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grayman · 12-17-2003, 04:09 PM

Pepsi just ran a promotion where you could send in specially marked soda caps and you would get a free NFL team hat, with a limit of 3 for any person or household. My brother and I both sent in for the limit, plus more sent to friends' houses. We joked about how the hats would probably be Uber-crappy and it gave me an idea. I knew which hats he ordered, so I decided to "send" some fake hats to him. I printed up a fake Pepsi form letter thanking him for his participation and a fake FedEx label for the boxes. I bought some plain tan baseball caps on clearance at Wal-Mart for $1 a piece. I went to a fabric shop and bought some paper-thin fabric that had all of the teams’ helmets on it. I cut out the helmets of the 3 teams he ordered and glued them as crappily as possible on the front of the hats. I left clumps of glue and made sure they were wrinkled. I also glued small NFL crests from the fabric onto the backs of the hats for added realism. The hats looked like crap, but were realistic enough, especially with the crests on the back, that they looked exactly like the kind of crap Pepsi might give away. I put the hats and letters in the boxes, sealed them up, dropped them on his porch, and waited for the hilarity. He is a big Bengals fan and it was the week after they beat the Chiefs, so when he saw them, he was very excited about wearing the new Bengals hat he had ordered. He believed that they were the actual hats. He was so angry. He said he was going to crap in the boxes and send them back to Pepsi because that is what they sent him. He also said he was going to write them a letter bitching about how crappy the hats were. After milking it for angry comments for a couple of hours I told him the truth.

12-17-2003, 04:09 PM	#102 (permalink)
grayman you can't see me Location: Illinois	Pepsi just ran a promotion where you could send in specially marked soda caps and you would get a free NFL team hat, with a limit of 3 for any person or household. My brother and I both sent in for the limit, plus more sent to friends' houses. We joked about how the hats would probably be Uber-crappy and it gave me an idea. I knew which hats he ordered, so I decided to "send" some fake hats to him. I printed up a fake Pepsi form letter thanking him for his participation and a fake FedEx label for the boxes. I bought some plain tan baseball caps on clearance at Wal-Mart for $1 a piece. I went to a fabric shop and bought some paper-thin fabric that had all of the teams’ helmets on it. I cut out the helmets of the 3 teams he ordered and glued them as crappily as possible on the front of the hats. I left clumps of glue and made sure they were wrinkled. I also glued small NFL crests from the fabric onto the backs of the hats for added realism. The hats looked like crap, but were realistic enough, especially with the crests on the back, that they looked exactly like the kind of crap Pepsi might give away. I put the hats and letters in the boxes, sealed them up, dropped them on his porch, and waited for the hilarity. He is a big Bengals fan and it was the week after they beat the Chiefs, so when he saw them, he was very excited about wearing the new Bengals hat he had ordered. He believed that they were the actual hats. He was so angry. He said he was going to crap in the boxes and send them back to Pepsi because that is what they sent him. He also said he was going to write them a letter bitching about how crappy the hats were. After milking it for angry comments for a couple of hours I told him the truth. __________________ That's right - I'm a guy in a suit eating a Blizzard. F U.