Happy April Fools Day

Of course everybody here knows that I would never, ever dream of playing pranks on people. :devilish:

When I had a car, a mate stuck one of those cracked windscreen things on my front windscreen. He was stood by the car all apologetic looking and saying, "Sorry, Tim, mate, my arm had an involuntry jerk when I was throwing stones into that big bin, and somehow one shot out of my hand onto your car."
The concern, then anger, started welling up in me, and just before I was about to erupt like a volcano, he started peeling the sticker off my windscreen.
"April Fool, Tim, it was just a laugh mate."
How my fist didn't have an involuntry jerk, and how he never ended up in the bin with his stones still remains a mystery. šŸ˜Š
 

Dangerous To Eat At Peace Talks, But Brownie Just Too Tempting​

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"ISTANBULā€”Stressing that he understood the risks involved in consuming anything offered at the latest round of peace talks, Ukrainian negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak told reporters Thursday that a freshly baked brownie was simply too tempting to pass up. ā€œObviously weā€™ve been warned not to touch any of the food or drink, but they didnā€™t prepare us for how perfectly moist and fudgy these things would be,ā€ said the high-level delegate who reportedly eyed the plate of baked chocolate confections with a mixture of suspicion and hunger while noting that he hadnā€™t eaten all day and the brownies would clearly go down great with a glass of cold milk. ā€œThereā€™s no question that Iā€™m taking my life into my own hands if I try even a little nibble, no matter how ooey-gooey and warm they might look...oh, hell, I canā€™t resist! Iā€™ll just eat around the puncture mark and see what happens.ā€ At press time, the chocolate-covered delegate was reportedly clutching his stomach in pain, unsure whether he had been poisoned or was merely sick from housing the entire plate of baked goods in one go."

https://www.theonion.com/ukrainian-delegate-knows-it-dangerous-to-eat-at-peace-t-1848733454
 

April fools pranks tended to be the norm in Cleveland where I lived growing up. I experienced it often in school and at work. One particular poignant memory is when I was called by a colleague to go to the director's office. The colleague told me he heard that the director was firing people. "Just so you know," he said. I just about flipped. I needed the job and had bills to pay. As I was getting my act together to go to the office, the colleague caught me in time and said "April fools!" I had forgotten it was the 1st of April, otherwise I would have picked up on it. We had a good laugh, but it took a couple hours for my trembling knees to get back to normal.:)
 
I just got off the phone with my daughter who told me they had considered calling me this morning at 7 AM to tell me they were on the way over and were picking up a birthday breakfast to bring (today's my birthday). But, they wisely decided I might not appreciate the joke (I'm not a morning person, I don't like surprise guests, etc).
I really dislike April Fool's day pranks, my birthday growing up was always made hideous by my big brother telling me there was a spider on my back or on my piece of cake, etc.
 
HoneyNut said:
I just got off the phone with my daughter who told me they had considered calling me this morning at 7 AM to tell me they were on the way over and were picking up a birthday breakfast to bring (today's my birthday). But, they wisely decided I might not appreciate the joke (I'm not a morning person, I don't like surprise guests, etc).
I really dislike April Fool's day pranks, my birthday growing up was always made hideous by my big brother telling me there was a spider on my back or on my piece of cake, etc.
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debodun said:
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yes that was our very serious current affairs programme in the 1950's... and because it was such a serious show, and because most people in the UK had never eaten pasta before..they fell for that one hook line and sinker.

TV pundits remind us all of it every few years..
 
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