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April 1st, also known as April Fools' Day, is a day when people let themselves be foolish, prank people in their own lives, and try not to fall victim to pranks themselves. Sadly, sometimes, people can take it too far and come up with ideas that really hurt people. After all, the day's supposed to be about fun, not sadness. So, today, we have gathered a list of pranks for this occasion that will make your "victims" laugh and not shed tears.

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#1

30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try I made fake dog poops out of tootsie rolls that matches the size and consistency of what our Yorkie produces from her back end. Then I left them on the floor where my wife would see them. After she woke up and made the discovery, I heard her yell, cursing at the dog. “I’ll get it.” I replied, and promptly picked them up and popped them in my mouth and chewed them up. The look on her face was priceless.

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Cosmikid
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Variations exist- and they work! Raisinettes - for deer or sheep poop; very tasty - Baby Ruths- floating in the pool -

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Dirk Daring
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poor doggy got yelled at for no good reason. :-(

Kat Nt
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hope you grabbed the right one!!

Lotekguy
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After adjusting my braces, the orthodontist left the room for a few minutes. He found me leaning over the side of the chair moaning over a puddle of plastic vomit I'd put on the floor. The best part is that I met him again at a restaurant 40 years later. He immediately smiled and mentioned that prank. It was a proud moment.

Doo Wiki
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope she apologized to the dog.

bv7hearts
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So the dog got yelled at and you ate floor candy.

Dave
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wouldn't this be dangerous if the dog ate them?

Poppy
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just be careful you picked up the right one.

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    #2

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try My son once filled my purse with bras that I had to remove at the register to reach my wallet.

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    Skip Reynolds
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wife was headed to J.C. Penney to return a purchase. I slipped a rubber chicken into her purse. It worked.

    Upstaged75
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brother and I once put a fart machine (that she gave him for Xmas) in my mom's purse when we were going out for dinner. The machine had a remote that my brother brought with him. Her face was priceless the first time he set it off. We spent the whole dinner crying with laughter. Except Grandma, who thought we were being "stupid and immature". :) She was no fun at all.

    Doug Judy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pre 9/11 a coworker slipped a large stainless steel Dildo into the carry-on of another co-worker. The Pre TSA security was not amused but let them throw it away.

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    #3

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try Buy a toilet brush identical to the one you already have. Then place the new one in the dishwasher. When she notices, and maybe freaks out a little, remind her that you have been washing it like that for months/years without her complaining.

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    April Fools’ Day (or it can be called All Fools' Day) is an annual custom of practical jokes and hoaxes that is always on April 1st. Historically, the custom focuses on harmless pranks and jokes being played and “April Fools!” being shouted afterward, but sadly, sometimes people take things too far

    And it’s not only just regular people getting involved in these jokes -- big organizations and corporations can be on them, too. Even the mass media sometimes partakes in these pranks, revealing the truth the next day. 

    #4

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try A few years ago, I changed my wife’s birthday on Facebook to be April 1st. She spent all day confused why she was getting happy birthday messages.

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    Slap Shot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry but this one isn’t funny. A spouse should never touch their partner’s accounts. Time to change passwords.

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    #5

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try Put jello in cup. put straw in cup while jello solidifies. looks like a refreshing fruit beverage. give to so. they try to drink it. cant, its jello. pranked. give spoon.

    lingonberryjuicebox , Rodion Kutsaiev Report

    PFD
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    10/10 for the Wholesome Rorschach narration

    #6

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try We told a coworker there was vandalism in the parking lot and it looked like his tires were slashed. When he got out to his car we had taped photos of Slash to his tires. (Starts sad and ends happy).

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    Cosmikid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Initial terror is always amusing on April 1

    Meagan Glaser
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The initial stress would really ruin my whole afternoon. Tires are expensive! Towing is expensive too. This is why I warn people not to prank me, I'm too fragile lol

    For instance, in 1957, the BBC television program Panorama ran a hoax, and the purpose was to show the Swiss harvesting spaghetti from trees. After this broadcast, many people reached out to the BBC, wanting to know how to grow their own spaghetti trees.

