april fools hijincks

[smileyeagle1021]

Ok, what all are you planning on doing (or have done) for april fools?

I'll be honest, I'm having trouble thinking of things (that won't get me fired)... I had been thinking about doing some misquotes (of course I'd do the correct quote by the end of the call ) like "oh, I'm sorry, it appears to be past the deadline to cancel" wait for guest to ask the obvious you gotta to be shitting me question and then "actually, yeah I am shitting you, did you not notice the date )

[donruss]

I HATE April Fools Day!!! A useless "holiday."

[Sheldonrs]

I told my manager I was accepting a position with another dept. 2 seconds of panic followed by "I hate you today!" when she remembered what day it is.

Waiting for her to see the report I printed out with a $1,500,000.00 refund on it.

[MMATM]

As I'm currently playing in a campus-wide game of Humans vs. Zombies, we got together and organized a prank

One of the tour groups today was chosen, mostly because the tour guide was in on the joke. About ten or twelve "mercenaries" (read: students dressed up in sunglasses and various military/hitman/Boondock-Saints-esque/cool-looking stuff and armed with a NERF arsenal) were assigned to protect the tour group "from all the recent violence on campus" (which btw has really been happening, but oddly not since the game started last week).

The "mercenaries" (including myself) escorted the tour group around campus, all the while being attacked sporadically by hordes of zombie minions (students sporting red bandannas around their heads). We had a few scenes set up that followed all the old classic B-movie scripts, such as the "leave her, she's done for!" scene, and later the "friend returned as a zombie"/"unable to shoot friend-zombie" scene.

The tour group was informed of the joke about 3/4 of the way through the trip, and the "mercenaries" (who by that time had all been bitten by zombies) dispersed, along with some zombies, to play in miniature HvZ battles known as the THUNDERDOME. (And THUNDERDOME must be spelled with all caps, since caps lock is cruise control for cool and THUNDERDOME is obviously cool.)

So all the people who took part are now zombies, but all are also receiving vaccines (un-zombification, even though the term "vaccine" is technically incorrect) for their trouble, so we will all be human again by tomorrow.

All of this is going up on Youtube tonight or tomorrow, and the Daily Collegian was there to get names and photos so those will be online as well. I'll post links to the shenanigans as soon as they're up. I'm the one with the badass-looking shotgun, backwards scally cap, and amazing fake Irish accent (fake accents were encouraged). Oh, and black button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up, and jeans.

[Gerrinson]

Our April Fools banner isn't nearly as exciting as Humans vs. Zombies (I'm so jealous!). It does, however, advertise a certain famous singer (initials of B. S.) doing a one night show at our inn. I can't imagine said singer would perform in such a small venue, but apparently we've had several complaints from people who tried to buy tickets for tonight's special performance. I feel for the front desk as I'm sure at least one of the complaints will wind up coming from an SC.

One of them even complained to the bank next door about it. I'm not sure what they were supposed to do, though.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I.P Freleigh's Super Awesome April Fools Prank

For this prank you will need:

• Several rubber toy rats. The more like-life looking, the better
• Several skittish co-workers

Directions:

• Scatter toy rats around the backroom (not the salesfloor, as I don't want to creep out the shoppers. Just co-workers. ) Be sure to conceal the sales tags as much as possible
• Await the terrified screams of your co-workers
• Place one toy rat feet-up so it looks like it's dead
• Wait for a particularly skittish co-worker to tell you "THERE'S A DEAD RAT IN SOFTLINES BACKSTOCK!"
• Go upstairs to softlines backstock with co-worker and examine the situation
• Tell co-worker "Yup, looks like it's dead. I'll handle this", reach down, and scoop up rat with bare hands
• After co-worker has regained consciousness or stopped screaming, show her that it's a toy.

[myswtghst]

I.P Freleigh's Super Awesome April Fools Prank

For this prank you will need:

• Several rubber toy rats. The more like-life looking, the better
• Several skittish co-workers

See, this would probably work exceedingly well at my work - but that's mostly because we've got field mice out and about all the time, living in our drawers, and have found at least 2 dead mice in the past months. I don't mind animals, even dead animals, but dead, rotting under a cabinet mice that stink to high heaven by the time they're found are a different story.

I considered trying something, at least with the family, but there's been a lot of drama and such lately, so I don't want anyone to have a heart attack.

[thegiraffe]

Speaking of April Fools hijinks....what happened to all the tom-foolery around here? Last year, a ton of stuff wound up wacky. This year, nothing!

I'm disappointed

[RetailWorkhorse]

I don't have anything planned, but my pet ghosts seem to be awake now.

[myswtghst]

Speaking of April Fools hijinks....what happened to all the tom-foolery around here? Last year, a ton of stuff wound up wacky. This year, nothing!

I've seen at least one prank so far...but I'm with you - I want more! What happened to all the crazy font/word adjustments/substitutions and such?

[crazylegs]

Hurcules aircrew play this prank a lot.

One of them ducks around a bulk head and opens a can of veggie soup whilst making sounds of throwing up (everyone is wearing headphone/eardefender things) once the soup is open it gets poured into a sick bag.

The crew member walks back into the cargo area where the squaddies are sitting then proceeds to eat the soup.

Multiple ejections of lunch then occur.

[Imogene]

As per their usual hijinks on April 1st, Kingdom of Loathing (a web-based RPG) changed their name to Kingdom of Salad, changed all the icons for their items to bowls of Salad, changed the monsters to Bowls of Salad, and introduced an area (formerly known as the Spectral Pickle Factory (which, in and of itself is impressive, and a source of one of the more powerful familiars in the game), but changed it to the Spectral Salad Factory, where you could get a Delicious Salad every adventure spent there). Plus, random words in every single part of the game were changed to Salad. (Yes, it was always capitalized). Works well for my char, who is currently trying to get her Teetotaller tattoo... and is having problems making food. Mmm, four salads for today, and twenty or so for later in the week.

[MMATM]

One of them ducks around a bulk head and opens a can of veggie soup whilst making sounds of throwing up (everyone is wearing headphone/eardefender things) once the soup is open it gets poured into a sick bag.

The crew member walks back into the cargo area where the squaddies are sitting then proceeds to eat the soup.

WAH HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHA

AHAHAHAHA


HAHA
HA

HAAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA *cough*

*wheeze*

*eyewater*

That is AWESOME. I love it and vow someday to do it.

[repsac]

Those in the Savannah area may see my prank in the Glennville Sentinel if you are so inclined. The editor seemed to get a kick out of the idea, so hopefully they run it.

My prank is this a simple phone call into the local paper's "your mind" line where you can voice opinions. It says thus:


The United States Congress has stated, that since gasoline prices and other fuel prices are at landmark rates, that they will begin offering a special grant which will offset the prices. This grant, filed under the house bill number 4108, sets aside the "United Fuel Occupational Operational Legislature" organization. This organization can be contacted at their website www.ufool.com, or the phone number 1-800-277-3665.


The joke being if you read it, it's "U FOOL", the bill number is 4/1/08, and the phone number translates to 1-800-APR-FOOL.

[thegiraffe]

I've seen at least one prank so far...but I'm with you - I want more! What happened to all the crazy font/word adjustments/substitutions and such?

I didn't see any pranks. Care to PM me and let me in? Don't want to spoil the fun for others