# April Fools Day Pranks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-pranks/101085>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 31, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-pranks/101085 "2002-03-31T18:51:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-pranks/101085/21 "2002-04-01T14:39:02Z")

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[Online Pranks](http://www.strangereports.com)

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**Author:** ![robinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@robinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinh)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-pranks/101085/22 "2002-04-01T15:00:11Z")

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Our traditional April 1st prank: Wrap a rubber band around the kitchen sink spray nozzle in such a way that the button is held down and wait for family members to get a drink of water.

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**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-pranks/101085/23 "2002-04-01T15:38:38Z")

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I work as a writer at a trade association serving the radio sales industry. Every month, we send out a series of articles in a marketing kit that salespeople can use to improve their performance.

I almost always do an article that is an overview of a given industry, including statistics, trends facing the industry, etc. It’s accompanied by an audio interview with an expert in that industry. This type of article is called a “White Paper.”

This year, I did a phony white paper and distributed it to the membership - on the white paper industry. We did a phony audio panel discussion and everything.

Here’s the link if you want to see it:

[Click here for the white paper white paper](http://www.rab.com/sales_meetings/4-02-1-1.html)

I think it’s pretty funny.

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**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-pranks/101085/24 "2002-04-01T16:06:45Z")

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The worst April Fool’s prank I ever witnessed was a friend ringing her ex-boyfriend (with whom she had a bad breakup) and telling him she was pregnant. Totally unfunny.  
I’m not much of a prankster, but I do like the mayonnaise on the toilet seat!

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-day-pranks/101085/25 "2002-04-01T16:12:22Z")

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My cube-mate confided in us this morning that he hit the lottery for $75K… Had he said $7.5K, I might have believed him, but I follow the lottery close enough to know that 5 numbers in lotto don’t yield that much.

He suckered in our 3 cubie… I wasn’t impressed.

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