# I pit April Fools Day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470 "2012-04-01T14:01:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/21 "2012-04-01T18:58:57Z")
And calling each other Cornholers. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/22 "2012-04-01T20:03:37Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Weā€™re gonna need a bigger orange. Or a bananaā€¦ Ha! Just kidding! See, itā€™s still April Firstā€¦ You donā€™t get a banana. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/23 "2012-04-01T21:05:34Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > I vote we continue calling this the Corn Hole. At first I too (three?) thought this would be an excellent idea. But you can Pit someone as a verb, so weā€™d be able Cornhole someone. While thread titles like ā€œIn which I cornhole Rick Santorumā€ would be funny for the first six months, it would quickly grow stupid. Even for me. Who never lets dirty jokes die. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/24 "2012-04-01T21:11:34Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > There are people whose idea of an April Fools Day prank is to offer good news and then snatch it away. That is not funny. That is you being a shithead. If you want to play goodnatured practical jokes, fine, whatever. But donā€™t go taunting people about how much something sucks by offering them false hope for your own sick enjoyment. You got nothinā€™ to bitch about. Today is my 19th wedding anniversary. Thatā€™s right, bitches, we got married on April 1st. So fucking sue me. And no stupid jokes about how the jokeā€™s on her. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/25 "2012-04-01T21:22:29Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > You got nothinā€™ to bitch about. Today is my 19th wedding anniversary. Thatā€™s right, bitches, we got married on April 1st. So fucking sue me. And no stupid jokes about how the jokeā€™s on her. Ha! You lost a bet, I imagine. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/26 "2012-04-01T21:32:27Z")
I knew someone from another forum that posted that her boyfriend had been killed in an accident on the 29th of March, then revealed she was joking on the 1st. She said she posted it then because it would be too obvious on April Fools. This was about 4 years ago and I still feel stupid for believing her. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/27 "2012-04-01T22:05:58Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > You got nothinā€™ to bitch about. Today is my 19th wedding anniversary. Thatā€™s right, bitches, we got married on April 1st. So fucking sue me. And no stupid jokes about how the jokeā€™s on her. are you cautious with anniversary presents or meals? is she? ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/28 "2012-04-01T22:28:12Z")
What is the difference between a practical joke and vandalism or spreading a virus? _Consequence_. Old school viruses gave the user a moment of shock-horror, something that pranksters aim for. The difference comes later. Proper pranks fool the victim without doing serious harm: in fact the latter is part of the joke as over-reaction was successfully elicited. Consequence can be both material and emotional. And the very best pranks provide a teachable moment, one that is not obvious to the target. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/29 "2012-04-01T22:50:25Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > are you cautious with anniversary presents or meals? is she? Jokeā€™s on her: I never divorced my first wife. hahahahaā€¦ummmā€¦dā€™oh! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/30 "2012-04-01T23:06:57Z")
> [@Corn Whisperer](#): > > I do actually agree with the OP - April Foolā€™s Day is no excuse to be mean and thoughtless. No, that would be the Fourth of July. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/31 "2012-04-01T23:07:46Z")
Iā€™m just glad itā€™s on a weekend this year. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/32 "2012-04-01T23:53:24Z")
April 1 is my birthday; and for some reason this means everyone around me _MUST_ try to prank me. It gets annoyingā€¦ and also, Iā€™ve been through this 46 times now. Itā€™s pretty hard to get me, so just knock it off already! I canā€™t remember the last time anyone was able to successfully prank me. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/33 "2012-04-02T01:43:28Z")
My sisterā€™s birthday is April 1st, too. I used to try to get prankish things as gifts for her. Weā€™ve both grown up and matured, though. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/34 "2012-04-02T01:58:29Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > April 1 is my birthday; and for some reason this means everyone around me _MUST_ try to prank me. It gets annoyingā€¦ and also, Iā€™ve been through this 46 times now. Itā€™s pretty hard to get me, so just knock it off already! I canā€™t remember the last time anyone was able to successfully prank me. Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/35 "2012-04-02T02:58:14Z")
I love a good prank, even when Iā€™m the prankee. But I hate April Foolā€™s Day because itā€™s like Prank Amateur Night. Almost everything anyone does is immediately obvious or really irritating or (usually) both. Real pranksters know you have to do it when people arenā€™t expecting it. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/36 "2012-04-02T05:12:21Z")
One of my friends was born on Feb 29. Every April Fools day, I offer to take him out for a drink and warn the bartender that he is only 7, so the bartender cards him and and gives him a virgin mary. Its our tradition. ---
**Author:** ![constanze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@constanze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constanze)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/37 "2012-04-02T08:23:02Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Itā€™s better than the German equivalent day, when people walk around with scissors and cut off your tie. If youā€™re an American and unaware of this tradition, youā€™re going to be very unhappy that you wore your best French silk tie that day. Huh? Somebody did prank you - April Fools Day is on April 1st in Germany, too (Aprilscherz) - but cutting off your ties is part of Weiberfastnacht, the Thursday of Carneval when the last and hot part of Karnival starts. Anybody whoā€™s in the Rhineland region during Karneval and doesnā€™t notice it ā€¦ deserves a cut-off tie.šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/38 "2012-04-02T14:04:05Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Happy Birthday! _grumble_ Thanks. (get off my lawn!) ---
**Author:** ![constanze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@constanze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constanze)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/39 "2012-04-02T14:10:43Z")
[Prank Gadgets only a sociopath would use.](http://www.cracked.com/article_19763_6-prank-gadgets-that-only-sociopath-would-actually-use.html) ---
**Author:** ![grateful\_mcgee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@grateful\_mcgee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grateful_mcgee)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470/40 "2012-04-02T14:23:18Z")
My roommateā€™s girlfriend tried to pull a crappy one on me. I was about to go to the store, and she said ā€œhey while youā€™re there, could you get me some updog?ā€ I replied ā€œare your legs broken?ā€ ā€œNoā€¦ā€ ā€œThen get your own updog.ā€ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-april-fools-day/617470.md?page=3)