Happy April Fool’s Day, AKA my Dad’s birthday

[PerkyCox]

My Dad was born on 1 Apr, Easter Sunday. For all the years he walked the Earth, he NEVER got his real present until after all the silly stuff had been exhausted, and he had to wear some fluffy bunny ears, too. I don’t even know how many snakes-in-the-peanut-brittle cans he opened over the years, always with a big jump and a dramatic good-humored reaction.

At some point we were out of clever wrapped joke ideas, and so we started teasing Dad about all the other people in the world playing jokes on each other in honor of his birthday. We’d listen to the radio all day hoping that news would break of some outrageous prank (this was very pre-Internet) to share at dinner. Dad being a TV newsman, he was able to bring home all the Associated Press wire stories about the April Fool’s Day pranks.

Well, what else are you gonna do if you are born on 1 April? Ya gotta be able to take a joke, cuz they’re coming around EVERY YEAR!!!

So THANK YOU SC for celebrating my Dad’s birthday with a great joke! Dad approves VERY MUCH

[MiniGardener]

April Fools has struck! It appears we are now farming on Boom Beach! I wonder if the clasher forum feels like our farm?
...heading over to check...

EDIT: Yup, the clashers are farming. Does that make them flashers and us barmy?

Perky, thanks for sharing the story of your dad’s birthday. Many happy returns of the day and its memories! My youngest sister missed being an April fool by 30 minutes. She was born at 11:30 pm on March 31.

[PerkyCox]

I think my Dad would want an Onion ring monocle and a chocolate Whopper. He was never too fussy about food!

http://www.wfaa.com/mobile/article/n.../507-533751966

and LOL Mini — 30 minutes is cutting it close! Ha ha

[Tahoe]

Happy birthday to Perky's dad and Mini's sister! (Now let's think of a joke to play on SC)

[mdcfc]

Happy birthday to Perky's dad and Mini's sister! (Now let's think of a joke to play on SC)

I think SC got in first with the April fools joke if this themed derby is anything to go by!

my sisters birthday is the day before April fools day, mine is 2 days after it. Gotta give our parents credit for trying!

[Elfriede]

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my sisters birthday is the day before April fools day, mine is 2 days after it. Gotta give our parents credit for trying!

you made my day!



:-)

[Raelet]

I am really liking the Boom Beach graphics! I hope Hay Day comes up with something new for the forums some day....

[PerkyCox]

DANG! This Dad birthday thing is getting pretty big!

My Dad would think most of these pranks are funny, but not the pranks on kids, even if they are viral. Those are pretty much never funny. Dad was not about disappointing kids ever, though he would sometimes tell embarassing stories about HIS kids- and then there was the time that he showed the Naked-Kid-in-the-Bubble-Bath and Toddler-Eating-Cake movie of me to the lady he was selling his 8mm movie projector to. I think if he had looked around a little longer, (like maybe in the attic) he could have found a different movie to prove the projector worked!! LOL

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.629f7d688f70

An updating, infuriating list of all the April Fools’ pranks on the Internet in 2018
By Abby Ohlheiser, Washington Post

April Fools’ Day is on a Sunday and on Easter this year, which isn’t the best scenario for all the thirsty brands looking to get their pranks into the weekday news cycle. Based on my email inbox, many of the brands have settled on the same workaround: Just start their jokes early.

[ A horde of thirsty brands launched their April Fools’ Day jokes early ]

As of the Wednesday before April Fools’, brands had already launched a fake beer line, a study pillow and a salon that makes you look like your dog. April Fools’ Day can be clever on the Internet — but it has also, increasingly, become a day where your social media feeds are flooded with on-brand corporate pranks, pleading for your retweets. A few brands are trying to grow their power by collaborating, which is worrying.

Here’s our list of all the 2018 April Fools’ Day online pranks, which we’ll update throughout the day. As we update, newer entries will be added to the top of each category.

