Any good April Fool's joke Stories?

[mike64]

Anybody have a good story from a past April 1, or planning anything good today?

A few years ago I tried the old rubber band on the spray handle at the kitchen sink gag (turn on the faucet and get doused). Several hours goes by and my wife hasn't used the kitchen sink. So much time went by that I eventually forgot about it and went to get a glass of water. My gag worked great-- I got soaked. My wife laughed her a** off and never lets me live it down. Suprised she hasn't mentioned it yet today :redface:

 

[81 beachcomber]

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hahaha thats awesome.

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

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About the last week in March many moons ago I did this.

When I was a maintenance supervisor at the local country club, I told my 4 helpers that I was being forced to let them go. Of course they asked why. I told them that upper management was wanting some younger and better looking personnel. I told them that their jobs wasn't to be gone until about 4 more weeks until the new personnel could be interviewed.

I started the interviewing process. The first one was a female, blond, and would be considered very "HOT". My helpers jaws dropped to the floor. The second one was also "HOT" in every way and very flirtatious. Then the next 5 were the same as the first two. They guys seemed to be in and out of the shop just to get some looks at the eye candy. I then called all of them on the radios and told them that the grounds department needed their help, so the 4 went to see the grounds super. While they were gone and at the end of the day pretty much, the girls brought in the party supplies and set the shop up for a party. After things were set up, I called them all to the shop that their pink slips was ready to be picked up. It was the fastest I've ever saw those guys move. They walked into the shop all PO'ed and then seeing a big banner with April Fools on it with the girls wearing short shorts and revealing "T" shirts

The shop got closed up very very late that night, but the guys were happy..(not their wives)..........especially when I told them I appreciated their work and a raise was going to be in their next paycheck.

If it wasn't for being a dedicated boater, I don't know where I would have found girls that would have helped me out on this. Thanks to them, this idea would have never worked.

 

[IVAZ]

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My brother in-law lived with us a couple of years ago. He used to get drunk on daily basis and cook something at the end of the night and make a huge mess. Well my wife was kind of tired of it so she wanted to play a prank on him. She got a can of Alpo dog food and put it on a plate. When he got ready to start cooking she told him there was some roast left overs for him in the fridge. He put it on the stove and added some veggies and fried it (keep in mind he is sauced). He took a big spoonful of it and my wife yelled "April fools" and he just became confused and kept eating. To this day he does not believe it was dog food. He said it tasted too good. Me and the wife still laugh about it.

 

[mike64]

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Wow, pretty elaborate prank, SS Mayfloat. Sounds like the setup for a reality show or something!

 

[bowman316]

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mayfloat, that is borderline cruel.

i would have been pissed

 

[colonel_sanders]

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Ok I've done a couple today...

1) We have an exec here at iboats that is a "hunt and shoot" style typist. I managed to get into his office and switch the F and J keys as well as the I and U keys on his keyboard. It took him an hour to figure out why he was having issues logging into his accounts. I had the office tech on board with my gag. So when the Exec looked for help our tech logged him in no problem. I finally admitted to the prank after he spent 30min on the phone with AOL trying to find out why his password was working.

2) Cup of water on the top of door frame. When a fellow manager opened his door it just barely missed landing on his head. (darn)

3) I've got a wireless mouse hooked up to one of my employees computer right now. Every 20 min or so i'm doing a right click. As of this moment he thinks one of the techs is messing with him.

4) Switched the iboats logo so that it's reversed. Just in the forums. (early on people were worried that it was a virus).

5) Still going on and don't want to mention it until it's over.

6) Scotch tape on the kitchen sink sprayer this morning. Got one of my house mates soaked to the point where he had to go change and was late for work.

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My employees pulled one on me that was great.
They listed my car for sale on a local free online classifieds. They under priced it by about 7 grand. It took 5 calls to my cell phone an hour after they posted it before i figured it out.

 

[iboats]

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mayfloat, that is borderline cruel.

i would have been pissed

At least they got a raise... or 2... but we won't go there. Family oriented site ya know.

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

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mayfloat, that is borderline cruel.

i would have been pissed

Not as much when one of the wives found a piece of clothing that wasn't theirs in the car! I didn't have nothing to do with that added touch. It was one helper to another.

This took awhile to set up. They got me good the previous year, so I had to pull something elaborate on them.

The previous year I was putting on an up to date ignition controls on the boilers. I had the 4 pulling wires in the basement by the main distribution panel. Mind you that we are in the bowels of the building, absolutely no light from outside at all. All of a sudden I hear a big loud bang followed by all the lights and equipment shutting down. I'm hollering if everyone is okay,,,,No Response and no friggen flash light in my tool pouch because one of them just had to borrow it?????? So now here I am trying to feel my way out of a room with low lying pipes, ducts, and electrical conduit. I keep hollering and none of them are responding. I'm to the point where I think I can raise my head up.......WRONG! Bumped my noggin a good one. I got to the boiler room door and and yelled again "Are you guys okay?" Not one peep and it is still as dark as can be. I reach up to rub the bump on my head and it is turning into one big bump. I feel my way back through the walkway toward the distribution panel. I get to the final door way and I felt a string hit my chest along with mops and brooms falling on me. That is when I started to hear laughter and snickering with the words "APRIL FOOLS" They turned the main back on and everything was cool. I look at my hands and they are covered with carbon black,,,,yup, looked in the mirror and it was all over my head and hair where I rubbed my head. Now you can see why I had to get those suckers back in a cruel way.

 

[thefairlaneman]

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One of the best pranks I ever did was to the wife. I made a little fake "mouse" out of some black string and tied a small hard to see string to it and put in behind the trash can in the kitchen , I then let the wife walk between me and the mouse and at the right moment gave it a quick yank. She jumped up on one leg as it went by her and she screamed "OH GOSH"! ,, Took me several minutes to stop laughing because I couldnt believe that all she said was "GOSH" .. another trick I pulled on her on holloween was when I put on a kids mask and went out the back door and then went to the front door where she was giving out candy, I got on my knees and rang the bell and when she opened the door I grabed her,,,,,,,,,lol Biggest trick she ever pulled on me was to make a fake looking code violation ticket and put it on my vintage ford I had parked on the grass for several days...It said I had to pay 100 bucks fine and as I ran into the house with smoke coming from my ears I then saw here on the floor laughing so hard she was gasping for air,,,,,I knew then it was a prank...I had already been warned by the code officier a week before about parking on my grass...

 

[fishrdan]

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Well, this might not be one for the record books, but....

While getting ready this morning, making coffee, kids milling around, I shout to my wife,

"HEY HONEY, Did you hear the message on the machine from the school"
-WHAT?
"I don't know,,, something about classes being canceled"

My son starts jumping around like he's staying home for the day when I say...

APRIL FOOLS

 

[mike64]

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good stories here. Maybe I'll try the mouse one on my wife next time.

And Mayfloat, your prank sounds much less cruel considering what your guys did to you the year before. Their prank on you was downright dangerous, you coulda gotten a lot worse than a bump on the head.