Any good April Fools gags?

Parent Cafe
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haven’t hard of any really clever ones today. The silliness on the morning news shows was just that- silly. Anyone have anything clever to share?

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My son’s college: http://news.champlain.edu/2015/04/01/champlain-issues-baby-beaver-to-all-first-year-students-as-part-of-new-program/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=AprilFools&utm_campaign=Social

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Well, there’s this…
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2015/04/01/with-deficit-not-going-anywhere-congress-considers-a-tax-on-email/

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I played Pac-Man on Google maps. I refuse to reveal my score, lol.

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LOL patsmom, they had to say it was the April fools edition in the headline. Are we getting that gullible?

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Tom Brady’s photograph in a full-body cast! :wink:

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Link please

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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/tom-brady-offers-april-fool-s-day-reminder-of-michael-jordan-s-greatness-133003988.html

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I found it. Cute!! (crossposted)
But its really sad that we have to EXPLAIN that these are April fools jokes…in the headlines.

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We know someon who will enjoy this (keep clicking through/refreshing) http://miamioh.edu/

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Someone I know posted this on their Facebook wall:

“Want to play the BEST April Fools joke? If you’re an iPhone user, pick someone to text/prank… Hold down your camera button (next to the type field) and slide your finger up quickly… Get ready to laugh!!! Comment with your results. Happy April Fools!”

Then someone replied with something along the lines of, I don’t have an iPhone, so I asked a friend to do it - thank God she chose to do this to husband.

So I was afraid to try!

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And the result was . . . . ??

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I tried it and accidentally sent a terrible, I mean TERRIBLE selfie to DH. And he is in the middle of an important conference call. Oops!

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^LOL.

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Northeastern had a few funny ones…

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As far as Facebook goes, I’ve seen more posts about how offensive pregnancy themed April Fools’ Day jokes are than actual April Fools’ jokes. This year has been a bit dry. No mention of any jokes; however, one of my professor’s stated that they wished the past test grades were a joke. #-o

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I still have a couple younger children–here are their pranks: put something in the kitchen faucet so water would spray out on their older sister when she went to wash her hands, (sister was not amused), put plastic wrap at the bottom of doorways so I would trip when I walked through them (I “bumped” into one of them, but fortunately didn’t fall.)
Drew a spider with a black magic marker on the toilet paper so the spider would reveal itself as the paper unwound. (A really fake looking spider. . .and I’m not afraid of spiders anyway, but sister is, and they were hoping she would find the spider.) Unfortunately the spider was drawn with a permanent marker with the paper resting on the bathroom counter, and the ink leaked through–hope this spider-shaped stain can be removed. Told a very convincingly detailed (but untrue) story about getting in trouble at school for unfinished homework. ( I fell for that one.)
Older D is in Europe, and I was chatting with her online and said I had to go, and she said “Wait a minute. There’s something I have to tell you” and I said “Is it an April Fool’s joke?” and she said “You’re no fun! BTW, I’m pregnant.”
Just then, she logged into her checking account and found it had been completely drained. And that was no joke. I had to spend the rest of the afternoon dealing with that. Bank said she’d get money back (which was a pleasant surprise to me–it was not a really small amount), but not sure how long it will take. Not in the mood for any more jokes today after that.

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That’s awful Atomom. :frowning:

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Could be worse. Bank fraud dept. was very helpful.

Just glad my D is safe and healthy (and NOT pregnant. . .pretty sure that was a joke. . .)

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We live in Michigan. Friend woke her son this morning with the words "snow day! Two feet fell overnight and school is cancelled! " 15 yr old ran to the window, ecstatic! His mom couldn’t stop laughing.