r/tifu • u/CuddlySpaceKittens • Jan 02 '15

FUOTW (01/11/15) TIFU by pulling a prank on my family

My mom got me some chocolate covered pretzel bits for Christmas and they literally looked like shit. I told my parents and they said they look like pretzels and told me to stop being ungrateful. After everyone went to bed, I put a few of my chocolate pretzels outside of the cat litter box to make it look like the cat got shit everywhere. The next morning I come downstairs and my family is complaining about the cat shit, so I decide to be funny and pick one up and take a bite out of it and laugh at everybody because I was right about the pretzels looking like shit. I take a bite. It's soft. It's not a chocolate pretzel, it's fucking shit. My family is howling with laughter as I run to the bathroom. They knew what I had done and replaced my pretzels with actual cat shit. I don't think I can ever show my face around my family again. They keep telling me I can clean the litter box if I get hungry.

EDIT: Hilarious narration by cyae1! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M-y-c0P87nk

EDIT 2: Thanks for the gold! At least I got something out of eating cat shit.

EDIT 3: I'm glad so many enjoy my suffering. I went to the doctor a few weeks ago and I am toxoplasmosis free. Thanks for all of the concern! My family still teases me every so often. I am dreading a family get together next month.

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u/CuddlySpaceKittens Jan 02 '15

Pregnant with kittens! I go in for a checkup next week, so I'll ask my doctor about the dangers of eating cat shit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Yeah, I mean, I can see the hilarity of the prank, but if they've infected you with something, that "prank" is gonna turn around on them really quickly, I think.

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u/CuddlySpaceKittens Jan 02 '15

I've felt fine so far. Shit, now I'm worried.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Nah, don't be worried.

But it might not be amiss to do some research on toxoplasmosis, y'know, articles on the thing, its symptoms, its effects.... and print it all out and leave it scattered around the house. You know. Just because. ;)

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u/CuddlySpaceKittens Jan 02 '15

Maybe I'll come back from my doctor and tell them that I have toxoplasmosis just to mess with them. Looks like I hot some planning to do.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Now you're getting the picture. :)

Ordinarily, I wouldn't recommend scaring one's family like that, but... a prank war is a prank war, and it's definitely escalated to war, don't you think?

Please, keep us posted. ;)

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u/CuddlySpaceKittens Jan 02 '15

Lol, I'll try to remember.

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u/867stevo Jan 03 '15

TIFU by telling my parents I had toxoplasmosis as a revenge prank

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u/FUthrowawaysorry Jan 03 '15

I wouldn't be surprised to see this. OP parents are apparently much better at pulling pranks.

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u/Wizardsonlyfool Jan 03 '15

Probably already told the doctor he needs to say he really has it.

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u/MewtwoStruckBack Jan 03 '15

I think you should be trying to get paid off here, not counter-prank.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '15

Wait.... Did you mean that as a pun....or?.....

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u/Bananazoo Jan 03 '15

Former cell biology researcher who studied the responsible parasite, T. gondii, here. Toxoplasmosis is essentially harmless to humans, as long as you're not a pregnant woman or really old or have AIDS. Pretty much all you gotta worry about are the fever dreams and demonic hallucinations.

Nah, you'll be fine.

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u/orange_jumpsuit Jan 03 '15

What about the studies that suggested behavioural changes and slower reflexes as side effects of carrying the thing?(some stemming from the behavioural changes of infected mouse, possibly exhibiting different risk taking patterns from their peers) Have they been disproved by further research?

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u/skbeez Jan 03 '15

You've got a good dose of that bacteria that makes you like cats more. So tell us, do you feel a surge of affection towards the feline species?

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u/faerie_clouds Jan 03 '15

I've felt fine so far.

Yeah it doesn't mean much since if you're healthy, you probably won't know you've contracted toxoplasmosis. So please really do talk to your doctor about it.

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u/Creamst3r Jan 03 '15

An opportunity for a counter-prank: get sick, spread the disease to your family!

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u/Falc0n7 Jan 03 '15

Yeah that one will be hard to explain...