[James Matthew Najera]

General Discussion Thread: 04.01.2025​

Hey, GrayViners!

Alright, folks, it’s April Fools’ Day—aka the one day a year when we question everything we hear and trust absolutely no one.

So, let’s hear it: What’s the best (or worst) April Fools’ prank you’ve ever pulled or fallen for?

I’ll go first… In my previous work, I told my coworker the office coffee machine was upgraded to voice activation. We all watched as they stood there, loudly demanding “Espresso! Large coffee! Work, you s***** machine!” for a full minute before realizing they’d been duped. Safe to say, I had to fetch my own coffee for a while after that.

Now it’s your turn! Whether you pulled off a legendary prank or got completely bamboozled, drop your stories below. Let’s get some laughs going!

Cheers!
Blue

 

[Carol *]

My so was is middle school and had never been in trouble at school that I knew of. He was big on April fools pranks so I came up with a prank to pull on him. When he came home from school I said "Hey, is there something that you would like to tell me? " He said "No." That's when I said "I got a call from school today." My son blurts out " Mom, that kid had it coming for weeks!" I was like "what?" Here he had been in a fight at school that day and I had no idea. Jokes on me...Again!

 

[NERAKRETROP]

When my sons were young I had a girlfriend who was in a tumultuous relationship and would often hang out at my house. On March 31 after the boys were asleep I took a pair of jeans and old sweatshirt and stuffed them with towels. I then sat my dummy in the recliner in the living room and added socks stuffed with washcloths. I reclined the chair and propped up a newspaper which was supported with cardboard on my dummy's lap. I wish I had a picture to show you. With the lights low it looked like someone was sitting in the chair reading the paper. When my sons woke up on April 1st, I told them to be very quiet because my friend came over last night and fell asleep in the chair. It was hysterical watching my two normally loud and rambunctious boys tip-toeing around the house.

 

[tennis]

When I was around 9 yrs old my older cousin had told me some pranks to play for April Fools. We had steaks that night for dinner. I had put sugar in the salt shaker on the table. My dad kept salting[sugaring] his steak, trying to figure out why it taste so odd. It wasn't a funny prank, when he found out what I had done.

 

[Jazzgoddess]

I was the manager of watch and jewelry repair for a local Sears store. We also sold clocks and watches too. I set every alarm in the dept to go off as the associates were closing out for the day. I am at home and my phone rang. It was the closing associate. I said "hello" and all I heard was, you bit&h!! I laughed so hard.