Post #83976 by johntiki on Thu, Apr 1, 2004 7:34 AM

Mine is not as well executed but...when I was 14 my family went on a vacation to the Bahamas and our first morning there happened to fall on April 1st - my mom had decided to play a prank on my dad that morning and to this day it still manages to fool my poor father almost every April Fool's Day. My mom went into her purse and proclaimed "Have you seen my wallet?" My dad unsuspecting of anything replies "No...I didn't see it." My mom in the most serious of expressions and with utter concern in her voice answers with, "My wallet's gone." This is while on vacation mind you and my mom usually carried the majority of cash and credit cards - my dad's face suddenly washed over in worry and dread reacts with a trademark "Jee-sus Christ!" At that point my sister and I unable to control it any longer burst into laughter and the gig was up. So next year we were at home and my mom calmy asks my dad "John, have you seen my wallet?" "No I haven't seen it." "My wallets gone." My dad waited a little longer before responding. "When's the last time you saw it?" "I remember seeing it last night...(suddenly turning concern to anger)I think one of those kids that was here last night must have stolen my wallet!" (This is when I was into skateboarding and hung around with a bunch of scary looking punk/skater misfits that would often come skate at our house) My dad's response, "Jee-sus Christ!"

My mom has continued to use this April Fool's joke about every other year and it never fails to get my dad...my sister told me she was going to break out the old standard this morning. You've heard people say that the only sure things are death and taxes, with my family you can also be sure that when my mom's wallet is gone on April 1st my dad's response will be "Jee-sus Christ!"