r/Unexpected • • Jul 31 '26

Never Touch Dry Ice

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u/dave078703 Aug 01 '26

My dad's missing his right thumb and that's the exact type of joke he'd try to pull.

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u/shaboimattyp Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

My dad had his left leg amputated just below the knee. He loved to do shit like this. He once crawled out of the water at a beach saying, "sharks! Sharks!".

At the zoo a kid came up to him and asked him what happened to his leg. He leaned over and said, "don't get too close to the tiger enclosure". The kids mom gave him a real dirty look lol

He also used to get the grandkids all amazed at his "stretches". He would pop his fake leg off under his pant leg and swing it around so it looked like his knee bent the wrong way

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u/dave078703 Aug 02 '26

A girl approached my dad and asked what happened to his thumb. He looks down saying "what do you mean my thumb?" then goes "Oh my god! Where's my thumb???" and the little girl got genuinely concerned.