For my wife's birthday I'm going to hide a snake in her sock drawer.
How do you plan on doing this?
I'm going to wait for her to fall asleep then bring the snake in. Then I'll put it in a sock drawer that she uses.
I think that this is a cruel joke. You should not hide something like a snake in your wife's things. It is cruel to try to scare them!
Fine. I'm just playing around, I'll do something else.
I'm glad you're not committed to the surprise snake idea, because that would have been terrifying for your wife, and not particularly nice to the snake either. You should do something nice for your wife's birthday, not try to scare her.