April Fool's Pranks

[Marseeya]

Tell me some of your best April Fool's pranks! I need to get my husband and kids.

I can only remember two off the top of my head. One year, the kids and I painted DH's nails while he was sleeping. The only problem was, we didn't have any nail polish remover so he had to go to work like that.

Another year was a big flop and I felt bad about it. But in my defense, DH and I have a hard time nailing each other and this one actually worked. He works 60 miles away from where we live. So, I sent him an e-mail telling him about this great job in our town in his same position making $100K a year (right! small rural town) and gave him a phone number to call. The phone number was our second phone line to the computer and he didn't know that number. Boy was he mad when I got him.

Share yours!

 

[Aurora63]

My only good one was when I was about 9 years old, I came home from school and told my mom I had a referral that dad (you know, sent to the office for doing something really bad.) She freaked out! But other than that, I have never gotten anyone really good.

 

[Cindyluwho]

My husband and I try to outdo ourselves every year. My favorite was putting "police line do not cross" crime scene tape up around the private back parking lot of our office, then drawing chalk outlines of 2 bodies. We also used the crime scene tape on our friend's front porch one year. We've still got some of that tape.....

 

[minniecarousel]

It's my annual "tell hubby I'm pregnant" day. "Course it's no longer believable at my age!!

 

[PooohBear]

I'm saran wrapping my DHs truck this year

 

[1000thhappyhaunt]

Well, for this April Fools Day... I called the newspaper and put my Mother's car up for sale.

She'll be getting some calls when the paper comes out tomorrow.

 

[TinkerBess_SnowTori]

I am hoping my best one will be what I am planning this year...


I am waking the girls up early - telling them their dad is sick and I have to take them to school before I go to work so we will have to hurry and go early -- I plan on rush, rush, rushing... so they won't have time to really think about it.

Then when we drive up to the school and they see that no one is there - I will yell "APRIL FOOL - we are going out to breakfast!!" (They love going out to breakfast)

 

[Disney_1derland]

Well, this one won't help you, but it's gonna be a heck of a joke if we can pull it off. Some friends of mine are meditation freaks. I occasionally join in, but they are hardcore trance meditation practitioners. For years they have been joking about 'going lightbody' which basically means they would transcend human existence. So, tonight they will be doing their regular meditation at a shop that I own a piece of. The other owner is not going to be there for meditation tonight, she's going out with another friend. They have told her that they are working on going lightbody and expect to accomplish it soon. She just rolls her eyes and says whatever.

Tomorrow morning, VERY early before the owner will arrive for her normal saturday we are all going to the shop, we are going to deposit the piles of clothing, wallets, glasses etc that the three meditation freaks are wearing today, we are leaving their cars in the parking lot and the meditation music on repeat play. Then I am taking them down the road to breakfast. After the owner arrives she will follow the music to the back room only to find nobody there but the piles of personal effects just laying about. We will 'reappear' a short time after this.

I really hope they can pull it off, it will be a good laugh. But then, we have a very twisted sense of humor!

 

[Rella Bella]

My DH and I met on April 1st, so it's always been special and we always try to get each other 'best'.

The one I still feel guilty about was the year I told him I'd been in an accident... I told him right away I was okay but went on and on about the car. After about a minute of him really buying it I said "April Fool". He was beside himself, then he laughed and said "okay, watch out, I'm gonna get you back!"

So later that day, he came to my job and moved my car. When I came out to go home NO CAR! Oh no!!

I called him and he played along for a while and then said "walk up to the corner" and sure enough there it was. Thank God!

We have both been careful to be a little bit nicer with our jokes since that year!

I still need a good idea for this year... so keep writing everyone!!

 

[tmt martins]

I called DD last year and told her I could only have 1 call and tell mommy I'm in jail she needs to come get me out.DW knew I was out playing paintball out of state and my team mates phones started ringing off the hook.

 

[Daxx]

This only works if you have a spray hose nozzle thing on your kitchen sink ...

