April Fools' Day

There are two literal interpretations of the phrase "April Fools' Day": "Día de tontos de abril" and "El dia de los tontos en abril."

Although many Latinos have taken up the April Fools' event, for many people in Latin America April 1 is nothing more than the first day of the month: The traditional day of practical jokes is actually "El día de los Santos Inocentes," on December 28.

This day originated as a religious holiday based on the Biblical slaughter of the innocents, and is still on the Catholic calendar of holy days. However, during the Middle Ages, it morphed into a day of festivals and practical jokes, a tradition that passed along to Latin America.

The origin of El día de los Santos Inocentes:

It developed over time, mostly in Spain. It was based on the account in the Gospel of Matthew of the slaughter of the innocents ordered by King Herod at the time of the birth of Christ.

Herod ordered all the male children in Jerusalem younger than 2 years of age to be killed, so that a new "king" could not arise to compete with him. The "joke" on Herod was that Jesus had already been taken away to Egypt by Mary and Joseph.

This "gallows humor" was what gave rise to the tradition of playing pranks on one another. When one is pranked on this day, the prankster will say "Inocente, inocente," in the same way that we would say "April Fool's, April Fool's."

• For the computer geek: Install a script that automatically activates on 4/1 that turns the monitor display upside down.
• Either put tape over a sink sprayer or fold blankets so family member gets stuck in bed pocket. First you fold the back of the sheet up, then the other like you usually would. Then when you get in, your stuck in a pocket.
• Pretend you broke your arm and put a cast on it. Then if you are in school let your friends sign it in your class. everyone will feel sorry for you . The next day wear a jacket with your fake broken arm in the sleeve. Swing it really hard then people will start asking you " Isn't that your broken arm" or something else. Give out the big surprise " APRIL FOOLS!"
• Well today, I faked a letter to my sister, and it said that she won a car, and as many free driving lessons as she wants (shes 18 in November), it was funny!
• You could use a prank phone call, where you listen to the call, although it costs, I used it once, it was good, and so worth it
• Tape a penny to the hole in the bathroom faucet, stand back and watch the family go swimming in the sink!
• • 1. Saying that the teacher is absent and then say: Haha Aprils Fool.
  • 2. Even better one you can get fake flies and maybe have salad that night.
• Here is a phone prank I invented: (Since most phones have caller ID) call a number you KNOW does NOT accept anonymous calls, BUT DIAL STAR 67 ANYWAY (which makes you a anonymous caller) TO COMPLETE THE PRANK. When you do this, you will be given two options: 1 option is too continue the call but your number will show your number. DO NOT PRESS 1! The other option is if you press 2, then enter the number you want to show up on the persons caller ID, then press pound: example: 800 967 5569 #. TYPE IN A 800 NUMBER AND PRETEND YOUR A CREDITOR SO THEY THINK YOU ARE. Tell them that they have an overdue bill for however much money. For example, if they are a member of Costco, pretend your the Head of Billing at the Costco Financial Department. Don't forget to disguise your voice. AND REMEMBER TO TELL THEM IT WAS YOU LATER

• When your mom packs your sister a water bottle for school, replace it with vinegar.

Ok on the breaking your arm one up top fall on it at recess and lay on the ground like you hurt it again and when a teacher runs over to you pop up quick and say it feels better and you are going to walk it of. Then you run around and throw footballs to make her confused.

P.S. if someone has a broken arm do not do it!

• Fold a ketchup packet in half and put it under the toilet seat that way when someone sits on the toilet they will get a splat

COMPUTERS (biblography: aprilfoolzone.com it is hilarious)

• If the victim uses Microsoft Word, go into the victim's computer and change the auto-correct feature so it misspells common words. Just open Word, choose "AutoCorrect Options" from the Tools menu, and have it replace common words like "the" and "and" with wacky words like "eggplant" or "Uranus." Be creative.

• Sneak onto your victim's computer and change their default font color to white. This will cause momentary confusion as their writing will suddenly be invisible.

• First, take a screen shot of the victim's desktop (press the "Print Screen" button). Then open up a Paint program and press "Paste." Save the image in bitmap format and quit Paint. Set this image to be the Desktop background image (right-click on the desktop, choose Properties, click the "Display" tab, press the "Browse" button, find your image, hit "Open," then "OK"). Finally, hide all the desktop icons (right-click on the desktop, choose "Arrange Icons By," then unclick "Show Desktop Items." Now their desktop will look normal, but when they try to click on the icons nothing will happen!

and this is not a computer

•short-sheet the bed.

