Posted on 03/15/2006 6:42:39 AM PST by MplsSteve
The joke apparently was lost on a La Crosse man who awoke at a party early Friday to find himself covered in syrup and dry oatmeal — then confronted those responsible with a loaded rifle, police said.
Travis Maassen, 20, threatened to put the muzzle of the gun into the mouth of the man who admitted to the prank at a home on the 1200 block of Redfield Street about 3:49 a.m. Friday, La Crosse police said.
Witnesses told police they were just trying to “get even” with Maassen for pranks he had pulled in the past several days, according to the criminal complaint filed in La Crosse County Circuit Court.
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"Any of you homos mess with my stuff....and I'll kill ya!"
File this under "dishes it out but can't take it", I guess...
"I didn't start it, it was just a case of preemptive revenge!" Mom never understood that excuse either...
Well, you know, this is how things go sometimes. When I was in college, my roommate once passed out after a bit too much to drink, so I played a practical joke on him by drawing a moustache and glasses on him with a marker. After that, he played a trick on me by stealing my towel and robe while I was in the shower - communal showers, you know. So I got my revenge by beating him to death with a tire iron. Perfectly understandable response by this guy, if you ask me - his friends shouldn't have escalated things like that.
His hand in warm water while he was sleeping would have been sufficient.
I'm partial to "antiquing." The process involves someone throwing a handful of white flour on your face whilst you sleep, and then someone pours a glass of water on your face. It wakes you up AND helps to cake the flour to your face. When you wake up, you look like an antique sculpture, and the flour is insanely hard to get out of your hair and eyes until you can get into a shower. Of course, the complex pool works too.
I won't be so foolish as to make a blanket statement that that trick never works ... but I will say, from personal experience, that the success rate of that trick is sometimes disappointing.
Maybe the rifle wasn't loaded. If so, would that qualify as a prank as well?
He is on probation for carrying a concealed .25 caliber handgun and is on a diversion agreement for conspiracy to deliver marijuana, according to the complaint.
Sounds like a wanna be tough guy with guns and dope and whatever.
Saw an antiquing case on Judge Judy recently.
Drunk Plaintiff antiqued equally drunk Defendant. Defendant wakes up, grabs a BB gun in a fit of rage, and chases Plaintiff into his room. There's no door knob, so defendant sticks BB gun through the hole in the door, and starts firing. Plaintiff tries to stop the BB pellets by placing his hand on the gun. Plaintiff ends up with a pellet in his finger, and wants damages. Judge Judy had no sympathy...
Payback always escalates. Thats the point isnt it?
Otherwise why the old saying "Payback is a Bi*ch?
Years ago, I had a friend who would always nod off at parties.
One time, we decided to set the fringe of his jeans on fire to see what he would do.
He woke just as the flames threatened to engulf the below- the-knee section of his Levis. The look on his face as he grasped the fact that he was on fire was priceless.
That was 25 years ago and it still cracks me up. Poor Billy.
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