April 24, 2016

April Fool's

Last year, while my brother was serving his Mormon mission in the Czech Republic (errr...Czechia), I played the following prank on him.


from:
Nick Davis 
to:
Cole Davis
date:
Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 10:07 AM
subject:
 Good/Bad News

Coliba!

I know you haven't heard from me in a while. Sorry, I've been busy...GETTING ENGAGED!!! Who ever thought I'd be the first Davis child to lock it down??? Check out the pictures to see her rock. Not bad, eh? :)

So....the bad news. Sarah's parents live out of the country, but will be here in at the beginning of June and she obviously wants them to be there. So we're setting the date for June 12...sorry, bro! Do you think there's any way you could come home early? It's all happening so fast, but we'll make sure to record the whole thing for you if you can't.

It's a beautiful night,
We're looking for something dumb to do,
Hey baby,
I think I wanna marry you,
Nick


He bought it hook, line and sinker. The Bruno Mars sign-off and stock "engagement ring" photo I grabbed from the Internet likely helped seal the deal.

A year later, I'm now actually engaged and set my sights on a different target  my fiancée. As you'll see, this idea was much more nefarious. After workshopping the content with my mom (the ultimate April Fooler who once woke my dad up in the middle of the night when I was three years told to tell him I'd stopped breathing), I set an alarm for 2:30 a.m. and fired off the first text. Nine minutes later, I sent the next one. (For context, we were planning to get married in the Oakland LDS Temple, but found out two days before it would be closed on our date and had been arguing about what to do).


Like my brother, she bought it. I got a slightly panicked call from her that morning.
I am lucky to have someone who tolerates my twisted sense of humor and didn't leave me to die alone after this.