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April 1, 2008 at 5:38 am #2221150
Your best April’s Fools Day pranks at work?
Lockedby robo_dev · about 16 years ago
that you lived to tell about?
Of course at work you have to balance humor with keeping your job. Here’s one that I did some years ago.
I made some signs and posted them on all the doors to the IT offices:
Fire Sprinkler Test Today
Notice: At 2PM there will be a required test of the building fire sprinkler system. Please be sure to remove any papers or other items from your desk and work area that may be damaged by water. It is recommended that you cover your computer, keyboard, and printer with plastic bags that are being provided by the support center. Please call the support center to arrange for a representative from your department to get the bags for your work area. Thank you for your cooperation.Word has it that two people called to ask about getting their bags, and one help desk worker was injured slightly when he fell off his chair laughing.
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April 1, 2008 at 5:45 am #2452790
My best one (kind of?) isn’t work related
by maecuff · about 16 years ago
In reply to Your best April’s Fools Day pranks at work?
Because, really, the joke was on me.
Ten years ago, I was nearly two weeks overdue with my second child. I woke up around 3:00 am on April 1 and decided to wake my husband up and tell him I was in labor. I was going to let him get dressed, get the suitcase, blah blah blah, then tell him the truth. Well, I fell back asleep while planning it out and around two hours later..well, I was in labor.
So the joke was on me.
Today is my son’s 10th birthday.
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April 1, 2008 at 5:52 am #2452785
The devious minds of women
by jdclyde · about 16 years ago
In reply to My best one (kind of?) isn’t work related
I suppose it was MUCH funnier the way you orininally planned it? 😀
Did you ever fess up about your evil plan or not?
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April 1, 2008 at 6:54 am #2551740
Of course I did
by maecuff · about 16 years ago
In reply to The devious minds of women
and he found it quite funny. 🙂
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April 1, 2008 at 6:01 am #2452780
so what your saying is…
by johnjackson1132 · about 16 years ago
In reply to My best one (kind of?) isn’t work related
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April 1, 2008 at 6:27 am #2452754
wet/dry
by caricc135 · about 16 years ago
In reply to so what your saying is…
Only if her water hasn’t borken, and the bed is dry.
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April 1, 2008 at 6:30 am #2452751
Just tell her to not be such a sissy
by jdclyde · about 16 years ago
In reply to so what your saying is…
and you will go after the game is over! :p If she were to scamper off to get you another beer, it would get her mind off of things! 😀
Believe me! You do NOT want to fall into the trap of some woman telling you what to do and when to do it!
[i]spoken like a true divorced man! :p
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April 1, 2008 at 6:36 am #2551760
Hah…
by johnjackson1132 · about 16 years ago
In reply to Just tell her to not be such a sissy
Your My Hero.
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April 1, 2008 at 6:57 am #2551736
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April 1, 2008 at 7:55 am #2551697
But I still have that GREAT opening line, and it works like a charm! B-)
by jdclyde · about 16 years ago
In reply to If you plan to stay married
[i]”Excuse me Ms, does this smell like ether?”[/i] ]:)
The secret formula for mommy parts.
Add two parts flowers and one part candy = mommy parts! 😀
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April 1, 2008 at 8:24 am #2551666
jd – – – – –
by gadgetgirl · about 16 years ago
In reply to But I still have that GREAT opening line, and it works like a charm! B-)
the word “Romantic” is just totally lost on you, isn’t it?
Not in your vocabulary, and I bet you have trouble spelling it too.
I bet you even think “wooing” is what you do going down a fairground ride…..
GG
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April 1, 2008 at 8:44 am #2551656
“Woo”ing
by jdclyde · about 16 years ago
In reply to But I still have that GREAT opening line, and it works like a charm! B-)
Wooing is what I used to have ThingTwo do when we would ride on my motorcycle. He was four.
Pulled up next to a convertable full of hot young things, looked at ThingTwo and said “What do we say to pretty ladies?”
He looked at me, looked at them, and then said “WOO WOO!”
😀
Yeah, the chicks dig it…. ;\
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April 1, 2008 at 7:56 am #2551696
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April 1, 2008 at 8:19 am #2551674
Secrets of happiness?
by gadgetgirl · about 16 years ago
In reply to B-)
For women – avoid men like the plague.
They’re only good for one thing.
Once.