Daxx is the first one up in the morning, and immediately gets coffee started. So, last year (maybe the year before - I can't remember!), I found a black rubberband and rubberbanded the trigger to activate the spray so that it was in spray position. I "aimed" it perfectly to where he'd be standing. When he turned on the tap in the morning, he received an unexpected shower and quite the wake-up!!!!

It was sooooo good!!!!!! He *tried* to get me back by putting Crisco shortening on the underside of the door knob on our back door. I saw it there and decided to exit using the front door instead! Thankfully, he forgot and used the back door and wound up w/the handful of Crisco!!!

 

[Disney_1derland]

It's my annual "tell hubby I'm pregnant" day. "Course it's no longer believable at my age!!

Hey, I should try that this year

 

[Patch'sD]

Go to the supermarket and put a bunch of Shopping Carts around someones car.

Hit the smoke detector alarm button. Kids were in the bath, it was quite funny to see them crawling on the floor naked.

 

[jjohnson]

A couple of years ago I made jello in the kids juice cups. Then for dinner I stuck straws in them & put them out for dinner.

 

[DebIreland]

I'm gonna tape a big black sheet to the outside of my boys' bedroom window. They'll have no clue how it can still be night time when they wake up. Pretty tame, but I'm sure to come up with more....

One time, many years ago, I caught my parents badly! They have (Dad is dead now) a very long garden that backs onto another street where there' s a church. I did fake church headed paper and said in the letter that their garden is ideal for the planned extension of the church grounds and that they (the priests) hoped that my parents, being good Catholics, would donate two thirds of their garden for a new shrine being built to the Virgin Mary. Oh, it went on and on, including plans for a little sandwich stall and possibly an outdoor burger van for all the pilgrams passing through. They bought it hook, line and sinker - you should've heard my mother - "well the bloody nerve of them, with all the money we've donated over the years, t'would me more in their line now to donate to us trying to raise four kids and that vatican full of gold, well I never in my life, I'm not putting up with this...... ", yada yada yada..... hilarious. I had to fess up pretty soon though as I didn't want to cause an international incident. She was annoyed first but saw the funny side soon after!

 

[Rella Bella]

One time, many years ago, I caught my parents badly! They have (Dad is dead now) a very long garden that backs onto another street where there' s a church. I did fake church headed paper and said in the letter that their garden is ideal for the planned extension of the church grounds and that they (the priests) hoped that my parents, being good Catholics, would donate two thirds of their garden for a new shrine being built to the Virgin Mary. Oh, it went on and on, including plans for a little sandwich stall and possibly an outdoor burger van for all the pilgrams passing through. They bought it hook, line and sinker - you should've heard my mother - "well the bloody nerve of them, with all the money we've donated over the years, t'would me more in their line now to donate to us trying to raise four kids and that vatican full of gold, well I never in my life, I'm not putting up with this...... ", yada yada yada..... hilarious. I had to fess up pretty soon though as I didn't want to cause an international incident. She was annoyed first but saw the funny side soon after!

Thanks I needed a laugh like that!!

 

[Marseeya]

You guys are too funny!

I'm dying here.

 

[jama]

Hi!
A friend of mine and co worker-(nurses) - played a great one on her husband a few years ago. Deb had the secretary call her husband and tell him that she had to go for emergency appendectomy! The sec. told him she needed Deb's birthdate, social security etc. She really had the poor guy going.. he was so upset he couldn't remeber anything. He was ready to hang up and speed to the hospital.. then Deb took the phone and told him April Fool!
Jama

 

[DebIreland]

Thanks I needed a laugh like that!!

Happy to oblige

Jjohnson,
I love the jello thing, so simple but so funny. I'm off to set the jello straight away for tomorrow to catch the boys. To make it worse I'll give the baby regular juice and them jello juice so they'll be really confuzzled!! Can't wait.

 

[minniecarousel]

Oh, Deb - that's the best one yet! (it helps to be from a large Catholic family!)