My sister-in-law is getting my brother the gun (Beretta 92fs) he (and I) has been coveting for months now. Despite being as jealous as I am, and being the good brother/in-law that I am, I'm getting the gun for her but I've decided we need to greatly mislead him on Christmas morning. He's been dropping major hints that he wants the gun for Christmas, but he doesn't really expect anybody to get it for him. So I'm thinking we wrap something that would lead him to believe she got him the gun, only for him to realize that the package does not contain the gun at which point he'll realize he's been misled in keeping with the joke that we're buying him a Beretta for Christmas and then several presents later he would find the gun, again cleverly disguised, completely surprising him. An empty Beretta box would be ideal. The problem is, I'm assuming Beretta does not sell their guns in a "box" but a case, and if we had the case then he would know we had the gun as buying the case would be too costly for this simple trick, while just finding a box would be believable. So my questions are what can we wrap for the initial con (making him think he got the gun only to "realize" he didn't) and then what can we do with the actual gun?

tl;dr

Brother getting a gun for Christmas
Need ideas on how to fuck with him in the packaging of aforementioned gun

12/18/2010 11:21:50 PM

Take photo of gun

Go to $1 CD rack @ Dollar store....(Milli Vanilli should work)

Put photo inside CD shell....

CD case in another box (think candy)

Put candy box in box (Hairdryer?)

Continue until appropriately funny - -

12/18/2010 11:25:50 PM

I like that for actually giving him the gun. Any ideas for giving him something that he'll THINK is the gun?

Last year, he and I wrapped her present (a kindle) in a box with double sided tape for the wrapping paper, filled with trash, the kindle box itself glued and taped to the bottom of the outer box. It was rather amusing, much more so when we were drunk the night before actually doing it though.

12/18/2010 11:36:56 PM

You could always go get one of those airsoft guns from Dicks & put the real gun inside the box.

On a side note: with the $19 one you buy, it comes with a sticky target that you can put on your mantle & shoot from your couch... Mindless entertainment... Or so I read in a book, once

12/18/2010 11:42:11 PM

dildo

12/19/2010 12:09:10 AM

Snag a toy water pistol that is designed like a beretta from the dollar store. Wrap that up with a bow, fill it up with water and seal it with glue so it feels "heavy" (and so he doesn't shoot you with it, the damn thing will leak for sure).

If the gun comes in a shipping box that says beretta on it, or "bob's gun shop" or something like that, wrap that up with the address/label/whatever clearly visible. Put a brick or two in the box and tape it in place so he can't tell what it is. Oh shit you just got duped again.

Then actually give him the gun. Three layers of bullshit should be enough.

12/19/2010 12:18:25 AM

print beretta logo. glue to box of your choosing.

12/19/2010 12:18:27 AM

I was totally given a NES for Christmas my sophomore year of high school . . . . which contained my black saxophone!!!!

12/19/2010 1:06:19 AM

http://gizmodo.com/5702187/prank-loved-ones-this-chrimbo-with-the-pet-petter-gift-box

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12/19/2010 1:39:28 AM

I do this every year to my sister.

Last year, I got her a $100 gift card to Target, but I put it in a huge microwave box. which in turn had smaller boxes in it, etc, etc.

This year I"m doing the same thing, but using a large LCD TV box. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to do it to my dad or my sister again, but I always find it funny.

12/19/2010 10:17:14 AM

that trick is funny once and then annoying every year it gets repeated.

unless if you mix up the person every time. then everyone wonders who is getting fucked.

12/19/2010 10:22:54 AM

That's why I'm thinking about mixing it up this year.

12/19/2010 10:25:09 AM

do recommend.

12/19/2010 10:27:57 AM

If you fuck with him too much, he may take said gun and shoot each of you with it once he finally finds it.

