Prank iPhone selfie prompts terrified mom to scream for ambulance

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That's a pretty nasty reaction!
Photo: Twitter / @Clairey1x

Everyone likely remembers the first time they saw Apple’s Photo Booth app, and chuckled to their friends while contorting their features to resemble a chipmunk or big-eyed cartoon character.

An amusing new story reveals what can go wrong when sending such pictures, however: A mom in Edinburgh, Scotland, became convinced her daughter had suffered a terrifying allergic reaction after being shown one such image.

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To be fair, the mom can’t entirely be blamed for jumping to such conclusions — daughter Claire Maughan accompanied the image with a message reading, “I think I have taken an allergic reaction.”

When the concerned mother asks what happened, her daughter told her that it was the result of a nut allergy — leading to the response, “Jesus Christ [almighty], what has happened to your face?” after her mom saw the scale of the facial distortion. The mom then said she would phone an ambulance to get her daughter at work, although it’s not clear whether she went through with her promise.

The tweet has gone viral since the iMessage exchange was posted online, having so far been retweeted 1,200 times.

To be fair, it’s a pretty harsh prank for a daughter to play — but it certainly made me chuckle when I read about it this morning.

The daughter should probably hope that she’s not genuinely taken ill in the near-future, though.

Via: The Sun

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