great-grandfather

tonytygr · Dec 7, 2009

Not sure if this is the right place to post but it's good for a laugh. My great-grandfather used to sit on his porch with a fishing line tied to a $20 bill laying on the sidewalk. When somebody would walk by and reach for the 20 he would pull on the line pulling the bill away and laugh hysterically. Then he would tell them "just wanted to remind you that you don't get something for nothing!"

lostandfound1 · Dec 8, 2009

tonytygr said:
Not sure if this is the right place to post but it's good for a laugh. My great-grandfather used to sit on his porch with a fishing line tied to a $20 bill laying on the sidewalk. When somebody would walk by and reach for the 20 he would pull on the line pulling the bill away and laugh hysterically. Then he would tell them "just wanted to remind you that you don't get something for nothing!"

Sounds like something I would do. :laughing9:

CWnut · Dec 9, 2009

we used to do a purse or a wallet that way, leave on side of road and when somebody screeched to a halt we would jerk it into the bushes...got a few laughs but one fellow got real mad about it so we quit doing it.

FL Junkman · Dec 9, 2009

Yeah, I've don't the wallet trick a few times back when I could run faster!

FL Junkman

diggummup · Dec 9, 2009

That's funny. My Grandad krazy glued a quarter to the sidewalk in front of his house. I don't know how many walker bye's tried to pick that quarter up. :laughing9:

tonytygr · Dec 14, 2009

I won't tell y'all about the time Grandad put a bobcat in a suitcase and left it on the side of the road.

ivan salis · Dec 14, 2009

super glue a 50 cent piece down in public spot --- hours of cheap entertainment

alexfm123 · Dec 15, 2009

I've done that as well. I would superglue a quarter to the sidewalk and watch the neighbors try to pick it up. It was pretty funny until someone's kids came at it with a shovel and left a nice hole in the concrete.

I guess they really wanted that quarter.

I also did that at my high school. I super glued a penny by the front door, and a couple dimes and quarters in the bathroom.

cyberdan · Dec 16, 2009

I was at the county fair last year and saw a folded $20 on the ground. I nonchalantly walked by and picked it up. I walked about 100 feet and looked at it. It was a folded advertisement. $20 on the outside and ad on the inside. I walked a little further and quietly set it on a bench for the next unsuspecting sucker to find.

(it was a very good print job)

rjw4law · Dec 30, 2009

Ya'll have way too much time on yer hands!

dogbeak · Jan 5, 2010

Reminds me of a story.
Before my days, my grandfather went ice fishing around x-mas.
He brought home a nice mess of fish.
He cleaned them, and put the guts and heads in a box and wrapped it fancy paper with a bow.
He put it out in the curb and waited.
Soon a car came buy and stopped.
The man got out, looked around a bit, then tossed it in his car and sped off.
Bet he got a big suprise when he got home!
Might have to try that someday(but have catch fish first)

Minnie · Jan 17, 2010

cyberdan said:
I was at the county fair last year and saw a folded $20 on the ground. I nonchalantly walked by and picked it up. I walked about 100 feet and looked at it. It was a folded advertisement. $20 on the outside and ad on the inside. I walked a little further and quietly set it on a bench for the next unsuspecting sucker to find. (it was a very good print job)

I had a bunch of those years ago. They were lots of fun. Its unreal how many people walk over them before someone sees it. Wish I had more now.

OhioFinds · Oct 18, 2012

dogbeak said:
Reminds me of a story.
Before my days, my grandfather went ice fishing around x-mas.
He brought home a nice mess of fish.
He cleaned them, and put the guts and heads in a box and wrapped it fancy paper with a bow.
He put it out in the curb and waited.
Soon a car came buy and stopped.
The man got out, looked around a bit, then tossed it in his car and sped off.
Bet he got a big suprise when he got home!
Might have to try that someday(but have catch fish first)

It's going to be a fun fishy Christmas in my neighborhood!! haha!!! :laughing9:

ckrakowski · Oct 21, 2012

cyberdan said:
I was at the county fair last year and saw a folded $20 on the ground. I nonchalantly walked by and picked it up. I walked about 100 feet and looked at it. It was a folded advertisement. $20 on the outside and ad on the inside. I walked a little further and quietly set it on a bench for the next unsuspecting sucker to find. (it was a very good print job)

i found 1 of those as well a few months ago at a supermarket at about 930 at night there were me and another person there. i found it right by the doors and thinking it was his i just picked it up and walked out not wanting him to know about it when i found out it was an advertisement i dropped it at the next store i went to in the checkout line.f

strickman · Oct 22, 2012

we used to do the purse thing with big black snake .Saw a whole carload of 'em bail out and were running around screaming . Laughed so hard it hurt!

GPS53 · Oct 22, 2012

My father in law had a good one years ago before portable phones of any kind, and no caller id. He would see his neighbors working in their garden (about 100 feet from their house) he would call them, as soon as one of them would get in the back door, he would hang up, soon as they got back to the garden, he would call again, same thing. he would do this about 3 times before he would quit.
He would only do this 3 or 4 times a year so they never caught on about it, don`t think I have ever heard him laughing so hard.

Jason in Enid · Oct 23, 2012

I've been the victim of the glued quarter! It's still funny, even when I'm the Joke-ee.

OhioFinds · Oct 26, 2012

ckrakowski said:
when i found out it was an advertisement i dropped it at the next store i went to in the checkout line.f

Seriously!!?? No "effin" way!!!! That there is something that you may want to keep to yourself!!! Sound's to me like you're a self proclaimed thief @ all cost's! You thought it was real, and you thought it was well here....Quote: "i found 1 of those as well a few months ago at a supermarket at about 930 at night there were me and another person there. i found it right by the doors and thinking it was his i just picked it up and walked out not wanting him to know about it"!!!! Now that there is really "effin'" sad!! Now I understand what your name mean's, "CRACKHEAD", "SHADY", "THIEF"!!! LMFAO REALLY

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OhioFinds · Oct 26, 2012

Jason in Enid said:
I've been the victim of the glued quarter! It's still funny, even when I'm the Joke-ee.

HAHAHA!!! Now that bring's back memories!! At one of my former employers, we used to glue quarter's, dime's, whatever we had in our pocket's,,, all over the shop! The owner fell for it every single time, but prop's to him, he never gave up!! He would get a hammer and chissel and "get that $"!!! :coins:

OhioFinds · Oct 26, 2012

strickman said:
we used to do the purse thing with big black snake .Saw a whole carload of 'em bail out and were running around screaming . Laughed so hard it hurt!

Sound's like something that I need to try, was the snake a real snake, or just a rubber/plastic imitation