Tech company pranks

• IBM isn’t launching a Model Q quantum keyboard
• Several subreddits on Reddit have some pretty clever April Fools’ ideas: r/nosleep (a scary story subreddit) is now a Backstreet Boys fan page, and r/itookapicture has banned all….images.
• Razer isn’t getting into nanobots
• Discord’s insane video announcing a new fake feature make me start to sweat
• Google maps is now a game of Where’s Waldo
• Pokemon GO switched to 8-bit graphics
• Adobe isn’t actually launching this new Illustrator feature for hungry designers
• Google Israel isn’t launching a hummus API
• Google Japan hasn’t invented a way to let you swipe your finger on your regular old keyboard to draw handwritten letters
• Google Australia didn’t team up with a popular Australian YouTuber to re-brand Google as “googz”
• Wikipedia has some subtle jokes in the trivia on their main page

Fake cryptocurrencies

• Tumblr isn’t launching a cryptocurrency called Tumblcoin
• Houzz isn’t launching a cryptocurrency called “HouzzCoinzz”
• Sam’s Club isn’t launching a cryptocurrency called “bulkcoin”
• Hpnotiq, the liquor company, isn’t launching a cryptocurrency called Hpno-Currency

Pet-themed pranks

• eHarmony isn’t getting into dog matching
• Petco isn’t launching a salon that will make you over to look more like your pets, but someone probably will actually do this, one day
• Wag! and Glamsquad have the exact same prank ideaas Petco
• This cat can’t do Photoshop real good
• Rent the Runway isn’t starting a rental service for dog clothes
• A stock photo site doesn’t just do free cat photos now

Fake news

• The BBC fell for this fake story about Brexit emoji
• The Marines are not renaming their drill instructors
• Facebook isn’t going to let you see who viewed your profile
• Archaeologists haven’t discovered porg bones
• A Kraken hasn’t been spotted on the Thames river in London (this is a brand prank from Kraken rum)

Viral pranks on kids

• This kid got an “apple” phone for Easter
• Grapes covered in chocolate egg wrappers
• Brussels sprout truffles
• These kids went on an Easter egg hunt with no eggs to find

