There is perhaps only one day a year when you can justifiably make fun of the people around you – and get nothing but a knowing smile for it. Well, or a prank in return. Of course, we mean April Fool’s day – when a desperate trickster sometimes wakes up in any of us, even the calmest and most peaceful person.
Well, if that’s the case, then why not read a selection of wonderful and very easy-to-perform pranks from netizens from all over the world, specially and carefully selected for you by Bored Panda? No, this is in no way a call to action, just, as they say, some food for thought. And how you will use this information tomorrow is actually up to you…
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#1
My youngest was good. At age 4 she came running out of her room screaming, “Oscar is pooping on my bed!” Her mom, brother, sister and I all jumped up, jumped over Oscar (the dog) and ran into her room. April Fool!
At age 5 she ran out of her room yelling, “The gerbil’s having babies!” Everybody ran into her room, again, April fool!
Those were her best.
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#2
Empty a jar of mayonnaise, clean. Fill with vanilla pudding. Walk around with a spoon, and have an occasional bite. People really don’t like the sight.
Image source: TheDemographic, Kelsey Todd
#3
It’s for my kids, but my wife and I are putting googly eyes on everything in the fridge tonight. Kids will think that s**t’s hilarious.
*edit update: a few pics
Image source: tiglathpilesar, tiglathpilesar
#4
I told the team that I’m bringing them brownies tomorrow. I’m gonna cut out some “E’s” from brown construction paper. They are in for a surprise.
Image source: increasingrain, Someguy102888
#5
In school – a piece of chalk stuck in the eraser always got a few laughs. As I write this, I realize that schools may not even have chalkboards anymore.
Image source: landmanpgh, nndanko
#6
Tape a “Door is broken, use other door” sign to every door with arrows pointing clockwise (or counter clockwise for you anarchists out there) around the building.
Image source: TIL_sarcasm, nanolucas
#7
At work leave a post-it note on someone’s desk that says “See me immediately!”. Then make the signature illegible.
Image source: wee_man, freepik
#8
Two years ago I switched the location of the kitchen drawers.
Image source: anon, Jarek Ceborski
#9
Put saran wrap across a doorway but crunch it up a little make it really obvious. Then put more on a different door frame but this time make it as transparent as possible. They will see the first one and smirk at you gloat that they didn’t fall for it and laugh at you then BAM! Faceful of plastic. It will upset then even more that they thought they didn’t fall for it at first.
Edit: a word.
Image source: Sovietrussia92, quinny28
#10
If you know any of your friend’s facebook passwords/can access their phone or computer for a few minutes, change their birthday to April 1st. People will bombard them with birthday wishes all day.
Edit: A very Happy Birthday to those of you whose birthday is actually on April 1st!
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#11
If you work in an office.
* Find an unsuspecting coworker.
* Put clear tape over the laser on the underside of their mouse.
* Unplug the mouse
* Plug in a second mouse and run it over to your desk. Move it occasionally.
* Open their desk drawer and take a s**t in it.
Image source: VisionsOfUranus, freepik
#12
Clear nail polish around the bar of soap in their shower. Looks and feels normal, but won’t lather. They think they’re going insane.
OR
get their phone and in the shortcuts section change the shortcut for “There” “They’re” and “Their” to “Their” “there” and “they’re”, respectively.
Image source: ignorethesquid, freepik
#13
Put a piece of paper about the size of a ticket that says April Fools under a bunch of people’s windshield wipers parked at meters or in ramps.
Image source: FactoryofRainbows, syda_productions
#14
When I was in High School, for April Fools Day my Dad got a bunch of brochures for various military academies and casually left them on the table.
Image source: laudinum, Mick Latter
#15
I once got my entire office to agree to pretend it was still March 31st, all so one person was as confused as hell as to what day it was. All our internal calendars were kept at March 31st, and only his phone told him it was April 1st. We even convinced him his phone carrier was having issues, until he called them and spoiled our surprise. Lasted a good 4 hours though.
Image source: Kataclysm, pch.vector
#16
Get a duplicate of a coworker’s favorite drink or coffee mug, freeze it, and when they get up to use the bathroom, switch their drink for the frozen one.
I did that to a coworker who didn’t have much of a sense of humor. I thought he might get mad at me, but he didn’t even realize it was a prank. He just turned up the thermostat.
Image source: captainmagictrousers, qunicastudios76
#17
Just walk around with a sly smile and laugh a little every now and then. Most people will ignore it, but there is allways one every year that gets paranoid as hell.
Image source: RunRookieRun, benzoix
#18
I’ve always liked harmlessly messing with food- my favorite is replacing drinks with jello- make red jello in a red gatoraid bottle and watch them be super confused when they can’t drink it.
Or claiming to be serving steak and mashed potatoes but it’s actually frosting and fudge.
Or do the opposite and serve mashed potatoes and say they’re ice cream.
Image source: anon, WS Studio BR
#19
Post in ASOIAF saying that the release date of The Winds Of Winter has been announced.
Image source: lummiester, TheeGinn_Soriano
#20
Placing objects in areas where said objects aren’t usually found in.
Image source: TitanShield, Yasin Arıbuğa
#21
If your target is a touch typist, switch the J and H keys on the keyboard. The J key has that little bump that tells you where to put your fingers, so they’ll be ttoubg kuje tgus without realizing why.
If your target isn’t a touch typist, switch the M and N keys on their keyboards.
Image source: anon, Kaboompics.com
#22
Lotion on the doorknob so it can’t be opened
Put the TV on one of those obnoxious music channels like mariachi or something, put volume on full, then turn it off and wait for the victim to watch TV.
Image source: drdiemz, Jason Gooljar
#23
See, someone at work eating something in the morning. Walk over them as if you’re trying not to laugh. “How’s your breakfast?” you ask, whatever they say, walk off smirking. Through-out the day keep asking them, at least once every hour “How’re you feeling after your breakfast”. Maybe a drop in “You’re looking a bit pale, might have been the breakfast”. I guarantee that if you do it right, they’ll be sick, or develop actual unwellness.
#24
Put an advert on gumtree or craigslist or something saying your giving away a litter of puppies for free, make sure its a cute breed like golden retriever and that the pictures on the ad are really cute. Put your friends number as the contact number.
My friend did this to me on saturday, from saturday to monday i received 40 calls from different people and over 200 texts throughout the course of the day.
One of the most frustrating hangovers of my life.
Image source: Lac3ru5, Kateryna Babaieva
#25
I put salt in the sugar bowl. The best part was when my little brother covered his cereal in “sugar” and then complained that the milk tasted funny and must be out of date. My mum, who was late for work and having none of his s**t checked the milk in the fridge to see it was fine and then forced him to eat it while he cried. That was some great morning entertainment haha.
Image source: 0arussell, EyeEm
#26
Midnight March 31, set clocks ahead 2 hours, unscrew shower head, insert chicken bullion cubes, replace head. Crush more bouillon cubes, pour into child’s shoes
5am April 1st (7 am adjusted time) start yelling “Get your a*s out of bed, you’re late for school !”
Result, child arrives 2 hours early for class, smells vaguely of chicken all day.
Image source: anon, James Wainscoat
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