# 4/1/2004 has come and gone. What jokes did you pull? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 2, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839 "2004-04-02T02:59:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/1 "2004-04-02T02:59:44Z")
April 1, 2004 has come and gone. As per ususual, I pulled a few jokes on my kids, family and a few people at work. I started this AM by waking my 3 yr old and telling him there was a dinosaur in the kitchen. He got up immediately to see it, then I got him with the obligatory, “April Fools” line. Then I got my 5 yr old by telling him his mother had made a humongous cookie for him and that it was in the kitchen. My 7 yr old was duped when I got home from work by me getting him to believe that his wagon had been stolen from the garage. At work I got one of our administrators thinking for awhile that there actually was a DHMO (DiHydrogen-Monoxide) problem in his building. So, what jokes did you pull on people this year? ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/2 "2004-04-02T03:11:50Z")
I told my girlfriend that I was pregnant. Probably didn’t work as well as I thought thought since I’m a dude… ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/3 "2004-04-02T03:14:32Z")
Sorry, I became an adult years ago. Nothing to report. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/4 "2004-04-02T03:25:48Z")
I told my dad I’d driven through a huge puddle and lost my brakes–I had the fake crying and everything. I felt kinda bad afterwards, as he got really, really worried. ---
**Author:** ![Pythagras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@Pythagras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythagras)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/5 "2004-04-02T05:36:24Z")
> [@Chairman Pow](#): > > I told my girlfriend that I was pregnant. Probably didn’t work as well as I thought thought since I’m a dude… I told this friend at work that my I got a call from my (recently broken up w) ex gf last night and that she told me she was pregnant… The joke didn’t last that long, just enough for me to give that look of beleiving shock on her face. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/6 "2004-04-02T05:58:35Z")
I cruelly convinced a friend of mine that i was getting fired over a personal fax he sent me while at work today. I’m a sadistic bastard. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/7 "2004-04-02T06:00:31Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Sorry, I became an adult years ago. Nothing to report. wow, i’m impressed at how much more mature you are. good game. you have added a valuable contributioon to the thread. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/8 "2004-04-02T06:05:19Z")
This was my joke. [Delphi Forums Login - Welcome! Please log in.](http://forums.delphiforums.com/XF3F/messages?msg=648.1) (if by any chance you get a demand to log in, hit the “Guest” button.) Some people in this thread were in on it, most were not. I think I’m going to catch hell for it tomorrow once they read through the end. It’ll be entertaining, if they don’t beat me up 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/9 "2004-04-02T06:06:22Z")
Same joke I pull every year; this time the target was my GF’s boss (a nice guy, but the gullible type) and I had her do it. You tell the person, “Oh, some guy named Mr. Lyon called for you; here’s his number. He didn’t say what he wanted, but it sounded important.” And you give them the phone number of the local zoo. The person ends up sounding like a moron calling the zoo and asking to speak with Mr. Lion. Juvenile? Proudly. ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/10 "2004-04-02T06:20:08Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > Same joke I pull every year; this time the target was my GF’s boss (a nice guy, but the gullible type) and I had her do it. > > You tell the person, “Oh, some guy named Mr. Lyon called for you; here’s his number. He didn’t say what he wanted, but it sounded important.” And you give them the phone number of the local zoo. > > The person ends up sounding like a moron calling the zoo and asking to speak with Mr. Lion. > > Juvenile? Proudly. This is quite possibly one of the funniest things I have ever read. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/11 "2004-04-02T07:15:08Z")
Drugged my neighbor and, buried him alive underneath a foot of dirt in a graveyard in Mexico. When he gets back home, he’ll see the ransom note telling him how to get back his missing family. I rock 🆒 . ---
