Okay, here’s what I’d do:
Get two male accomplices (masked) to come with you. Wear something sexy, but not a disguise. He’ll absolutely know it’s you. Then give the two guys “orders” to handcuff him and whatever. That way, it won’t be terrifying but it’ll be mysterious and sexy.
Just have the guys shove him in the car and you drive away with him, speaking with a German accent all the while, blah, blah, blah.
I think it would be better if the accomplices were girls. Guys have the whole macho rivalry thing.
There is no way I would let to guy strangers handcuff me, girlfriend present or not! :eek:
Ya, some unknown person coming into my house with a mask on holding handcuffs is definitely going to get either stabbed to death or a bullet in the chest. Not a fun way to spend your birthday!
All I can say is I really hope you are certain he wouldn’t mind this.
My wife would never try something like this on me - I like to be in control, I don’t like surprises, and I am terribly paranoid.
Anyone who entered my house in such a way would leave in an ambulance.
If she tried to be sneaky and ended up dragging me somewhere for the weekend without my knowing about it, I can guarantee I would not be in a good mood about it, and would most likely have an absolutely terrible, anger-filled weekend.
But that’s just me.
Ditch her? That’s the best part of the whole thing!
Boy, you and I have such different ideas of what is ‘fun’.
I have to chime in on the cautions.
I like handcuffs. I like blindfolds. I’m also likely to do something very drastic to any stranger I find wearing a ski mask inside my house, and I am not going to be standing still long enough to get that it’s a joke.
It would get very ugly very fast, and the police and the ambulance attendants aren’t going to find your explanation for why they’re going to be filling out all that paperwork at all fun.
Well I certainly appreciate everyone’s concern for physical and mental well-being of Mr. Tess.
Just to clarify a bit, I never said anything about ski masks. The only masks I mentioned were the masquerade party half-masks. I know we all suspend disbelief to watch Shakespeare, but if I put on a half-mask I guarantee you he’ll know it’s me. And I think I said I wouldn’t actually hide my identity…ah here it is -
(Oh, just scrolled up and saw I suggested putting hood on him – but that’s a blindfold for the kidnappee, not a mask for the kidnapper.)
So, point being, he’ll KNOW it’s me. I would think for anyone, this would instantly make it not frightening. Obviously, YMMV, and does, by the looks of this thread, but I’m pretty certain that when I come over to his house unannounced on the morning of his birthday he’ll be pleasantly surprised, not terrified.
I realize that having a third party come in while I’m already in the house has potential to be much scarier, and I’ve decided against it because I personally want to make an entrance in the morning. I still might enlist a third party. And I’ll make it a woman because that’s more fun (and, OK, OK, less scary). However, and here I am just responding to the path this thread has taken (veering toward cautionary warnings and away from kidnap ideas) – I know that if I were to be in his house and a third party came in, especially if that party were a female, dressed sexy or costume villain-like, and I were to react with laughter or mock fear, and it’s his birthday, he would realize instantly that it’s a joke/adventure.
My vision of the situation, which perhaps I didn’t clarify enough, was that there would be witty repartée and mock-forcefulness involved (before handcuffing/blindfolding) such that no one could think it was serious. (I understand that some people are saying that they wouldn’t leave time for repartée, they’d just kill the person first, or something, but I know that the very peaceful guy in question won’t do that, and I bet that if the intruder were a sexily-dressed woman, even some of you wild-west home protector types would at least give her a chance to make a joke or two.)
And finally, he likes being kidnapped on his birthday (see my second post), and I know he will not mind the handcuffs. And the neighbors know my car…
Sorry so long, but felt I had to reassure that I am not going to cause WW3 over here. Thanks for all the responses and concern so far!
I’m not sure I’d resist being kidnapped by 2 sexy women even if I didn’t recognize them
Well good luck Tess and most importantly, have fun.
Do let us know how it turns out…no details. Just the success or failure of the plan. OK, how about some details? For welby…yeah that’s it…for welby.