Scottish boy pulls the ultimate Facebook prank on unsuspecting mother
Harsh... but still kinda funny.
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LONDON -- Sometimes it's the most gloriously immature things that are the funniest.
This week, the following screengrab of a Scottish woman's Facebook post enquiring about a puppy for sale started doing the rounds on Twitter.
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For anyone unfamiliar with the finer points of Scottish slang, here's the Urban Dictionary definitions of "honkin" and "jobbie":
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Yep, her son basically changed her Facebook name to "A huge poo".
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Oh, and from the looks of this second screengrab, she's going to be stuck with it for a good couple of months.
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Oh dear.
Still, the name seems to have spread quite a bit of joy on Twitter.
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At the time of writing, the mother still appears to be called "A Honkin Jobbie".
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