Man returns home to find his belongings gift-wrapped

[Bluebear]

CHICAGO - A Chicago man could be unwrapping the hundreds of Christmas gifts spread around his apartment for days, even weeks.

Trouble is, they aren't really presents. They're his own belongings meticulously wrapped by friends as a prank while he was out of town.

Louie Saunders' packages contain everything from couch cushions to the beer in his refrigerator.

His friend Adal Rifai masterminded the scheme after Saunders gave him a spare key. It took 16 people, 35 rolls of wrapping paper and eight hours to finish the job.

Saunders tells the Chicago Sun-Times he's only been able to unwrap about 10 percent of the packages.

He jokes that the upside is that, with each package he unwraps, he finds something inside that's just what he needs.

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2009/12/24/20091224christmas-prank-ON.html

[cutlassmama]

1. too funny. What a waste of paper and resources though.

[A HERETIC I AM]

2. Oh come on. Wrapping paper is meant to be a waste.

I think it's a clever and funny idea.

He seems to have friends that care for him a great deal.

People that don't give a damn about you don't go to such lengths to be funny.

[Book Lover]

16. Trees are a renewable resourc and wrapping paper is recyclable

But we wouldn't want facts to get in the way of your way of thinking, so maybe just ignore what I have to say.

[Lorien]

19. All ecosystems are stressed and deforestation is a major cause of climate change

but don't let THOSE facts get in the way of your blind consumerism.

[Book Lover]

20. IPCO maintains about 9 millions acres of forest that is in a constant state

of cut and growth. They *replace* the trees they cut down. See, *renewable*. If you want to hate on IPCO, go after what they do to water, not trees. But again, don't let the facts get in the way of your blind outrage. You wouldn't want to start making sense when you start arguing these issues with a conservative.

[Skink]

3. they probably used a big box for the remotes.

:wtf:

[Edweird]

4. He obviously has some awesome friends.

Good for him.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. That was my first thought as well..

[donco6]

5. hahahahaha! Love it.

What great friends! I'd laugh for the rest of my life.

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. If they did a really thorough job,

You would be finding wrapped items for the rest of your life!

6 years down the road.....you are looking for those garden shears you haven't used in a decade....



Voila! Instant Xmas!

[Raine]

7. Some people have too much time on their hands

still it's a funny prank. }(

[Terra Alta]

8. LOL! Just too funny.

This guy has to have a really great sense of humor!

[Thickasabrick]

10. Too cute!! nt

[chill_wind]

11. Too funny! I love the last line. Sounds like he

has a marvelous sense of humor (and his friends, too).

[Truth2Tell]

12. I once left town for a few weeks

and returned to find pink flames had been professionally painted on the hood and down one side of my Subaru wagon. I drove it like that for about 3 more years and never did get anyone to fess up.

[Spirochete]

13. "Aw, thanks guys,

but I already have one of these.."

[Smashcut]

14. That's hilarious.

:rofl:

[RC]

15. What the...? This one looks used.

[Hatchling]

17. Reminds me of this prank in 2006.

They did the guy's office cubicle up in tin foil.



http://tiny.cc/aluminumfoilcubilbicle

[Catshrink]

18. We once wrapped the boss's office -- with him inside.

He opened the door to find it covered in gift wrap -- maybe it was newspaper (it's been a while). It was April 1.