In the 1980s, Winterville Councilman Ron Adams joked that the city’s newest street should be named the Wesley Whitehead International Boulevard. Instead, his cohorts flipped the joke — all 58 feet of it — back on the jokester. Adams said, “Wesley Whitehead taught me a lesson. Don’t try to pull a joke on the person who makes the ultimate decision. He got the last laugh.” (Photo/Dink NeSmith)
Have you ever tried to pull a practical joke and have it backfire — on you?
That’s what happened to Winterville City Councilman Ron Adams about 40 years ago. I ...
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