I did that to a guy at work, I told him to call and ask for Bobby Bexar and gave him the number to the zoo.
My site thing went off pretty well. Has messages on Twitter, facebook, emails, MSN, people asking if I was ok and concerned as to why I would shut down my site. Already know what I'm doing for next year! :grin:
A long time ago, when gas prices were through the roof, a friend of mine went around and told everyone a Chevron in our area was offering half price on gas. He gave some story about the franchise owner being angry at the prices and wanted to make a statement. So, when I went there the store clerk said I was the forth guys to fall for the April fools joke.
Well ... my second annual Facebook relationship status hoax is officially underway. Maybe after this time people will learn to stop making a big deal about it...
Nothing ever happens in my life on April Fools. Nobody ever bothers to do anything, not even my professors did anything. I heard other professors did some stuff to their students. Not mine.
Last year I went to craigslist and made a fake ad, of my buddy selling his car for dirt cheap. You would be suprised how many people contacted him during lunch hours.
No I wouldn't be surprised, and I bet half of them had similar gmail addresses and were people from other countries, wanting to send a money order for more than the price of the item, and hoping he'd pay the third party that was to pick the item up the difference as payment for running the errand for him.
Last year, some friends of mine made a fake craigslist account for a friend of ours, listing his orientation as gay and posting pictures of a random muscular guy. They also listed his phone number and what not. Soon enough, he was receiving pictures of dicks via text message. Baha. This year, I wanted to mess with my roommate... He is a big time cheapass, and tries his hardest to limit use of electricity, etc. Soo, I got a copy of the utilities bill from last month and went on Word and made an EXACT replication, but changed amounts and dates and such. Usually the amount is about 35-50. I made this one add up to be $149.37 and folded it up in a used envelope, making sure his name, address, etc was shown in the envelope window.. Then hung it up on our door pin where our utility bills are delivered. Looks pretty damn legit. He's gonna be pissed off his ass for the rest of the day.
Been victims of a couple Office-themed pranks -stapler was put in jello -picture was photoshopped into a black & white flyer saying "BEWARE! THIS MAN IS A PERVERT!!! IF SEEN CONTACT DWIGHT SCHRUTE AT ###-###-####" Today i got to work and my mouse stopped working. Changed USB ports to no avail, then I saw a piece of plastic tape covering the optical mouse sensor.
those are classics. The only one you're missing it taping down the phone tab so when you pick up the receiver it keeps ringing.
A couple years back, my ex-girlfriend photoshopped Chron.com saying that Steve Francis had been murdered in his home. This was before photoshop was became well known so I freaked out (I was/am a HUGE Steve Francis fan). Good April Fools joke but I was pretty pissed.
Not my April Fools, but pretty awesome regardless: http://ny.eater.com/archives/2010/04/this_is_either_the_best_or_the_worst_day_for_innout_lovers.php
