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Post by shaniam on Mar 30, 2017 15:15:16 GMT
I did look for a current thread and didn't see one. What is everyone doing for April Fool's Day this year? I try to have fun with this every year with my family. Last year all of my pranks fell flat. My crew was expecting them. Thought I might do tomorrow or Sunday just to throw them off. Just ordered this from Amazon to stick in a window. smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M0C549F/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 15:53:44 GMT
Last year all of my pranks fell flat Pranks just aren't funny, annoying yes, funny no.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Mar 30, 2017 15:56:25 GMT
Nothing. And they're banned in my home.
I've never come across a prank I thought was funny.
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Post by padresfan619 on Mar 30, 2017 16:02:28 GMT
If it wasn't a Saturday I would bring a tray of brown "Es" to work. I'm pretty tame on the pranks scale.
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Post by Sparki on Mar 30, 2017 16:07:11 GMT
I need to get on top of it. My DH is the ultimate pranker! He always gets me first! My best one was the old "your truck has a flat tire" trick.
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Post by kristi on Mar 30, 2017 16:11:58 GMT
I am going to put a box of Krispy Kreme donuts on the counter.
It will be filled with vegetable tray stuff.
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Post by leannec on Mar 30, 2017 16:12:29 GMT
Nothing here ... But the weatherman and the traffic girl from our local morning show got married a couple of weeks ago ... when it was announced I had to check the date on my computer to make sure it wasn't April Fool's Day ... it wasn't ... they are really married
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Post by lucyg on Mar 30, 2017 16:17:45 GMT
It's my sister's birthday, so we always go out for afternoon tea. No pranking involved. I am going to put a box of Krispy Kreme donuts on the counter. It will be filled with vegetable tray stuff. Okay, now that is hilarious.
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Post by Bitchy Rich on Mar 30, 2017 16:19:40 GMT
You paid close to $40 for that? I think you have a lot more money that I do.
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Post by Grom Pea on Mar 30, 2017 16:24:34 GMT
That peeper was pulled from shelves in home depot last year due to complaints, I remember seeing it mentioned here.
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Post by maryland on Mar 30, 2017 16:37:13 GMT
I am going to put a box of Krispy Kreme donuts on the counter. It will be filled with vegetable tray stuff. That's just mean!
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Post by newlywoods03 on Mar 30, 2017 16:51:16 GMT
We've never done anything in the past, but I did see something on FB a few days ago that I think our kids might get a kick out of.. All you need is cheerios, milk, a spoon, a bowl and the freezer. Make your bowl of cereal (spoon and all) and then put in the freezer overnight. The next morning when the kids ask for cereal that is what they get
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Post by rickmer on Mar 30, 2017 17:30:56 GMT
i put a mini hotel bar of soap in a rice crispy treat wrapper once and put it in my kid's lunch. i opened it super carefully, replaced it with the bar of soap and sealed it with a tape runner.
another time i sent a shovel (like a sandbox shovel) instead of a spoon for her pudding. i did pack a spoon but wrapped it up a bit to hide it. she ate the pudding with the shovel - er the corner of the shovel!
i think often pranks can suck but the kids like it so i do what i can every now and then (not every year cuz then they are expecting it). lunch ones are my fave so it sucks that it is on the weekend this year.
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Post by stampnscrap1128 on Mar 30, 2017 17:39:19 GMT
I'm not keen on pranks but some of the ones mentioned here are gentle ones. Like the vegetables/Krispy Kreme donuts. I don't mind those. I don't like anything that causes fear, anxiety, pain, or embarrassment.
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Post by anniefb on Mar 30, 2017 17:41:02 GMT
Nothing. I don't like pranks.
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Post by used2scrap on Mar 30, 2017 17:46:16 GMT
I usually put white pudding in the kids' milk glasses at dinner. They fall for it every time, but I doubt they will again this year. I may put a plastic spider in oldest's ceiling light, I need to get him back big time!
The donuts//veggies is funny. Provided real donuts were hidden somewhere too, or my kids would revolt and I'd be scared for payback!
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Post by johnnysmom on Mar 30, 2017 17:47:25 GMT
We don't do pranks here, I'm too lazy for that But I think the Krispy Kreme/Brown-E ones are cute so long as the real thing is hidden in the oven or something......otherwise messing with someone's junk food is not cool! ;D
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Post by luckyexwife on Mar 30, 2017 17:48:35 GMT
Last year, a local radio station played a prank...they randomly added a cat meow to the songs. I listen to the radio in the shower and while I'm getting ready, and I first heard it while I was in the shower. We don't have a cat, so it kind of startled me, but I figured it was something else and I just heard it wrong. Then I heard it again as I was getting ready, so I actually checked the windows to make sure they weren't open. The third time I heard it, I actually turned the radio off to see if I could hear it...then I figured out it must be the radio station. The stories people called in with were mostly funny. One guy actually pulled over while driving to see if his cat had gotten under the hood or in the car somehow! There were some mad people that called in as well.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Mar 30, 2017 17:53:13 GMT
I'm another who finds pranks more annoying than anything else. And I really dislike the ones that are embarrassing or humiliating -- there's nothing funny about doing that to another person.
