April Fools Post

Lets address the elephant in the room, today (when you are more than likely reading this post) is April Fools; you know, that day that is basically one huge open mic night in which millions of people go out of their way to demonstrate how unfunny they are. Occasionally, however, someone pulls off a halfway decent prank. For my blog post this time around, I have compiled a list of some of the best pranks that I have heard of or read about. So, without further ado, here is the list:

15. Toothpaste in the Oreos; a clichéd, though none-the-less classic, prank

14. Placing a small piece of scotch tape over the laser on the underside of a computer mouse

13.  Mayo in a “Boston Crème Donut”; again, clichéd but you have to try it atleast once.

12. The ol’ ‘salt-sugar’ switcharoo

11. Reeses, M&M’s, and Skittles in the same bowl; three great candies that make for one nasty combination

10. Adding baking soda to a ketchup bottle; just make sure you screw on the cap quickly, and tightly.

9. Airhorn as a doorstop

8. Airhorn on the underside of a swivel chair with adjustable height(s)

7. Painting a bar of soap with clear nail polish to prevent it from lathering.

6. Personal Purelle: switching hand-sanitizer for personal lubricant.

5. Cream Cheese Deodorant

4. Advertizing a friend phone number (on a billboard)

3. Soy Sauce and Sprite. As we southerners might call it, “Pepsi”;

As everyone else might call it, “disgusting”

2. Impromptu fish bowl in an ordinary sink

And finally…

1. If you really feel the need, you could even go as far as Taco Bell in 1996. The fast-food giant took out 6 full-page ads in different national newspapers informing the public that they had just purchased the Liberty Bell in an auction. As is stated in the ‘Best April Fools Pranks Ever’ article on Time.com, “The prank’s real victims were hapless National Park Services employees manning the phones at the Liberty Bell. Unaware of the media blitz, they spent their April Fools’ Day reassuring Americans that no, their national monument hadn’t been sold off to the highest bidder.”

I understand that I may have missed a few good pranks, but the intention was to compile a list of feasible pranks that anyone could pull off (with the exception of numero uno). For the most part, I think I pretty much hit it on the head. Now all that is left to do is to put a few of them into motion…