[CW] Fwd: OT: Practical joke on a ham

[Ed Tanton]

>Date:   Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:17:38 -0800
>Reply-To: n4lgh@waveguide.us
>
>
>We all told him CW was going to his head.
>
>After a few times mentioning he had heard CW in his dreams, we couldn't
>resist ...
>
>We set up a code practice tape in a portable recorder and placed it
>strategically in a desk in a cubicle across from him. He couldn't *quite*
>make it out.
>
>The first few days he didn't say anything. The young lady at that particular
>desk would turn on the practice tape at random times during the day, and
>never the same spot in the tape.
>
>Then one day they had a meeting. I was lucky enough to be invited as a
>consultant. (what a setup, huh?) As the meeting progressed, the young lady
>turned the code up little by little. This time we were using a 20 wpm
>practice tape.
>
>"Can you guys hear that?" "Hear what?" we all had our poker faces on. She
>turned it up louder. "C'mon, you guys gotta hear that!" "Hear WHAT?" I still
>couldn't believe we were all totally able to keep a straight face.
>
>She turned it down a little and no one said anything for the rest of the
>meeting.
>
>The desk thing went on for a couple of weeks, Only once or twice he joked
>about hearing morse code. His time was coming ...
>
>We rigged the bathroom so he could hear it in there faintly. He had to turn
>the fan off (and hence the lights) to be able to hear the code. (we changed
>the tapes regularly so there was no way he could recognize any patterns.)
>
>I imagine it was everything the people in the office could do to keep this
>up. Every time he'd start looking 'round to see if he could figure out where
>the code was coming from, she'd turn it down so he couldn't quite figure
>things out.
>
>Then they had another meeting where I was (setting him up) invited as a
>consultant. I had told the young lady this time, keep turning the code up
>until it reached a deafening volume.
>
>As it got so loud as it was actually interfering with him hearing the
>meeting, he stood up and blurted "this is nuts - you guys gotta hear that!"
>We all just looked at him as if he were a carnival attraction. He put his
>hands on his ears "Come on!"
>
>"I think you should sit down. Are you having personal problems at home,
>(name) ? Maybe you should take some time off." You could see the look in his
>face - he was about to pop. Is he really crazy? What is going on? I can only
>imagine what was going on inside his head.
>
>"What is the code saying, (name)" I asked. "It's too loud! Too loud! Make it
>stop!" he was pulling the hair outta his head.
>
>Then, his boss couldn't handle it any more and started laughing his head
>off. "SMILE! You're on candid camera!" he shouted. The young lady came in
>with the tape recorder, and we all busted up. He realized that the whole
>company was in on it, and since he really did have a great sense of humor
>had to bust up himself.
>
>The look on his face when he realized the whole thing was a setup was
>priceless.
>Tracy N4LGH
>
>**
>The names have been withheld from this recap to protect MY BUTT!


73 Ed Tanton N4XY <n4xy@earthlink.net>

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