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LogDog75

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11. I have a twin sister and on our 40th birthday I pulled a joke on her
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:43 PM
Thursday

I was home on leave visiting my parents and my sister lived next door to them. I was walking around the town and saw the cable company storefront and I came up with an idea. I went in and asked if I could run a message on their community channel on our birthday. I wrote out the following:

"Please call XXXX at XXXX and wish her a happy 40th birthday from her younger twin."

The lady at the cable read it and cracked up laughing and said she knew my sister and said they'd run it. A couple days later, my mom, sister, and I went somewhere and we returned home about 10 pm. My sister went into her house and my mom and I went into her house. About 10 minutes later my sister is calls me and sarcastically thanking me. I say for what and she said for the notice on the cable channel. The cable company ran it a couple days earlier but her husband said a couple people call and wished her a happy birthday.

It's still the second best joke I've ever played on anyone.

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"Sometimes I feel old." [View all] BlueKota Thursday OP
Happy Birthday to your sister! SheltieLover Thursday #1
Thank you! BlueKota Thursday #2
I am the younger, by 5 years, whathehell Thursday #3
That one is clever too. BlueKota Thursday #4
Yes, at the time I got a big kick out of it.. whathehell Thursday #6
Happy Birthday Sis! Permanut Thursday #5
I am sorry you lost her. BlueKota Thursday #7
It's pretty scary, I'll be 77 on Saturday. My brother is two years older than me. Walleye Thursday #8
Happy Birthday in advance. BlueKota Thursday #9
Thank you,! my cousin was born exactly 9 months after my uncle came home from World War II Walleye Thursday #14
🤣 BlueKota Thursday #15
I'm 61. My wife is 16 years older than I am. Intractable Thursday #10
That's amazing. BlueKota Thursday #12
I have a twin sister and on our 40th birthday I pulled a joke on her LogDog75 Thursday #11
That's funny. BlueKota Thursday #13
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