GG
]:)
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April 1, 2008 at 8:22 am #2551671
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April 1, 2008 at 8:46 am #2551654
then why do ya all keep coming back, and
by w2ktechman · about 16 years ago
In reply to Secrets of happiness?
beg us not to leave?? 😀
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April 1, 2008 at 8:52 am #2551649
“beg us not to leave”
by boxfiddler · about 16 years ago
In reply to Secrets of happiness?
The brighter among us only do that sort of thing when we are still quite young, naive, and optimistic. 😀
The dumber among us keep that sort of thing up all their lives making those of us who grew up look bad. As you ‘gents’ tend to lump us all in the same category…
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April 1, 2008 at 9:09 am #2551627
This may explain your sour outlook
by dumphrey · about 16 years ago
In reply to Secrets of happiness?
Maybe you should have found a better mail? I hear they make then in 9 volt now instead of just d cell. Imap a path for you to his house if you want, but he’s folder then you.
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April 1, 2008 at 6:56 am #2551738
spoken like a true
by maecuff · about 16 years ago
In reply to Just tell her to not be such a sissy
dead man..
JD, you are in so much trouble!
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April 1, 2008 at 6:59 am #2551734
Gotcha covered, Mae
by tig2 · about 16 years ago
In reply to spoken like a true
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April 1, 2008 at 7:11 am #2551731
You know..
by maecuff · about 16 years ago
In reply to Gotcha covered, Mae
I just hate it when he makes me have to resort to such drastic measures.
Oh, wait. No I don’t. 🙂
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April 1, 2008 at 7:59 am #2551692
Nothing to do with the topic at hand…
by boxfiddler · about 16 years ago
In reply to You know..
but a good spot to place the comment, I think.
Your new avatar is just staring at me all the time! It never blinks! It gives me the creeps. 😉
Good choice…
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April 1, 2008 at 8:06 am #2551688
Boxy..
by maecuff · about 16 years ago
In reply to You know..
She is kinda creepy.
I had another one, it was a shovel with a face and flames shooting out of the mouth, but it just didn’t show very well. So, I went with the screaming woman instead..
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April 1, 2008 at 8:17 am #2551676
Boxy, OTR has
by w2ktechman · about 16 years ago
In reply to You know..
the spycam avatar. Looks around and tapes your every move through your monitor… Beware when it is used!
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April 1, 2008 at 8:23 am #2551667
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April 1, 2008 at 8:43 am #2551657
Happy April 1st to you Boxy
by w2ktechman · about 16 years ago
In reply to You know..
however, OTR’s spycam avatar (doesnt really spy on you) is creepy in and of itself. Ask him to post it for you!
Ok, I lied, it does spy on ya. if you are quick enough, it might not catch ya typing!!! 🙂
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April 1, 2008 at 10:22 am #2551597
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April 1, 2008 at 10:38 am #2551595
Oh No!!! :0 :0
by the scummy one · about 16 years ago
In reply to You know..
double cams watching me!!! Flee — run — hide
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April 1, 2008 at 7:58 am #2551693
Now now Mae
by jdclyde · about 16 years ago
In reply to spoken like a true
Don’t you worry your pretty little head over it, little lady! :p
Us men are here to take care of the situation, as soon as the game is over, that is……. ;\
😡
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April 1, 2008 at 8:45 am #2551655
Umm, missing a part
by w2ktechman · about 16 years ago
In reply to Now now Mae
as soon as the game is over, AND my beer is empty!
cannot have alcohol abuse now can we?
alcohol abuse is when alcohol is NOT USED and left to be wasted, or otherwise lost by any means.
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April 1, 2008 at 8:57 am #2551642
And of course
by jdclyde · about 16 years ago
In reply to Umm, missing a part
after drinking all the beer, better hit the bathroom first before getting on the road.
Oh yeah, grab the kids mp3 player so you don’t have to listen to the …….. :0
:p
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April 1, 2008 at 7:44 am #2551711
mrs loc gave birth without any drugs…
by locrian_lyric · about 16 years ago
In reply to Just tell her to not be such a sissy
she is amazed at the amazement others have of her.
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April 1, 2008 at 8:21 am #2551672
same, ditto, likewise….
by gadgetgirl · about 16 years ago
In reply to mrs loc gave birth without any drugs…
now you know why I only have one child…..
GG
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April 1, 2008 at 8:41 am #2551658
The MALE perspective on child birth
by jdclyde · about 16 years ago
In reply to same, ditto, likewise….
