# April Fool's Pranks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120 "2010-03-28T17:03:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/61 "2010-04-01T08:20:28Z")
> **[A different kind of company name](https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html)** > > Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/62 "2010-04-01T08:22:38Z")
Not a particularly clever prank, but I got a laugh today telling my students that we were having a surprise midterm. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/63 "2010-04-01T10:09:25Z")
Hereā€™s one of the other [forums](http://zombiehunters.org/forum/) I frequent. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/64 "2010-04-01T10:13:25Z")
Oh yes, and I noticed the forum here was down earlier. I went back to the main page, I saw why. More Cat Pictures indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/65 "2010-04-01T12:07:28Z")
This is an ideal office prank - we used this on one of the lads in the open plan part of the office. (He also lives on a farm so this was doubly appropriate!) Thereā€™s a fantastic website for a tweeny magazine called ā€œI Love Horsesā€ - I \*\*promise \*\*this is Safe For Work (itā€™s past 12pm here, so this isnā€™t itself a prank): www.deagostini.com.au/ilovehorses When you load the site a midi file plays automatically with a truly cringe-inducing song: ā€œ_I love horsesā€¦ best of all the animals! I love horsesā€¦ they are my friends!_ā€ Prank as follows: 1. Open up main web browser 2. Change home page to ā€œwww.deagostini.com.au/ilovehorses/ā€ 3. Set PC volume to max 4. Close browser Then just wait for the victim to load up IE or Firefox etc - our office now routinely has this song blaring out as yet another victim gets caught. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/66 "2010-04-01T12:09:36Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > Post [this](http://www.christopherwalkeniswatchingyoupee.com/jgiwyp/) in the stalls at work. Thank you:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/67 "2010-04-01T12:20:58Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > One of the tech sites recently showed a photo of a great trick. It was an official looking document, with an HP Logo posted above an HP Copier. It said something to the effect of : > > Voice Commands have been activated on this copier. > > You may now use verbal command and options instead of pushing buttons. For example: > ā€œCopy, Single Sided, 25, Collated and stapledā€. > > Please enunciate clearly. > > If command is not accepted, say ā€œResetā€ and try again after 10 seconds. > > Best if you are within earshot of the copierā€¦ I think I might try something like this!! ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/68 "2010-04-01T12:23:08Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > **Oslo** , methylene makes your pee and poop blue! More typically, methylene blue turns the urine [green](http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/358/11/e12/F1) because of the presence of yellow pigments in normal urine. It will turn it blue if the urine is dilute or for some other reason does not contain a very high concentration of bilirubin. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/69 "2010-04-01T12:41:59Z")
Excellent username/post combo, Chief Pedant. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/70 "2010-04-01T13:34:24Z")
Last night I switched the M and N keys on my bossā€™s keyboard (sheā€™s a hunt and peck typer). This morning I heard her frantically calling for her assistant saying something was wrong with her keyboard. She thought she had spilled food in it or something. The assistant was in on it and finally had to fess up that it was me. ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/71 "2010-04-01T16:27:27Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Excellent username/post combo, Chief Pedant. šŸ™‚ I apologize. I am in therapy\* for this sort of problem. \*My therapy consists of my children berating me for pedantry. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/72 "2010-04-01T17:32:02Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > I think I might try something like this!! I switched it up and intend to post this in my computer lab classes today: Voice Commands have been activated on the computers in this lab! You may now use verbal command and options instead of pushing buttons. For example: ā€œOpen, Adobe Illustrator, Pattern Fileā€. Please enunciate clearly. If command is not accepted, say ā€œResetā€ and try again after 10 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/73 "2010-04-01T17:50:13Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > Post [this](http://www.christopherwalkeniswatchingyoupee.com/jgiwyp/) in the stalls at work. I just got 3 outta 5, and suddenly all the ladies had to pee. Iā€™ll sneak in later! Thank you!!!:p:p:p:p:p:p:p ---
**Author:** ![Kickback\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cdc98d/32.png) [@Kickback\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kickback_Joe)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/74 "2010-04-01T17:53:00Z")
## My coworker got our manager good today. My coworker had to push out her retirement last year due to the economy. This morning she sent the following email to our manager Subject: Announcement - please read Importance: High Jeff, Due to some recent developments, I have been afforded the opportunity to retire earlier than expected. I am excited that I am able to pull this in even though I know it will bring some difficulty to you and the group. I am going to make April 15th my last day. Please take this as my official two week notice. We can talk as soon as you get a chance. I am both happy and sad (mostly happy) by announcing my retirement early, but am now ready to enjoy what life has in store for me. ## Coworker Everyone in on it knew the moment he saw the email as he said ā€œOh Shit!ā€ and got up and ran to my coworkers cube. Most of us are still laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/75 "2010-04-01T18:00:46Z")
> [@sco3tt](#): > > Get a wireless mouse and plug the USB receiver into a co-workerā€™s PC when theyā€™re away. I do this with one of the wireless touchpad apps for the iPhone/Touch and mess with people trying to play Bejeweled or whatever. With the apps working via WiFi thereā€™s greater range and if youā€™re near enough for them to see you it just looks like youā€™re using your iDevice as normal. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/76 "2010-04-01T18:01:10Z")
I sent my wife to work with the Canon version of [this](http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/03/31/april-fools-day-prank-voice-activated-printers-copiers/) voice-activated printer gag. She just sent me an email saying itā€™s working. One co-worker tried it and said, ā€œit doesnā€™t workā€ then left, clueless. Everybody else just said they hope the other copiers in the office donā€™t get the new feature. Now, when people tell the printer to print or whatever, sheā€™s sending an ā€œGotchaā€ Word document to the printer. She works with idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/77 "2010-04-01T18:13:11Z")
The best prank I ever heard of was the one where a roommate went away for a few weeks, so all the others in the house removed the door to his room and walled it over, painting and sanding and adding baseboards to make everything look original. Then when the roomie came back, everyone acted as if he was a stranger. ā€œYou live in Room 4? Thereā€™s no Room 4 here. Who are you?ā€ > [@Taomist](#): > > -Glue magnets onto the bottom of your coffee cup, and then stick said magnet on the top of your car. Drive around said car all day. This is even better if you do it with a laptop. šŸ™‚ My friend once did something similar for real with 5000 dollars worth of mainfrome memory modules, which were service parts for a call. Went out to the car, put the box of modules on the roof, got in, drove to the site, got out, couldnā€™t find the modules in the trunk, went back, and there they wereā€¦ all over the road, getting flattened by passing traffic. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/78 "2010-04-01T18:27:19Z")
Check out the wbsite for [John[del]s[/del] Hopkins University.](http://www.johnshopkins.edu) šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/79 "2010-04-01T18:34:26Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Check out the wbsite for [John[del]s[/del] Hopkins University.](http://www.johnshopkins.edu) šŸ˜ƒ I love it. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/80 "2010-04-01T18:35:51Z")
> [@Kickback\_Joe](#): > > Everyone in on it knew the moment he saw the email as he said ā€œOh Shit!ā€ and got up and ran to my coworkers cube. Most of us are still laughing. On April 1st some years back, we organized a resignation letter campaign. Everybody in the office who reported, directly or indirectly, to a particular director (about two dozen people) submitted resignation letters to him the same day. He has allegedly still got them all tucked away somewhere, just in case he ever needs them. šŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120.md?page=5)