| We played a trick on my friend Jerry that I worked with in the military. The previous night we had a few drinks and then called it a night and walked home together. Jerry, in the morning mentioned to someone that his shoulder really hurt, but he couldn't remember hurting it. We came up with a plan that morning to convince Jerry that he had been sideswiped by a taxi, and got into a fight with a taxi driver. We emailed everyone we were with the night before, explained to them what we were doing, and started planting that idea in Jerry's mind. At first he claimed that it never happened. He kept saying he knew we were just fucking with him. More and more people corroborated the story. We even had a military police officer call him on the phone to inquire about the incident. We got his boss to sit him down and have a talk with him about his problem with alcohol (he doesn't drink that much). Eventually as the story was repeated to him by everyone, especially people with authority, Jerry went from: "this never happened.. I only had two beer last night"
to: "hmm... maybe I was really drunk after all... but I don't remember anything"
to: "Yeah... I remember everything now! How could I have forgotten before? Crazy!?!?" He turned our story into real memories and even started adding his own details to the story. We thought that was hilarious. That night we all got together and told Jerry that it was all just a joke. He couldn't believe it. He argued with us that he was sure it did happen. He remembered it. When he finally accepted it he felt really dumb, but it was a really fun day at work for us, so definitely worth it. |
Congratulations!!! Probably every convicted rapist though something equivalent at some point, so you are in good company to be sure.