When I look around and see intellegent women with more than one child, [i] (excluding the lovely and intellegent GG of course) [/i] I HAVE to conclude that child birth is PLEASURABLE. If it REALLY hurt as bad as women would have us believe, why would there not be more single kids around? :0
It is a conspiracy, I say. A conspiracy!
Women just PRETEND that it hurts so they can get false sympathy from guys, and they milk it for all it’s worth! 😀
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April 1, 2008 at 8:49 am #2551652
CALL TO ARMS, LADIES!
by gadgetgirl · about 16 years ago
In reply to The MALE perspective on child birth
Due to 80mph winds and the prospect of roads shut and debris all over on the way home, I have to leave now.
Please deal with this ^^^ as you see fit.
(Beth: no need to bar him, dear, just tug on his reins a bit…. :p )
GG
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April 1, 2008 at 8:52 am #2551648
Open a new box of cereal for breakfast JD?
by shellbot · about 16 years ago
In reply to The MALE perspective on child birth
When did they start giving away free t*sticles in Shreddies?
No matter how proud of them you are, I’d be real careful about displaying them too much on TR.. Mae’s shovel may accidently….
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April 1, 2008 at 8:55 am #2551645
this cereal?
by w2ktechman · about 16 years ago
In reply to The MALE perspective on child birth
And finally, just in time to wake me up in the morning. Someone finally learned how to make a good breakfast cereal
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April 1, 2008 at 9:02 am #2551636
No..not that cereal :)
by shellbot · about 16 years ago
In reply to The MALE perspective on child birth
thats only got caffeine, no testicles!!!!!
🙂
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April 1, 2008 at 9:41 am #2551610
must be this one then
by w2ktechman · about 16 years ago
In reply to The MALE perspective on child birth
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April 1, 2008 at 11:05 am #2551586
Wrong holiday, ladies
by rfink · about 16 years ago
In reply to The MALE perspective on child birth
Shouldn’t all this talk about birthing babies be saved for Labor Day?? 🙂
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April 1, 2008 at 10:31 am #2551596
I only have one
by ganyssa · about 16 years ago
In reply to same, ditto, likewise….
but I only went the first 15 hours without drugs. After that, I was all for chemical enhancement. It didn’t really improve the next 21 all that much. Thirty-six hours is too long to do anything, even things that feel good.
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April 1, 2008 at 11:48 am #2551576
36 hours?
by jaqui · about 16 years ago
In reply to I only have one
no wonder my mom liked me.
she went into labour at noon, or was it 2 pm .. ., and I was born at 7 pm, the same day.
and I’ve been a night person ever since 😀
~muttering~
mom telling stories about me sleeping in my crib, until they turn the lights off, then I would wake up and play, in the dark, happy.. turn the lights on and I would fall asleep.
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April 2, 2008 at 1:56 am #2552097
OMG
by shellbot · about 15 years, 12 months ago
In reply to I only have one
I would have died…
Thankfully, I was lucky… my lower back started hurting really bad at about 12 midnight or so..so went for a hot bath… felt fine while in the bath..kept topping up the hot water..got out at about 1 am..once i was out of the water actually hit the floor with pain..couldn’t hardly walk.
Had her at 3.58 am..so if i count from the sore back, thats 4 hours labour…thank god…..
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April 2, 2008 at 8:19 am #2551973
It was not
by ganyssa · about 15 years, 12 months ago
In reply to I only have one
my best three days. My blood pressure crashed and they kept asking me stupid questions.
Now I have a six-year-old who’s always late. She’s cute, though.
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April 1, 2008 at 8:48 am #2551653
Ditto
by shellbot · about 16 years ago
In reply to mrs loc gave birth without any drugs…
And I too only have 1..
Ah I recall it so vividly..my cute little desicion to “go natural” when I found out i was preggers..
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April 1, 2008 at 9:59 am #2551602
Mrs Loc has a very high pain threshold.
by locrian_lyric · about 16 years ago
In reply to Ditto
They gave her a drug to speed up labor, and she had literally no down time from the contractions.
She popped our daughter out in about 6 hours.
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April 2, 2008 at 2:02 am #2552096
me…
by shellbot · about 15 years, 12 months ago
In reply to Mrs Loc has a very high pain threshold.
i’ve NO pain threshold
i freely admit i am a big baby…everything hurts..
so having a baby was “way out of the universe” pain for me..thankfully all compacted into 4 hours though..
