Years back, my daughter was going out with someone who was admittedly his mother's 'perfect child'.
She was the archetypal belligerent 'posh' lady, who thought no-one was good enough for her son.
He lived some distance from ourselves and would come to visit at weekends.
One Sunday afternoon, I was invited to join them in the outdoor beer garden of a large, local hotel, which especially catered for weddings.
In the gardens, there was a natural tree arch, adorned with beautiful flowers and used as a backdrop for wedding photographs.
Mobile phones with a digital camera were by that time fairly standard, as was the ability to send a 'picture message' - a text with attached image.
A mischievous possibility came to mind and my suggestion was greeted with instant approval.
So, we found a bunch of flowers for my daughter to hold, as in a wedding pose and I took a photograph of our newly weds under the arch.
It was duly sent to his mother as the attachment to a text, which read, "Mum, I have something to tell you".
In hindsight, I suppose we all had assumed she would quickly realise it was a prank and would simply be far from amused!
She didn't though.
She believed it to be genuine.
Within mere seconds she phoned.
Daughter and myself could hear her perfectly clear.
Indeed, you could quite literally have heard her a mile away.
Not that she was annoyed about missing out on her beloved son's wedding, or even angry about the lack of an invitation.
No, instead she went absolutely ballistic.
She was *screaming* down the phone, 'HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME!!! YOUR OWN MOTHER!!!! I WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER FORGIVE YOU FOR THIS!!!'.
Daughter and our willing co-conspirator went their separate ways not long afterwards, which is probably just as well.
Should I ever have had the opportunity to meet said lady, I would have been sorely tested...