Who Says a Homeless Prank Can't Be Funny? A video
by TomMabe 393 10 02/11/2011 09:45 PM 4636 views
From time to time I'll give money to that homeless guy standing at the end of the offramp during rush hour, especially when the light is red, and I'm stuck right next to him and his little dog. You can only pretend not to see him for so long before you start feeling like a real tool. It's 103 degrees in the blistering sun, and 50 degrees in the studio apartment on wheels I'm driving (better known as the Honda Odyssey).
Sure, there's a part of me that thinks he's a crackhead and he just wants money for drugs, but a junkie wouldn't have a dog ... unless the dog was a crackhead too!? I roll the window down and give him a five dollar bill. He's grateful, not just for the money but for the cold air pouring out of my minivan. After hearing the guy speak, I'm convinced he's not a drug addict, probably just some dude down on his luck.
But as I'm sitting there waiting for the light to turn green, random thoughts fly in and out of my head. The guy probably makes more money than me. Wonder if he'd sell me his dog. The President is giving a speech in town tonight, the homeless guy is probably Secret Service. That's it! He's some kind of undercover agent! How cool would that be if he was an undercover agent!? That's probable, right? Then the next question: how much fun can I have with this!?
As the thought and prank comes to me, I start cracking up, I'm looking at the homeless guy and laughing so hard I'm crying! But the homeless guy now thinks I'm laughing at him. So I roll the window back down and try to explain. "I was thinking how funny it would be," I said between peals of laughter, "if you weren't homeless but instead you were an undercover Secret Service agent!"
Then the light turns green, and a line of ten cars behind me start blowing their horns, so I peel out of there.
Two days later, I see two homeless guys sitting on a sidewalk in front of a burger joint. I locate the number of the restaurant and give them a ring.
BJ: This is Rob, how can I help you?
ME: Yes, this is Sergeant Tom Mabe, how you guys doing?
BJ: Fine.
ME: Look, I just want to give you a heads up, we got a couple of undercover agents out front disguised as homeless people.
BJ: OK.
ME: Well, what we like to do ... we like to ask you guys for a big favor. They're going to be out there for eight hours doing some surveillance, and we can't blow their cover. Could you send out a couple of cups of coffee, maybe some sandwiches?
BJ: Can you come in and get it for them?
ME: No, we can't do that, we don't want to blow their cover. When you go out, whatever you do, don't blow their cover. Just kinda lay it down beside them.
BJ: Anything we can do to help Sergeant, I'll send someone out.
ME: That's cool, we really appreciate it, thank you so much.
BJ: No problem, Sergeant.
Five minutes later, some burger joint boy comes walking out the door with a bag of food and two coffees, he lays them next to the homeless guys and proceeds to walk away with body language that reads, "Look at me, I'm participating in an undercover sting operation!"
It's a prank that made everybody's day better. Especially mine, as I sat in the car laughing my fool head off.
Tom Mabe is a comedian, filmmaker, and star of the YouTube. Check out dozens of hilarious prank videos on his official channel.
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