Miscellaneous brand pranks

• VHS isn’t making a comeback
• Tongueprinting isn’t the new fingerprinting
• Planet Fitness doesn’t have a new line of treadmills that are covered in grass and snow.
• Honda isn’t launching a “sixth sense” app for people who are walking and checking their phones
• Popchips isn’t selling Unicorn Balls
• You can’t play these VR crossword puzzles
• Evo isn’t making a new app to “radify” your Instagram pictures
• Tech21 isn’t making a chocolate phone case
• Redbox isn’t launching walk-up movie theater booths
• You can’t actually use this Airbnb-like service to share a portion of a bed with someone
• Head and Shoulders isn’t launching a body wash called“Knees and Toes”
• Heinz isn’t selling chocolate mayo in the UK
• Chuck E. Cheese’s animatronics aren’t going on a farewell tour
• You can’t buy meat flour
• PornHub did not become HornHub, a site for instrument and antler enthusiasts
• REI isn’t introducing a new all-in-one piece of clothing that is covered in zippers
• Dermalogica isn’t re-naming their company to match how everyone mis-pronounces it
• BritBox isn’t launching a feature that lets you listen to American accents dubbed over British TV shows
• You can’t take this online course and learn how to survive the robot uprising
• Shippo is going to ship a limited number of potatoes in the mail for people who sign up on April Fools’ Day
• Master and Dynamic aren’t selling mood ring headphones
• This online labels company isn’t launching a virtual home assistant that can only buy you labels
• Thinkgeek has nine fake products “for sale” on their site, including Klingon fridge magnets, a Rick and Morty screaming sun alarm clock, a Jurassic World dino detector system, and a Bluetooth-enabled pet rock.
• Virgin Australia isn’t offering flights that have on-board spin classes
• Lego isn’t going to sell a vacuum that sorts bricks by color and shape
• Burger King isn’t launching a chocolate Whopper
• The “Chegg osmosis pillow” won’t help you nap and study
• You can’t buy this inflatable air hockey table
• Duolingo isn’t launching Brewolingo, a beer line
• Mancrates isn’t offering “porch piracy protection”
• GlassesUSA isn’t selling eco-friendly glasses that can grow moss
• This AI-powered moving assistant robot doesn’t exist. Life Storage made it up.
• These “bunny-foraged herbs” are not for sale at Freshdirect
• This watch dealer isn’t selling a $50,000 sun-dial watch
• You can’t hire these twin bodybuilders through Zappos to wear and “resize” your clothes by stretching them with their huge bodies
• Logitech isn’t launching “♥♥ Detection” software to detect meaningless business jargon during conference calls
• Sprint isn’t launching a “magic” soccer ball that also improves your cell signal
• T-Mobile isn’t bringing back the “sidekick” as a tech-enabled shoe (though it is selling a non-smart shoe you can buy for real)
• This smart shoe is also fake
• Virgin Voyages isn’t launching underwater WiFi
• These surround headphones aren’t real
• CarGurus won’t let you shop for a car by engine sound
• Jagermeister isn’t launching a balm for muscle pain called “Jager balm”
• Newegg isn’t getting into ASMR
• A tech company in Boston isn’t getting into unboxing vids
• Of course these fried-food nutritional supplements are fake
• Blasé isn’t the new rosé
• A dog-food company isn’t branching out into people food
• The founder of Bulletproof coffee isn’t trying to get people to just use a stick of butter for lip balm
• AI-enabled talking ATMs don’t exist
• Companies aren’t building literal shrines to Google to get better search results rankings
• These whiskey sports drinks are fake
• Auntie Annie’s isn’t selling pretzel-scented essential oils
• WestJet isn’t launching a virtual assistant
• Klein tools isn’t also selling furniture
• These chicks didn’t hatch out of a prop Easter egg in a Honda somewhere in Canada
• Wayfair isn’t launching scent-enabled wallpaper
• Sadly, you can’t buy these insane hats for the royal wedding
• This bike lock company isn’t stealing bikes to try and sell locks
• This PR firm isn’t announcing that toddlers, dogs and unborn babies are the new influencer group

• Warby Parker and Arby’s aren’t collaborating on WArby’s, which sells onion ring monocles
• Cup Noodles and Zenni Optical aren’t coming out with glasses that don’t get steamed up when you eat hot soup
• Lexus and 23andme aren’t partnering to match you to a car using your genes
• This pizza-flavored protein bar is fake
• Sodastream and Bed Bath and Beyond aren’t teaming up to make “SodaSoak,” a weird bubble bath
• The Energizer Bunny isn’t the new creative director of “Peeps.” Come on.

This post, originally published at 6:49 AM on April 1, has been updated and will continue to update through the day.

[MSKSTANMAY10]

my dad was born on 1 apr, easter sunday. For all the years he walked the earth, he never got his real present until after all the silly stuff had been exhausted, and he had to wear some fluffy bunny ears, too. I don’t even know how many snakes-in-the-peanut-brittle cans he opened over the years, always with a big jump and a dramatic good-humored reaction.

At some point we were out of clever wrapped joke ideas, and so we started teasing dad about all the other people in the world playing jokes on each other in honor of his birthday. We’d listen to the radio all day hoping that news would break of some outrageous prank (this was very pre-internet) to share at dinner. Dad being a tv newsman, he was able to bring home all the associated press wire stories about the april fool’s day pranks.

well, what else are you gonna do if you are born on 1 april? Ya gotta be able to take a joke, cuz they’re coming around every year!!!

So thank you sc for celebrating my dad’s birthday with a great joke! Dad approves very much

happy birthday to your dad and happy april fool's day

[PerkyCox]

happy birthday to your dad and happy april fool's day

And watch out for miscellaneous silliness out there