#30: Army Buddies
Long, elaborate, practical jokes can be exceptionally amusing, but successfully executing them requires a considerable commitment to maintaining the ruse’s authenticity. To achieve this, those involved must deceive everyone until the prank concludes.
In the case of these two neighbors, they engaged in a decades-long practical joke that fooled both their families for a remarkable 20 years. The revelation that the person’s grandfather and the neighbor, whom everyone believed he despised, were best friends likely turned the recipient’s world upside down. It exemplifies how humor and camaraderie can flourish even within a well-played, long-term prank.