Joking Around
Have you ever noticed that when you switch your relationship status on facebook from whatever it's currently at to a blank status it reports the person as no longer being in a relationship?
That was the basis for a great joke I got to play on my family and friends. And for those who are still left in the dark about what the hell is going on then this story is for you. So I guess it was back in the beginning of November, or end of Oct...something like that. Me and my friend Julie were talking online and the subject of relationships come up and I made the observation about what happens when you change your relationship status on facebook. When people do that they usually get a lot of concerned friends curious as to what happened. They want to know if you are okay, when all the person really wanted to do was no longer share with the world of facebook their relationship status. I haven't been in a relationship for quite some time, so this is where the lightbulds start flashing in our heads. We thought it would be funny if I changed it to in a relationship and see what type of responses I'd get. Let me tell you, it worked like a flippin charm. Exactly ten minutes after changing it my sister-in-law calls me wondering whats going on. Then not too long after that my oldest brother in Edmonton calls me and says his wife wants to talk to me. She too wanting to know what's happening. Funny how both my oldest brothers have to get their wives to prod me for details. I let them in on the joke of course but I'm not sure if my sisters-in-law thought it was too funny. Then my youngest brother posts that he has to find out everything through facebook. He however thought it was freakin genius. Then my close friends and some coworkers make comments trying to find out what's happening. Every time someone came up to me I couldn't help but laugh my ass off. Without going into any details my original joke also ended up having a secondary amusing property. My friend also said it would be a funny way to find out if I had made anyone jealous at work, which we think in fact happened. So after my few days of fun I couldn't just change my status back. What type of impression am I sending to those who don't know it's a joke yet if I can't stay in a relationship for more than a few days...hahaha. Then that's where I forgot all about it until my sister in law made a crack about if I was still in a relationship or not. So my joke lasted for about 2 months and I officially broke up with my fake girlfriend just before Christmas. This of course added even a new level of black humour by having a Christmas breakup for those who still weren't in on the joke. Two learns I picked up with this insightful joke. People shouldn't always trust what they read online, plus way too many people are interested in my love life...lol.
On a side note of playing practical jokes on people. I played a great one on my staff just the other day. Three of my employee's were hanging out in the front of the department while I was paged to customer service where there is another manager talking with two police officers. This was the reason I was called to the front. They all see me talking with the officers and they get back to work. A few minutes later I come back to the department with this real morose look on my face and hand one of them my set of keys mumbling "I knew New Years would catch up with me". They were all concerned and asked what's going on. I told them I'm being charged with drunkin assault and that they are here to take me to jail. The look on their faces was priceless, as I handed them my keys and walked back up to the front. My employee's were left in a state of shock as I walked away. Then I rounded a corner and came back and told them I was just fuckin with them. It's been a while since I laughed that hard. I had sold this thing brilliantly and they bought it hook line and sinker. If your curious the cops just wanted to let me know about a female stealing computer software around town.
Have you ever noticed that when you switch your relationship status on facebook from whatever it's currently at to a blank status it reports the person as no longer being in a relationship?
That was the basis for a great joke I got to play on my family and friends. And for those who are still left in the dark about what the hell is going on then this story is for you. So I guess it was back in the beginning of November, or end of Oct...something like that. Me and my friend Julie were talking online and the subject of relationships come up and I made the observation about what happens when you change your relationship status on facebook. When people do that they usually get a lot of concerned friends curious as to what happened. They want to know if you are okay, when all the person really wanted to do was no longer share with the world of facebook their relationship status. I haven't been in a relationship for quite some time, so this is where the lightbulds start flashing in our heads. We thought it would be funny if I changed it to in a relationship and see what type of responses I'd get. Let me tell you, it worked like a flippin charm. Exactly ten minutes after changing it my sister-in-law calls me wondering whats going on. Then not too long after that my oldest brother in Edmonton calls me and says his wife wants to talk to me. She too wanting to know what's happening. Funny how both my oldest brothers have to get their wives to prod me for details. I let them in on the joke of course but I'm not sure if my sisters-in-law thought it was too funny. Then my youngest brother posts that he has to find out everything through facebook. He however thought it was freakin genius. Then my close friends and some coworkers make comments trying to find out what's happening. Every time someone came up to me I couldn't help but laugh my ass off. Without going into any details my original joke also ended up having a secondary amusing property. My friend also said it would be a funny way to find out if I had made anyone jealous at work, which we think in fact happened. So after my few days of fun I couldn't just change my status back. What type of impression am I sending to those who don't know it's a joke yet if I can't stay in a relationship for more than a few days...hahaha. Then that's where I forgot all about it until my sister in law made a crack about if I was still in a relationship or not. So my joke lasted for about 2 months and I officially broke up with my fake girlfriend just before Christmas. This of course added even a new level of black humour by having a Christmas breakup for those who still weren't in on the joke. Two learns I picked up with this insightful joke. People shouldn't always trust what they read online, plus way too many people are interested in my love life...lol.
On a side note of playing practical jokes on people. I played a great one on my staff just the other day. Three of my employee's were hanging out in the front of the department while I was paged to customer service where there is another manager talking with two police officers. This was the reason I was called to the front. They all see me talking with the officers and they get back to work. A few minutes later I come back to the department with this real morose look on my face and hand one of them my set of keys mumbling "I knew New Years would catch up with me". They were all concerned and asked what's going on. I told them I'm being charged with drunkin assault and that they are here to take me to jail. The look on their faces was priceless, as I handed them my keys and walked back up to the front. My employee's were left in a state of shock as I walked away. Then I rounded a corner and came back and told them I was just fuckin with them. It's been a while since I laughed that hard. I had sold this thing brilliantly and they bought it hook line and sinker. If your curious the cops just wanted to let me know about a female stealing computer software around town.
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