# Explect to Play any April Fools Jokes on Anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 1, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484 "2013-04-01T01:43:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/1 "2013-04-01T01:43:23Z")
Or is that only for young kids? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/2 "2013-04-01T02:03:01Z")
No. I don’t. HAHAHAHAHA. I got you! You thought I wasn’t going to play a joke and I so totally joshed! Bazinga! ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/3 "2013-04-01T02:04:04Z")
April fools day is my most favorite holiday. Last year, Bill put [one of these](http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/8c52/)under my bed. This year, I’m waiting until he starts snoring and then I’m going to fill his truck with glitter filled balloons. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/4 "2013-04-01T04:31:20Z")
I run a group on Facebook for local people (mostly moms) to buy and sell kids’ stuff. Infant gear, toys, clothes, etc. We have over 1000 group members, all living in one small area. I decided to announce today that Facebook is going to make us charge $10/user/month plus a 10% transaction fee per transaction. I usually don’t do April Fool’s Day pranks but I thought of this a couple months ago, to see if those girls go batty on us or not. I just posted it, we’ll see how it goes. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/5 "2013-04-01T04:58:28Z")
[Attention: If the crux of your joke is “Isn’t it funny that I just lied to you?”, your joke is shit.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=646987) ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/6 "2013-04-01T12:45:52Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > [Attention: If the crux of your joke is “Isn’t it funny that I just lied to you?”, your joke is shit.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=646987) Shit not withstanding, I changed my Facebook icon to an Amway logo and announced we are now distributors. Can’t really play jokes where I work, so that’s about as good as it gets. ---
**Author:** ![chowching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/7 "2013-04-01T13:31:27Z")
Well I changed my status to “Going to be a father soon.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/8 "2013-04-01T13:41:46Z")
In my explerience, April fools jokes are very common among adults. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/9 "2013-04-01T13:49:39Z")
I used the “alias” command on my interns linux command line so the basic commands “ls, grep, cd, …” instead print out a series of error messages that include increasingly unlikely troubleshooting suggestions. examples: unplug your ether-net connection open and close your DVD drive remove the trackball from your mouse hold down “tab+alt+spacebar+a+d+insert+ctrl+caps+z+winkey” move your CPU away from all utility outlets and reboot enter the “aprilfools” command at the prompt. ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/10 "2013-04-01T13:54:59Z")
I stuck googly eyes up all over the place. It’s not an original idea, but I think it’s pretty funny. Especially in the bathroom, where there are pictures of departed dogs hanging on the wall. Now each dead dog has a comical expression. Also on things like doors, vents, the computer mouse, and any place it might look like a face. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/11 "2013-04-01T14:00:04Z")
Did it yesterday. I was convincing people right and left that yesterday was Canadian April Fools Day. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/12 "2013-04-01T14:33:19Z")
I just told someone that April Fools was cancelled this year. She said “Really?..” ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/13 "2013-04-01T14:50:14Z")
I changed my Facebook profile picture to a videogame character. Last year I posted a Facebook status saying that I loved Internet Explorer and hated other browsers. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/14 "2013-04-01T15:28:23Z")
Yes. It will be a joke on my brother. He left his car at my house, I dropped him off at the airport for a week’s vacation. Turns out, on the drive down to my place, his car’s check engine light (and a few others) went on, so I agreed to drop it off at a dealer for it to be looked at under warranty. Came back with what they said was a minor intermittent fault, one that had just been cleared by the computer, but stored in memory. No problem at all. When I email him today, it’s not going to be no problem at all. I just haven’t decided how big a problem it’s going to be. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/15 "2013-04-01T15:38:43Z")
> [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > I stuck googly eyes up all over the place. It’s not an original idea, but I think it’s pretty funny. Especially in the bathroom, where there are pictures of departed dogs hanging on the wall. Now each dead dog has a comical expression. Also on things like doors, vents, the computer mouse, and any place it might look like a face. Thank you for being the one actually amusing April Fool’s joke in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/16 "2013-04-01T19:32:28Z")
I just announced to my Literature class, back from spring break, that their term papers (which are due on April 22nd) are due today, so if they would pass them up to the front of the room, please… a lot of confused looks, chatter, frowns, and then I asked “Didn’t you guys ever hear of April Fool’s Day?” ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/17 "2013-04-01T19:56:01Z")
> [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > Especially in the bathroom, where there are pictures of departed dogs hanging on the wall. Wha…? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/18 "2013-04-01T20:25:27Z")
I did a couple of slightly lame things in my third grade classroom: wrote the date upside-down in the normal spot, and wrote the daily schedule on the back board totally backwards. In that backwards schedule, I added some Easter-eggs for students to took the trouble to read the backwards writing: 11:00 was Dinosaurs, 12:45 was German (instead of Spanish), and 2:30 was To The Moon (instead of dismissal). When students made their lunch choices, they chose between Hamburgers with Chocolate Eggs and Potato Stuffed with Gumdrops. I told them the cafeteria manager was trying to get rid of her extra candy. For the odd writing on the board, I maintained total innocence at first, telling students I saw nothing wrong with the writing and then getting all suspicious of them: “Yeah, yeah, I know it’s not written backwards, nice try at April Fooling me!” They were deeply concerned that I wouldn’t acknowledge any peculiarities about the writing. Good times! My four-year-old came up with a hilarious-to-her trick to play on my wife: “When she wakes up, we’ll tell her we saw a BANANA in the YARD! HAHAHAHAHA!” I just put a giant plastic spider in the tea box. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/19 "2013-04-01T20:33:32Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > My four-year-old came up with a hilarious-to-her trick to play on my wife: “When she wakes up, we’ll tell her we saw a BANANA in the YARD! HAHAHAHAHA!” This is why I didn’t tell my four year old that today was April Fool’s Day. I hid the keys! HAHAHA! PBBBTHH! Where? Um… ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484/20 "2013-04-01T20:55:03Z")
This afternoon an elderly gentleman was next to me at a red light. He rolled his window down and yelled, “Hey your tire is going flat!” I started to pull over at the gas station when he gave me a big grin and laughed…“April Fools!” It was great! He really got me good. I’ve never had a stranger pull a prank like that and it really made my day. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explect-to-play-any-april-fools-jokes-on-anyone/654484.md?page=2)