A Wigan lad who came home nine hours later than he was supposed to due to a marathon drinking session confessed all to his mother in a hilarious video caught on her doorbell camera.
Josh Draper, 18, from Leigh, went out for a few drinks one Saturday last month and was told by his mum, Suzi Draper, to be home at a decent time in order to avoid being hungover the day before starting a new job.
However, the intended couple of post-match pints at the Church Inn in Lowton descended into a raucous all-nighter involving visits to nightclubs in neighbouring towns and cities.
The 18-year-old, who planned to be home by 9pm, instead rolled in nine hours later at 5.56am waving at the camera confessing he was 'a couple of hours late' but 'wasn't drunk at all'.
Hilarious footage from July 17th then shows the legal assistant, wearing a polo shirt, jeans and trainers, informing her that he was off to bed and that she 'could wake him up at 3pm'. Unlucky for him, he was awoken at 9am to take the family’s two-year-old cockapoo Colin out for a walk.
"I thought at one point that if I was already six hours late then I might as well be really late,” Josh explained. "My mum had said, 'Listen Josh, you're starting a new job on Monday, so be home for 9pm. I don't want you being hungover the day before you start your new job'.
"I said, 'yeah that's fine'. I had my one pint and as I was leaving at 7 o'clock to go home early my mate texted me saying he was driving past and did I want to go for a couple of drinks. I thought 'I've got a couple of hours to burn yet so yeah, go on then' - we ended up there until midnight.
"I thought 'I'll call this a day now. I should've been home three hours ago and my mum's going to kill me', then the others suggested we get a taxi to Level in Bolton. I said 'absolutely no chance', but I was outvoted, so obviously I had to go with them. Then it was Cargo in the Printworks until 5am."
The following weekend, Josh made use of the doorbell cam again to let 'Mumsy' know he was home at 4.30am, quipping he was 'quite early' before turning the key in the door and clambering inside.
In the footage Josh said: "Hiya Mumsy, I'm home. It's half four in the morning, so I'm quite early. I'm so f***** p***** though. Jesus. F****** leathered mate. See you in a bit."
Josh said the doorbell is a good laugh for his parents Suzi, 48, and 46-year-old Roy Draper to look through over breakfast on Sunday mornings. Not only that, but it's a good way of letting them know he's home safely.
Josh said: "I woke up the next morning with no memory of it, and then thought my mum was going to kill me but she was just laughing. She was saying how daft I am, and my dad thought it was hilarious.
"It's the best purchase my mum's ever made, it's brilliant. I always leave a little message now whenever I come in from a night out. If they're having breakfast on Sunday they'll jump on the Ring app and see if I've left them anything about what I've been up to, I think it's hilarious.
"It's a great thing, especially for people my age who are coming home from nights out and might not have been able to get hold of their parents. Parents could be up until six in the morning worried sick, so if they get a notification on their phone saying their son or daughter came home at a particular time then it's great.
"It's a really useful thing to have on your door. I think it's really important to be honest. I'd recommend it for people my age living with their parents - it just gives you a laugh in the morning when you feel like crap.
"It gives you something to look back on and think 'that night was worth it' - although Mum did wake me up at 9am to walk the dog."
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