When i was little this kid I grew up with and I were were really into April fools day pranks. His mom would make it seem like leprechauns (I don’t know why leprechauns) did all these pranks for us to wake up too. So as we started getting older we did them back to her. One year we put saran wrap over the toilet seat seat so when she sat down her pee went everywhere. We got in a lot of trouble for that one.
It’s not that they’re never ever funny, but rarely. Even then, there’s usually cringe.
They’re just stress, mess and, hell, it reminds me too much of the real world. “Ha, ha: this isn’t what you expected or what should be [privileged entitled people pointing their finger].”
Also, while there have been exceptions—some people who like pranks can be good and decent people—most of the people I’ve known who get off on pranks are complete assholes. In any case, they waste enormous amounts of time and effort for the sole purpose of creating a situation where they can mock others.
Back in the day of giant CRT monitors, I once replaced my colleague’s monitor with the microwave from the break room. I also had a boss who was a hunt & peck typer. Nothing beats swapping those N and M keys My dad however, still owns the best one. Growing up, we’d get Klondike Bars as a special treat. One April Fool’s day he cut a block of wood the exact size of a Klondike bar, painted it white and coated it in a melted down Hershey bar. He then meticulously unwrapped a Klondike bar and replaced it with the chocolate covered block of wood. I remember thinking ‘Wow, this is REALLY frozen!’ My dad didn’t have the greatest sense of humor, but when he did something, he went the whole nine yards.
@mlbrink YAY! My sister is in labor RIGHT NOW and I’m really hoping I get to refer to my newest niece as an April Fool for her ENTIRE LIFE!
Happy birthday!
Pranked my husband - I printed out a very convincing parking ticket for several hundred dollars, using colored ink and a double envelope to return a check in. Put a stamp on it, made it look like it had gone through the mail. My husband was pretty pissed, he even got out the check book and started paying the ticket.
As a young kid my friend and I dumped salt in the coffee pot, in hindsight not the best thing to do to a grown up who had just hosted a sleepover and needed her morning coffee.
The only such prank I’ve pulled was a fake letter from the president of the university to the physical plant staff, requesting that when classes begin for the summer session, workers using the grounds maintenance vehicles avoid running over any students until after the last day to drop with a tuition refund had passed.
Way back when, our company used Lotus 123. All of our recall information was kept in a big spreadsheet that everyone in the department used. I created a macro that closed the program immediately upon opening it. No one else knew about the macro or that holding a certain key down on launch would prevent it from running.
I kept it going until the “problem” was about to escalated beyond our immediate supervisor.
I didn’t do this, but my best friend did. We were nurses on a psych until, and might I say not right. She cut up some kitchen sponges and frosted them in chocolate. She bought them to the unit and told the staff she had baked brownies. Hilarity ensued.
A few years back me and the wifey were talking and she commented on how she liked the smell of cooking “Cinnamon”… I gave her a puzzled look and asked her why she said it that way?.. She of course asked me what I meant… and I replied you said Cinnamon weird… she asked me what I meant and I replied you said “Cimmanim” not “Cinnamon”… and so she looked at me funny and said no… I said “Cinnamon”… and I replied see you did it again… and we went back and forth like this for a couple of minutes and every time she said “Cinnamon” I would say “Cimmanim” and after a few times she started pronouncing it “Cimmanim” and then got increasingly flustered… and her mispronouncing the word “Cinnamon” lasted several months and each time she said it wrong she got really mad at me… TLDR for no real reason what-so-ever I gave my wife a temporary very specific speech impediment and it was hilarious.
Just remembered one we did to mom when we were kids. She had a bowling ball with bag in the bottom of a closet upstairs. We used it to simulate a Big Bang and starting yelling for her. When she came to investigate, my brother was on the floor with fake blood pooled around his head. We told her he was getting something from the upper cabinets and fell. Hit her with the April Fools when she started to panic.
She was not really amused. In fairness though, she always pranked us, we just quickly outmatched her as we got older.
I had personalized pens made for a coworker that said her name and please return if found. Then I left them randomly around the office, all day she had people bringing her pens. She was so confused and it was great. Simple and doubles as a gift.
Today is my wedding anniversary. Half the fun of announcing the engagement on social media, an announcement we also made on April 1st the year before, was that nobody believed us for a few days
Showed up to work super extra early and put a piece of scotch tape over everyone’s laser eye thingy on their mouse including my own. Then I left and went to breakfast at the diner down the road. Came back and basked in everyone’s frustration.
That was a pretty shitty thing to do and I’ll never do it again.
When i was little this kid I grew up with and I were were really into April fools day pranks. His mom would make it seem like leprechauns (I don’t know why leprechauns) did all these pranks for us to wake up too. So as we started getting older we did them back to her. One year we put saran wrap over the toilet seat seat so when she sat down her pee went everywhere. We got in a lot of trouble for that one.
