When you were a kid, what kind of tricks did your elders play on you?

Question

My Grandpa would send me for things like
"box of grid squares"
"a pucket of prop wash"
"a roll of flight line"
"a left handed monkey wrench"

When I would ask my dad to do something he would tell me," Sure I will do it as soon as I find out where I lost my box of 'Round 2 it's'"

and lets not forget the good old Snipe hunt!

LOL!
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Now I don't feel so bad about thoughs "smart pills" the rabbits made!

Answer 1

I had an Irish grandpa who had a false bottom plate. Now, he was one old hothead when he wanted to be but, he had a very funny side as well.

As a child, I would aggravate him and the only way he could get me to stop would be to stick those bottom teeth out at me! Ewwwwww! He would make a growling noise when he did this and it made it seem ominous to me! Oh, not only did I stop, I ran away! I would look back, over my shoulder and he would be laughing so hard his face would turn red!

By the way, my children will tell you the same thing as he continued to do this with the great-grandchildren as well! It worked and he loved scaring the pants off of us!

Answer 2

my uncle had a mustache and he used to cover it up with one hand and let a catapillar loose to crawl across the floor and tell me to quick catch his mustache.
When my kids were little I used to tell them they had ancestors, I was sure of it. They would throw fits and holler no I don't.
I was with my dad once helping him clean up the old turn of the century cemetery close to our home. He said there is a badger hole, I am going to shoot it because it is digging all over the place. You be careful and if I yell run--You run!! Well he yelled run and I took off like a bullet and climbed up on top of the car. He was standing there laughing---no sign of a badger. My great grandpa used to grow tobacco in Va. He would pick a tobacco worm off one of the plants and pretend like he ate it. More I am sure but those I remember now.

Answer 3

When I was little, my dad told me you could catch a bird by sprinkling salt on it's tail. I'd come in the house crying sometimes because I'd gotten so close. He'd tell me be more quiet and go slower next time. I was in my early twenties before it dawned on me that if I was close enough to put salt on it I could have caught it.

Answer 4

I was overly sensitive as a child, and when they tricked me with a "snipe hunt", I cried so pitifully, they stopped playing jokes on me.

Answer 5

My grandpa would tell us kids that if we swallowed a watermelon seed, a watermelon would grow in our stomachs, and also, if we ate the crust from our slices of bread, we would get curly hair.

Answer 6

My Mom got me with this one every year until I was about six. Then I smartened up and would just give her "the look"....

On putting us to bed on the night of December 31st, she would always say "Now I won't be seeing you until next year. You be good!"

Of course, I went through all sorts of crying fits until I realized that the next morning WOULD BE next year, and then I was just upset that my mother would DO THAT to me!!

Answer 7

snipe hunting was favorite of all my uncles, they also sent to the store to buy seeds for the garden. they sent me for ,sweet pickles, dill pickles, sour pickles seeds, the store got a big laugh because pickle seeds are all the same until you process them. ha ha ha. but it was funny after i got over being mad.

Answer 8

I know a guy who pointed to some sheep caca and asked his mother what it was, and she said, "olives."

Answer 9

Sorry to say- I don't remember