Best April Fools Pranks: Ideas You Can Try

[BobG]

Best April Fool's prank of all time was pulled off by The Guardian.

In 1977 the British newspaper The Guardian published a special seven-page supplement in honor of the tenth anniversary of San Serriffe, a small republic located in the Indian Ocean consisting of several semi-colon-shaped islands. A series of articles affectionately described the geography and culture of this obscure nation. Its two main islands were named Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse. Its capital was Bodoni, and its leader was General Pica. The Guardian's phones rang all day as readers sought more information about the idyllic holiday spot. Few noticed that everything about the island was named after printer's terminology. The success of this hoax is widely credited with launching the enthusiasm for April Foolery that then gripped the British tabloids in the following decades.

I think the San Seriffe hoax was even better than the BBC's 1957 hoax, The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest.

 

[Danger]

Here's a good one for the gadget freaks... and Doc Toxyn.
http://people.howstuffworks.com/animated-tattoo.htm"

 

[Pengwuino]

Ah yes, april 1st, the day you don't believe a word you're told. Someone looks like they just got shot? lies, all lies.

 

[topsquark]

Ah yes, april 1st, the day you don't believe a word you're told. Someone looks like they just got shot? lies, all lies.

But if they tell you not to believe a word you are told, doesn't that mean you can't believe a word that they are telling you? In which case shouldn't you believe everything you are told? But then you have to believe them when they say not to believe... I'm so confused!

-Dan

 

[Pengwuino]

I'm telling myself not to believe anything! :P

 

[BobG]

Here's a good one for the gadget freaks... and Doc Toxyn.
http://people.howstuffworks.com/animated-tattoo.htm"

I love the related links at the end of the article: "How Back-Alley Surgery Works", "How Lawsuits Work".