25-year-old Manchester local Connor McLaughlin decided to play a harmless April Fool’s Day prank on his parents.
Connor is currently travelling in Australia, but he decided at the last minute to “surprise” his parents that he would be home for Easter.
Little did Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin know, it was all part of Connor’s devious plan.
Connor tagged his parents in a Facebook post that said: “Finally touched down in the UK. Nice little Easter surprise for my mum and dad. Can’t wait to see everyone and sleep in a comfy bed for a couple off weeks before finally heading back. Typical for it to be raining in Manchester and I’ve only got shorts and t-shirts packed!”
He even posted a photo of a rainy plane window, geo-tagged with ‘Manchester Airport.’
Connor’s prank was complete and his parents were fooled.
Connor shared that his mom didn’t find it funny at first. “She didn’t see it for about an hour and then she rang me. I ignored it the first time to keep her on edge then text her saying, ‘I’m just going through security.'”
“She texts me back saying it best not be a wind up so I googled a Manchester arrival photo and sent her that. She believed it.”
“All my mum’s friends commented on it saying how nice it is that I’m home. I left it another 40 minutes before uploading the beach photo. All my friends started sending me private messages laughing and saying they can’t believe they fell for it.”
“My dad wrote on Facebook saying I had them fooled for a bit then he realised that I’m always doing stupid stuff like this and knew I was joking.”
“My mum didn’t message me back for about 20 minutes. I wasn’t sure if she was too angry to message me back or in my room making sure it’s ready for my return. She found it funny in the end and said she had believed me for a bit until my dad figured it out. I think I’m disowned now. I think the locks are being changed as we speak.”
While Connor’s parents may not have seen the funny side straight away, Twitter users certainly did.
https://twitter.com/_ConnorM/status/980369980721061893
Connor shared the posts on his Twitter account which quickly went viral, with over 15 thousand likes and 1.2 thousand shares.
Connor assured everyone that despite the seemingly harsh prank, he and his parents are all good.
https://twitter.com/_ConnorM/status/980561076310822912
Still, looks like Connor has some making up to do before he can go home!