Fake Winning Lottery Ticket Causes Ecstasy -- Then Fury. What Now?

[HesseJam]

Little girl runs to her mother and yelling in an alarmed voice: "Mum. Daddy hung himself in the attic!"

Mother ("Oh my god!") runs up the stair cases right up to the attic but nobody is there.

Little girl giggles and yells from downstairs: Ha ha ha, April Fools Day Mum, he hung himself in the basement!

[epdaws]

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15 minutes later, my cousin (the black sheep of the family, really) announces

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maybe this is why he thought it was funny and let it drag on.

if i knew i had to spend the whole [censored] day with [censored] that called me the 'black sheep', i would have done the same thing.

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Um, no. No one calls him that. Our family has bent over backward to help his various problems, and we've gone more than an extra mile to be kind.

[kazana]

The only way this could have been maybe remotely funny was if black sheep would've ninja'd the gift to reveal the truth after the (undoubtedly) arising flood of insults/threats.

Hmmm... and even then, it'd probably be kinda douchy still.

[solids]

jesus, i just read through this entire thread. my thoughts:

i actually think dementia had some decents points. the joke is kinda funny due to the fact that there are still people dumb enough to fall for such an obvious/old/lame joke. when someone says "a sphincter says what?", and another person says "what?", it's still funny. true, it's an over used and lame joke, but it's funny that people are [censored] stupid enough to fall for it.

that said, the cousin still needs to use better judgement and discretion. first off, pulling this at a family gift exchange is risky. and honestly, what kind of moron lets this go on for 15 minutes on people that are in financial trouble? as soon as he saw who the recipient was, he should've let them in on the joke very soon. i don't even think i'd let this go for 60 seconds.

finally, maybe i'm getting leveled, but some of the analogies in this thread are [censored] retarded.

[belgianbeerlover]

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Question: how long can the gag go on before it's not funny?

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It this case - 5-10 seconds after she revealed "the winner".

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What would you do?

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I don't know. But it would be cruel and funny. The pranks you can play on your cousin are practically unlimited. I would thoroughly enjoy planning revenge with my brother. I'd be happy to help give you some ideas.

[By-Tor]

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Um, no. No one calls him that. Our family has bent over backward to help his various problems, and we've gone more than an extra mile to be kind.

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Oh, I see, you just call him that behind his back to vent your frustration that he doesn't conform to your families standards?

I wonder what I would do if someday I found out how my family talk about me behind my back...

It would probably involve fake lottery tickets.


Black Sheep: 1
Uptight [censored] family: 0

[Senor Choppy]

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Choppy,

"If anyone pulled this on me or anyone close to me I'd beat the living [censored] out of them."

No you wouldn't.

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It wasn't hyperbole in this case. Doing this to anyone that could remotely use 10k is beyond low.

[epdaws]

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Um, no. No one calls him that. Our family has bent over backward to help his various problems, and we've gone more than an extra mile to be kind.

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Oh, I see, you just call him that behind his back to vent your frustration that he doesn't conform to your families standards?

I wonder what I would do if someday I found out how my family talk about me behind my back...

It would probably involve fake lottery tickets.


Black Sheep: 1
Uptight [censored] family: 0

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*Sigh*

I described as such to indicate how he is viewed by the family. That's not a name we call him behind his back; it's what I came up with when trying to describe him to an internet forum.

You know what we call him behind his back? An idiot, sometimes. You know what we call him to his face? An idiot, sometimes. We have no need to hide how we feel, and we don't. So what's your point?

[canis582]

Its your brother and his wife's fault for believing that they would actually win.

[samsonite2100]

The problem w/ this "gift" is not how cruel it is, it's that it's not funny in the least. I don't see what's funny about basically giving someone money and then saying "psych!" It wouldn't be funny if a rich guy did it to another rich guy, either, although it would have the clear advantage of not being cruel.