Sunday, April 02, 2006

April Fools

I'm not much of a jokster and therefore have never really played any April Fools jokes on anyone....that i can remember at least. I did however want to try the old saran wrap on the toilet one, but then thought of my parents pissing all over themselves and making me clean up the mess. I didn't do it.

I read about some magician who plays jokes on his neighbour every year. He sneaks into her house when she is out (which i found rather odd) and one year changed the labels on her canned food, put saran wrap on her toilet...stuff like that.

I've also heard of the old exlax in chocolates or baked goods, but have yet to actually do that to anyone.

A woman on the radio told her dad that she was pregnant. He was ecstatic and over joyed, then she told him April Fools and he was so disappointed. I guess for years he's been bothering her to have children and thought it was actually time. She wanted to get him back for being so relentless about it.

My co-workers will often play practical jokes on one another, which are harmless but hilarious. One time goopy green goo was stuck into one woman's pocket. When she went to reach for her keys she got a nice surprise. She retaliated by putting vaseline all over the other jokesters phone, keyboard and door handle. It was everywhere.

Have any of you played any practical jokes? I know PP sent a sample of KY Jelly to my house under my alias LOL.

11 comments:

yrautca said...

We are a boring bunch Ash. I didnt play any tricks on anyone. I wish my missing my exam deadline was a joke and I will get a call and they'd say, hey you are in.

Princess Pessimism said...

The reson you dont play april fools jokes on people is because you play jokes on people randomly. Tara and the hot chocolate. Enough said.

Jennifer said...

That's true, people who are really jokesters don't need to reserve it for just one day. Like partying on New Years or only dressing up on Halloween. If you're fun you do it all the time.

My personal fav office prank of all time was when I convinced our phone guy to give me the password to go into the phone system and change people's phone names. You know the name that pops up when you call someone inside the office. Anyway, I changed the names to all of the mean behind-the-back office nicknames people had for eachother.
The kicker was that I wasn't very social at work and so no one realized that I had a tricky streek, so they all assumed it was our boss. It took the morning for everyone to realize what had happened and it was later on in the day that everyone headed past my desk on their way to reek their revenge on the big boss. I thought about letting them do it, but then I took mercy and told them it was me.

Another time, I used a jive translator on the internet and took the company website and translated all the text into jive, turkey. Then I put the altered website up on our intranet and then set everyone's computer with that as their homepage instead of the actual company website that was going out to the general public unchanged. It took a while before people noticed, but when they did they started flipping out and all assumed that the altered website was our official website that had been tinkered with. Once again, when I pointed out that our outgoing website was fine, they were too relieved to be angry.

Anonymous said...

I did the pregnancy joke this year with my in-laws. They were all like "Oh, really? So, what's for dinner." Waste of time on those idiots. They already have a bunch of grandkids so why would they care. Now, I could never do that to my Mom - she would die of a heart attack once I told her I was joking. That woman is relentless about the babies. She doesn't seem to understand that no means no.

Lindsey said...

I don't play the jokes b/c I hate when they're played on me. Annoys the hell out of me.

Princess Pessimism said...

And WAIT one second....It wasnt just ME who sent the KY you know...I wasnt the one at the computer filling out your address...In FACT...it wasnt even ME who had the idea...Uhh....um. MAybe it was...I cant remember. But it wasnt ONLY me.

Jennifer said...

I think the KY thing was me wasn't it?
Who was the one who sent you the Western wear/truck driver magazine subscription?

Jennifer said...

Or me and PP?

Miss Ash said...

KY was Jennifer and PP

Cowboy magazine was just PP

Princess Pessimism said...

Jennifer, are our pranks so interrelated that you dont know who sent what to whom? You need to stop playing tricks on people if you cant keep them straigt...although, maybe thats a good thing...because if you deny doing it, then it might be because you really dont remember. LOL!

And ash..that time you layed down on the floor and had a mini tantrum was at the Cock...*that looks so funny*...It was there one night. It was the night we met the Chapmans ice cream man...remember him? LOL!

Miss Ash said...

Oh good lord, i forgot about him. The guy who invited us all to his "hottub" which then we found out was really his bathtub. We did not find out from going there, he eventually told us the truth. Mind you he also invited Brad and Tim to go as well...