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    Another example would be the BBC reporting that they’re conducting a trial of a new technology that allows the transmission of odors over the airwaves to all viewers. Funnily, for loads of viewers, the placebo effect worked, and they contacted BBC to tell them the trial was a success when, in reality, it couldn’t have been. It even happens today, so many years after the initial prank

    #7

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try Leave oranges around the house when they're sleeping. Throughout the day, hand them oranges. When they're talking, say "Hold this for a sec" and hand them an orange. Confuse, don't abuse.

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    Another Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is funny. I’m really not a fan of pranks, because you can unintentionally mess up someone’s schedule/day.

    Shadow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do harmless, silly pranks... so my parents have a chrystal bowl of assorted chocolate on their coffee table. One year they had those milk chocolate eggs that are individually wrapped in coloured foil, so I ate 3-4 saved the wrapper, rewraped some grapes in the foil and placed them on top of the chocolate. I got a call 3 days later from my father calling me a "fool child" and asking how many grapes he should look for.

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    Biofish23
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like, "confuse, don't abuse." That needs to be the spirit of any prank.

    The Original Bruno
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I shared a small apartment with a slightly OC engineering student and two other people. All day, April Fool's Day, we kept leaving things slightly askew. Just tiny things, like leaving the edges of a book at an odd angle with the edges of the shelf that it was resting on. Constantly did it as we talked with him. He must've straightened something out over 1,000 times, never consciously.

    Meagan Glaser
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love "pranks" that just make life sureal

    Ken Beattie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should be lemons but still good.

    #8

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try Not a SO, but I remember coming back from school and my sister said there were brownies in the fridge. I went there, opened it up and there were a few brown ‘E’s. She cut up some papers in the shape of an ‘E’ and colored them brown. That little s**t.

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    nomnomborkbork
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, the expectations cruelly dashed!!

    meow point1
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would make real brownies too, so that after the initial prank, they'd still get their expectation.

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    Grudge-holding Treefrog
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did this in eighth grade. All but one of my teachers fell for it lol (I brought them all real brownies the next day, dw) the one that didn’t fall for it had taught me in 2nd grade and knew my tricks

    Marin Arri
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband likes to have a ready basket of oranges in the kitchen. I drew funny angry faces on them early in the morning of April Fool's and told him the oranges went bad. The prank was a little corny but the faces I drew were really funny and that's what really cracked him up.

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    #9

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try One year I painted my husband’s soap bar with clear nail polish, let it dry, and put it back in the shower. It would not lather no matter how hard he tried.

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    Khavrinen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think my first response to having a bar act like this would be to scrape it with a fingernail, which would pretty easily defeat the prank.

    iBlank
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    fun prank, except that the result is a dirty husband

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And a ruined/wasted soap bar XD Hope it didn't take place in recent years with all of the inflated prices going on, or that it was a well-used not-new-ish soap bar that was thinned by washings. I'd be a little teed-off if my boyfriend nail-polished a relatively new soap bar of mine; I'm not super well-off XD

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    William Teach
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    And then he was late to work and go in trouble

    Přemek Marek
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was not because she chose a year when he did not have to leave on time. Be more positive in your life, it will be better for you and for the people around you.

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    Interestingly, there are no clear origins where this funny day came from. Of course, there are theories about it. For instance, some historians link it to the Hilaria festival in ancient Rome, which was marked at the end of March. This custom involved people dressing in disguises and mocking fellow citizens. 

    Some others argue that this modern custom originates from France due to the Edict of Roussillon, in which Charles IX declared that the new year would begin on January 1st instead of Easter. And since Easter was lunar, meaning it was a moveable date, those who clung to the old ways were the “April Fools.” 

    Yet another theory argues that the timing of April Fools' Day is related to the vernal equinox, a time when people are fooled by sudden changes in the weather.

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    Maybe you have your own theory of why this day came to be. Or maybe you simply have a story about a prank you committed or fell victim to? Share it all with us in the comments! And don't forget to upvote the most interesting pranks you see on the list! 

    #10

    I ordered several prank books with horrifyingly awkward titles. I'm placing them in a box labeled with my neighbor's address. I'm going to bring them inside as if they were mistakenly delivered to my house, and have instructed my son to rip the box open whilst it's unattended on the counter. My husband will now have the unenviable job of taking our neighbors their opened box of books with titles like,"A**l Bleaching for Beginners". I coordinated with the neighbors with instructions to make my husband squirm with discomfort over opening their package. I will give him a good five minutes over there, and then finally let him realize he's been pranked.

