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Top 10 April Fool Pranks
I was supposed to tell more about how to advertise on this blog today but with all the buzz in my head I forgot that yesterday was April 1st, also known as April Fools' Day. There were so many new pranks this year such that a very long Wikipedia entry is already made. Some people seem to have lots-of-time-on-their-hands (LOTOTH). Well, at least I can do a compilation of the most hilarious stuff out there for your enjoyment.. keeping the best stuff last!Apple Computer was founded on April 1st, 1976. The Museum of Hoaxes tells us more about the history of this notable day and compiled a list of the best and the worst offline April Fools' hoaxes of all time according to their notoriety, absurdity and the number of people fooled. Whether you like it or not, this tradition is also widely celebrated on the Internet. There is an ever growing list of websites (currently 609) that tried to fool us yesterday on Urgo. Even Bloggers like The Tutor, Tyler Cruz, Matt Cutts, John Chow and David Wilkinson have all played their part. However, the most creative pranks came from the major dot com names and are a must see!
Top 10 April Fool Pranks 2007. I will start with Google because I'm assuming it was already seen by the majority, if not all, of Internet users (skip to number 8 if you have seen them already). Google adopted a light-hearted approach as usual (see previous pranks for 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006) but I think they were a bit more creative this year with Gmail Paper and Google TiSP.
10. Gmail Paper, a free printing service for any and all Gmail messages. MP3 and WAV files will not be printed.
9. Google TiSP, free in-home wireless broadband via fiber-optic cable strung through your local municipal sewage lines.
8. 404 Page. The Geek House surprised its users by giving a 404 error page but with a twist. The browsers miracelously swapped: you get IE's 404 page in Firefox, and vice versa.
7. Tattoo Your Toddler is "the world's first tattoo studio designed specifically for kids." A complete website created just for yesterday. However, from the comments left on the post, this seems to have caught quite a few people off-guard.
6. NASA posted a picture of the "First Space Quidditch Match" on their Astronomy Picture of the Day website. For those who don't read the books of J.K. Rowling, Quidditch is a fictitious wizarding sport played on broomsticks.
5. Tin-foil hat. Blizzard announced a new "Tinfoil Hat" schematic that would be available to World of Warcraft players in-game. It provides the wearer with added protection against mind control and other befuddlements.
4. New gadgets. Internet retailer Iwoot.com advertised several "high-tech" products, such as wireless "Ear" Phones, a RoboGirlfriend, "Memory Stick" and a Blue Tooth Brush.
3. Random Crap. Another Internet retailer Woot.com offered its most popular item, Random Crap, for sale at one million one dollars. "Even though the quantity for this sale is limited to one, you'll still get three craps."
2. ThinkGeek's frontpage featured many fake items for sale, such as an 8-bit tie, a Wii remote helmet, and "inhalable caffine stixs" amongst other items. The page also features an iPhone which they state as they are now shipping. However, what was originally intended as a joke quickly turned into reality as people sent them thousands of e-mails asking for it. The tie is now going into production!
1. Stupidity. OK. Now this following video is a joke right? I mean, I'm sure most Americans know about digital maps!?
Mr. T says, "I pity the fool, who (your comment here)"
81 thoughts:
From the video: "Believe me, I don't know the answer to this question, but I'm thinking"
OMG. How stupid is that? Just ask for the answer if you don't know!
I agree.. Not knowing is not a shame, not learning is
I wasn't online all day yesterday so I missed out on all the April Fool-ness.
The Woot was great. It didn't sell out in like 15-20 seconds this time. There was a catch where you had to actually click the bag and it would give you a clue to what to do next.
The potential buyer then could buy it for $1.
Those are pretty funny. Yesterday was an interesting day in the internet world.
Thanks for this great collection. The
tie takes the cake!
...as sad as it may sound, I don't think that video is a joke. There are people that stupid in this country.
I could have answered most of those questions and guessed on a few. It amazes me how little the people who live here actually know about the world or even their own country. I mean really...three world wars? That guy was on something.
