April Fool's Day - Page 2

Sister Havana · #1 04-01-2004, 08:24 PM

I haven't played any jokes today, but I have played some good ones in the past. One of my favorites was one I played on an ex-boyfriend who lived in another state. I went to my room, put on the newsradio station loudly so it sounded like there were lots of people around, called him up, and in my most frantic voice said "I'm at the airport! I've been here for a couple hours! Where are you? I thought you were going to come get me!" I had him convinced that I had come in for a visit and he forgot we arranged that. He was literally about to leave for the airport when I told him "April Fool!"

I played another good one on a former client at the paper a few years ago. It was a Friday and I talked to this guy, confirmed his ads and gave him prices like normal, then I said "By the way, today's my last day for a while. You'll be dealing with Carolyn for the next several weeks because I am going on maternity leave." I had just met with this client in December and it was obvious then that I was not pregnant, or if I was, I was nowhere near pregnant enough to be due in April. Still, he totally fell for it and was asking me if it was my first baby, if I knew the gender, what names I picked out, etc. I played along til I was about to lose it, then I finally said "By the way...what's today's date?"

#2 04-01-2004, 09:18 PM

Visited my old office co-workers today after being MIA for 3 months. Borrowed my mom's old engagement and wedding band (because it doesn't fit her anymore anyway) and proceeded to tell everyone that me and Tim (the old not-BF) got married and that we haven't told the media yet.

I was so convincing that I left the office without telling them the truth. Not my fault that they didn't realize it was April Fools' Day.

I think I'm going to continue this charade till tonight.

valkyrie · #3 04-01-2004, 09:26 PM

My ex used to work at a small law firm that did a lot of bankruptcy law and one of the partners was a notorious prankster. He liked to leave messages for the other partner saying his name was something like "Mr. Marlin" and that he was under water in debt and he'd leave the phone number for the aquarium or the zoo. The prankee actually called and whoever answered the phone said, "I'm sorry, we don't let the animals talk on the phone." One time, the prankster was really evil and he sent the other partner a fake letter from the attorney disciplinary agency stating that there was a complaint filed against him by a former client. Ooof.

honeychile · #4 04-01-2004, 10:07 PM

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Originally posted by ThetaPrincess24
I agree. That's not a funny thing to joke about with a guy.

As for the topic..........I was born on April Fool's Day.......that's a joke in itself.

I actually know a guy who was born at something like 12:05am April 1st, but his mother insisted that the doctor put March 31st on his birth certificate so he wouldn't have been considered as an April Fool's Joke. Unfortunately, he still was.

AchtungBaby80 · #5 04-01-2004, 11:09 PM

My older sister got me today. I just finished painting these murals for this lady's kids' playroom over the weekend, and I'd been working on it forever because the lady was slightly, er, anal (well, hey, she admits it!

) and I had to redo and add a lot of stuff. So my sister walked in this afternoon and said, "Don't be mad, but she wants you to come back and add some hot pink accents on the bows and do some more stuff to the Cinderella mural." My mind was busy ticking away trying to find some kind of a plausible excuse why I couldn't do it, when my sister shrieked, "April Fool!"

Ha ha.

PiEp299 · #6 04-02-2004, 11:00 AM

speaking of April Fools'. Check this prank a husband pulled on his wife. It's pretty damn funny.

april fools' prank

sageofages · #7 04-02-2004, 11:39 AM

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Originally posted by PiEp299
speaking of April Fools'. Check this prank a husband pulled on his wife. It's pretty damn funny.

april fools' prank

OMIGOD.........too mean.........TOOOOOOO FUNNY!

cntryZTA5 · #8 04-02-2004, 02:00 PM

I told all my world history classes that they have to write a 10 page paper due next week. On the list of topic suggestions I gave them, I listed historical events such as the assassination of Gandhi. The last historical event on the list was the History of April Fool's Day......They still didn't get that it was a joke.

I didn't tell them it was a joke, I'm still debating whether I should tell them!

#9 04-02-2004, 06:22 PM

I agree that faking getting knocked up is not cool, but I couldn't help pulling that on my mom.

Yesterday was my mom's birthday, so after I gave her her birthday gift, I couldn't help but tell her "Happy Birthday, Grandma". I think she almost had a heart attack.

I had one pulled on me last night at the club. I left a card with the bartender since I was taking care of drinks and when it came time to close out the tab she told me that my card had been declined. I felt so embarassed because there were people next to me and behind me who heard.

I'm glad that she yelled APRIL FOOLS! because I was ready to go apeisht with that CC machine.

aephi alum · #10 04-03-2004, 02:02 PM

One of my coworkers told me something yesterday that I can only hope is a late April Fool's joke.

He told me that rumor had it that the building in which we work was closing and that my group would probably be relocated to a building in NYC. That is too far for me to commute.

I hope it's just a late April Fool's joke...

polarpi · #11 04-03-2004, 04:01 PM

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Originally posted by sageofages
OMIGOD.........too mean.........TOOOOOOO FUNNY!

I agree....I wonder what happened to that happy little marriage

BTW, do we have any idea which radio station this came from? It sounds like something one of the radio hosts here in San Diego would do (and it sounds like him on the audio), but I can't believe I didn't hear it when it happened (if it was who I'm think it was)

Cheerio · #12 03-31-2012, 05:28 PM

Bumping the only thread I could find with the similar topic pursuing...what is the best April Fool's Day joke that's been pulled on you?

My brother once put plates, forks, and pasta/cracker boxes on the breakfast counter instead of bowls, spoons and cereal. Since April First was Maundy Thursday that year, I didn't immediately get his joke since I thought my family was having to eat special breakfast food for that special Easter-week day. Live and learn...

DaffyKD · #13 03-31-2012, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheerio

Bumping the only thread I could find with the similar topic pursuing...what is the best April Fool's Day joke that's been pulled on you?

My brother once put plates, forks, and pasta/cracker boxes on the breakfast counter instead of bowls, spoons and cereal. Since April First was Maundy Thursday that year, I didn't immediately get his joke since I thought my family was having to eat special breakfast food for that special Easter-week day. Live and learn...

My mother went into labor very early on March 31 and I did not make an appearance until April 1

DaffyKD

ThetaPrincess24 · #14 04-02-2012, 01:18 PM

My birthday was yesterday. Turning 33 was my prank.

knight_shadow · #15 04-02-2012, 01:24 PM

The only prank that stands out was back in freshman or sophomore year of college.

There was a group of women from my hometown who shared one of the student apartments, so my friends and I hung out there periodically. The student apartments were notorious for having parties ALLLLL the time, so on that date, my friends and I were drunk. We stopped by their house to sober up and they offered us some Oreos.

They had removed the cream and filled them with toothpaste.

Worst feeling ever lol