Crazy Pranks Children Inflict On Their Poor Dads Revealed
Dads tell of little horrors who make their life hell
Kids who leave map pins on the floor in the bedroom, and youngsters who draw on their sleeping parents faces are just some of the horror stories that mean fathers say they deserve a day off on June 16th.
According to dads who have spoken to a leading gentlemen's sock retailer socked.co.uk about the worst thing their kids have ever done to them, they've laughed off any number of practical jokes from their children.
Some fathers say they've escaped serious injury to both body and dignity as their offspring take revenge for missed pocket money or regular parental punishments.
"We've heard some right old horror stories," said Mark Hall, Gentleman Creation Officer of Socked.co.uk, "and half of them wouldn't have been out of place on a particularly harrowing edition of You've Been Framed."
Among the stories told to us by Socked.co.uk customers:
Mike said: "My six and seven-year-olds spread map pins all over the floor on my side of the bed while I was asleep. Then they sneaked outside and rang the doorbell. We laughed about it, eventually."
David told us: "My daughter drew all over my face while I was asleep the night before I was due to fly out to the US. I got up at 5am, dressed in the dark, and didn't know anything was wrong until I got dirty looks from passport control at Heathrow."
Colin: "I've got three teenage kids. I still haven't worked out who sabotaged my lunch box. Shaving foam sandwiches and - here's the master stroke - dried pasta pushed into a banana were not welcome after a hard morning's labouring."
(For the uninitiated, dried pasta in a banana eventually softens and resembles a worm when bitten and is a guaranteed horrific practical joke)
"That's just the tip of the iceberg," said Hall, "Our little survey found all kinds of stuff that dad's all over the country are saving up for their wedding reception speeches."
- Sold dad's stamp collection at school
- Used his collection of vinyl records as frisbees
- Put underwear in his brief case to take to work
- Stole beer from the fridge and held it to ransom until pocket money was paid
But the very worst came from a customer called Ron:
"They're still living at home aged 40. Help."
"If that's not reason enough to give your dad a day off this Fathers Day, I don't know what is," said Hall.
"Just get him a nice pair of socks and leave the poor chap alone."
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