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    Lotekguy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brilliantly devious.

    Leigh
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom was very religious and despised porn. So my dad decided to tape over our old Disney movies with porn. Us kids were grown and no one was watching them anymore. One day my mom was getting rid of clutter and decided to gift the Disney movies to our religious neighbors kids. Wonder how that turned out. Can't imagine that went over well!

    Robert T
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of an episode of Not Going Out with the penis enlarger. LOL

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    #11

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try Tell them you're planning a huge prank, but don't actually do anything. It can be fun to watch someone waiting for a prank that never comes.

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    Cari Owens
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kinda reminds me of a MASH episode where it seemed all the main characters had been pranked by BJ except for Hawkeye. It's then pointed out to him that he never actually saw the pranks "in action" after he's reduced to a state of almost paranoia, waiting for BJ to prank him.

    Howl's sleeping castle
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is happening today in my house. I always play pranks on my husband. I have already fooled 5 people since morning but have no plans for my husband. He is going around the house expecting something might happen anytime

    Nimues Child
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is an entire B-story from American Dad. Steve and Roger all but starve to death waiting for Klaus to exact revenge that never comes.

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    #12

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try Putting googley eyes on everything.

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    Mad Dragon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did this today to prank my husband! I bought 500 googley eyes and my daughter and I spent 2 hours putting them all over. Coffee pot, clocks, mugs, pictures...nothing escaped our googley eye escapade!

    Panflute
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You could say that things were vandal-eyes-ed.

    Meagan Glaser
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Classic! Especially if you do all the eggs in the egg carton

    Lee Gilliland
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When my son was in high school, for Senior Prank Day he and his buddies wanted to put sugar in the teacher's gas tanks. I bought three bags of googlie eyes to put everywhere at school. Not only was this " The best senior prank EVER" (I am quoting the yearbook) but they were still finding them fifteen years later when they tore down the building to build a new one

    Leigh
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend discovered everything she owned was covered in aluminum foil on her birthday!

    iBlank
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    thanks for this! I have a bag full of googly eyes and a fridge full of unadorned things to put them on, for my SO to find later today!

    #13

    A few years ago, my partner tempered some chocolate and made me a mixed bag of flavours to enjoy. Macadamias, crushed hazelnut, etc... then I came across the ONE! A chocolate covered cherry tomato. It was absolutely disgusting and quite a shock.

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    Ace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try adding a single chocolate-coated brussels sprout into a box of Ferrero Rocher...

    Sleepy children love Moon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I would actually cry if someone did that to me. I haven't had those candies in years, and brussel sprouts make me gag. you better not sneak them into my candy >:l

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    Ken Beattie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've had some cherry tomatoes lately that have been incredibly sweet, almost strawberry sweet. I wonder how they'd go dipped in chocolate...

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    #14

    This happened many years ago, but we still laugh over it. Not my husband, but my teenage son. I turned on the kitchen faucet and the sprayer sprayed me in the face. There was an elastic band that held the sprayer on. Totally thinking this was my husband, I called him up at work and yelled at him. After he stopped laughing, he promised it wasn’t him. That left only one person. My son. My son thought it was very funny.

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    Rosemary
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did that to my husband several years ago. Can't do it now, got an all-in-one type kitchen faucet.

    Carole G.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My son did that as well, got me good!

    #15

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try I switch the bags in different boxes of cereal. Set the alarm to a different sound. Replace family pictures with pictures of Danny devito.

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    Nikolka
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I put googly eyes on family photos, they found out weeks after xD

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    #16

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try One April Fools I carved a chunk of cheese into the shape of a bar of soap and swapped it out before my husband got in the shower.

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    iBlank
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    did you just shower? You smell gouda!

    Ken Beattie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You could redo that prank a different way. Carve cheese to look like soap, place it in (clean) soap holder. Wait for hubby to see you at the sink, then deliberately pick up the cheese and slowly and carefully eat it while maintaining eye contact.

    Cosmikid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow!! Great!! I can so see the bafflement- the SLOWLY dawning realization!!

