Nonny wrote:

"Tony" wrote in message
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Nonny wrote:
My earlier post about the leaking faucet reminded me of a prank my
kids pulled on my wife many, many years back. Perhaps it'll inspire
you to have some fun as well. Back then, our kitchen sink had a
typical faucet, with a separate dish sprayer. My kids decided to
place rubber bands around the thumb lever of the dish sprayer, so
that it was continually on. When placed in the sink opening, it was
almost impossible to notice the rubber bands.

The next morning, Mrs. Nonny went to the sink to fill the coffee
maker, fliping on the cold water. Rather than running out the
faucet, the water sprayed horizontally from the dish sprayer, hitting
her in the face and chest. It was not something she expected or
appreciated. Of course, both kids were grounded. . . and that lasted
about 30 seconds.

My oldest brothers alarm clock was set to a radio station and at full
volume. He would take 5 minutes to actually shut it off or hit the
sleep button. One morning I took my FM mike, tuned it to his favorite
radio station, and clipped the antenna to the plumbing. Like normal
his radio was blasting away and between commercials I turned on the FM
mike. Then talking like they did on FM in the 80's, soft, smooth and
mellow, I picked todays $1000 winner. Yes it was my brother. I ran
the phone number passed real fast. I heard all kinds of noise and
banging around from his bedroom. When he told us what happened and I
explained my role, besides being ****ed off, he said he got up and in
his confusion ran into a brick wall looking for a pen to write down
the phone number. ;-) 35 years later he still tells people that
story, and well I suppose I do also.

Imagine a small country town with a local radio station. At Noon each
day, the announcer would dial a number and ask a Noon Time Quiz question
to some random soul. The prize was usually a $5 gift certificate etc.
My buddy's father had a law practice over a store on the town square and
the window overlooked a telephone booth. My buddy and I hung around the
office until the father left for lunch, then commandeered the window and
his telephone. Around Noon, we waited until some poor, dumb-looking,
soul would be near the phone booth, then make our own Noon Time Quiz
call to the pay phone. The victim answered, as we had hoped. I asked
some really easy question and the target would hopefully give the
correct answer. Regardless, he would WIN and WIN BIG.

The prize was a 15 minute shopping spree at the grocery store across the
squa and A&P. The directions were simple. When he hung up the
telephone, the 15 minute shopping spree would begin. He was to run
across the town square and directly into the grocery store. He was to
shout out to all that he'd just won the Noon Time Quiz. He had the
remaining time to fill as many baskets as he could with groceries and
all the groceries that he could get out the front door and onto the
sidewalk by the time his 15 minutes had expired were his to keep. If
someone tried to stop him, he should just tell them he'd won the Noon
Time Quiz.

We then sat in the window watching as some poor soul would go running
across the square, shouting out that he'd won. He'd then race into the
grocery store and people would start to gather outside. Within 5-10
minutes, the police would arrive, usually after the first of several
carts full of meat and produce would be pushed out the door to the
sidewalk.

OB repair: when the person finished, there was a need to repair the
screen door on the grocery store.


Good one! A bit risky if the police and store manager weren't so
understanding.