Going to Heaven on an Ironing Board for Reals



Get Cocky And We Will Teach You A Lesson In Trust, Don't.
We used to play a pretty cool game with an Ironing board and someone would stand on it blindfolded with their hands held by two helpers. The helpers would slightly lift and jostle the board while lowering their hands to simulate the board raising in the air. Hopefully, this would disorient the blindfolded rider into thinking they were about to step off into the abyss only to find they were still only a few inches off the ground. That was supposed to be the fun and harmless game but my brother and I added a twist. We would gain the victim's confidence with a simulated lift as described and then switch it up for a real five foot lift and then see how cocky they were. For example, my little sister was getting all cocksure about how she knew we were only fake lifting it and she was taking big sassy steps off of the board to show she was not fooled in the least. On her third turn we lifted the board dang near over our heads and she said she was sure it was fake all sassy and sure. She took her defiant long step off and, as the law of gravity would have it, plummeted face first onto the ground. Hilarious. I think the occasional switch is what makes the bait and switch fun for everyone because the next time she was on the board she was really worried that it was an actual precipice. Is it fake, is it real? No one knows for sure, jump on and lets find out together. In the sports world that is called 'Keeping Them Honest'. My brother told me recently that he used the same technique on a kid in high school who was being overconfident about knowing it was fake to the same hilarious plummeting end. I have always said great comedy starts in the home.