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A practical joke (as told on Cruise Critic) :D

A practical joke (as told on Cruise Critic) :D

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Old Nov 10th, 2011 | 02:50 PM
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A practical joke (as told on Cruise Critic) :D

I usually bring aboard several brand new USA Todays which are usually available in the Hotel before our cruise.

I sit in a very highly visible place in the buffet at breakfast and on deck all week long and leave it open to the first page.

Folks believe it is the current issue and ask where I got it. Told them to go to the purser's desk.

Never saw most of them again except a lady on Carnival who came back and called me an a$$le.
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Old Nov 11th, 2011 | 02:01 AM
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And you think that is funny! I think there is a thin line between funny and mean and that is mean.
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Old Nov 11th, 2011 | 06:32 AM
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You think that's funny??! Well, let me tell you--you're right!

Thanks for the laugh!
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Old Nov 11th, 2011 | 08:07 AM
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Oh, yes it must be so much fun to perhaps see an elderly person in a walker trudge down to the purser's office.....
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Old Nov 11th, 2011 | 09:35 AM
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I'd feel better about it being funny if you had bought all the papers as most hotels assume clients will take only one, not steal all that are available. That's like emptying the candy dish that is also on the counter into your brief case!
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Old Nov 11th, 2011 | 09:36 AM
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I don't think that doing something with the intent of making people uncomfortable is funny.
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Old Nov 11th, 2011 | 10:03 AM
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All: thank you for laughs!
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Old Nov 11th, 2011 | 10:54 AM
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Dayenu, If I didn't know better I would swear that your name is Clara.
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Old Nov 11th, 2011 | 01:04 PM
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No, my name is Faina

And Clara doesn't play practical jokes. She's rather harmless, only talks about her family, doesn't comment on other posts, takes hurtful replies to her posts easy, I would love to meet her in person.

She sort of lets the steam out here on Fodor's to take better care of her family in real life.
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Old Nov 12th, 2011 | 02:45 AM
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trollz.com are so droll
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Old Nov 14th, 2011 | 07:10 AM
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You never fail to amaze... Your cheering squad must be cruising!
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Old Nov 18th, 2011 | 03:13 AM
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Very strange.....
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Old Nov 20th, 2011 | 01:00 PM
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Not fuuny at all, mean.
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Old Nov 21st, 2011 | 11:51 AM
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Well if it was the NYTimes you would suck me in.....USA Today is pretty worthless
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Old Dec 5th, 2011 | 08:40 AM
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Guess you have to know Dayenu to find this funny. I do and I'm sorry some of you seem angry about it. At least you did last month. Maybe the Christmas Spirit is with you now!
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