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huskeya4 t1_jed6o0c wrote

I went hard on my mom one year in high school. I drew a tiny spider in marker on the toilet paper. I flipped two cups of water upside down on the counter (so the water stayed in them). I searched all of her shoes so they were the left on the right and the right on the left so when she put them on, they’d be on the wrong foot. I taped a sign to the trunk saying to honk at her. I can’t even remember all of them anymore but it ended up being like 13 pranks. The only thing I didn’t mess with was the coffee. And I made sure none of my pranks would actually make her late for work. I did wake up early that day to her scream in the bathroom but I just kind of laughed and went back to bed. Apparently she took one look at the counter with the cups and was like “she’s cleaning that up”. She said she’s did spend her entire first cup of coffee trying to figure out how I got them on the counter without spilling them before she decided she wasn’t awake enough for that shit. Then she couldn’t figure out why everyone was honking at her going into work until she checked the car when she arrived. We got a good laugh out of it when she got home and she made me demonstrate how to flip the glasses and clean them up without spilling using a plastic table mat.

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NoVaFlipFlops t1_jedhcx5 wrote

Epic. Taking notes for my six yo. This is his favorite holiday, but he thinks wonderful surprises count, too.

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HatchlingChibi t1_jeelsny wrote

…how did you get them on the counter without spilling them?

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treznor70 t1_jeexnn7 wrote

Put something thin and flat on top of the cup (like a drink coaster or something), flip it over, put in on the counter upside down, pull out the thing you put on top.

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huskeya4 t1_jeexobw wrote

A sturdy piece of plastic. You cover the opening of the cup with it and flip the cup. Keep your hand under the plastic for support and the suction will keep the water inside. Then set the plastic right next to the edge of the counter and slide the cup off the plastic and onto the counter fairly quickly (the crack between the plastic and the counter can break the seal so move quick but don’t knock the cup over). Then wipe up the little bit of water trail that’s left behind. To pick the cup back up, just reverse the process.

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graboidian t1_jef2g9l wrote

> To pick the cup back up, just reverse the process.

or you could put a large pot next to the counter, then slide the glass off the edge, using the pot to catch the water.

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