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A Prank I Enjoyed


We went to a furniture warehouse to browse a few weeks ago.  Lots of junk, all manner of broken items selling for as low as $6-10.   Lots of coffee tables without glass tops, desks where drawers don't shut, that kind of stuff.  All items were just about broken, some like they had fallen off the truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at 90 mph.     


I opened this box and noticed a huge bug inside.  My daughter, kenzie is not very bug-friendly.  I think it has to do with that cicada that buzzed up her shorts when she was a little kid.  Most bugs give her the creeps so I called her over and asked what she thought of the box I found.  She came over and didn't exactly light up over it, maybe becasue of the chip on the top, perhaps. 



Like all humans she touched it, then opened the lid. 


While she didn't scream, she did jump and guess that's good enough sometimes.  I felt bad momentarily, then remembered the old adage, "A good prank is like money in the bank."  I just made that up.  There are no good sayings regarding pranking people.

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