**Author:** ![Low\_Key\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@Low\_Key\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Low_Key_1)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/12 "2004-04-02T08:26:45Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > Same joke I pull every year; this time the target was my GF’s boss (a nice guy, but the gullible type) and I had her do it. > > You tell the person, “Oh, some guy named Mr. Lyon called for you; here’s his number. He didn’t say what he wanted, but it sounded important.” And you give them the phone number of the local zoo. > > The person ends up sounding like a moron calling the zoo and asking to speak with Mr. Lion. > > Juvenile? Proudly. I like this one. I don’t think I can wait a year to pull this one myself. Now, all I need is a target… Now, if only I wasn’t a student and knew someone that might actually get an important call from someone they don’t know… ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/13 "2004-04-02T09:23:22Z")
Glad you like it, **caphis** and **Low Key**. In the spirit of credit-where-due, I must admit that I didn’t make this up; I got it from my mom when I was a kid. My mom is a riot. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/14 "2004-04-02T11:16:10Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > You tell the person, “Oh, some guy named Mr. Lyon called for you; here’s his number. He didn’t say what he wanted, but it sounded important.” And you give them the phone number of the local zoo. About 15 years ago, our secretary tried this on me. Only she said I got a call from Elly Font. I was immediately suspicious since I so rarely got phone calls at work. Plus she was kinda giggling when she gave me the note. I suppose you could do the same with Anna Conda or others I’m not clever enough to devise. ---
**Author:** ![ContumeliousBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@ContumeliousBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ContumeliousBob)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/15 "2004-04-02T11:43:59Z")
Print screen. Paste into paint. Set as wallpaper. Repeat a few times. Non-computer-savy person freaks out. Another trick was to put a trojan on a pc and mess with things on the victim’s pc from the pc next to them. Installed “Star Wars” screensaver program. Set it to Jawas. Set to short time period. The Jawas come and ‘yoink’ parts of the screen, whilst making jawa noises. Kinda funny, ueber nerds beg for a copy. ---
**Author:** ![Low\_Key\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@Low\_Key\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Low_Key_1)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/16 "2004-04-02T12:14:44Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I suppose you could do the same with Anna Conda or others I’m not clever enough to devise. I think that the Mr. Lion one is funnier. Much more likely than a Ms. Anna Conda. And, there’s something that for whatever reason makes me laugh just imagining someone asking for a Mr. Lion. I can barely write it now without laughing. (then again, I do have a strange sense of humor…) ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/17 "2004-04-02T15:21:58Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > Same joke I pull every year; this time the target was my GF’s boss (a nice guy, but the gullible type) and I had her do it. > > You tell the person, “Oh, some guy named Mr. Lyon called for you; here’s his number. He didn’t say what he wanted, but it sounded important.” And you give them the phone number of the local zoo. > > The person ends up sounding like a moron calling the zoo and asking to speak with Mr. Lion. That one sounds great. So how did it turn out? Were you there when GF’s boss was asking for Mr. Lion? I’m going to remember that one for sure. ---
**Author:** ![pestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@pestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pestie)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/18 "2004-04-02T17:03:31Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Sorry, I became an adult years ago. Nothing to report. Wow, that’s great, I’m glad to hear it! When was the surgery, BTW? You know, the one where they implanted that stick. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/19 "2004-04-02T17:40:59Z")
I came in from the parking lot, which is a few city blocks away from my actual office, and said to my co-worker, who starts a half hour before me, “Oh, my God! What happened to your car???” I didn’t keep him hanging or anything, but he fell for it for a minute. I called my sister and told her “I got the boys their Easter present.” Presents mean a lot to her, you see. I told her it was a live rabbit. She was all freaked out, begging me to return it to the store, that they couldn’t keep it, that their cat might be mean to it. Her I kept hanging a little longer. I told my son they’d be starting with school uniforms, ties included, at daycare on Monday. I told him the dogs were going back to the shelter because we couldn’t care for them. I pretty much followed the statements with an immediate April Fools. I told my husband he could no longer jam with his mid-life crisis band on Saturdays because I was joining the Sweet Adelines group of a friend at work because their alto left to have a baby and that the group met on Saturdays from 8 - 10 pm. He claims to know it was a joke all along because I am a soprano. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839/20 "2004-04-02T17:56:18Z")
Yesterday’s (4/1) NY Times Crossword Puzzle was one great April Fools joke: Clue Answer Apollo 17 was the last one NOISSIWNOOW Let me make one thing perfectly clear," e".g. WSINOXIN Buckeye beauty OIHOSSIM “If only!” HSIMI Get a closeup of NOONIWOOZ Lottery player’s happy shout NOMINOMI Meatloaf recipe instruction SNOINONIXIM It looks easy as hell now, but you should have tried it in the puzzle. And in case you haven’t figured it out, Read the answers upside down [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-1-2004-has-come-and-gone-what-jokes-did-you-pull/237839.md?page=2)