I'm generally not one for evil pranks...
But my evil streak shone through one lazy summer evening back in 1996. My and my sister were bored shitless sat at home - so bored we were watching a Fencing tournament on Eurosport. Yes, that kind of evening - skint due to not being arsed to find a job during the long University holiday period and bored because it was too warm to do anything.

The parents were out at some fancy dinner and we simply had one task to perform....to detail that task would give the game away. But, the trick would have served the parents right for not digging into their pockets to spare some cash for a pair of bored students to go out and have a night out.

Or so we thought.

As the plan was concocted in our minds, we both pretty much voiced the plan at the same time.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" I asked my sister.

"If it involves what Mum asked us to do, then, yes....I think I am" she replied.

"How many? 5?" I queried.

"No....all 6...no, wait...yeah, just 5" she replied.

"No, got to be all 6".

Fast forward a few hours when the parents return - my sister and I have decimated my Dad's beer supply and we're onto the spirits. We're in the living room watching some awful horror film on Sky when we both her this yelp. Then a whoop! Then a "We've won the fucking lottery!!!!"

At that instant, I knew we should have settled for 5 numbers rather than 6. It wasn't even funny - I felt sick to my stomach that I'd tricked my poor mum into thinking she'd won a share of £10m all because she wouldn't lend/give me £20 to go out.

The fallout was considerable. I sheepishly went to bed whilst my Dad consoled my mum and called us "ungrateful little shits". I sneaked off the next morning back to Uni before anyone had got up and it was a whole two weeks before my Mum would speak to me and accept an apology. She accepted it, but said that the next time she saw me that I better make a "proper fucking apology, face to face - like a man".

My sister managed to crawl out of her spot with a "I told him not to do all 6" and bought her some flowers. Instant fucking forgiveness!
(lo-fi_shop_assistant, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 11:14, 8 replies)

Er...
pardon my ignorance, but what exactly did you do to make her think she'd won it?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 11:22, closed)

haha nicely done!
parents deserve to be given shit from time to time, it keeps them on their toes. Fancy leaving 2 bored students at home alone, not chained up or anything!
( Firkinfedup last shat on your wife's tits at, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 11:26, closed)

I'm with K2k6 on this...
Have I missed something?
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 12:28, closed)

*facepalm*
Oh yeah....basically, copied her numbers as the winning numbers to make her think she'd won the lottery....
(lo-fi_shop_assistant, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 12:55, closed)

Sorry
I still don't get it. "...copied her numbers as the winning numbers" ? Please explain.
( Ramsay Tupper, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 13:13, closed)

Wrote them down for her on a bit of paper
after locating her ticket and therefore her numbers, I'd guess. Easily done.

*clicks*
(posthumous mince is tiptoeing through the tulips, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 13:23, closed)

probably
bought a new ticket for next week with her numbers on.
(sbx, Mon 17 Dec 2007, 10:47, closed)

Another reason for hating students
Get a job and don't leech off your parents.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Thu 20 Dec 2007, 11:25, closed)