@Star2236 I literally came here to say the same thing. Except I was trying to prank my friend and pranked my grandmother instead.
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I bet grandma didn’t find it so funny.
I hate pranks, prank culture, prank shows, etc.
It’s not that they’re never ever funny, but rarely. Even then, there’s usually cringe.
They’re just stress, mess and, hell, it reminds me too much of the real world. “Ha, ha: this isn’t what you expected or what should be [privileged entitled people pointing their finger].”
Also, while there have been exceptions—some people who like pranks can be good and decent people—most of the people I’ve known who get off on pranks are complete assholes. In any case, they waste enormous amounts of time and effort for the sole purpose of creating a situation where they can mock others.
Back in the day of giant CRT monitors, I once replaced my colleague’s monitor with the microwave from the break room.
I also had a boss who was a hunt & peck typer. Nothing beats swapping those N and M keys 
My dad however, still owns the best one. Growing up, we’d get Klondike Bars as a special treat. One April Fool’s day he cut a block of wood the exact size of a Klondike bar, painted it white and coated it in a melted down Hershey bar. He then meticulously unwrapped a Klondike bar and replaced it with the chocolate covered block of wood. I remember thinking ‘Wow, this is REALLY frozen!’ 
My dad didn’t have the greatest sense of humor, but when he did something, he went the whole nine yards.
Today is my birthday. Worst prank ever
@mlbrink YAY! My sister is in labor RIGHT NOW and I’m really hoping I get to refer to my newest niece as an April Fool for her ENTIRE LIFE!
Happy birthday!
The SALT in the SUGAR dish is one of the simplest and best.
@hchavers I was always partial to the rubber band around the sink sprayer when I was young.
Pranked my husband - I printed out a very convincing parking ticket for several hundred dollars, using colored ink and a double envelope to return a check in. Put a stamp on it, made it look like it had gone through the mail. My husband was pretty pissed, he even got out the check book and started paying the ticket.
As a young kid my friend and I dumped salt in the coffee pot, in hindsight not the best thing to do to a grown up who had just hosted a sleepover and needed her morning coffee.
Meh.
The only such prank I’ve pulled was a fake letter from the president of the university to the physical plant staff, requesting that when classes begin for the summer session, workers using the grounds maintenance vehicles avoid running over any students until after the last day to drop with a tuition refund had passed.
@werehatrack I love this. And would argue that it’s less a prank than an obvious spoof or satire.
I got some pharmacy stickers which said things like “Take with food” and “For rectal use only” then placed them on inappropriate items at work.
Way back when, our company used Lotus 123. All of our recall information was kept in a big spreadsheet that everyone in the department used. I created a macro that closed the program immediately upon opening it. No one else knew about the macro or that holding a certain key down on launch would prevent it from running.
I kept it going until the “problem” was about to escalated beyond our immediate supervisor.
I didn’t do this, but my best friend did. We were nurses on a psych until, and might I say not right. She cut up some kitchen sponges and frosted them in chocolate. She bought them to the unit and told the staff she had baked brownies. Hilarity ensued.
A few years back me and the wifey were talking and she commented on how she liked the smell of cooking “Cinnamon”… I gave her a puzzled look and asked her why she said it that way?.. She of course asked me what I meant… and I replied you said Cinnamon weird… she asked me what I meant and I replied you said “Cimmanim” not “Cinnamon”… and so she looked at me funny and said no… I said “Cinnamon”… and I replied see you did it again… and we went back and forth like this for a couple of minutes and every time she said “Cinnamon” I would say “Cimmanim” and after a few times she started pronouncing it “Cimmanim” and then got increasingly flustered… and her mispronouncing the word “Cinnamon” lasted several months and each time she said it wrong she got really mad at me… TLDR for no real reason what-so-ever I gave my wife a temporary very specific speech impediment and it was hilarious.
Just remembered one we did to mom when we were kids. She had a bowling ball with bag in the bottom of a closet upstairs. We used it to simulate a Big Bang and starting yelling for her. When she came to investigate, my brother was on the floor with fake blood pooled around his head. We told her he was getting something from the upper cabinets and fell. Hit her with the April Fools when she started to panic.
She was not really amused. In fairness though, she always pranked us, we just quickly outmatched her as we got older.
I had personalized pens made for a coworker that said her name and please return if found. Then I left them randomly around the office, all day she had people bringing her pens. She was so confused and it was great. Simple and doubles as a gift.
@Sn0wf14ke wow, nice - a rare cute prank!
Today is my wedding anniversary. Half the fun of announcing the engagement on social media, an announcement we also made on April 1st the year before, was that nobody believed us for a few days
Showed up to work super extra early and put a piece of scotch tape over everyone’s laser eye thingy on their mouse including my own. Then I left and went to breakfast at the diner down the road. Came back and basked in everyone’s frustration.
That was a pretty shitty thing to do and I’ll never do it again.
The best prank the devil ever pulled was convincing the world it isn’t April Fool’s Day.