    Cool crow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, that is just so mean! Ha ha ha.

    #17

    This year I’m doing pun based jokes. I got a bunch of beets. One will have a thermometer in it: Sick Beet Several will be around a bush: Beet around the bush Two have little boxing gloves: Beet boxing Painted “b” “c” and “d” on beets: Skip “a” beet Turnip with a name tag that says “the beet”: Turnip (turn up) the beet Beet taped to the ceiling: up beet.

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    Lotekguy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very likely someone will beet you up for these.

    SadieCat17 (she/her)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    [grumbles about stupid puns]; [upvotes post]

    Leigh
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love puns! You are a funny person! Tape a beet to your car because it's an old beater! Or tape one to my brother nick to make him a beatnik!

    DarkViolet
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This prank can't be beet. Oh wait........

    #18

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try Here’s what I’m doing for my husband tomorrow: our favorite pizza place cuts their pizzas into strips. We’ve been going there weekly for 24 years. I worked it out with the owner that tomorrow the guys are going to cut our pizza into traditional triangle slices. He will FREAK OUT! Ha!! I thought of this prank last year and I’ve been waiting to use it for months!! I’m so excited!! Edited to add: I hear you! I will update you guys tomorrow! You’ve made my night - thank you for sharing in my excitement. :).

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    Cosmikid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And? And? We're all on tenterhooks here... :-)

    IDK_Something
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From the Reddit thread: 4/1 UPDATE: I’m back!! It was a hit! Here’s how it went down: Friend brings our pizza out. We reach for our slices. “What’s this,” he asks, lifting his obvious triangle slice into the air. “Oh no….no green peppers?” “No. This. This is terrible. When did they start this,” he says. Staring at his slice, holding it a little higher. He’s disgusted. I love it. Success!! I started laughing and told him what I’d done. He had the exact reaction to the triangle slices that I knew he’d have. I am so happy! He was tickled. He’s also glad it was a prank because he wants his pizza strips back. (It’s the nostalgia of it….he’s been eating there since his little league days.) I showed him my post as we ate. It was fun knowing Redditors were wondering how our pizza date was going. Thanks for being a part of our day. 🍕

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    #19

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try When we were kids, my sisters and I took all of my dad’s underwear and socks and sewed them together end to end so that when you pulled one out, they all came out. They were super loosely sewed together (like two long stitches each) so it was easy to cut them apart.

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    Debby Keir
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was a nurse, and one time on nights (31st March), a colleague and myself went to the laundry, and sewed up all the sleeves of the clean doctors' white coats. We went off duty just as the fun started.

    Howl's sleeping castle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is definitely going in my list for next year

    Upstaged75
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In college we had raging prank wars. One time I ran in and took everything out of my friend's underwear/bra drawer while she was in the bathroom right before she went to bed. After she fell asleep I strung them up from the ceiling all the way down the hall of the dorm. And then I hung up a sign saying "Lingerie Sale". :)

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    #20

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try I unrolled the toilet paper a bit, drew a big hairy spider on it, and then rolled it back up.

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    DarkViolet
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister would take out the door trying to get out of there! 🤣🤣🤣

    Skip Reynolds
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better still, insert a cardboard cutout of a big black spider, so it will fall into their laps as they pull on the roll. I've never done this to anyone because they'd retaliate by doing it to me - I'd run in place screaming like a chicken.

    #21

    A number of years ago I put pop-rocks under the toilet seat after he went to bed. His morning poop woke him up better than coffee! He loved it, I loved it, 10/10 prank.

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    Cosmikid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Used to be a common "kids" fireworks called a "crackerball" - you threw them hard at the sidewalk, and "Crack!" Putting them under the toilet seat was common, April 1...

    Robert T
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the OP might be referring to these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang_snaps

    AlienBarbu
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    isn't pop rocks candy? you know the one that fizzles on your tongue and we're not supposed to drink coke with it because of a urban legend?

    tori Ohno
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If they're under the toilet seat, that means they're sitting on the toilet rim. How did he get the pop rocks on the rim wet (in order to make them pop) when he's sitting on the lid which is protecting the rim?

    Upstaged75
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They got crushed when he sat on it and made a noise.

