Practical jokes you've pulled... or had pulled on you

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This topic was inspired by the death of Carly Simon's sister.  Though sad, it brought up this happy memory:

When I was a young'n, we had these things called 'records'.  Perhaps you've read about them in history books.

One day I was at the register in the record department of Alexander's department store, when I saw a pile of

Lucy & Carly – The Simon Sisters Sing for Children

Originally released in 1969, the album was reissued in 1973 to capitalize on Carly Simon's success as a solo artist, under the title Lucy & Carly – The Simon Sisters Sing for Children. For this edition, additional instrumentation was added to the original album to give it a more pop-oriented sound. It also had a new cover featuring a photo of the sisters.

 

Anyhoo... they were on clearance for 10 cents apiece. Stupidly, I only bought 2, which I gift-wrapped and gave to friends.  Because they were both pretty smart, they could tell from the shape what they were being gifted with. Imagine their joy when they opened their gifts, which was exacerbated when I told them what I'd paid.

ALSO: my dad owned a liquor store, but neither he nor my mom drank more than a couple of times a year.  As a result, we had a bar in our apartment filled with partially-empty bottles of booze. One day I took a couple that were mostly empty, spilled the contents down the drain, and filled them with water.  I added food coloring to get the proper color.  They still retained the smell stench of the booze. (when I was little, my dad used to drag us to wineries so he could get swag from the owners, and the stench of the booze left a lifetime distaste of alcohol)

One of the album recipients was a girl named Sharon, whose apartment I hung out at occasionally.  Her mom, Janice, was cool and we got along well.  On the day I brought Sharon the record, I also brought Janice the 'booze' as a thank you for letting me hang out there fairly often.  She put it away with her own stuff, where it remained until I 'fessed up a few weeks later.  She laughed, but said she was glad she hadn't served it to any guests.

OLD DAYS... good times I remember!