I'm going in an hour early tomorrow to work so I can change everyone's desktop wallpaper to say "You have been Conficked, we have everything". For those that don't know, I work at a computer repair shop.
Please post how you fooled everyone here as it is now officially April Fools (as the eastern hemisphere will tell you).
If you didn't April fools anyone (which shouldn't be anyone), please let us know how you were April fooled fool!
I'm going in an hour early tomorrow to work so I can change everyone's desktop wallpaper to say "You have been Conficked, we have everything". For those that don't know, I work at a computer repair shop.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
I've heard another good desktop-background prank - take a screenshot of the desktop, make that the background image, then remove all the icons and hide the taskbar. Folks try and click on the image, and nothing works.
Don't forget to also put tape on the optical mouse.
Or for those with the old fashioned roller ball mouse - neuter it!
tape down the hook on office phones and call the person (preferrably from an outside line so they can't see who's calling)
A co-worker emailed me an invitation to a Pampered Chef party. As I was silently cussing her out, I scrolled down to see a bunch of hot naked guys using various kitchen utensils. Now I wish it weren't a joke. Damn!
I think the BBC wins for best April Fools pranks followed closely by SI:
In the 50s, the BBC aired a story about the spaghetti harvest and showed people picking the spaghetti off trees. Apparently they got calls about where to get the trees.
Last year, the BBC aired a story about flying penguins.
SI - Sidd Finch was a classic.
One of my favorites is to tape down the handle on the kitchen sink sprayer with Scotch tape. When someone turns on the water to rinse out a coffee cup or wash their hands it sprays from the sprayer instead of coming out of the tap. Gets the victim soaking wet and works everytime.
The best one I actually heard was a few years back when a couple of DJ's was telling everyone that the State of NC had created a law banning smoking in your car. Hilarious!!!
One of my teachers, who is the high school football coach, called one of the assistant coaches today and told him that a recruiter from a college in Indianapolis had called and he needed to call him back. He told him the man's name was Mr. Lyon. The catch was that he gave him the number to the Indianapolis Zoo (Mr. Lyon/Lion). I didn't hear how it ended up, but it had to be funny.
That reminds me, how is this guy not playing for Penn State?
My daughter, who is 9, came home with a math test that had a big, red "F" on it and the comment, "DID YOU EVEN STUDY?" My eyes bugged out when she showed it to me after I came home from work. Her timing was impeccable as she waited just long enough for me to be beside myself, but not long enough for me to freak out when she yelled, "April Fools!" I have to give her teacher a lot of credit for having a sense of humor. All of the parents of kids in her class were fooled.
Rich
"Failure is Not a Destination"
Coach K on the Dan Patrick Show, December 22, 2016