# April Fools! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 28, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196 "2013-03-28T17:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/1 "2013-03-28T17:57:42Z")
Monday is April Fools Day, and I’m wonder if/what our mods and admins have planned. A new forum? A new policy? Maybe appoint some Official Junior Moderators? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/2 "2013-03-28T18:06:06Z")
Also, if they could tell us where they’re going to hide the easter eggs in advance, that’d be great. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/3 "2013-03-28T18:19:06Z")
A new forum would be cool. A real April Fools joke would be to not do anything, thus making you surprised that, “Hey, they didn’t do anything for April Fools. That is an April Fools joke in itself!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/4 "2013-03-28T19:10:41Z")
Thay can’t ban us all - it’s become almost cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/5 "2013-03-28T19:13:51Z")
Don’t know, but it’s my 20th wedding anniversary. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/6 "2013-03-28T19:15:16Z")
It’s my birthday, so I imagine it’ll involve hookers and blow. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/7 "2013-03-28T21:23:41Z")
Happy (sniiiiif) birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/8 "2013-03-28T23:11:32Z")
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**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/9 "2013-03-29T00:01:58Z")
I think I’m in the minority, but I hate April Fools Day. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/10 "2013-03-29T00:51:17Z")
My vote is to turn on avatars for a day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/11 "2013-03-29T01:49:44Z")
Well, I really shouldn’t tell you in advance, but we’re thinking that on Monday, April 1, we’ll possibly do something ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/12 "2013-03-29T03:12:56Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Monday is April Fools Day, and I’m wonder if/what our mods and admins have planned. A new forum? A new policy? Maybe appoint some Official Junior Moderators? 😃 By bringing up April Fools Day in advance, you pretty much ensure that no one will be fooled because you tipped them off. Which is just about as bad as when a good AFD prank is in progress and someone feels the need to prove how smart they are by pointing out, in a usually inane way, that the date is April 1. We get it. You’re smart. Just not smart enough to know how April Fools Day works. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/13 "2013-03-29T03:13:35Z")
They’ll pin cutouts of fish on each other’s back. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/14 "2013-03-29T03:44:22Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > By bringing up April Fools Day in advance, you pretty much ensure that no one will be fooled because you tipped them off. > > Which is just about as bad as when a good AFD prank is in progress and someone feels the need to prove how smart they are by pointing out, in a usually inane way, that the date is April 1. > > We get it. You’re smart. Just not smart enough to know how April Fools Day works. That’s not really giving anything away. It’s April Fools Day, so everyone expects everyone is out scamming. It’s like saying you’re going to wear a costume on Halloween, or a going to hear jokes from a comedian, or be tricked by a magician or punched in a boxing match. The trick is to still do something unexpected or humorous, not that nothing is expected. > [@Anonymous User](#): > > A new forum would be cool. A real April Fools joke would be to not do anything, thus making you surprised that, “Hey, they didn’t do anything for April Fools. That is an April Fools joke in itself!” 😃 Hey, if that works for you, go for it. But nothing is always nothing, unless… Well, I can’t tell you the “unless” because that would be telling. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/15 "2013-03-29T04:09:14Z")
No one can post unless they’re wearing their underwear on the outside. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/16 "2013-03-29T04:17:45Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > No one can post unless they’re wearing their underwear on the outside. With pictures, or it didn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/17 "2013-03-29T05:39:45Z")
I say all the mods sign off with “Cecil Bless you always!!! 🙂 🙂 :)” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/18 "2013-03-29T14:42:14Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > By bringing up April Fools Day in advance, you pretty much ensure that no one will be fooled because you tipped them off. > > Which is just about as bad as when a good AFD prank is in progress and someone feels the need to prove how smart they are by pointing out, in a usually inane way, that the date is April 1. > > We get it. You’re smart. Just not smart enough to know how April Fools Day works. It was a secret? :eek: I’ve got news for you: There is no Santa Claus, and your mom was the one that took your teeth from under the pillow and put money there instead. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/19 "2013-03-29T14:44:30Z")
You are no fun at all. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196/20 "2013-03-29T15:04:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It was a secret? :eek: > I’ve got news for you: There is no Santa Claus, and your mom was the one that took your teeth from under the pillow and put money there instead. At least you could have used a spoiler tag. I’m crushed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-fools/654196.md?page=2)