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- Common pranks include gluing coins on a sidewalk in a crowded place to watch people try to pick them up or short sheeting beds
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Celebrated annually on April 1st, April Fools' Day is marked by the playing of jokes or pranks. While the exact origins of the day remain unclear, the most common historical interpretation dates back to 16th century France.
Pranks may include false warnings, odd news or sending someone on an impossible errand.MB: Behind the Pranks (March 31, 2009)
Popular High-Tech Pranks
- Pigeon-Powered InternetABC News: High-Tech Hijinks: Top 7 Web and PC Pranks (March 30, 2009)
- The Google Soulmate SearchABC News: High-Tech Hijinks: Top 7 Web and PC Pranks (March 30, 2009)
- Phone PhreakingABC News: High-Tech Hijinks: Top 7 Web and PC Pranks (March 30, 2009)
- Rick RollingABC News: High-Tech Hijinks: Top 7 Web and PC Pranks (March 30, 2009)
- Web-Based Time MachineABC News: High-Tech Hijinks: Top 7 Web and PC Pranks (March 30, 2009)>
- SmellovisionABC News: High-Tech Hijinks: Top 7 Web and PC Pranks (March 30, 2009)
- Telepathic E-MailABC News: High-Tech Hijinks: Top 7 Web and PC Pranks (March 30, 2009)
- Stick a piece of tape underneath the rollerball on a computer mouse so that it will not moveABC News: High-Tech Hijinks: Top 7 Web and PC Pranks (March 30, 2009)
- Go into a computer's Control Panel and change the mouse speed so that the cursor will move either very slowly or very quickly across the screenABC News: High-Tech Hijinks: Top 7 Web and PC Pranks (March 30, 2009)
- Change the homepage settings by accessing Internet Options in Control Panel, change the homepage by entering a new and amusing website addressABC News: High-Tech Hijinks: Top 7 Web and PC Pranks (March 30, 2009)
Spaghetti Tree
- In 1957, the BBC televised a program about a community in Switzerland that was harvesting spaghetti from trees. Reportedly, quite a few people were fooled by the show and contacted the BBC to find out how to grow their own spaghetti trees. The hoax was filmed on location in St. Albans.MB: Behind the Pranks (March 31, 2009)
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April Fools Day Pranks Questions
What do you think will be Googles April Fools Prank in 2009? 3 AnswersOne is the Google Brain Scanner (morning), that indexes waves of your brains to search about what you think righ now. But, now the prank is evolving about CADIE... read more
What is your favorite April Fools Day prank? 6 AnswersGet a small alarm clock and set it for 3:00 a.m. Sneak under his bed. Once it goes off, he won't be able to find it and will drive him nuts. -----------------... read more
what is the cruelest April Fools Day Joke on Record? 2 AnswersOn a macro scale, that is hard to beat, on a micro scale... I think I heard a story second hand that might fit the bill... it went something like this: (the sto... read more
Im a sysadmin, what I.T. related April Fools prank should I pull? 8 AnswersIt depends on your work environment. Wired has an article written last year on Top 10 April Fools' Prank. I had the BlueScreen of Death screensaver (prank no 6)... read more
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