Pop
Senior Member
I am on lunch and was thinking of the good jokes and pranks pulled on people. My dad was a crane operator at a mill and everyday they would break for lunch at 11:30 and all would sit around and eat. This being over 50 years ago there were no fast food places so everyone brown bagged or lunch boxed. I would hang out with dad during the summers (owner did not have a problem with me being around). One day everyone was sitting around talking and dad had a box of cracker jacks that he had doctored up the night before by cutting a small slit in the box and inserting a 5 dollar bill for the surprise. For those who are not old enough to remember cracker jacks would always have a little surprise toy inside. Dad opened his cracker jacks and immediately pulled the 5 dollars out and held it up so all could see what kind of surprise he had. Two of his fellow workers said they had to run up to the company store and would be back shortly. They proceeded to purchase all the cracker jacks in stock. They came back to the mill and opened all the boxes and was very disappointed that they did not have any money in any of the boxes. Dad never disclosed his prank to any of the guys and I did not find out until many years later. I guess back in those days people were more gullible than they are now.