Prankster Stuart Edge has come up with a hilarious way to get strangers to do favors for you with his new birthday prank.
He and two of his friends approached students around a university campus and asked them for ridiculous favors, explaining that it was their birthday so they felt it was okay to ask. Over the course of a day, the trio received numerous back massages, piggy-back rides, kisses and even got some strangers to finish their homework for them. The only favor denied them was a date with an engaged woman. The woman was with her boyfriend when one of the Stuart Edge crew asked her to go on a birthday dinner date with him, and the boyfriend was none too pleased.
Other than that, it seems like you can get away with murder if you just convince people it's your special day.
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