I’ll share an ugly one. I once worked with a man (married) and a woman (engaged) who became good friends. Both are good people. A third person thought it would be amusing one April 1 to spread the rumor that she was pregnant, and that he was the father.
Nobody believed it, and all were aghast that someone could be so cruel.
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Seems like whether party #3 actually thought at all is questionable.
Thanks for reminding me that it is April 1st. I had forgotten.
I’ll tell the story again about how I April fooled myself (I’ve shared it a couple times before here):
April 1 fell on a Saturday. We had nothing much going on, so my wife and I were just hanging around at home. Our kitchen sink at the time had a separate spray nozzle / hose thingy that retracted into the counter, and I had heard it made for a good prank to use a rubber band to hold the handle open, so as soon as someone turned on the tap they’d get a good spraying. So that’s what I did, and waited for my wife to trigger my trap.
Except, she never used the sink, and so many hours went by I totally forgot about it, and went to get a glass of water. My prank worked very well–I got totally doused. My wife must have laughed for an hour.
Today. This very morning.
Backstory: Jojo my rehab rescue cat got in a tussle with a feral hog 2 nights ago.
He ended up the loser. Big nasty tusk cut on his widdle soft underbelly.
They did surgery, mainly lookng for bowel perforation.
That went well. They kept him to watch for fevers. Hog tusk are incredibly dirty and germified.
The Vet called this morning saying he was doing ok. Howling his fool head off and purring loudly when any one came near his cage.
But he wanted Jojo for one more night.
I asked could I visit today? Vet said sure, why not.
So me and Ivy load up early. We stop by the donut shop and picked up donuts for the Vet staff. 'Cause I’m nice like that.
Got to the Vet clinic. I presented the donuts to squeals and thank yous and people grabbing a donut.
Success.
The receptionist said the Vet will be up there in a minute, have a seat.
The guy came out, donut stuck in his mouth.
He sat opposite and chewed. Looking at his chart.
Finally he says, do you want to go back and see Jojo. I nod.
He says we have a new policy to go back. You have to walk past all the dog cages. The dogs are suffering all manner of disorders. They are depressed. As a Vet service, we feel an obligation to try to cheer them up.
So…you have to dance all the way down between the dog cages. Dance, like really throw down.
Ivy crossed her arms. She said “I ain’t going down there. I don’t like that cat that much!”
Vet said, " Come on Ms. Wrek, lets see your boy!"
I like an idiot danced my way down. Petted a couple of friendly pups and may or may not have done a pirouette at the end. No prob.
I visited my cat. He was very happy to see me.
Go up front, thought I’d check on his bill.
The reception area has 3 TV screens.
I glance at one.
Guess who is dancing on 3 screens on repeat? With big pink letters across the top “Happy April Fools day”
They were all laughing. Apparently I was their first victim.
Real funny. Ha Ha.
Yesterday one of the compilation websites I visit had an announcement sheet that could be downloaded. It announced that voice recognition had been installed on “this printer” giving the name of the VR program and the words that would turn it on.
I did not take a copy to work.
A good April fool joke was this one just as Canada was switching to metric, 50 years ago. The timing couldn’t have been more perfect.
Literally no one but you could honestly write this sentence. 
Our morning show music host kept introducing herself as a well-known musician. “Good morning, this is Neil Young”, “Good morning, this is Joni Mitchell”, etc. It was kind of fun.
In the sixties, the KHJ DJ Robert W. Morgan announced every song wrong one morning. I didn’t catch on until he did it again a year later – also on April 1.
can you either post the pic separately or 'splain it for those of us who don’t do FB.
April 1st, 1975 - Radio announcers Wally Stambuck and Denny Carr of Saskatoon’s CFQC ‘Wal ‘n Den Show’ pull off one of the best April Fool’s jokes of all time when they make an ‘official’ news report that Canada will be switching to “Metric Time”.
The April Fool’s news report coincided with Canada’s nation-wide changeover from Imperial to the Metric system on April 1st, 1975. That was the first day weather reports gave temperatures in degrees Celsius rather than Fahrenheit, road signs changed from miles to kilometres, gas went from gallons to litres and weights shifted from pounds to kilos. Many did not take kindly to the change and confusion reigned…
The timing was absolutely perfect and the ‘Metric Time’ changeover gag announcement (called ‘Larmencaller time’ by Stambuck and Carr) was added on as a ‘breaking news, this just in’ addendum to the official morning news report. The pair then proceeded to carry on the gag by discussing how to ‘convert’ clocks and making regular time announcements in both ‘standard’ and ‘Larmencaller’ throughout their morning broadcast.
The prank however went far, FAR beyond Stambuck and Carr’s wildest imagination and quickly spread like wildfire.
As recounted by StarPhoenix columnist Paul Jackson - “The odd couple were so convincing, folks started turning in their watches and alarm clocks at jewellers around town to have them replaced.” It was reported that Saskatoon City Hall got inundated with calls regarding people refusing to pay a tax increase to ‘change the clock tower to Metric’ as well as people phoning into bewildered Canada Revenue offices asking how ‘Metric Time’ would affect hourly wages.
The gag quickly spread to Ottawa as confused and irate people all over the broadcast area began calling elected officials and Members of Parliament to complain. As further recounted by Paul Jackson - "A Member of Parliament, hearing the show and receiving angry phone calls, fearing Pierre Elliott Trudeau really had gone too far this time, raised the issue in the House of Commons.”
The 'Wal ‘n Den ‘Larmencaller Time’ stunt was so completely well played and perfectly timed that it made the news across Canada as well as internationally and is regarded as among the most masterful April Fools jokes of all time.
On April 1, 1980, the Grateful Dead opened a show with each musician playing the wrong instrument: guitarist Bob Weir on keyboards, guitarist Jerry Garcia and keyboardist Brett Mydland on drums, bassist Phil Lesh on lead guitar, drummer Micky Hart on bass, and drummer Bill Kreutzmann on rhythm guitar. The song was terrible but amusing. They then switched to their normal instruments and played the same song again.
This is my first attempt to upload a photo on imgur to post it here…
This cake and the description under it was set out at my square dance this evening, by a man who brings a different Bundt cake each week.
Eta: squashed looking, but you get the idea.
It looks normal if you click on the album.
But, hey? Ain’t bundt cake round?
Like the pan?
Oh, wait. You’re at a square dance thing.
I see
A lot of notices out there that Disney bought Troma.
I worked for Sun in the late '90s, and there was a big April Fools tradition, with budget. One top exec was fond of scuba diving. They moved his office into a tank in the aquarium in San Francisco. They converted the office of Scott McNealy and his secretaries adjoining office into a miniature golf course.
Ah, the days of the Bubble with infinite money to waste on fun.
You linked to the “album”, you want to link to the individual image, like this:
A few more:
