# April Fools website pranks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-website-pranks/716481>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 1, 2015, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-website-pranks/716481 "2015-04-01T05:58:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-website-pranks/716481/21 "2015-04-01T21:31:44Z")

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> [@Alley\_Dweller](#):
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> I can’t get the google maps pacman thing to work.
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> When I go to [maps.google.com](http://maps.google.com) I don’t see any pacman symbol. I’ve tried to zoom in on all levels and nothing happens. Is there some trick to get it to work?
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> I’m using Firefox in Windows.

Yesterday I tried that on my work computer and my phone. After a while I gave up and just figured the joke was on me. The joke being that there wasn’t actually a pac man map and I spent 20 minutes trying to figure it out. I was surprised at how many media outlets were reporting it. I just assumed they didn’t test it out or reported it just to keep the joke going.

When I got home (still using FF), it worked fine.

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**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-website-pranks/716481/22 "2015-04-01T23:27:22Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Also, I got the Google map thing to work in Firefox by zooming out **the page** to 90%. You know, with Ctrl-+ and Ctrl - .

That did it for me, too! Thanks, **BigT** and everyone else who replied.

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**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-website-pranks/716481/23 "2015-04-02T00:28:45Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Not sure if this one is official, but it’s funny: [com.google](http://com.google). ([Screenshot](http://i.imgur.com/tNGM3sa.png))

Asking backwards google to do a barrel roll produces an interesting result.

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**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-website-pranks/716481/24 "2015-04-02T01:53:36Z")

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> **[ThinkGeek's foolishly fake products should be real](https://www.cnet.com/culture/thinkgeeks-april-1st-fake-products-need-to-be-real/)**
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> This April Fools' Day, ThinkGeek unleashed everything from Mad Max Power Wheels Desert Drifters to a Hodor Travel Buddy to Voltron Cat Condos. Take a look at some of the coolest fake products around.

I liked the Hodor GPS buddy. The only thing that would be better is if the directions were vocalized as, "Hodor Hodor Hodor. Hodor. Hodor Hodor. "

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools-website-pranks/716481/25 "2015-04-02T07:42:05Z")

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Found this [speedrun of Minecraft](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgPVNYkECYM).

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