One of the Pranks I did today was put 3 drops of green food coloring in my sisters cup of milk. I yelled April Fools! and she look at the milk and started laughing/crying. I was at 6 making these jokes happen.

I did one on my mom when she came down she's all "I'm off limits" We hung a snake (toy) by ribbon in my fridge and put a bunch Lego guys and bugs too. My brother and I ran out to the trampoline as fast as we could. We bounced until we heard her scream. WE ran in laughing and she was too. Just not hysterically, we have a APRIL FOOLS sign in there she crumbled up and threw away.

put your siblings toothbrush in salt, and get it wet so that it disolves. when the salt mixes with the toothpaste it will taste gross

This is the ultimate, most awesome, hilarious, best joke to do on ANYONE!!! It will work better if your victim is really buff and strong and acts like he is so awesome. Like a marine or army or navy guy.

Step One:

When they are asleep, grab a video recorder (optional, but you would want to see this over and over again!), shaving cream, a feather or something thin and ticklish, decorative supplies, and that's all!

Step Two:

Rub the shaving cream near the victim's *nose, and face. Next decorate his face! Put red powder for blush, draw something into the cream, BE CREATIVE! Careful not to laugh or this joke is off!

Step Three:

It's the funniest step! Scream, "There are slugs all over your face!" while tickling the feather at the nose! You can yell anything else that is slimy like worms, saliva, anything! It will startle the victim and he will smack his face! This will get shaving cream all over him! He will be so confused!

HAVE FUN!!!

That depends on the type of prank that appeals to you, but in 2019, there were plenty of great examples.

For April Fool's Day, businesses often announce hoax products via social media, hoping to catch consumers off guard (and capture a bit of viral traffic along the way). Of course, some are more successful than others.

This year, dating site Tinder created substantial controversy by introducing a new "height verification badge." The idea: Weed out the users who lied about their height.

"It's the tool we've had in our back-pockets for years, but we were hoping your honesty would allow us to keep it there," the company wrote on its blog when announcing the (totally fake) feature. "Our verification tool is super easy to use, and extremely hard to misuse."

Other pranks were more...obvious. In the United Kingdom, McDonald's announced a "milkshake sauce pot," which would allow customers to cover their fries with melted milkshake.

Google is known for rolling out annual April Fool's jokes, and this year, they launched one of their most elaborate--and ridiculous--to date.

"Throughout time, humans have created more and more effective ways to communicate with each other," wrote Matthew Feigal, a Google "plant engineer," on the company's official product blog. "But technology hasn't quite made it there with flowers, even though it's no secret that members of the floral world do talk to one another."

"Thanks to great advancements in artificial intelligence, Google Home is now able to understand tulips, allowing translation between Tulipish and dozens of human languages," Feigal wrote.

The product--ostensibly developed in the Netherlands, which produces 12.5 billion flowers per year--would allow flowers to ask their owners for more water, nutrients, or sunlight. Google Home users could activate the (very fake) feature by saying, "Hey, Google, talk to my tulip."

The company also announced a new "screen cleaner" feature for its Files by Google app (available on Android). The feature could reportedly "wash away smudges and polish your screen" by using a "haptic micromovement generator." Of course, it wasn't real, to the great disappointment of many Android users.

Hundreds of other major brands issued hoaxes this April Fool's Day, and some of those hoaxes were slightly disgusting. Food delivery service FreshDirect announced Caulk, the world's first commercial cauliflower milk.

"This is so much better than trying to milk my cauliflower by hand," a happy (but fake) customer wrote.

"Finally, a chunky, lumpy milk to have with my morning coffee," wrote another.

But if you prefer more traditional practical jokes, you might appreciate this simple-but-evil prank from St. Anne's Primary School in Ormskirk, England: A teacher handed out impossible word searches to grade 3 students.

"How long should I leave them looking for words that aren't there?!" the instructor wrote on social media, along with a picture of several confused grade schoolers. The school quickly attracted attention from traditional media outlets like The Guardian and BBC1.

For our money, St. Anne's Primary School wins. While corporate April Fool's Day jokes can be fun, we think the classic pranks are more in line with the spirit of the holiday--and they're certainly more entertaining.