April Fool! - The Five-Minute Forums

stripysox · #1 04-01-2005, 02:03 PM

It's April Fools day! Just thought somone should mention that.

Anyone got a good April Fools story?
Know any good or bad online April Fools we should see?

I liked the startrek.com April Fool about the BBC re-making TOS, good picture.

So..erm.. Have a nice day!

Chancellor Valium · #2 04-01-2005, 02:45 PM

Hmmm.............which reminds me, did anyone see the key to Zuke's cell? I can't seem to find it...........

Zeke · #3 04-01-2005, 04:22 PM

He's safely locked up. But experience has shown that that doesn't keep strange things from happening at 5MV on April first....

So far, my favourite A1 gag this year is TripHammered's.

Kira · #4 04-01-2005, 06:24 PM

I pulled the best April Fool's joke ever today. So much so that I forgot to pull a prank here I didn't get around to last year.

My office is U-shaped, with desks around the room, and my friend David is always bragging that his spot, which is hidden by the open door, is the best spot in the room because nobody can tell if he's there, sleeping, or working. So last night, we switched everything in the office to the opposite side of the room, and when I got in this morning I planted my digital camera on a shelf, pointed at the door, and started the video rolling. It was unbelievably awesome because he was in confused shock for like five minutes. And even funnier, he's now the pranking target of the entire building. And still falling for everything.

evay · #5 04-01-2005, 08:53 PM

awww, thanks Zeke. 8) I had way too much fun working on it.

I actually haven't seen much of anything this year. Spamusement has a string of gag banner ads, StarTrek.com has some new and some recycled parodies, Google and Opera have gag press releases... that's about it.

Draknek · #6 04-01-2005, 11:27 PM

For my april fool, I decided to go with the plan of simultaneously annoying people and giving them something they wanted.

On the website, I created an intercept script for all the webpages, so that you have to click twice to get to any page.

I'm more pleased with what I did to the forums, though. If every post has a random avatar that changes every time you load the topic, you can't recognise the poster from the avatar, which is what most people do. Equally, if you add an extra line at the end of every post, it takes a while before your brain stops processing it as part of the message.

Kira · #7 04-02-2005, 01:00 AM

Slashdot has a boatload of hilarity, as usual. My favorite so far is the First PC Virus Spreads to Humans, but they're all good.

mudshark · #8 04-02-2005, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Kira

I pulled the best April Fool's joke ever today. So much so that I forgot to pull a prank here I didn't get around to last year.

My office is U-shaped, with desks around the room, and my friend David is always bragging that his spot, which is hidden by the open door, is the best spot in the room because nobody can tell if he's there, sleeping, or working. So last night, we switched everything in the office to the opposite side of the room, and when I got in this morning I planted my digital camera on a shelf, pointed at the door, and started the video rolling. It was unbelievably awesome because he was in confused shock for like five minutes. And even funnier, he's now the pranking target of the entire building. And still falling for everything.

:mrgreen:

Lest anyone forget that Kira is evil.

And sneaky. :twisted:

Chancellor Valium · #9 04-02-2005, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeke

He's safely locked up. But experience has shown that that doesn't keep strange things from happening at 5MV on April first....

Then why do I have a key :?:

Nan · #10 04-02-2005, 06:10 AM

That's not a key, it's a piece of lint!

Hotaru · #11 04-02-2005, 07:07 AM

It's a key to a door made of lint! And as well all know, Zuke is afraid of lint.

MaverickZer0 · #12 04-02-2005, 09:10 AM

Damn! I totally forgot April Fools. Which is weird of me, since it's my favorite holiday.

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What do you mean it's not a holiday? It should be.

As for my favorite sites, REO didn't do anything, WPP released a special torrent, and MMN has a little spoof about 'Rockman 9'.

I saw TripHammered too. Hee hee.

Chancellor Valium · #13 04-02-2005, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Nan

That's not a key, it's a piece of lint!

No, it's a piece ofo Lindt. Or it was. I've eaten it now. What? I was hungry!

Kira · #14 04-02-2005, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by mudshark

Lest anyone forget that Kira is evil.

And sneaky. :twisted:

And a dead woman. David's boss (also the father of one of my accomplices) and our director, both of whom were very impressed with our prank and its result, have now told him that he can't let us get away with that sort of thing unanswered. And they're supplying him with ideas. And he knows where we live, where we park, and where our keys usually are while we're at work.

I think I've just opened up a giant can of whoop-ass on myself.

Ginga · #15 04-02-2005, 09:33 PM

I played a prank of my forum which involved taking it offline and claiming that I'd gotten a computer virus which corrupted all my files and everything it was logged into, which included my forum.

I think they all had heart attacks.

EDIT: Yep, they did. I've already been threatened with numerous ass-kickings.

April Fools Day = <3

PointyHairedJedi · #16 04-02-2005, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kira

And a dead woman. David's boss (also the father of one of my accomplices) and our director, both of whom were very impressed with our prank and its result, have now told him that he can't let us get away with that sort of thing unanswered. And they're supplying him with ideas. And he knows where we live, where we park, and where our keys usually are while we're at work.

I think I've just opened up a giant can of whoop-ass on myself.

Quick, someone has to start following Kira around with a video camera! I'd volunteer myself but the Canadian police are already on the look out for me in three provinces.

Zeke · #17 04-03-2005, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by PointyHairedJedi

Quick, someone has to start following Kira around with a video camera!

I did catch her off guard with a camera several times once. Then I lost it. Alas, the photo of her in Kira's Season 7 uniform will never see the light of day.

Kira · #18 04-03-2005, 01:37 AM

Shee-yeah, you wish.

Anyone who knows me knows that I wield the camera. If I had a nickel for every time I've heard "Hey! You better delete that!" while out drinking, I'd be driving a BMW.

Zeke · #19 04-03-2005, 01:43 AM

Hey, the first two sentences were true. And wait -- you have a digital camera? Sweet! I'm so jealous.

mudshark · #20 04-03-2005, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Kira

And a dead woman. David's boss (also the father of one of my accomplices) and our director, both of whom were very impressed with our prank and its result, have now told him that he can't let us get away with that sort of thing unanswered. And they're supplying him with ideas. And he knows where we live, where we park, and where our keys usually are while we're at work.

I think I've just opened up a giant can of whoop-ass on myself.

Oh, I don't know. You did say that he was falling for stuff, the whole rest of the day. Even with treacherous advisers, he's still a rank amateur, and will probably be incredibly obvious about his attempts.

On the other hand, doesn't hurt to be careful, at least for the immediate future.