The part that got me was the map thing. How does someone look at the map and see Iran where Australia is and not go "that ain't riiiight..."
Either our education system has slipped dramatically in the last ten years or people are just getting dumber...*shivers*
the last vieo was not an april fools joke. it was made a while back on chasers war on everything. it was made before 2007 and not in april
pretty funny, but I have to point out that I think that the video is about a year old (I know that it wasn't made for April fool's 07 anyway). None the less, very entertaining
that video at the end was pretty sad... i hope there were people that got some of the answers right and the video just selected the most ridiculous responses...
"I could have answered most of those questions and guessed on a few"; "Just ask for the answer if you don't know!"; Are you telling me that even the snickering, "educated" American commentators that you are do not actually know all the answers?!? By god is your country in trouble... Don't blame the education system, most of those answers you can know by watching the news for more than 15 seconds a month...
Guys, this video is from a show called CNNNN, a parody of CNN. This video is real, from real Americans, interviewed by a member of The Chaser (an Aussie. Go Australia! I'm from there). I can't believe how fn stupid some of those people were. How can you send your armies to war when your people don't know frick all about what your fighting.
There are also a lot of Homicidal Americans that just want to kill and destroy everything not American.
Funny and Scary. Digg Up.
yes... the chaser mob. every so often this gets dug up. This aint a prank... this is the sad truth!
good ol aussie poo-stirrers!
well i'm sure you could do the SAME EXACT video in any country, there are stupid people everywhere.
The toddler tattoo prank has actually been done before - a few years ago under the guise of a site called Baby Ink.
I first saw this video a few years ago and refused to believe that Americans were that stupid. I assumed that they must have asked a large sample of people those questions and then shown a small proportion of the responses. Unfortunately when I went to work in America I quickly came to the realization that the vast majority of Americans are xenophobic and have an understanding of the world on par with that of a five year old child.
There are some intelligent ones, but they are few and far between.
Yesterday I commented to myself that it would be ironic if some of the items listed at ThinkGeek actually had a sudden demand and sent them into production. Oh a laugh.
That video was just sad.
Just because you go and interview stupid people on the streets doesn't mean Americans are stupid. I am sure if you went to Australia or the UK and looked for stupid people you would find just as many.
The video clip from CNNNN is about 2 to 4 years old now. Why is this in the top 10 April fool jokes of this year?
Google TiSP caught me off guard yesterday morning. lol I didn't want to sign up for it, because I didn't want them testing my feces as a new form of adware. lol Anyways, Now I need to defend my nation! Pffft Stupid vid above....Jay Leno airs vids like the one above on the Tonight Show every week. That video could just as easily be shot in OZ, or the UK, or any country. On that note America needs to wake up to the dangers of media control and encapsulation. LONG LIVE AMERICA! :-p Long live OZ and the UK too! Have a nice Easter if you celebrate it!
The CNNN clip actually originated with Rick Mercer's "Talking to Americans" segments for CBC in Canada. Check it out here: http://home.comcast.net/~wwwstephen/americans/
yes its true, there are stupid people in the world! its hard to believe I know but youtube.com is living proof of it, along with many other sites! but its hard to believe that they didn't interview at lest one intelligent person! heck I'm only 15 and I knew the answers to most of the questions but then again unlike most teens I have an interest in physics and chemistry and math but I just want every one to know there are intelligent people in America despite what the media tells us, true we may be harder to find then trailer trash and hippies but all you have to do is look for us! were usually wearing suits and ties and driving nice cars and are controlling the world!
The CNNN clip is depressing.
Although, one of his questions was misleading. When he asked where KFC was from, the answer isn't technically Kentucky. While Sanders did invent the recipe in Kentucky during the Great Depression, the first KFC store was actually located in Utah.
Just thought I would throw that out there.
(RE #1)
Rick Mercer used to this kind of stuff for This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and eventually did a whole one hour special on it. He always picked on their ignorance of Canada. However, they never seemed this dumb.