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    #22

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try I switched up the order of my brothers drawers once. He was not amused and neither was mom. I still think it was funny and completely harmless.

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    Tempest
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did something similar with my two roommates’ drawers my first April Fools day with them. Their reactions of pure annoyance and not a single shred of good humor dissuaded me from ever trying anything again on anyone for April Fools.

    Cosmikid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Totally harmless. Good one!

    Upstaged75
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One time at work we completely swapped the desks of 2 employees after they left for the day. We moved all their personal items (pics, etc.) to the other person's desk and vice versa. It took them a minute when they came in the next morning to notice that there was different stuff on their desks. And yes, we helped them move it all back. :)

    River wolf (she/her)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I jammed the drawers with pencils. Fell off halfway through the day, so pretty useless.

    SadieCat17 (she/her)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As long as you don't actually go through them. Depending on age that could be anything from a privacy violation to OH GOD, NEED BRAIN BLEACH.

    Hey!
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband moved all my spices around to put them in alpha order. I was not amused either.

    rorschach-penguin
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    Why would it be funny to put things in a different order than they belong? If someone screws up my bookshelves for April Fools, I'm throwing a fit.

    #23

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try Buy a leek from the shop and put it under the sink. Then tell your SO that you think theres a leak under the sink and ask them to look for it.

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    PFD
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tip: This joke does not work with spring onions.

    iBlank
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    at least there's no longer a leek under the sink

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    Joseph Stillman
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    like putting pokemon water energy cards on the bathroom floor!

    Leigh
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or tell someone you took a leek in their bed!

    Brian Droste
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I seen this on AFV a few times. Get a bunch of bottled water and line them up in the bathroom coming out into the hallway or another room then tell one of your parents that water is coming out of the bathroom.

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    #24

    If you SO works from home and you know any of their coworkers, take a picture of whatever is behind them when working from home so coworkers can use as background on camera meetings.

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    #25

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try My husband changed my autocorrect in my phone to make “you” swap to “ya’ll.” He’s lucky he picked a forgivable prank.

    nimaku , Alex Green Report

    Cari Owens
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, either spelling is considered correct. I guess it depends on which letters you're substituting with the apostrophe - either the "ou" in "you" or the "a" in "all".

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    Upstaged75
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone else remember that story about the girl who changed every word in her mom's phone to Nyoom? :)

    ShaZam
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did that for my son , lol was I am the batman, otw was I love my brother ... I am no longer allowed to touch his phone

    Joseph Stillman
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    should i mention to the husband that we in utah say ¨all y´all¨?

    Lotekguy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bless his heart.

    Angel Brown
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    reminder to everyone! you don't downvote if you disagree. you downvote if it's rude

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    #26

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try My mom always changes the clock times when my dad takes a nap to make him think he slept for like 8 hours doesn’t work now that we all have smartphones .

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You need to change the timezone in the phone

    Mike Beck
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know any smartphone that won't let you override the clock.

    Cosmikid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still look at the clock before I check online... so......

    #27

    My best April Fool’s prank was sitting in my dorm lobby eating from a mayo jar with a spoon. When people asked wtf I was doing, I’d ask “do you want any?” And when they said no, “Oh, you don’t like vanilla pudding? That sucks.” They’re identical color and consistency so you literally couldn’t tell. Helps I was using a jar from an egg-free mayo so nobody could really refute a claim that that’s what it looked like. Nobody gets hurt and you get a tasty treat. Have fun!

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    Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    have seen similar bits, using a clean spray bottle and blue Kool-aid... What? Windex is yummy ;)

    Ann Si
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mayo and vanilla pudding don't have the same colour where I live (mayo is almost white, pudding yellow)

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    #28

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try My husband has this silly thing that he loves pretending it snowed and gets me all excited to see out the window (I love snow). We've had some pretty random weather lately so I think I might be able to pull off pretending it snowed. Pretty sure he has no idea its April 1st tomorrow either.

    Ravenmorghane , Maria Orlova Report

    Nimues Child
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It could happen...! In 1997, Boston had an April Fools' Day snowstorm. We woke up to two feet of snow that no-one anticipated!

    skpy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Grandma got my father every year calling out that it was snowing they probably had no school, since he was just waking up he was fooled each year!

