Any suggestions for April fool's day?

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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:26 am

Does anyone have any good ideas for tomorrow? At the office, at home, wherever?
I mean good ideas, not peeing in the coffee or something...

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:09 am

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not peeing in the coffee or something...

What's wrong with that? Very Happy

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:12 am

Good idea! I won't pee in the coffee then, see if anyone notices. Smile

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:25 am

For the family, setting the all the clocks from AM to PM in the house. Moving all the clocks up an hour in the early morning so everyone is early to work school etc works too.

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:00 pm

Exchanging the normal coffee with decaf.

ETA: Don't forget running for your life.

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:05 pm

^ I said no peeing in the coffee. Decaf is worse.

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:30 pm

I guess crapping in the coffee is off limits as well?

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:36 pm

^^I think they do that to the coffee at work every day. It is horrendous.

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:56 pm

OK, forget I asked. Rolling Eyes

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:04 pm

What did you ask? Wink

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:17 pm

Dutch wrote:

I guess crapping in the coffee is off limits as well?

Not necessarily. There's coffee made from cat's crap. That'll probably still be better than decaf. Unless it's decaf-cat's-crap-coffee of course.

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:51 pm

How about offering somebody a trunk case with some millions of bucks if he or she pays in advance for forging documents und bribing officials? Then just put the money into your own pocket instead! Awsome prank or what?

Wait a minute, that actually could prove to be a one-of-a-kind way to make a living. Wink

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:18 pm

Pin holes around the lip of the Styrofoam coffee cups to make them dribble glasses.

A packet of honey on the earpiece of your office mate's telephone. Ring them up and say "Squish" without laughing.

Plug in a wireless mouse USB controller in your office mate's computer. Fight over the mouse.

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:31 pm

Connie L. Gus wrote:

Plug in a wireless mouse USB controller in your office mate's computer. Fight over the mouse.

Reminds me of this trick I heard of used on a PC at college here.
Someone took a screenshot of the regular Windows desktop, then hid all the icons so the desktop was blank. Then set the screenshot as the desktop wallpaper.
Then just wait for someone to come along and try to use the computer. See how long they try to double click on the background image of the icons before they twig what's wrong, lol

I know a lot of PC practical jokes actually. Surprised I didn't end up getting kicked out of college. Wink

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:31 pm

- From the Boss, PLEASE SEE ME: Get to work a few minutes early (before co-workers get settled at their desks). Write PLEASE SEE ME in bold, capital letters on some sticky notes / Post-Its, and sign with the name of the most senior person in your office (who might have a reason to be upset with one of your co-workers). Stick them on a few co-workers' computer screens.

- Delete desktop: Take a screenshot of the Victim's desktop (showing all the icons, shortcuts etc.). Set it as the desktop background, then proceed to delete each and every one of the items on his/her desktop (they can retrieve them later from the Recycle Bin). When the Person tries to click one of the items on their desktop, nothing will happen of course (because it's a background image lol). They might think their computer is hung up, and might reboot it a couple times, or call the I.T. department, who knows, just stay low when the trick is found out.

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:39 pm

What about he classics...

Saran (plastic wrap) toilets, similar to the desktop prank with more alarming effects.

Small hair elastic to hold down trigger on the sink spray nozzle (faucet is turned on water immediately routes to sprayer.

On company vehicles turn up radio really loud, turn on wipers, turn on additonal accessories that are not operational until key is turned.

Replace coffee sugar with table salt (if in separate container).

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:55 pm

If you're into mean office pranks and don't mind a little extra work:

Pick a colleague who gets a lot of phone calls. In the morning, sneak in and fill their receiver with something heavy (a roll of coins works well; try not to break the receiver).
Let them use the telephone for a day until they've got used to the extra weight.
When they're on their afternoon coffee break, remove the extra weight, wait till they return to their desk and call them.
Now that the extra weight is gone, there's a good chance they'll smack themselves in the face with the receiver. Very Happy

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:00 pm

You can always put clear packing tape in one of two places in their phone as well:

Over the microphone so no sound is transmitted and the caller is unable to hear them.

If the phone is equipped with a lever style disconnect, tape that down so the phone will not answer when the handset is picked up.

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:17 pm

Attach some really smelly food (cheese or foul veggies) underneath somebody's chair.

Randomly swap keys on coworkers keyboards.

Set up all the phones to automatically redirect incoming calls to the boss' office.

Stir some insanely hot chili powder into the coffee powder. Be sure to brew yours before or go without coffee for a day.

Set the logo of a competing company as the new desktop background on as many computers as possible.

Hide a small device that emits a somewhat silent, but annoyingly high tone in someone else's office.

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Replace coffee sugar with table salt.

Always thought giving someone a heart attack was a great April fools. Laughing

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:06 pm

OK, what have we got so far:

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For the family, setting the all the clocks from AM to PM in the house. Moving all the clocks up an hour in the early morning so everyone is early to work school etc works too

I'm the first to get up, and our clocks have a 24-hour display. No good.

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Exchanging the normal coffee with decaf

There's no decaf available for the office coffee machines. No good.

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How about offering somebody a trunk case with some millions of bucks if he or she pays in advance for forging documents und bribing officials? Then just put the money into your own pocket instead! Awsome prank or what?

