Jokes on you

Last night's conversation between my mother and grandmother proved to be quite entertaining for strained ears.

My mother on the phone with Granny:

"So did you prank anyone with an April fools joke?"

"You did?!"

pause

"Well, that just doesn't seem right!"

"What was his handicap?"

(my mind is now reeling with visions of my beloved Granny shoving an invalid down 30 flights of stairs only to point and shout, 'fooled you!')

"Ooh no, that still doesn't sound right?!"

"Haha, well I guess if he thought it was funny, personally- I'd be pissed......"

END OF INTERESTING CONVERSATION AND THE POINT AT WHICH I STARTED TO PACE BACK AND FORTH BEFORE MY MOM LIKE A DOG WITH WITH A WEAK BLADDER BEGGING FOR HER TO GET OFF THE PHONE.

Me: "What happened to the poor invalid that she propelled down the stairs?"

Mom: "What are you talking about?"

Me: "You said she pranked someone with a handicap, Is she going to jail now?!"

Mom: "Settle down, she pranked one of the kids on her bus" (Granny is an assistant on a school bus for the special education children).

Mom: She has a boy with downs syndrome on her bus that asks what his treat is everyday (as if they give them candy, which they don't). So today when he asked for his treat, she said, "I have a treat for you...." and handed him an empty box of chocolates. He sat down and opened it and started laughing and she said, "April Fools!"

Me: "Wait, so he thought it was funny?"

Mom: "Yeh. I guess"

Me: "Hmmm. I would be pissed."

Mom: "Thats what I said!"

So good news, Granny is not a heartless old woman after all. Which is nice.