The trick to playing an airport arrival prank is to be subtle enough for plausibility. Redditor ron1337 felt the need to explain that his family doesn't normally dress like this. Yet if any of these people were seen individually, one would assume that's their everyday appearance. Commenters who are familiar with Edmonton assured us that they wouldn't stand out all that much. One would also assume that the sign remained folded until the plane disembarked. His daughter Cindy had only been gone for three months, and found her welcome quite humorous. She's the one holding the dog.
"My family isn't normally like this" is the surest clue that they actually are.
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