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[jrwhite82]

So I go to the 24 hour mart in my building to buy some snacks and I'm trying to decide between onion and regular potato chips. So while I'm debating this old woman comes up to me and says in Korean, "You remind me of my grandson." So I am thinking wow that is kind of weird because I'm not Korean (although I can speak well enough), so I asked her if her son is a waygooksaram. So she says," Yes is he." So I'm like wow cool. But then she tells me that he passed away a few weeks ago. So I felt very bad and told her I was sorry for her loss.

So then she goes and asks me if I wouldn't mind if I called her Grandmother when she left the store. Because it would remind her of him. So I thought that was pretty weird, but whatever, big deal right? So I said sure.

So we go to pay for our stuff and she checks out like 60,000W worth of junk and it takes forever. So finally she's done getting rung up and I step away for a second to grab a pack a Hot 6. While she leans over and mentions something to the clerk (but I was out of ear shot so I couldn't hear what she said). So then she leaves the store and I wave and say, "Anyounghekayseo, Hal-mo-ni" (I know my phonetic Korean sucks). So then I go to pay and the clerk tries to charge me like 65,000 for my Hot 6 and chips!

I said he must be crazy and he says no that I'm also paying for my Grandmother! So I say, I'm not paying for that! And he says, but she said you are her grandson! I reply, like hell I am! And then he says he heard me say goodbye Grandma! And he say's if I don't pay he's going to call the cops and has me saying good-bye grandma on camera. And that they aren't going to trust a foreigner over a Grandma!

So I run out of the store to chase down this old lady who tricked me. And the clerk runs after me screaming thief! Unlucky for me, a freaking patrol car happened to be parked right outside with two cops eating Takboki! So now they get out of the car and start chasing me! I catch up to the old lady right as the cops tackle me. I reach out and grab this ladies leg because I don't want to let her get away and leave me here getting arrested or something. So now there's the 4 of us. I'm pulling the old lady's leg, one cop is pulling my right leg, the other is pulling my left leg.

And there's me, pulling all your legs! April fools!

[Radius]

You idiot I hate you I fell for every line.
Wow I'm gullible.

[Sector7G]

Haha I caught on pretty quickly mainly because that is at least a 30 year old joke but still I give you credit for a nice re-telling adapted for Korea.

Cheers!

[West Coast Tatterdemalion]

And to think that you spent so much time typing that up. I had your little joke figured less than a quarter into your post. Fail.

[Radius]

[nero]

Could you really imagine an old Korean woman admitting that her grandson was not pure blood? Within earshot of other Koreans?

Nothing about the build up to this tale had your spidey senses tingling?

[Sinnerman]

[jrwhite82]

@ Radius - Thanks for falling for it! I totally forgot it was April Fools until late last night, so you're the only one I pranked and it worked! (I was having a rough week too....so seriously thanks for giving me a laugh)

@ WCT - At least I had you going for a paragraph! Good on you for catching on!

[Koreadays]

I knew something was fishy after line two. then I checked the date of the message and then I knew it.. but I read the rest of the story anyway hahahahahha...

[southernman]

Nice story... My hometown newspaper had the same April fools day story one year and then three years later.

It ran a front page byline saying that due to water shortages the main fountain in the park would be running on beer for that afternoon. heaps of people turned up both times with containers, no I wasn't one of them