I didn’t have break form contractions either, just wave after wave..i thought it was gonna be like it was on tv..with people timing it an all..nope..just 3 hours of non stop pain*shudder*..
Getting a new baby kitten is much less painless..we’ve two cats..maybe get another in a couple years..we’ll see how it goes 🙂
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April 1, 2008 at 8:22 am #2551670
spoken like a ….
by gadgetgirl · about 16 years ago
In reply to Just tell her to not be such a sissy
true DEAD MAN.
Mae – throw that shovel.
Hard.
I’ll follow it with the hammer, so he gets at least two clues to the meaning of life today….
GG
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April 2, 2008 at 5:21 am #2552053
I just don’t understand
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 12 months ago
In reply to spoken like a ….
why you chicks are so uptight? 😀
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April 1, 2008 at 6:55 am #2551739
Sure..
by maecuff · about 16 years ago
In reply to so what your saying is…
you could do that. I wouldn’t recommend that particular course of action, but, it is an option.
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April 1, 2008 at 9:59 am #2551601
My spouse did a similar one…..
by robo_dev · about 16 years ago
In reply to My best one (kind of?) isn’t work related
The day after I had replaced the brakes in her car, she had one of her co-workers call me while impersonating a state highway patrolman.
He indicated that there had been an accident and then put my wife on the phone….she told me that when she went to stop the car the brake pedal went to the floor and that she had totalled a state trooper patrol car.
She let me go ape___ for about a minute and then said…April Fool!
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April 1, 2008 at 6:38 am #2551758
Best prank at college
by rfink · about 16 years ago
In reply to Your best April’s Fools Day pranks at work?
My roommate’s calculator died and he bought a brand new shiny HP41C. While reading the user’s manual I discovered you could program it to turn itself off. While he was in class I programmed the “on” key to turn it off. He came back from class when to use his calculator and it “died”. Everytime he went to turn it on, it died. He assumed a bad battery so he plugged it in. No luck. He returned it to the store. Next day same thing. He returned that one too. Repeat three more times. After the fifth time, he threw the calculator into his pillow and cussed up a storm. When we were in the cafe eating, I confussed. First he was really angry, then laughter and he did get revenge.
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April 1, 2008 at 8:15 am #2551678
Well, if you ordered soon enough
by w2ktechman · about 16 years ago
In reply to Your best April’s Fools Day pranks at work?
you could have given someone this
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/pteq.html?cpg=70H
or
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/superpiipii.html?cpg=70Hand for some, this WOULD be appropriate
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/personalsoundtrack.html?cpg=70H
Ok, Ok, for those office police — http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/zapcam.shtml?cpg=70H — just think of all of the reruns to enjoy for years afterwards!
And finally, just in time to wake me up in the morning. Someone finally learned how to make a good breakfast cereal
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April 1, 2008 at 8:51 am #2551650
well, I really shouldn’t bring it up
by jaqui · about 16 years ago
In reply to Your best April’s Fools Day pranks at work?
but the poor girl working her first shift did get caught with a prank, really, really badly.
and it wasn’t actually april fools day.
While working in a fast foods joint, this new employee asked me what she should do next. I said we need a pickle count.
an hour later someone else asked me where she was, and I had no idea. I went into the walk in refrigerator to get some food supplies,, saw her sitting on a 5 gallon bucket, counting the sliced pickles from one bucket into another.
I got the supplies needed, walked out, closed the door again and went back to the service line before I started laughing.
when asked what was so funny, I choked out “pickle count”
the manager on duty went and got the poor girl from the walk-in.
[ after the girl finished her shift the manager just about pissed herself laughing ]edit to add:
I was just joking around with the pickle count, I never expected her to actually count a single one.
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April 1, 2008 at 8:53 am #2551647
well at least she was only
by w2ktechman · about 16 years ago
In reply to well, I really shouldn’t bring it up
counting the pickles and not trying to see how many would fit :0
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April 1, 2008 at 8:59 am #2551640
but
by jaqui · about 16 years ago
In reply to well at least she was only
5 gallon buckets of sliced pickles?
in the walk in fridge?
😀
I still get a chuckle thinking about it.
