Ring someone up to tell them you have no time to talk.

My Bucket List: Task #1 

 

So, as you may know, I have started my very own bucket list. My aim is to be more daring than I already am, but also to do things in a more willingly, kinder and loving way. Therefore, I will not reveal my list that I have written so far, but will reveal the tasks achieved one by one as I go along.

My first task on my list was to ring someone up, wait till they answer the phone to tell them that "I have no time to talk!" and  quickly hang up on them. I thought it to be an easy one to start off with, a kind of "take off" to my new daring kind of lifestyle. I got so enthusiastic about it that I tried this task on quite a few people. Unfortunately, my first attempts were deceiving because I tested it on people who already new about this mission; some laughed, some just hung up on me before I even  got to finish my sentence, and the rest told me simply to stop being stupid (with a hint of "grow up" added to it).

The only person who I could think of who would give me the perfect reaction to my task was my sister. You see, she is very down to earth with certain things (not all the time, because usually it's the other way round) and despite her powerful ability to use words and prank people herself in very clever ways, she is still an easy prey - not to mention that she had not a single clue of my plan! So, this is what happened...

I was in the car with my brother on our way home - not to worry, he was driving and i was handling the phone (never phone and drive!) - and we were trying to find a way of teasing our beloved mother. We couldn't think of much and didn't want to use the classic "we won't be back until late" excuse. So we tried my task, with in mind that she heard about it. I called her, she answered the phone and before I even got the chance to finish my sentence, she had hung up. So I called back to see if we were disconnected unwillingly,  she answered and quickly said that she had no time to speak aswell and put the receiver down. I felt dumb. My brother just laughed.

All of a sudden, he had the fabulous idea of calling my little sister! In order for you to understand why it worked so brilliantly, it was because she had not a single clue of my ridiculously funny prank I was going to take on her. So I rang her up. The first time she answered, neither one of

us could hear eachother speak. So I rang her up again. Only had she just picked up her phone, again, did I quickly say what I had to say and hang up. No response. My brother and I were waiting for an immediate reaction, but nothing happened. I started to feel disappointed about how uneffective this task was but after about half an hour did she react. It must have worked her up, for she kept sending me messages like "why on earth did you call me to tell me that you couldn't speak?" , or even "what's the point in calling me to tell me such a thing? ". And because I didn't answer any of these messages she started to bomb my brother with messages such as "I really don't understand what's going on! " - "Is something wrong with her?" - "If she had no time to talk, then what was the point of her having called me to tell me that she couldn't talk?". Unluckily for her, he decided to play along to and not answer her. After that, we had thought that she had had enough of looking for non-existing answers. But noooo! She must have been so desperate for an answer that she decided to tackle our mother (by that time I was at home)! Sad but true, it really wasn't her day, for our mum decided to twist her mind up even more. The poor girl! All she got for an answer was "Don't you find it useful to know that someone has no time to talk? You could at least be thankful about it! Not everybody lets you know these kind of things! Consider yourself lucky!"

So I guess that this task was successfully fulfilled and that I, myself, have learned my first rule: keep quite about your ambitions to lead yourself to success (when it comes to bucket lists especially!).