# Whatever happened to April Fool's Day on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 1, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079 "2014-04-01T14:11:37Z")\ **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:** [April 1, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/1 "2014-04-01T14:11:37Z")
Is there something going on that I’m missing? I see no modified moderator names or titles, no temporary added forums or changed forums-nothing different at all. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/2 "2014-04-01T14:13:08Z")
Maybe that’s the joke? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/3 "2014-04-01T14:35:05Z")
There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. ---
**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, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/4 "2014-04-01T14:42:55Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. But I believe we can get there in my beautiful balloon. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/5 "2014-04-01T14:46:20Z")
Up, Up and Away! ---
**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, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/6 "2014-04-01T14:49:41Z")
It’s a bird! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/7 "2014-04-01T15:07:26Z")
Free Bird ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/8 "2014-04-01T15:09:42Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Is there something going on that I’m missing? Wonder why people have been walking up to you and kicking you in the butt all day? ---
**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, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/9 "2014-04-01T15:12:15Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Wonder why people have been walking up to you and kicking you in the butt all day? I just attributed that to it being Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/10 "2014-04-01T15:34:53Z")
Blame Obamacare ------- it’s big, it can take it. ---
**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, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/11 "2014-04-01T15:55:42Z")
[There we go.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=719815) ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/12 "2014-04-01T15:56:00Z")
Jokes are always funniest when you request them and then point them out. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/13 "2014-04-01T15:59:59Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Free Bird (waves lighter) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/14 "2014-04-01T16:10:05Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Is there something going on that I’m missing? Yeah, that someone who goes around on April 1 pointing out to everyone that it’s April Fools Day is going to blow any joke anyone has planned.😉 ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/15 "2014-04-01T16:14:34Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [There we go.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=719815) The edict was scheduled to come out at midnight local time in each poster’s time zone. But one of the hamsters died, and the rest all refused to cooperate until the goat and the squid could be co-opted. So, yeah, kinda slow off the mark. ---
**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 1, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/16 "2014-04-01T21:19:15Z")
It would be a lot more fun if you guys were pretending to enforce said rules, even if only randomly. (Heck, put that in the rules: all of this is subject to Moderator whim on whether to enforce or not.) ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/17 "2014-04-01T22:56:04Z")
No kitten for you BigT. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/18 "2014-04-02T00:08:40Z")
Could I get, maybe, a snake? Or some other alternative pet? Easier to mail, quiet, doesn’t scratch the furniture. Not so cute, but this is all about the trade offs, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/19 "2014-04-02T01:17:53Z")
Maybe all the mods have grown up. Sigh, it seems like only yesterday … ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079/20 "2014-04-02T02:00:37Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Jokes are always funniest when you request them and then point them out. One minute after **Czarcasm** posted his pointer. Impressive. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-april-fools-day-on-the-sdmb/685079.md?page=2)