If it's truly all in fun, I guess there's no harm in it, but I never initiate them or even want them played on me. Call me a spoilsport, but that's how I feel.
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Post by GamGam on Mar 30, 2017 18:55:20 GMT
One year, many years ago, when the Kids were elementary school age, I made green eggs and ham for breakfast. They wouldn't eat them, but DH thought it was funny and ate them.
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 30, 2017 18:59:45 GMT
I love an innocent prank. Playing or receiving. Life is too short not to laugh at yourself. We used to do them at work and the kids loved them.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Mar 30, 2017 19:30:42 GMT
We've never been an April Fools Day household. BUT 5 yrs ago dh called me while I was at a crop and our dd was at her friends house and said he was going to look at a German Shepherd Dog. Dd thought it was an April Fools joke but it wasn't Good thing we both raced home because we didn't want him picking out a dog by himself! So now I guess we should be celebrating the day as the dogs day
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Post by Tammiem2pnc1 on Mar 30, 2017 20:45:50 GMT
No pranks here. I can't stand April Fools, day and pranks just aren't funny. I used to take that day off work when I worked outside of the house because it basically annoyed the heck out of me all day long.
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Post by christine58 on Mar 30, 2017 20:47:44 GMT
Last year all of my pranks fell flat Pranks just aren't funny, annoying yes, funny no. I agree...I think they are as annoying as hell and stupid. Sorry but I am so glad my parents never pulled any of these pranks on us.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Mar 30, 2017 20:56:25 GMT
One year, many years ago, when the Kids were elementary school age, I made green eggs and ham for breakfast. They wouldn't eat them, but DH thought it was funny and ate them. I did that when my boys were little for Dr Seuss day at school. I didn't consider it a prank -- just a fun way to commemorate the day.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Mar 30, 2017 21:02:30 GMT
One year, many years ago, when the Kids were elementary school age, I made green eggs and ham for breakfast. They wouldn't eat them, but DH thought it was funny and ate them. I did that when my boys were little for Dr Seuss day at school. I didn't consider it a prank -- just a fun way to commemorate the day. I had green eggs and ham a couple of weeks ago. The best ham from our local butcher and green eggs from my friends chicken that lays green eggs
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Post by Really Red on Mar 30, 2017 21:44:32 GMT
As long as they are harmless, I don't mind them. A long time ago - pre-kids - I waited until my husband was in the shower and then I raced downstairs, drove his car around the block, left the garage door up and ran back to bed. I went to work way later than he did. I jumped back in bed and he got out of the shower. All of a sudden I hear him calling my name frantically. He's looking at the garage floor and then up at the open door. Up and down and up and down. I couldn't take it and started laughing. His look was so funny. Another time, I changed all the clocks to be an hour later and then woke everyone up (on time) frantically, saying they slept through the alarm (this was pre-smart phones!) and rushed them out the door to get to school/work. As they were all leaving I yelled April Fool's! Maybe this is all funnier to me than anyone else, but no one was hurt or upset or humiliated with my jokes. I like to think that all my kids can take a joke
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Post by Delta Dawn on Mar 30, 2017 21:50:32 GMT
We don't do pranks. My dad might laugh but my son is so serious he wouldn't even crack a smile. He would be so pissed off. He has zero sense of humour. I mean none. Everything is black or white and night and day. There is nothing funny to him. My dad would do something like tell us we won the lottery or something. He has gotten really serious over the last few years, too. He tells jokes but they are intensive and you have to really think to get them. There is nothing light about my family. (My mother and i were lighter people.) They are just so dark!
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Post by deekaye on Mar 30, 2017 22:01:30 GMT
We do silly, fun April Fool's day pranks at work. Sadly, April 1st falls on a Saturday so no pranks this year. Two of my favorite office-type pranks: Post-it note on the bottom of the wireless mouse pad with "Happy April Fool!" written on it, and turning the monitor upside down. Well, not the monitor itself, but the computer screen. Go to Control Panel, Display, Change display settings and change orientation to flipped.
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Post by miss_lizzie on Mar 30, 2017 22:01:36 GMT
My DH doesn't care for April Fool's jokes and I love them so we compromise: I get to wrap a rubber band around the sink sprayer and he gets sprayed when he turns on the water. He doesn't mind that and he forgets each year. We're both happy.
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