Functionally ReTodded

One of the many things kids miss out on today due to video games, the internet and girls that start putting out at age twelve is practical jokes and pranks.

I mention this because my neighbors went out of town this weekend and we were tasked with keeping an eye on Gilbey, the fun but sometimes annoying schnauzer.

When I was getting ready to go to their house Saturday morning, GBD gave me the garage code:

BAMA

Being an Auburn household, I smiled and said "well, it won’t be that for long," and I headed down the street.

Since the keypad opener thingy is 11 years old, finding programming instructions for it took a while. But I did find them. And I changed the code (it was limited to being four characters) to TGRS.

After I told my BIL and his 12-year-old about it, we started brainstorming some other ideas for pranks we could do to the out of towners, or anyone else we knew for that matter. I thought it might be a fun summer if we pulled a few pranks that didn’t result in permanent damage or human waste (i.e. saran wrap over the toilets, etc).

So when the homeowners returned, I handed them the list of things we came up with that we COULD have done, so they don’t feel nearly as bad about the door code (which I didn’t change. I reluctantly gave it to them and said that I’d tell them how to change it in a week). The funny part was, before I went down to see them, GBD was talking to them and laughing when they asked for the code and she left them by saying "I’ll give you a hint…it’s four letters."

I tell you all of that to tell you this. last night, several of the neighbors were over for some beer, rack of lamb and some fellowship, and we started talking about the pranks again. I was also talking about public pools and my disdain for the urine-water ratio, but further that I always made sure I was holding one of my kids when I was peeing in the pool, just in case they finally have a chemical that will actually turn the water purple if it detects urine.

Editor’s note. This part assumes that you had a friend or neighbor with their own pool growing up, and their moms were constantly telling you not to pee in the pool since there was a chemical in the pool that would turn purple if it touched urine . Now back to the story.

That’s when my neighbor Superios started laughing and said "We should just palm one of those liquid food coloring bottles, walk up behind someone that’s in the water, dump it in, and after the water starts turning, start pointing and loudly yelling "Holy crap!! That guy’s peeing in the pool!!"

And my someone, we mean someone we all know and would make fun of forever and a day.

How freaking great an idea is THAT?

And I think the added benefit would be that it would scare the shit out of all the kids that were peeing in the pool at that time.

Anyway, happy pranking everybody. I welcome comments or prank suggestions that we can try out during the summer.