A mean trick to play on your adult children

[Bullet Bob]

I was out for a walk today in glorious weather. It's very rare to see a car, and it's so quiet you can hear tires rolling from a long distance, so your mind is free to wander.

What if you made a paper labelled "Gold Bars", and had GPS coordinates along with a hand drawn map of terrain features, marked with an X somewhere in your wooded acreage.

Then you put it in your safe, and let it age. When you shuffle off to Buffalo and your child finds it, they might grab a shovel and head out.

I'm not going to do it, I both love and like my son, and I'm not a jerk - usually. But I still thought it was funny idea.

 

[mchom]

I'm assuming your kids know and appreciate your sense of humor

 

[Jack Flash]

Do that and your grave may get "watered" on a regular basis.

 

[Kinman]

I hid some silver on our lake property and made up a treasure map for my young son, it took him the better part of an hour to finally make his discovery. I probably had more fun watching trace his steps to a new location, orient himself for the next direction. I was on the order of a pirate map, I aged a piece of grocery sack, burned the edges...it was fun, I highly recommend it. It has to be worth something to get them interested, if not you will never get them to mess with it again. I had a couple bucks worth of silver dimes and quarters in an old metal bandage box. Planned the event ahead of time so the ground was undisturbed.

 

[30-30remchester]

Let your last words be, while surrounded by loved ones, "I buried a million dollars under..............."

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Knew a stock broker years ago whose favorite line was: I made a small fortune for a client this morning! Of course, he started with a large fortune.

 

[Bullet Bob]

Kinman, that is a great idea, can't wait to do it with the grandkids.

 

[Bekeart]

Love Bullet Bob's scheme.

It is as evil and warped as that used by Troy Phelan
in The Testament. (John Grisham)

If I were to leave map and directions ...

Portions would have smeared/faded ink adding difficulty.

Bekeart

Resident Cynic

 

[glenwolde]

Then in that location you bury a jar with a note in it. "Bury me here".

You've got to leave something there so they know you're putting one over on them. Otherwise they'll spend the rest of their lives trying to figure out who stole the gold. Maybe they would suspect each other. Might be bad.

 

[Retired W4]

Man, you guys are mean. How about having a hole dug up at the spot with an empty box next to it to make it look like someone beat them to it.

 

[WR Moore]

I haven't seen a really mean one yet. I worked for a security firm right out of college. A lawyer called one day and asked about having an armed guard, quoted him the rates and the 4 hour minimum. Then he revised it to a large armed guard, it was for the reading of a will. I got curious and made a comment about handing out the gold & jewels. "No, it's to make sure I get out of the room safely after reading the will."

Don't recall how that one came out, but the deceased apparently really socked it to some of the heirs.

 

[Inkgardener]

Would be really funny to actually bury a box or small safe at the location with some random but goofy thing in there from their past.


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[lihpster]

I've always wanted a place with a cave on it so I could hang a Batsuit in there for someone to find.

 

[Tom S.]

How about painting some bars gold and actually burying them?

 

[Kevin J.]

There is always money in the Banana Stand.

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[Retired W4]

There is always money in the Banana Stand.

Who knew? Every one, that's who. But no, they had to burn down the banana stand.

 

[Imissedagain]

The Mrs and I play no tricks.
It's more of get to annoy them.
Give their kids a drum kit and bagpipes.
Maybe a steel drum set as well.

 

[Grayfox]

When I was a Scout leader, land navigation was always interesting.
We'd give the boys a topo map, compass headings and distances and have them race to the finish. Then watch them all go crashing into the woods enduring all manner of obstacles, thick brush you could hardly move through and things that scratch and itch.
The thing is that if they had taken that map & compass, laid out the course and looked, they would have seen that there was a much faster and easier to travel road going around the area that would take them directly to the end.

 

[Bekeart]

When I was a Scout leader, land navigation was always interesting.
We'd give the boys a topo map, compass headings and distances and have them race to the finish. Then watch them all go crashing into the woods enduring all manner of obstacles, thick brush you could hardly move through and things that scratch and itch.
The thing is that if they had taken that map & compass, laid out the course and looked, they would have seen that there was a much faster and easier to travel road going around the area that would take them directly to the end.

How was their last Snipe Hunt?

Bekeart

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

I've known plenty of people, they only thing they inherited was a pile of debt.