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    Realistic Optimist
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, the first part is kind of sad. Gets their partner excited, with the intent of making them disappointed. Might just not be my kind of relationship, but sounds like a bummer to me.

    Grey Aria
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's April 4th today and it's snowing here in Buffalo.

    Hey!
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is usually a big snowstorm in April, near this end most times.

    Cosmikid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now you got me thinking.... how much popcorn would I need........

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    #29

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try I have a great one. Everytime my SO came over, he always took a sip out of my water bottle ( it was a color changing one with a straw) without fail. Every single time, just grabbed the water on my bedside table and drank water without even asking how long its been there lol. So one year for April Fools, I put a fresh cup of ice water by my bedside table but I TAPED the bottom of the straw so nothing came out. He walked into my room and tried to drink but nothing came out and he was SO confused and tried again 🤣🤣 I started laughing a bunch and he was just like wth?? I said APRIL FOOLS and explained. He thought it was so funny and said he was extra excited that day to drink cause when he grabbed the cup it was ice cold 🤣🤣🤣.

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    Sunny Day
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A few people in the office had to work overtime on a Saturday. I stopped on the way in to get myself a Starbucks. Then I asked them to make one for my friend - hot water with whipped cream on top. My friend was so glad to see that coffee - she immediately took a big sip - and then it registered...

    My O My
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where can I get a colour changing water bottle?

    Cosmikid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And he didn't dump the icewater on you after?? The Fool!

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    #30

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try My bf is a daily PC gamer so I'm gonna do the ol' Ctl + Alt + ⬇️ and flip his screens upside down.

    ashrenjoh , Alexander Kovalev Report

    PythonZER0
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If they use a monitor arm, flip their monitor upside-down. This way, everything looks normal, but the mouse movement is inverted.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The next level for that prank is to do a screen capture of the desktop. Flip it and set it as the background. Then flip the screen so the desktop background is right way up. Then hide all the icons on the desktop. Everything looks fine but the mouse is backwards and none of the icons work.

    Ken Beattie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We didn't bother with flipping the monitor, but we did the screencap the desktop prank at work. Also used /net send to send weird messages to coworkers (friends). Stuff like "This PC is shutting down in 30 seconds, please save all your work and reboot." Have also done the "small piece of tape over the bottom of the mouse sensor" trick a couple times.

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    Nika Strokappe
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That stopped working a long time ago sadly...

    Alex Boyd
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to have a cat that would do that to me occasionally.

    Mermeow Overlord (they/she)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think it works on newer computers, I need to go into settings to find it but that also can make it harder to fix if you're pranked and don't know that Ctrl + Alt + ⬆️ won't work.

    #31

    I was head of IT at the time. I sent a memo to all staff saying that the phone lines were dirty and that we were going to blow them out with compressed air. They had instructions to ask for a phone bag or put the phone in their trash can. I walked around the office at the end of the day and found half a dozen phones in trash cans and three staff members asked our receptionist for a phone bag.

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    Lotekguy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More informative than IQ testing.

    SadieCat17 (she/her)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, smart people know to listen to the IT people without argument ;)

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    #32

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try Fake tattoo! I was going to pull this prank with my husband on my in-laws, because he's bald. My mom got me good one year by covering up half her eyebrow with makeup, and made me think she actually shaved it off. I replaced my best friend's hairspray with glitter hairspray, she loved glitter though so it was all in good fun!

    Humorilove , Dominika Roseclay Report

    PattyK
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t get the first one. Do you mean You were going to put a fake tattoo on your husband’s bald head?

    #33

    We used to have a monitor hooked up to the home CCTV which showed her car in the drive. One day I changed the time on the monitor to reflect a time when she took the car to work. "Babe check the screen I think your cars been nicked from the drive " never seen her run out of the house so fast..while I sat there giggling like a teenager.

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    #34

    You could flock them - but a ton of hot pink lawn flamingos and stick them in the yard overnight.

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    Lotekguy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I had a huge puddle accumulate in the back yard due to a clogged drainage line, my neighbors stuck a couple of flamingos in there with a "SAVE OUR WETLANDS" sign around one of their necks.

