My dear old mum did a good one on me...
I'd been living with my grandmother all my teens, in part because of odd family issues I had nowt to do with, and in part because of schooling issues.

So anyway, I'd not visited my mum, stepdad and brothers for a good two months so I decided to ride the eight miles to their house and say a big hello. I knocked, and the door was answered by a stranger who said "Oh no, they all moved to Spain a few weeks ago." I was almost in tears as I stood there, thinking that my mum and family had all moved abroad without taking the time to say goodbye to me.*

Oh how we all laughed about it years later, when I'd finally tracked them down to their new address.

* It's all a true story. We get on ok now, somehow. Forgive and forget and all that, you know.
(clopinettes, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 16:37, 7 replies)

whaaaaaaa.....
....srsly?
(jennymnemonic, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 16:55, closed)

Seriously
Hmmm - can't properly reply to a reply... ho-hum.

But yes, it's as I said it. The only missing element that I can't quite get to the bottom of is that my grandmother might have not told me for reasons known only to herself. She died soon after so I never found out, and I've kinda decided to leave these things in the past. It's quite funny really. Sort of. Maybe.
(clopinettes, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 16:59, closed)

That....
....is one of the shittiest things I've ever heard someone doing to someone else, if you ever need a better family, come to mine! I'll make you some nice hot soup and put the fire on for you.

Loving your positive attitude towards it though!

Honestly, any time, I'll look after you!
(Jugular, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 17:48, closed)

Personally...
I wouldn't have bothered tracking them down.
(Big D, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 18:11, closed)

Bloody hell O_o
No, really... bloody hell.
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 19:04, closed)

Yeah..
thats pretty shitty dude! :(
(miss_alysia is probably drunk, Fri 14 Dec 2007, 22:37, closed)

Wow
Errr - thanks for the kind words... and Jugular... careful, I might take you up on that, and then you'd be saddled with a scruffy haired geek demanding more soup. Hourly. With bread.

But really - it's not at all that bad. I mean, I laugh about it. Life can be waaaay harder than realising that people aren't always going to be there - I was never hungry, or cold, or homeless, or any of a million horrid things that happen to kids.

Here's a slightly funnier prank, then... I'd persuaded a friend and notorious piss-taker to have a go at this skiing lark. On our second lesson he was starting to get annoying so I gave a playful 'tap' that some might have misinterpreted as a hearty 'shove'.

He fell, twisting his knee quite badly as the skis crossed over themselves. I felt bad, but he was always nice about my skiing after that....
(clopinettes, Sat 15 Dec 2007, 0:56, closed)