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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 …
