# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/81 "2010-04-01T19:41:23Z")
> [@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: > “Copy, Single Sided, 25, Collated and stapled”. > > Please enunciate clearly. > > If command is not accepted, say “Reset” and try again after 10 seconds. > > Best if you are within earshot of the copier… Bah. Did that here and absolutely no one fel for it, not even my supervisor (who has me check Snopes for her all the time of all the chain emails she gets because she doesn’t know if she should believe them) who was the first to see the sign, everyoen knew it was an April Fool’s prank (but not from who, I’m not fessing up now that it went over like a lead baloon.) I still sent my status report spreadsheet sideways (turning the spreadsheet cells to be taller than they are wide and setting the text rotation angle to 90 degrees), but it just isn’t the same that the printer one fell so flat. I’d pit my cow-orkers, but, since we now lack a pit, I’ll kitten them. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/82 "2010-04-01T19:44:49Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > Not a particularly clever prank, but I got a laugh today telling my students that we were having a surprise midterm. 😛 In my game theory class I announced that we would be studying gladiatorial games today, so everyone had to find something they could use as an offensive weapon and something they could use as a defensive weapon. After a few minutes of scrounging, most people had something, and EVERYONE had been looking. After I told them it was an April Fools joke some of them went ahead and fenced a bit anyway. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/83 "2010-04-01T19:55:39Z")
Ever lose track of a horse during a race? Here’s your solution: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl9FHMlggFQ&feature=player\_embedded](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl9FHMlggFQ&feature=player_embedded) ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/84 "2010-04-01T20:15:28Z")
> [@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: > “Copy, Single Sided, 25, Collated and stapled”. > > Please enunciate clearly. > > If command is not accepted, say “Reset” and try again after 10 seconds. > > Best if you are within earshot of the copier… This one got some good mileage in my office today. I passed the info to a co-worker, who placed aforementioned form on all the copiers around the office. We didn’t hear anyone barking copier commands, but one of our Directors espoused the new feature of our copiers on a conference call, crediting the onsite manager, who played right along. Hilarity ensueth. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/85 "2010-04-01T21:10:57Z")
My fiancee’s Mom has a favorite parking spot in the lot at the apartment here. I’m planning to leave a note on her windshield telling her not to park there anymore, as they are converting it to a Reserved space. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/86 "2010-04-02T02:56:17Z")
> [@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. (I think I will do this one!) > [@Sunspace](#): > > This is even better if you do it with a laptop. 🙂 The strongest reaction might be with a child’s carseat - but you might get pulled over by the police… ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/87 "2010-04-02T03:00:05Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Thank you:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D > [@singular1](#): > > I just got 3 outta 5, and suddenly all the ladies had to pee. I’ll sneak in later! > Thank you!!!:p:p:p:p:p:p:p Glad you guys liked it. I only wish I could do this in the teachers’ bathroom here in Japan, but people wouldn’t get it and think that I’m stranger than they already do. Maybe I’ll try to introduce the holiday next year. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120/88 "2010-04-02T03:18:17Z")
> [@sco3tt](#): > > Get a wireless mouse and plug the USB receiver into a co-worker’s PC when they’re away. I pulled this on my son this afternoon. It was hysterical! He was surfing the 'net on our home PC while I was working on my laptop just a couple feet away. I actually unplugged my mouse from my machine & plugged it into his while he was using it without him noticing! Then I got to watch him getting more and more puzzled. 😃 Couldn’t extend the prank too far, 'cause I’m his tech support. “Dad, something’s wrong with my mouse!” And I couldn’t keep a straight face any more … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-pranks/534120.md?page=4)