12/19/2010 10:38:12 AM

I like the idea of the airsoft gun, and the ideas of boxes in boxes in boxes, but now I'm thinking it might be fun to disassemble the gun and give it to him piece by piece

dammit now I've gotta figure out if he likes the blued or the stainless finish without tipping him off. we talked about it the other day and he never told me his preference, he just asked mine

[Edited on December 19, 2010 at 10:47 AM. Reason : moar]

12/19/2010 10:43:49 AM

+1 for dildo

12/19/2010 11:38:12 AM

I wrapped my sisters slinky that she already owned in a small box. The wrapped that in a bigger box. Did that over and over about 5 times. She thought she was getting a huge present and thought that the entire time leading up to Christmas. By the end of unwrapping it, she opened up and found that she just got something she already owned.

She literally has never forgotten that and is still pissed at me. Its been like 12 years.

12/19/2010 11:41:13 AM

We got my cousin good one year when we were younger. Believe she was about 8 and she wanted this handheld electronic Wheel of Fortune game. I kept telling her she was going to get switches for Christmas since she was bad and managed to talk her mom into letting be go outside and get a bunch of sticks to put in the box with the game. She had opened all of her presents except for that one and just knew it was the game but when she opened the box she burst into tears and ran outside crying for like 30 minutes before someone told her to look in the rest of the box.

12/19/2010 11:57:28 AM

sister-in-law just came up with the idea of wrapping the gun like its for me from my parents, and giving him the beretta 92fs airsoft gun

12/19/2010 12:22:58 PM

Dammit! Buying this gun is causing a lot of trouble! Dad can get it for waaaaay too much by Christmas locally, he doesn't have the time to drive too far to get it but he already has purchase permits. Gander Mountain (5 minutes away from my apartment) has it for a really good price but I can't get a purchase permit in time.

12/20/2010 9:33:11 PM

wrap up something about the size of the gun box...not sure if the 92fs comes in a plastic/polymer box, or a cardboard box or what, but find a very similar sized box, ie maybe 6" x 12" x 1.5"

put some heavy drink coasters or something else that would approximate the weight of a firearm, but not just some rocks cause then he'll be like 'wtf'...some coasters might work though...or maybe some cheap marble pen holder or some shit

and heres the important part...when you give him that gift to open, you have to sell it...tell him to be careful opening it because it might be dangerous or something

^you near Charlotte? checked to see if Hyatt has it? I have a CCP but um I don't really have time to help you out on this

[Edited on December 20, 2010 at 9:39 PM. Reason : .]

12/20/2010 9:38:23 PM

I didn't read any of the replies...but is it really wise to fuck with a guy you're handing a weapon to?

12/20/2010 10:14:40 PM

Quote :

" She literally has never forgotten that and is still pissed at me. Its been like 12 years. "

Haha that reminds me of when I gave my sister a log for Christmas. She was so pissed. The sad thing is if I did it to her now she'd get the joke and laugh with me

12/20/2010 10:18:49 PM

personally, i'm not a fan of overly complicated gift giving. all the lies and deception...just takes something away from it all.

12/20/2010 10:52:05 PM

How bout you just get a box for a different pistol and put the 92 in that.
That way he thinks she bought the completely wrong gun until he opens it.

I'll mail you a box for a CZ, S&W, or Glock if you pay for the shipping to you and mail it back to me after xmas (I live in Rocky Mount).

[Edited on December 20, 2010 at 11:26 PM. Reason : ]

12/20/2010 11:23:52 PM

Pete, generally Beretta sells there handguns in plastic cases, which in turn are inside of cardboard boxes with Beretta logo's on them.

Granted you are running on borrowed time at this point if you haven't gotten the weapon yet.

12/20/2010 11:35:04 PM

Use a box from a TV

12/20/2010 11:37:39 PM

7^ I'm not near Charlotte, I'm in Fayettnam. I found a guy who could help me, but I also found out I should be able to get a purchase permit on Thursday. I called gander mountain today to ask them to hold the beretta, but its already gone . Fortunately, Fayetteville has a large number of gun stores, so hopefully now that I have a pistol purchase permit I'll be able to do some bargain shopping rather than relying on my dad.

