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What do you like about April Fools Day?

cstanton

I've never been one for 'pranks' but my favourite used to be on a website called ThinkGeek.com - every year they'd have products that were almostreal, and in fact, after a few years they started to make some of them a reality.

 

 

What do you like or hate about April Fools Day? Perhaps you're more of a pranker and practical joker than a fake product creator?

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  • I used to be that you couldn't believe anything you heard on April Fool's Day.

    Now that is the case every day.... image

    Similarly pranks aren't limited to Apr 1.

    It might be useful if all foolery was constrained to Apr 1.

    I really don't see any net positives in lies and pranks.

    To answer the question, I like when it is over.

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  • I used to be that you couldn't believe anything you heard on April Fool's Day.

    Now that is the case every day.... image

    Similarly pranks aren't limited to Apr 1.

    It might be useful if all foolery was constrained to Apr 1.

    I really don't see any net positives in lies and pranks.

    To answer the question, I like when it is over.

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  • in reply to dougw

    Over here (Belgium) , the goal is to either directly prank someone (your shoelace is loose </drumfill>) or to send someone around.

     

    The second one is more elaborate. If you are new in a company, they will send you to 5, 6 different parts of the organsisation to get something that does not exist.

    When I worked at a truck factory, they would send you to go get tap water at the maintenance department.

    They would then say that you need a voucher for it, and send you to someone else.

    They would give you a voucher (often with a reference to a fish written on it) and send you to another department for a stamp.

    With that stamped document, you could go back to maintenance, who would give you a tin can filled with water. They'd say to hurry up because it evaporates.

    Then you would proudly arrive with the canister of water at your department, where they 'd take it in as if it was invaluable.

  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    We used to send newbies for the classics, fallopian tubing, metric adjustable spanner, left-handed screwdriver, a bubble for a spirit level, sky-hook and the best one for stores was the 'long weight' - you can figure that one out.

     

    Guys were also sent for their ID photograph (ID 10 T) wearing full Respirator/NBC suit - required for when you were on exercise in a pretend nuclear/chemical war environment - usually taken holding a card with the ID designator on - ID10T.

     

    We also sent a guy halfway around base with a bag of 'contaminated air' removed from an aircraft component - he was geared up in a leather apron, elbow length gauntlets, full face shield and white disposable overalls. That took a fair number of phone calls to set up.

     

    Ah the days . . .