This is the hilarious moment a lad rolled home nine hours late from a drinking sesh before fessing up to his mum via their doorbell camera. Check it out:
Josh Draper from Leigh, Greater Manchester, had only intended on going out for a few bevvies on a Saturday night last month - but as we all know, it rarely ever is just a few.
The 18-year-old's mum Suzi Draper had asked him to be home by 9pm as she didn't want him to be hungover the day before starting a new job.
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However, rather than follow his curfew, Josh ended up pregaming nearby before going out clubbing in Bolton and then Manchester, finally making it home by 5.56am.
In the hilarious doorbell footage, he says: "Hello. Right. Listen, Mum - I know you wanted me home at 9pm but it's currently 5.56 in the morning, so I'm a couple of hours late.
"But that's fine, because I'm not drunk. I'm going to go to bed, and you can wake me up at like 3pm. Yeah? Sweet."
Speaking about the fateful night out, the legal assistant explained: "I thought at one point that if I was already six hours late then I might as well be really late.
"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."
Of course he ended up paying the price for his antics, as Josh's mum made sure he was up at 9am the following morning to walk the dog.
But that didn't stop him from doing the same again the following weekend.
In the second clip, Josh once again left his mum a little message, saying: "Hiya Mumsy, I'm home. It's half four in the morning, so I'm quite early.
"I'm so f**king pissed though. Jesus. F**king leathered mate. See you in a bit."
Josh said the doorbell is a good laugh for his parents Suzi, 48, and Roy Draper, 46, to look through over breakfast on Sunday mornings.
Not only that, but it's a good way of letting them know he's home safe and sound.
Josh continued: "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."
Topics: Food And Drink, UK News, Viral, Parenting
Daisy Phillipson