April Fools
14I wanted to find all the cool fools pranks online, but I’m delerious from lack of sleep and I’ve been called a robot so many times that I think I’ve developed Stockholm syndrome toward my robot masters.
So you guys find the fun stuff okay?
Start with the legendary mehrathon prank.

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/giphy sad puppy

@f00l
Oh yeah - Burger King has chocolate burgers,
and Google is playing ‘Where’s Waldo?’ in their maps.
@kdemo Just beat me too it!
Google put a Where’s Waldo game inside their maps. Just go to the app or website and you’ll see him hiding. Click on him to play.

@ACraigL - But you added proof. I started playing, but I’m cross eyed from looking at today’s clickface(s).
ThinkGeek is offering a Bluetooth Pet Rock.

@ACraigL
Tech specs say:
Compared to one of those unethically sourced rocks?? Like, what, these are free range, certified dolphin free stones which died of natural causes?
@ACraigL @ruouttaurmind
Yeah. And Vegan!
@ACraigL @f00l @ruouttaurmind - If you get one, be sure to keep it away from paper and scissors.
@ACraigL @f00l @kdemo @ruouttaurmind and certified Guten FreeTM
@caseyh @f00l @kdemo @ruouttaurmind

https://shirt.woot.com/offers/gluten-scares-me-2
I feel your pain. The frustration is making my eye twitch uncontrollably. I decided to get my random crap fix on eBay this morning and found these sweet license plates for about $5 (shipping included). I am calling them my Captcha Consolation Prize:

@bramby2 - Someone was waaaay ahead of their time. Those are perfect!!
Waaaay better than anything in these bags of pain.
ThinkGeek did another product launch: Alien Facehugger Snorkel Mask

You can totally see why some of their joke items become real. Honestly, this is not only good photoshoppery, but why couldn’t it be a thing? I mean, you’d need a way to secure the air hose and stuff, but c’mon, I’d wear that on vacation.
@ACraigL
one of last years april fool’s items is on sale for real today. a tentacular snuggie
@ACraigL - It would make a great apnea mask, as well.
@ACraigL The “Buy Now” click through is pretty funny.
@kdemo Unicorn leather sneakers are a real product. Okay…
@sammydog01 those are so normal.
https://www.thinkgeek.com/product/kktu/?srp=1
Pokémon Go has 8 bit graphics.
Chik fil a has introduced a steak fillet sandwich
Also the Band Switchfoot released a new “single” a Metal version of one of their older songs Meant to Live
@stryper2000 Available today only?
I want one of these.

@sammydog01
Stephen King is running for governor of Maine.
http://king4maine2018.com/
OK so I am sitting in the office writing 3 quizzes, one test and am searching (so far unsuccessfully) my hard drive for something I can’t find that I need to use at 8am Monday (well and trying to also track the forum and missed a face click due to multitasking). So should I put a joke question in each of the quizzes and test and then wish them happy late April Fools Day?
@Kidsandliz That sounds fun!
@mehbee As much as I was tempted I not put a joke question in. If it had been actual April fools day when I gave it, maybe. I have several students with no sense of humor when it comes to things like this.
@Kidsandliz That’s funny, I was watching this new show A P Bio and thought about you. A lot of them would not have found it funny. Come on peeps that’s what’s wrong with the world, not enough sense of humor! (well at least one of the things wrong)
@mehbee snowflake syndrome for some of them. Likely terminal.
@Kidsandliz Just keep a emotional companion peacock in your classroom for them…no offense to those who ACTUALLY need emotional support animals.
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TeeTurtle has misfit minis. For reals.


https://www.teeturtle.com/products/octofox-mini
(They started years back with underwear as a joke, except the demand ended up being for reals. Eventually, they had underwear custom made for them. And that was before a Rutledge was hired on.)
@narfcake
Omg cute. Like all those plushies.
@narfcake - If there’s a Rutledge on board, that one without ears must be an octopus?
@f00l I wouldn’t have minded an OctoPuss versus an OctoFox, but maybe they didn’t want to take something that @FableFire has done?

https://shirt.woot.com/offers/beware-the-octopuss?ref=meh_com
(For those who don’t know, TeeTurtle’s art director used to be shirt.woot’s art director.)
@kdemo Spider (Hi, @ELUNO). They have two series of regular octopi, though.
https://www.teeturtle.com/products/reversible-octopus-mini
https://www.teeturtle.com/products/reversible-octopus-mini-wave-2
@f00l @fablefire @kdemo @narfcake Sea spiders??
/8ball Are octopi sea spiders?
My reply is no
There you have it, @ELUNO.
@narfcake
Trying to hold back from buying all 3.
I mean, I haven’t even liberated penguin plushies from Tee Turtle yet…
@PlacidPenguin I don’t think they have any penguin plushies left.
Shirts, yes, but not plushies.
@narfcake
They don’t. I finally got around to checking last week.
Which is a shame, because we’re getting more snow today, and I was rather hoping that I would have had a penguin plush for my car.
(Not that ordering one on Thursday would have helped anyways.)
@ELUNO @narfcake Isn’t it Octopodes? Or are those what dumb people have been eating and getting sent to the emergency room?
@narfcake I don’t think that would stop them from using octopussycats. The general cute twisted animal genre is pretty safe from infringement since it’s all over the internets.
@fablefire It probably won’t, but I would still like to think that they’re respecting the works from other top shirt.woot artists.
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