I'm the one always warning people not to fall for this scam - no good.

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Pin holes around the lip of the Styrofoam coffee cups to make them dribble glasses

We don't have Styrofoam cups. No good.

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A packet of honey on the earpiece of your office mate's telephone. Ring them up and say "Squish" without laughing

Not bad, but I'm the one who'd be replacing their phone afterwards. No good.

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Plug in a wireless mouse USB controller in your office mate's computer. Fight over the mouse.

I'm in a separate office, closest colleague is too far away for this to work. No good.

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From the Boss, PLEASE SEE ME: Get to work a few minutes early

I'm never the first one in the office (and I'm not going to leave home in the morning 2 hours earlier just for that). No good.

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Delete desktop: Take a screenshot of the Victim's desktop (showing all the icons, shortcuts etc.). Set it as the desktop background, then proceed to delete each and every one of the items on his/her desktop (they can retrieve them later from the Recycle Bin). When the Person tries to click one of the items on their desktop, nothing will happen of course (because it's a background image lol). They might think their computer is hung up, and might reboot it a couple times, or call the I.T. department, who knows, just stay low when the trick is found out.

I am the I.T. department, so I'd have to do all the work correcting it afterwards. No good.

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Saran (plastic wrap) toilets, similar to the desktop prank with more alarming effects.

I don't have a clue what Saran is.

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Small hair elastic to hold down trigger on the sink spray nozzle (faucet is turned on water immediately routes to sprayer.

Sink spray nozzle doesn't have that facility. No good.

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On company vehicles turn up radio really loud, turn on wipers, turn on additonal accessories that are not operational until key is turned.

I don't have access to other people's company cars. No good.

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Replace coffee sugar with table salt (if in separate container).

Sugar is packed per individual dose. No good.

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Pick a colleague who gets a lot of phone calls. In the morning, sneak in and fill their receiver with something heavy etc...

You can always put clear packing tape in one of two places in their phone as well:

Over the microphone so no sound is transmitted and the caller is unable to hear them.

If the phone is equipped with a lever style disconnect, tape that down so the phone will not answer when the handset is picked up.

Randomly swap keys on coworkers keyboards.

I won't be able to do this unseen. No good.

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Attach some really smelly food (cheese or foul veggies) underneath somebody's chair.

It smells bad enough in the office as it is. No good.

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Set up all the phones to automatically redirect incoming calls to the boss' office.

Boss would find out it's me (no one else can do this). No good.

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Stir some insanely hot chili powder into the coffee powder. Be sure to brew yours before or go without coffee for a day.

Coffee machine doesn't allow to do this. No good.

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Set the logo of a competing company as the new desktop background on as many computers as possible

Now that could be something. But they would find out it's me. And I'd have to set it all back.

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Hide a small device that emits a somewhat silent, but annoyingly high tone in someone else's office.

Where would I have to find this on such short notice? (yes I know, I could have asked earlier)

Oh well, I'll think of something for next year.

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:10 pm

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Where would I have to find this on such short notice? (yes I know, I could have asked earlier)

Do your company PCs have loudspeakers or something? Then you could roll out a hidden audio player process throughout the company.

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:13 pm

My eldest child was born on April 1 1986. Apparently this date (April 1) has the least number of births of the year. April 2cnd has the second least births. Why? I don't know.
Anyway, after my son was born I no longer participated in April Fools day, but as I have always pulled plenty of pranks throughout the year I was happy to just let April 1 be my son's birthday. A few years ago his 18th bithday was approaching. I sat him down and explained that It was now time for me to take part in April Fools. After all those years I wanted to do something big but nothing interesting came to mind. Finally, the night before, I had an idea. The next morning I dressed in a completely opposite manner than usual, put my hair up and practiced walking and talking In a different way. I then walked over to my daughter's school to teach (volunteer) my weekly art class. I introduced myself as my own twin sister, In town for a few days visit. I can't remember what excuse I gave for not being there with my sister but most of the children totally fell for it, as did quite a few of the other parents and teachers that I ran into in the hallway. The funniest part was walking home and speaking to one of my neighbours. She thought that she was talking to me of course but I quickly introduced myself, spouted a bunch of B.S. and 2 minutes later she's fully believing that she's speaking with my twin sister! A couple of weeks later I was walking past her house again and she asks me "How's your sister"? I had forgotten all about the joke and almost burst out laughing but restrained myself and replied "She's fine thank-you".Then we talked about what a nice conversation "they" had had and how much my neighbour had enjoyed meeting her! I never told her that It was a joke and she moved away a couple of years ago still believing that she met my twin sister!
The last few years I have taken part in this April Fools tradition...http://www.saintstupid.com/event.html#parade-2010

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:16 pm

^^^Too funny! Laughing

Shame on all of you for thinking mean things. Mad

I'm going to give sweet surprises to all my friends, family and loved one. Cool

wokabobo, can you help me think of some good ones. Laughing

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This one was pretty funny for my kids to participate in: A year or two ago, April 1 fell on a weekend. The kids and I got a tray and made my husband a wonderful breakfast in bed . . . made out of the kids' plastic food: eggs, bacon, etc. He had no idea until he actually looked at the tray. He'd already thanked us for our thoughtfulness. Laughing

Because we woke him up with it he was still too groggy at first to figure out what day it was.

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