^^^ I don't think that would have the same effect, he really wants a gun, any gun, and would be excited with any gun. The point of the Beretta is its what he really wants but won't spend the money on it himself (so the sequence would be: open gift -> happy -> happier, where I'm looking for: open gift -> disappointed -> ecstatic or: open gift -> ecstatic -> extremely dissapointed -----------> happy)

^^That is PERFECT! Exactly what I was hoping to do, but I think now the plan is to give the gun to me to watch his reaction before telling him that it is. Or perhaps we could give him the empty box, then give the gun to me, then finally tell him that its his.

12/21/2010 7:32:41 PM

I'm reminded of the time that we led our brother to believe he was getting a new car. We blindfolded him and took him outside, then took my brother's girlfriend's car and eased it down the road while revving the engine, knowing he was familiar with the engine sounds of all our cars. We focused the lights to a spot on the road where we put down a matchbox car in the driveway. Hilarity ensued.

12/21/2010 8:29:09 PM

little do you know the joke is really on you. They are buying the gun for you under the guise that you are helping to buy the gun for him.

12/21/2010 8:38:57 PM

+1 dildo

12/21/2010 8:42:13 PM

Quote :

"I wrapped my sisters slinky that she already owned in a small box. The wrapped that in a bigger box. Did that over and over about 5 times. She thought she was getting a huge present and thought that the entire time leading up to Christmas. By the end of unwrapping it, she opened up and found that she just got something she already owned. She literally has never forgotten that and is still pissed at me. Its been like 12 years."

I did this to my mother once. She claimed that she had lost her watch a couple weeks before Christmas: she takes it off occasionally to do dishes, etc, but usually always puts it in her purse. She said she had dumped the entire purse out but couldn't find her watch. So of course I looked in one of the small pocket compartments she never uses... sure enough, there it was. I wrapped it Russian doll style in some larger boxes and she continued thinking her watch was hopelessly lost until Christmas morning.

Nothing is funnier than watching someone tear through boxes within boxes: I highly recommend it.

12/21/2010 8:53:33 PM

So, he and his fiance got into town earlier than expected so we gave it to him early so that he would have time to shoot it while it was still daylight. I had my dad bring it (wrapped) to me and tell me that he wanted me to have it while it was daylight, and I acted befuddled as I opened it. By the time I got the wrapping paper off he recognized the case as a Beretta case and didn't say a word, he just sat there and stared with an incredulous look on his face. I took the gun out and started working the slide (I wasn't sure how long I could keep up the charade) and just held it in my hand for a minute while he started fidgeting. At this point, his fiance couldn't keep a straight face and she walked into the other room and busted out laughing, so I handed it to him. The look of bewilderment on his face changed into an expression of pure joy when he finally comprehended what had just happened, but he still found himself unable to speak. Finally, he was able to string together a sentence; "this gift was only topped by the presentation".

I love Christmas

12/25/2010 3:53:05 PM

sounds like it went well!

I got a S&W 460ES today

12/25/2010 3:54:23 PM

^^now describe him shooting it, just as detailed as that....

12/25/2010 5:42:21 PM

Quote :

""this gift was only topped by the presentation"."

Not hard with a Beretta

12/25/2010 6:00:10 PM

yeah my deceptively wrapped presents went over well also.

good fun.

12/25/2010 7:06:09 PM

my father-in-law got a dvd wrapped in 6 boxes with a 10 pound weight in each box.

that was pretty epic.

12/25/2010 9:20:18 PM

Can't help but feel bad for this kid as his whole family laughs in his face:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKwCQWjTyI0

12/25/2010 9:56:14 PM

Damn, my family has always done the opposite. Wrap something epic in a completely misleading box. That's just messed up.

12/25/2010 10:09:05 PM

^^ Don't worry, I'm sure that kid will burn down their house one day.

12/27/2010 9:41:55 AM

That was so wrong. The worst part was how the family taunted and laughed at him.


They are going to regret this one day.

12/27/2010 9:47:14 AM