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April 1, 2008 at 9:07 am #2551628
or, maybe
by jaqui · about 16 years ago
In reply to well, I really shouldn’t bring it up
I shouldn’t mention the evening I was a bit out of it, with pneumonia and a fever of 104, and really got someone with a one line comment.
this poor girl was over visiting my younger sister and we were passing each other in the doorway into the kitchen.
dad is sitting around the table with Gary and Tom Coleman and Barry Bohn, the three of them used to be members of the scout troop my dad lead. [ first co-ed scout troop in Canada it was ]
The girl and I stopped, facing each other in the doorway, her sweater was covering up the print on her t-shirt, I lifted the sweater, and read it out loud:Universal Studios, huh, what’s the other one called.
completely deadpan.
then dropped the sweater and walked away.the gales of laughter from the kitchen caught my attention and everyone in called me back in, they congratulated me on a perfect delivery.
this poor girl.. was going to church 6 days a week before that, it was 7 days a week afterwards.
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April 1, 2008 at 9:03 am #2551635
Something for the women folks…..
by jdclyde · about 16 years ago
In reply to Your best April’s Fools Day pranks at work?
1. Men are like .. Laxatives … They irritate the crap out of you.
2. Men are like. Bananas The older they get, the less firm they are.
3. Men are like Weather Nothing can be done to change them.
4. Men are like ..Blenders .. You need One, but you’re not quite sure why.
5. Men are like ….Chocolate Bars …. Sweet, smooth, & they usually head right for your hips.
6. Men are like ….Commercials …… You can’t believe a word they say.
7. Men are like …Department Stores … Their clothes are always 1/2 off!
8. Men are like …… Government Bonds … They take soooooooo long to mature.
9. Men are like … Mascara ..They usually run at the first sign of emotion.
10. Men are like ..Popcorn .. They satisfy you, but only for a little while.
11. Men are like ..Snowstorms .. You never know when they’re coming, how many inches you’ll get or how long it will last.
12. Men are like …….Lava Lamps … Fun to look at, but not very bright.
13. Men are like ..Parking Spots .. All the good ones are taken, the rest are handicapped.
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April 1, 2008 at 9:03 am #2551633
My best one.
by locrian_lyric · about 16 years ago
In reply to Your best April’s Fools Day pranks at work?
I worked in a signmaking shop for the county. Our new building was still under construction, so most of our stock was in storage.
I asked one of the guys to get me a non-existant item in storage… now, this guy was known for putting in only a half-a$$ed effort, so I figured he’d be back in ten minutes.
About an hour and a half later, he walks in, covered in dirt and dust from head to toe and tells me he dug through the whole area….
ooops…
um, april fool?
he wasn’t happy….
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April 2, 2008 at 8:40 am #2551958
Had My Boss…
by blackdiamond · about 15 years, 12 months ago
In reply to Your best April’s Fools Day pranks at work?
Hey,
Had the boss send out an email telling everyone I had turned in my notice and was leaving for greener pastures.
Responses were varied. Someone got sick to their stomach, someone else said she almost started to cry and then she whacked me really hard when she found out it was a joke, she’s my best friend so I did not mind the whack.
Couple of congrats, someone who was gone came over today and said they were shocked.
I think some people still have no idea it was a joke, even though they could have scrolled down about 400 lines in the email and it pretty much said it was a joke.
Read the entire email people. 🙂
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April 2, 2008 at 8:45 am #2551954
Not really
by wesley.chin · about 15 years, 12 months ago
In reply to Your best April’s Fools Day pranks at work?
Here there was not much that happened on April 1. But I did send a officewide email warning about the Storm worm that was being passed along in a April Fool’s themed email. I had heard about on PcWorld. At least one person took the email to be a April Fools joke, or so the person said….
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April 3, 2008 at 7:12 am #2556310
My worst
by locolobo · about 15 years, 12 months ago
In reply to Your best April’s Fools Day pranks at work?
Actually the joke was on me. We have several people here who do the puzzles everyday, crossword, jumble, scrabble and sudoku out of the paper. So each morning someone makes copies for them so others can read the important section of the paper.
A few years ago on April 1st I made up my own versions of the scrabble and jumble trying to be clever. I tried to make a crossword but it proved to be harder than I thought. Long story short, we had a busy day that day and nobody had time to look at the puzzles. 🙁
Que Sera!
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April 1, 2010 at 12:39 am #2830388
what’s wrong with the mouse?
by spatial · about 14 years ago
In reply to Your best April’s Fools Day pranks at work?
For a prank that is elegant, invisible, causes no damage other than to pride:
place a small sticky note on the base of an optical mouse.Funny-once type of joke.
And be near so that the preankees frustration doesn’t get too high
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