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By Gigi Saadeldin
It is no joke that April Fools’ Day is a silly holiday, but it is a holiday that should be praised.
Historians speculate April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar, which was centered around Easter, to the Gregorian calendar, the one we use today. The people who failed to recognize the start of the new year had moved to January first, and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April first, became the butt of jokes and hoaxes.
April Fools’ Day is great.
Jokes and pranks are good for your health; they promote laughter, which can be extremely beneficial — it helps relieve stress and reduces strain on the heart.
Laughter is the best medicine and happiness can make almost anyone feel better.
I can agree that sometimes, people take their jokes too far. There is a very fine line between messing around and actually being mean. The joker must be cautious of how the victim might react to their prank.
There is nothing wrong with light teasing and having a little bit of fun, but it is never acceptable to intentionally hurt another person’s feelings or actually hurt them.
So, if you decide you want to participate in fooling a fool on April Fools’ Day, here are some funny, harmless, prank ideas.
Start with a classic: switch the sugar with salt and the salt with sugar, your victim might pour salt in their morning coffee or sugar on their fries (be careful not to fool yourself with this one).
Leave your prank target naked and confused: wait until your victim is in the shower, then sneak in and grab their clothes and all their towels.
Put things in jello: like a stapler.
Soy sauce and Sprite: pour sprite in a coke bottle. If you pour the right amount of soy sauce into the Sprite, it resembles Coca-Cola.
Cover the remote sensor with a piece of tape: the victim will have to get up every time they want to change the channel.
Tape an air horn to the wall behind a door: you could guess what this will do.
Wrap your victim’s car in tin foil and saran wrap.
Put a head in a jar: print an enlarged photo of your head or another person’s head, laminate it, put it in a jar, and fill the jar with water. This will give the illusion of a decapitated head in a jar of preserving fluid.
If all else fails, you would be surprised what a single gorilla suit can do.
Happy pranking!