WISEBREAD.COM suckered thousands of readers with a story about the US Mint offering 2 for 1 on the new $1 coins. Check it out here.
http://www.wisebread.com/us-mint-offers-2-for-1-on-new-1-coins-double-your-money
Here's what I did:
http://www.arrogantics.com/2007/04/01/kiefer-sutherland-to-appear-in-prison-break-as-jack-bauer/
It's not that great, but it's something, right?
I would really like to see that video posted on Times Square, and titled, "A Mirror on America!"
What country starts with a "U?"
A-A-A-h-h-h!!!
Oh, jesus. Part of that was in San Antonio, where I come from :( I swear we're not all that dumb.
I was fooled by the Google TiSP too! I love their jokes, the make it seem to real at first view...
yes its true, there are stupid people in the world! its hard to believe I know but youtube.com is living proof of it, along with many other sites! but its hard to believe that they didn't interview at lest one intelligent person! heck I'm only 15 and I knew the answers to most of the questions but then again unlike most teens I have an interest in physics and chemistry and math but I just want every one to know there are intelligent people in America despite what the media tells us, true we may be harder to find then trailer trash and hippies but all you have to do is look for us! were usually wearing suits and ties and driving nice cars and are controlling the world!
You may have an interest in physics, chemistry and math but to get anywhere in life you need to hone in on your grammar, spelling and writing skills as well. May seem boring but to be taken seriously you have to write well to be accepted as credible. Not meant as a bash, but at your age you should at least have some skills in that area and if you don't, start learning. You will find out soon enough why. It's important.
The video is from CNNNN an Australian satire program that was screened a few years ago. The series also did a number of other great segments in America which were hilarious. You can find more on YouTube. Just search for Chaser
I'm still hoping that somebody will actually make the iCopulate.
a lot of that last video taken mostly around venice beach here in california, and just about everyone that was filmed was a homeless bum on all kinds of drugs... it looks like this guy went around to the busiest places and just picked the most fucked up looking people and had them try to answer serious questions...
Find the biggest bums and fat idiots you can find in America, only show the worst answers from the stupidest people and voila you have one stupid looking country.
That Video is one reason (among many) why we left the US and moved to Canada. At least they didn't dismantle the Public School system here.
Thank you for making me feel smart.
If you haven't seen Idiocracy yet I suggest you do cause if there was ever a movie that predicted things to come, it's this movie.
So with that being said, Smart people.. start breeding like rabbits cause the idiots are taking over and we're all going to hell!
this video is ova a year old i remember seeing parts of it like june last year
i got video that has some parts on it to prove it 2
That video is hilarious!
http://www.bloggingwv.com
The video helps explains to those of us not living in a country beginning with U how someone like Bush gets elected.
"We'll make a giant fuckin' glass crater out of the Middle East for all I care."
--The Most Awesome Guy Ever
To all of you saying that this could be done in the UK:
All other points aside, I am pretty confident that everyone here knows the difference between Australia and North Korea. As much as we joke about 'stupid yanks' over here, I must say I feel for you guys after seeing that.
KFC was first in Utah--that is a trick question...
Aussie thinks he's so smart, but they misspelled "Mississippi"(around where there is 1:54 left in the video
That video makes me legitimately embarassed to be an American. No wonder it's a bunch of idiots who are running our country. They're still smarter than the average citizen.
Welcome to my nightmare, I live amongst these people.
Sweet zombie Jesus! I can't believe how uneducated (some) Americans are. I bet many aren't even able to find their own country on blind map.
Great going Republicans! Keep spending money on your war machine in stead of improving the educational system!
Oh that Video is old..
Had nothing to do with April foolness!
Although the States have some of the best colleges in the world, general education isnt very good.
One of the reasons may be that they take "american history" more important than "world history".
Same thing with geographics...
I still like america although their foreign policy and bush suck....
obviously there was some editing in there to make it seem a little bit more ridiculous a la Borat, however there are some pretty stupid people in America
Many people consider the Cold War to be World War III. So asking an older person who lived through it and getting that response shouldn't be very surprising.