    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do that to me and you'll never get them back

    #35

    I'm changing my wife's scale from kgs to lbs. the gasped shock is going to be tremendous.

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    Moosy Girl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well it’s your funeral I guess. :p

    Geoffrey Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I LOVE time change in US. Always set my wife's car to 24 hour time.."it's fifteen o'clock! that's not rigggght!".

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    #36

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try Given the timing, you could hide a few dozen easter eggs around your home. I did that one easter with 144 eggs in a one-bedroom apartment, it's been two or three years and there's still a few unaccounted for. You could also try rubber ducks or tiny plastic figurines or whatever you can get your hands on.

    nanna_mouse , Annie Spratt Report

    Shawna Dean
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This upside down picture is going to drive me crazy!!!!

    IDK_Something
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was wondering why I had to quickly scroll past it! Just a glance made my eyes hurt 🫣

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    Hey!
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's an invitation for rodents, ants, and the likes. Not a great idea.

    Veronica Vatter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone did tiny babies! You can get like 200 for $10

    Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Used to get little plastic figures out of gumball machines and hide them at friends' houses. Especially fun were the brightly colored "ninjas". They liked to lurk in potted plants, on computer keyboards, and in the fridge. :)

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    #37

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try My dad once printed out a load of pictures of Martin Clunes (long story) and stuck them in ridiculous places around the house for everyone to find. We were finding him (and laughing about it) months later. Replace with any famous person you have a weird in-joke about, or just someone totally random.

    LittleMissAbigail , Acorn TV Report

    #38

    A couple of years ago, my wife and oldest son gave me an Oreo when I got home from work. I thought it was a little odd, and when I bit into it and discovered the cream had been swapped out for Colgate, I realized why.

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    Howl's sleeping castle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did this with my colleagues. I used to skip breakfast so seeing me working while eating biscuits was a normal scene. On April fool's day, I replaced the cream between biscuits with toothpaste and offered them to my colleagues. Not suspecting anything they took a bite. It really took 2 seconds for them to realise what happened. I will never forget the disgusted look, and them trying to run to the washroom

    Geoffrey Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My daughter wanted me to buy Diet Key Lime Faygo to try. Got out to the truck, she took a sip and made a terrible face, so I tried it...yup tasted about as bad as you'd expect. My wife is a Mt Dew drinker, and since this vile liquid had a yellowish tint, I took an empty 1/2 L bottle and filled it to the level she had in the one she was drinking. We both sat and looked at her..she got understandably paranoid,"WHAT?" Took a drink, she immediately found out what.

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    #39

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try Tip over a bottle of nail polish onto wax paper. Make it look like it got knocked over and spilled. Let it dry and trim off the excess wax paper. Now you have the perfect prank to leave on your significant others computer desk, bedside table, iPad.

    ConnieRob , Jess Bailey Designs Report

    Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Be sure to leave the bottle on there, tipped on its side, more realistic that way.

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    #40

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try I turn stuff around in my partners game room. Nothing that would break or get damaged. But just his figurines, keyboard etc. just enough for him to go wtf a little.

    PrettyBaby666 , FOX Report

    #41

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try Get one of those singing cards and rig a door that they will open. When the door opens, the door sings at them.

    kana503 , Michelle Leman Report

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    #42

    30 People Shared April Fools’ Pranks That Are Too Good Not To Try I get my family nice things and then I say oh man you guys have to see the mess the cats made downstairs. Can you help me clean it?? It’s pretty bad. Then there’s no mess! Just gifts!

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    #43

    Hiding a plastic dinosaur in the refrigerator.

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    #44

    I hid mini bottles of liquor around the house in addition to the kids' Easter eggs. I imagine he'll still be finding them tomorrow.

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    #45

    I tend to run away and hide when we go out. Like down shopping isles ir behind trees or whatever. Half the time I'm probably still visible, but sometimes I manage to catch her by surprise when she turns around and I'm not there.

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    ShaZam
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    nothing better than a Jump Scare!

    #46

    Change the settings on their Alexa to speak in a different accent. Or a less fun that my wife did to me: thumbtack on the snooze button.

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    Hey!
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't mind the change of accent but thumbtacks are no fun and could be dangerous. I put you back to zero, someone downvoted you and it's not me.