convincing a very nice (but also very dim) grandparent that the European Union were putting all the clocks three hours forewards. Or the time she thought I had got my nose pierced, or the time that I told her I was dyeing my hair pink, etc etc. Oddly enough, a friend of mine is getting married on April 1st this year. I wonder what japery will ensue... "You've been dumped at the altar- April Fools!"

Oh- one last one- remember the answer to the QOTW about a housemate's large pink glistening dildo being left on the sofa? Told a friend about that last night, only swapping deep heat for tabasco sauce. And waving a handy bottle of the stuff at my webcam. Hehehehe...

One ticket to Hull please with my lucky groat...
( jim_bob can herd cats., Thu 5 Jan 2006, 22:16, Reply)