Messing with people's headsTheophilous Thunderwulf says: What have you done to fuck with people? Was it a long, carefully planned piece of psychological warfare, or do you favour quick, off-the-cuff comments that confuse the terminally gullible? Have you been dicked with, and only realised many years later? Are you being dicked right now? Tell us everything.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:25)
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Two weeks of paranoiaBack in 1998, myself and two colleagues (Mr P and Mr L) flew over to Houston, Texas for a two week training course. I hired a car for us to use. Now Mr P had never been to the US before, and on the flight we found out he was slightly paranoid about the police having guns. He was quite convinced we'd be lucky to get back to the UK without being shot for something.
While I was driving us from the airport into the city, it became clear that Mr P was completely unaware of the rule that permits you to go through a red traffic light if you are turning right and the way is clear. I turned right on a red and he went into a blind panic, yelling "ARE YOU CRAZY?! WE'RE GOING TO GET SHOT!!" I feigned total indifference, and replied "Don't worry, there's no cops around... they won't be able to catch us anyway." My other colleague Mr L knew about this rule and played along, while trying hard not to laugh. We continued doing this for the entire two weeks, winding Mr P up more and more, leaving him a nervous wreck in the back seat on most journeys. Once we went through a red with a police car right behind us... he was physically shaking after that one!
We finally told him the truth on the plane home. He was NOT amused...
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calibrax loves teh hamsters (not in that way), Fri 13 Jan 2012, 22:52,
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