They had a BIG floor-model television. It was Christmas and, at age 7 or thereabouts, I was alone in the living room while my folks and grandparents were still conversing around the dining room table.
I grabbed a strand of tinsel off the Christmas tree. I was twirling it around and it got close to the TV screen. I realized that the static electricity made the tinsel stick to the screen. I also saw that it looked very much like a crack.
So I stuck the entire strand to the screen and called my father into the living room.
He came around the corner and I pointed at the TV screen. I looked at him and said, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to."
His eyes were as big as saucers. There's no way he could have afforded to replace that television at that time.
Then I showed him it was a prank. The funny part is that dad was a prankster himself, but it took him quite a while to admit that he saw any humor in my little stunt that day.
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