Everybody knows anyone who asks a question “for a friend,” is just trying to cover their own ass. In this case, there is no “friend,” just Comedy Central’s Nathan Fielder asking you to pull another prank. Fielder often uses Twitter to ask his followers to pull jokes on others, and recently asked his following to pull a prank on their parents:

Experiment: text your parents "If you think u gave someone an STD is it illegal not to tell them? Asking for a friend." Then tweet response.

— nathan fielder (@nathanfielder) June 6, 2013

Fielder received a huge response to the prank, and many posted screenshots of their text conversation with Mom or Dad. Some of the replies were nothing one might expect:

https://twitter.com/JakeMassoth/status/342764951460536320

@nathanfielder Well, money always helps… pic.twitter.com/8SXKwvVZc8

— Whiskey & Cigarettes (@WhiskeyAndCigs) June 6, 2013

https://twitter.com/thesheridan2/status/342771700200529920

https://twitter.com/barthump/status/342781975834271745

Other parents were most obviously alarmed by their son or daughter’s question and expressed their readiness to remedy the situation one way or another:

@nathanfielder oh god pic.twitter.com/a4qDPzQUf2

— Ian Welsh (@mcfcwelshyz) June 7, 2013

https://twitter.com/Nick_Smale/status/342773505923887104

@nathanfielder I think I scared him a little… pic.twitter.com/fh2w8fD1Up

— Claire Baldwin (@clairebaldwinn) June 6, 2013

Others took their children’s question very seriously and were ready to provide the answer:

@nathanfielder I thought I failed so I wanted to let her in on the joke, then it got better! pic.twitter.com/dmwK4hdkvo

— John Lee (@heyheyitsmejohn) June 6, 2013

https://twitter.com/blargmonster/status/342773815299952641

And one parent was either unfazed by the question or too preoccupied to care:

https://twitter.com/gab_rakadabra/status/342767695512612866