Family member stops balloon-popping uncle's inconvenient pranks with the wittiest response

There’s always a prankster in friend groups and families, known for surprising those around them with funny gags. However, pranksters sometimes overlook the harm their pranks can cause, as not all pranks are harmless. In a Reddit post titled "AITAH for using fart spray to get my uncle to stop with his cruel prank?" u/Narrow_Zucchini_6263 shared how they ended their prankster uncle's balloon-popping streak at family events. They started the post by mentioning how their uncle John tends to play pranks on kids at parties and has a lot of fun making them cry.

"He will get the oil from lemon rinds and touch balloons. Sometimes, they pop immediately and sometimes, they take a few seconds. Where there were balloons and children, he left a trail of torn latex and crying children," the post read. Although their parents think it's all fun and games, the individual does not agree with them. Things took a turn during their sister's Quinceañera, where they had arranged a beautiful arch with balloons. Everyone at the party enjoyed taking pictures with the arch and then, their uncle showed up, ready to stir up some trouble.

The individual went up to their uncle and informed him that they had paid for the balloon arch for their sister's party and warned him not to pull one of his usual pranks. Despite initially promising not to touch the balloons, the uncle couldn't keep his word. "I didn't want any accidents inside, so I didn't add the three balloons with fart spray to the arch until I moved it outside. And the balloons were double baggers. I had blown up one inside another before I inflated the outer one. But you could see the inside balloon," the post revealed. After resisting the urge to mess with the balloon arch for ten minutes, the uncle couldn't hold off anymore and set about his usual balloon-popping routine.

"Then someone came and told me. I went out. He was about to pick up the inner balloon and I TOLD him not to touch it. And to stop blowing up the decorations," the individual shared further. "He didn't listen. He said he wasn't doing anything except touching the balloons. And that it wasn't his fault they were popping. Then he picked up the inner balloon. It wasn't as inflated as the outer one, so the surface tension was lesser. Therefore, it took almost two seconds for the balloon he was holding so proudly to pop. Gagging, dry heaving, watery eyes, a profound desire to be elsewhere." After being drenched in the foul-smelling liquid, Uncle John left the party to clean up. He returned, freshly showered and ready to rejoin the celebration, after about an hour or so.

However, Uncle John was visibly upset that the family member would play such a prank on him at an important family event. "I said I had no idea what he was talking about. I reminded him that he had promised to leave the balloons alone and that I had warned him not to touch the balloon that got him. My family is divided. They thought I was a j**k to play a joke at my sister's party. But they are almost universally sick of him popping balloons. My grandfather laughed at it," the post concluded with the individual wondering if they did the right thing by giving the uncle a taste of his own medicine. However, their comment section was filled with people siding with them and criticizing the uncle.

u/Vegetable-Cod-2340 commented, "When you asked him not to do this at your sister's party, he lied and said he would. All you did was add some insurance to ensure he didn't ruin the party. Honestly, what should happen is they should have stopped him from going to parties and throwing a fit cause he was caught as his game shows that he can dish it out, but can't take it." u/HappyGothKitty mentioned, "Your uncle sounds like a bully who has to make little children cry to feel like a man, which is pathetic. What is even more pathetic is that everyone took this for so long. You gave him exactly what you deserve, and no, he doesn't play pranks; he's a bully." u/FairyFartDaydreams added, "That was amazing and your grandfather knows what's up."