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I’m tempting fate by reblogging my harrumph about April Fool’s jokes I held off until April 3 last year. Somebody’s sure to sneak up on me today now. … Convince me to believe something I want to be true but isn’t … Place the best-looking counterfeit hundred down on the street in front of me …
Here’s the link to the jester photo.
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I liked it there, and I like it here! I completely agree! 🙂
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My husband and kids and I prank each other throughout the year. It comes from love. If we didn’t love you, we wouldn’t prank you. I prank my husband every April Fools Day and afterwards we have a good laugh and he pretends to try to beat me up which leads to some snuggling. I think the key is, pranks need to come from a good-hearted place. Pranking just to be an arse or to make someone feel like an arse is just bullying. And I never got the appeal of that fake-pregnancy joke either. Way to not be funny.
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I read your post yesterday and that type of fooling around is OK with me, Rachel, because everybody approves beforehand. 🙂
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I hate when Ellen spooks people on her show. You may not know about that. I stumbled upon it. Ellen has a penchant for having people sneak up on her guests and spook them. Comes off as sort of creepy to me!
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Oh, yes, Henry, I have watched ‘Ellen’ and seen her guests jump two feet in the air for the first and only time in their lives. She’ll feel awful when one of the clandestine video techs needs to rush in with defib paddles.
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I’m with you on that one Mark especially if it is hurtful and makes one look very foolish.
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Thank you, PJ. We shouldn’t be made to look dumb by others. We can do that ourselves, usually. 🙂
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Haha! I totally agree with that! I do a good job of that myself.
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I was at a board meeting today and we convinced one of our staff members to put “Out of Order” signs on all the rest room stalls in the men’s and women’s rest rooms. Then we called a ten minute recess. Hilarity ensued but not right away and not for all. Some of you women can be down right mean when your bathroom access is impeded.
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Mean, Maxwell, is what people should be when they can’t go when they need to go. And mean is what a prank like that is, my friend. Tsk tsk.
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Even though I turned the page on my calender and took the rent down to the office, it just didn’t occur to me what this date signified bro. Mark. Even my “stumble” in to the open apartment was curiosity rather than a joke. And if I’m strolling down the hall and the door is open again, I’ll stumble in again to see the progress. It makes me wish I was moving first rather than last. As far as the practical jokes? I’m the one who is always the target, and I always fall into the rabbit hole. Usually I even open the door for my brothers without giving it a thought, until I see the remark about to spill out of their mouth. Gullible is the word of the day for me. Every day, 365 days of the year.
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Eyes open, sis Angie. I hope you got through it today, no stumbling. Nobody tried anything on grumpy old me.
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I must have the most boring circle of friends…nobody ever does an April Fool’s joke. Pranks are not us, I guess!
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I don’t call that boring, Barbara. I call that smart, thoughtful, reasonable, mature … 🙂
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When we were little my mom used to do goofy ones to us. Once she yelled for me that the phone was for me, of course I didn’t even hear the phone ring, I was excited, ran to the phone to hear a dial tone. She cackled and cackled. Which made me laugh because it was SO funny. 🙂 I don’t mind that kind of silliness. 🙂
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There’s no harm to that one, MBC. By your mom, that is. 🙂
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I was so little and probably wouldn’t have even known it was a joke if she hadn’t of laughed so much. 🙂
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I’m not a big fan either. I think it’s often an excuse to be mean, and why encourage that?
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Exactly. Peope push the envelope sooooo far, Jay.
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With my class, we just talk about what the day is, tell silly jokes and promise not to do my thing that will hurt someone
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That’s a good lesson plan, Beth. Bravo.
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What??? You don’t like deception or being annoyed?? You must not have a sense of humor. 😉
I clicked on your links and I got a kick out of “mostly harmless” April Fool’s pranks. Didn’t see the amusement either. Just never understood the “fun” about this day when I was a kid or as an adult.
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Yeah, mostly is a mighty big kicker when it comes before harmless. That’s like a doctor telling you that you’re mostly cured of that wretched illness. Thanks, SOM.
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I agree – some pranks lead to tears and that’s just not cool. Some can be funny, but I’m never the one to think them up, that’s the hubby’s department.
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Once we replaced the sugar in the sugar bowl with salt and my dad spit out his coffee, but I think that’s the only prank I ever pulled. I’m not a fan of getting got, but I think I’ve learned to deal with it better over the years. Happy April Fool’s Day Mark! ❤
Diana xo
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If my daughter ever did that to me, Diana, I’d spit that coffee so far! What a shocker that must have been, you rascal. Happy April Fool’s Day to you, too, better dealer than I. 🙂
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Me neither. Like the teacher said in grade school. “Horseplay leads to tears.”
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Indeed, Benson. Smart teacher.
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