OT: April Fools' Pranks
Any good April Fools' Day stories to share?
I convinced my mother that I had gotten someone pregnant several ago, and it wasn't Mrs. Hatter. She fell for it hook, line, and sinker, since she didn't realize what day it was. I wound her up for about 5 mins before coming clean. Luckily I did this one on the phone, or I wouldn't be here telling the story.
A few years ago we made up an excuse to stop by the in-laws house early in the morning. I distracted them while the wife and kids went through the house hiding plastic spiders all over the place. It was about a month before my mother in-law, who is deathly afraid of them, found them all. She's probably right to hate me.
Did you know that Zion transferred to UM?!?!
<derp>
Also Tom Brady retired.
i convinced a friend who graduated from UMass that the school had found that she had not returned all books she took out to the library, and her diploma was being rescinded until she returned the book or purchased a new copy for the library.
She believed that? You sure she went to UMass and not MSU?
He did say it was a missing book - not a burned couch
That's educational.
April Fool's Day pranks? I don't know what you're talking about.
Just glad Joe Milton clarified his tweet from earlier today as an AFD prank. Kid has serious upside
What did he say (I don't tweet)?
Nothing. That was K Higgins April Fools Joke on you.
Serious note, just google Joe Milton twitter. You don’t need twitter to read tweets.
I think he took down anything he had up earlier. All it says now is "April Fools!"
https://sidelionreport.com/2019/04/01/detroit-lions-trade-tom-brady-april-fools/
Sidelion had a fun april fools article that initially got me, maybe from my wishful thinking that it was true.
Had a doctor's appointment today. Convinced the wife that I need surgery before our summer vacation based on the doctor's unavailability to do it later.
Way back in the day, when I was young, foolish, and in the Navy (redundant?), I partook in an AFD prank while underway. As a Sonarman on a fast attack, we were (are) responsible for informing those driving the boat about all contacts - merchant ships, pleasure craft, warships, other submarines, etc... We decided it would be a hoot to prank the newly qualified OOD (Officer of the Deck, the guy in charge of the boat for that shift). It was only is 2nd or 3rd time driving. So yeah, we called out an entirely bogus 'torpedo in the water'! He shit himself pretty good (as did most of the rest of the crew), but actually went through the drill quite well! He earned respect that day.
Of course, it was planned when the CO was visiting Sonar. We were young and dumb, not stupid.
I hear Taco Bell once convinced people that the Liberty Bell was going to be changed to the Taco Liberty Bell.
i tried to convince my wife that i had a brain. she didn't fall for it.
Useless to a wife when she makes all the decisions for the family anyway.
Holy shit! This isn't just my wife?!?
We've met probably four times at football, once at basketball and I've stopped by your house once ...never have I seen this so-called "wife". I think XM is really SuperDad --- raises a brood of kids by himself, home schools em, coaches the football team, is a gentleman farmer (cattle and chicks), lawyers a bit on Wednesdays and every other Friday, preaches on Sunday and is on MGoBlog 4.25 hrs. a day. I'll have what he's drinking; no April Fools.
mrs. XM is just about capable of walking on water. you and mrs scanner declined an invitation to stop in that day at the farm, else you could have met my bride in person. next time you're up for a farm 'care package' we'll make a point of it.
lawyering pays the bills, but in a perfect world it would be faith, family, football and farming, and not always in that order.
I could use another steak and a beer, Sparties are assholes and the fact that I fell for the Jaden McDaniels rip from earlier makes me feel like I’m stuck in some sort of perpetual dogfuckery since my vacation ended.
Wasn't really a prank but my mother's birthday is today. My wife got pregnant when I was 40. Kids were 13 and 16 when she let me know #3 was on the way. I told my wife I didn't want to tell my mom until her birthday. It was fun because she refused to believe me.
Go Blue!!
My best AFD joke was when I told my wife that our children had been killed in a car crash. She was so horrified!
2 questions:
- How long after that until she filed for divorce?
- Did you tell the kids that and if so, do they still speak to you?
Well, that's fucking hilarious.... Or not.
There's a difference between being a joke and being SICK!
Keith Jackson Died!!!!!
Shiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!!!
I'm still laughing at the guy who posted that "news" a year after Kieth died.
No, wait. My best AFD joke was when I posted on MGoBlog that my best AFD joke was when I told my wife that our children had been killed in a car crash. Everyone was so horrified!
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Good one!
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Well this failed spectacularly.
Anyone: How do I embed a gif?
Wendyk5 - here is what I do and believe it or not it is one of the improvements in this newest version of MGoBlog:
- Get most of mine from Google.com
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You still don't understand the difference between a joke and being sick.
It's not really original or overly funny, but I did the "hide a veggie tray inside a box of donuts" prank in our office break room today. There were donuts hiding in the microwave so I didn't get murdered. Good for a few chuckles, and legitimately had 1 girl confused (I mean genuinely stumped) because she didn't think the donut shop sold veggies and she didn't get it that it was a prank, even though the inside of the box said APRIL FOOLS.
My favorite one ever was several years back, I was a warehouse manager and my boss was a classic car collector and loved to boast about his collection of cars. These things were his BABIES. He made the mistake of bringing one in and storing it in the far corner of our warehouse for a few days because he had sold it (for around $220k if I recall correctly) and the guy was to pick it up from our warehouse. I went into his office frantically apologizing, and told him it was an honest mistake, I'm so sorry, etc. etc. but never actually told him what happened or that it was related to his car.... I said "Well I was on the forklift and I totally forgot....well....you better come back so I can show you" and let him make up his own details on the walk back. Once he realized we were headed towards his car he shouted in a big booming voice "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?!?" I kept a straight face, and just fumbled my words and kept apologizing. Just as we got to the car all the warehouse guys jumped out and yelled APRIL FOOLS. For a split second I wasn't sure if he was going to kill me, if he was stroking out, or what was going to happen next, but turns out he had a sense of humor about it. I moved on years ago, but every time I see him he brings up how funny that was and uses the story to introduce me to people.
This one is good. The best pranks almost always involve a panic attack.
And the potential for manslaughter.
I once convinced my wife and mother that I had been hired as a supporting actor on a new cop drama based in Detroit.
I'm not an actor.
"I convinced my mother that I had gotten someone pregnant" is about the weirdest prank I can think of. Imagine the weird details you must have shared with her.
So his username checks out? They don’t call him “The Makes Sense Hatter”
Funny thing is I played almost the exact same prank on her when I was in high school.
I was down in my basement this morning and convinced someone that she was going to be set free soon. I let her take the blindfold off for the first time in months, shower and drink water and eat and everything. Then, just as I was about to take the leg shackles off, I said "APRIL FOOL'S" and laughed and laughed and laughed. She started crying, which was odd, because it was just a joke...
Right now, the real Pennywise is saying, "Holy shit, man! Eating the kids is one thing, but that's just cruel!"
All these "AFD" abbreviations in this thread are throwing me for a loop. Those are the initials of an extremist German political party.
April Fools Day seems like an odd name for an extremist German political party.
Why do you say that???
That would be AfD. Not at all the same.
Also the famous French fashion newswire, Agence France Dress.
Not sure that even deserves an "I'll show myself out" but... I'll show myself out.