As others said, you can get stupid responses in any country if ask enough people.
Yep, God knows that America is the only country with stupid people. [/sarcasm]
I'm sure most of you people loved jacking off to that last video. Not seeing the entire picture is what will end this world.
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/17/talking_to_americans.html
Rick Mercer has been doing this for years in Canada.
One of the border stations (from Detroit I think) went to Toronto to try for a reverse "revenge" segment but couldn't find anyone who fell for the jokes and canceled the segment.
Honestly, I feel bad for you...that's disgraceful.
as far as that video is concerned, correct me if i'm wrong but did they label the Australia as Iran??? dont get me wrong the people in that video are still stupid for not knowing its AUS but still, kinda misleading.
HA HA HA HA HA HA those people are so dumb, if people like that just died one day i would not miss them. i am so glad i live in the UK where we still have a half good education system.
Is this really a joke? I am gonna think about it.
In fact: it did not sound like a joke to me and ignorance makes me sad.
In fact: it did not sound like a joke to me and ignorance makes me sad. With all the money and power the US have, the Education should be better.
The Goggle one was great!!!
Those are sooo funny thanks for the laugh:)
Maria
hilarious site! will be bookmarking it!
sexdriveplus.com
LOL, I noticed the google one.... thanks for letting me know about the rest :P
The one w/ google paper made a friend of mine very enthusiast :))
Hello.
Why in the Sam's Hill can't I comment on your new post?
Happy Wednesday,
Paula
"HA HA HA HA HA HA those people are so dumb, if people like that just died one day i would not miss them. i am so glad i live in the UK where we still have a half good education system."
your 'half good education system' seems to be working wonders.
I'd have to disagree with those saying its a bunch of bums and teenagers... there were lots of well off, clean dressed looking people and most if not all of them were adults. I only remember seeing 2 bums in the whole video of about 30-40 people.
ROFL at the video. :D
maybe they should surf more wikipedia not myspace. ha ha ha.
A few people mentioned that last video was old.. I didn't know, but hey..LOL that could be me my prank! =)
Haha, thats not a joke. Americans are really like that!
I think the common American is really ignorant about the rest of the world. Probably Americans do not need to know about other countries to migrate/move and so the general ignorance. It's the way this country's media projects the other countries to the common mass is how the people will know things.
But most Americans are over-confident about what they know! :)
If you liked number one, you should check out Boing Boing They did a post on Talking to Americans a popular show here in Canada.
Sorry, I guess those links are dead now. But you can search it in YouTube. Talking To Americans.
About the video:
Almost unbelievable
Re video: Sad, but lamentably true, at least of SOME of us. However, I take issue with the notion of the "public schools failing"; they are doing exactly what they were designed to do.
That is, turn out ignorant fools who do not think for themselves, who imagine that a "high school or college diploma is what it takes", who are slaves to their appetites, and who can be manipulated to think/vote/believe/do whatever those in the media and government would have them to do.
Long live home schooling!
Happy orkut april fool scraps
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This is funny and sad at the same time...
As an American I'm a little ashamed...I really hope this was a prank! Though you can't be too sure these days I guess.
gosh this site is not the best!
Where are the pranks and secret stuff to do i have been on at least 15 sites finding the same pranks every time!! Oh well there is nothing i can change
~Somebodi
i'm sure you could do that in a lot of other countries...i guess america is just assumed to know everything about everywhere else, pisses me off. im sure they asked a lot of other people who got the answers right, they just didn't play those as that would not be a show about making fun of america. With that said, the people in that video are pretty retarded
wow i knew all of the answers to those questions without thinking with mabye the exeption of one or two. the funny thing is im 14. truly sad america. they dont even know what ketter their country starts with.
You should check out this blog post, it has a lot of great prank ideas.
http://yovia.com/blogs/mind2it/2009/12/17/funny-college-pranks/
I want to quote your post in my blog. It can?
And you et an account on Twitter?
Yes, as long as you provide a link from where you quote the content.
My twitter is http://twitter.com/ilkeryoldas
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