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April Fool's Pranks That Went Horribly Wrong
No smoke without fire(01 of05)
Quite unbelievably, a local TV station in Massachusetts managed to convince people that Great Blue Hill, in the town of Milton, was a volcano that was possibly going to erupt in 1980.
Great Blue Hill is certainly not a volcano and is not even very tall, and the segment even had a message at the end saying April Fools, but the journalists at WNAC-TV in Boston must have been delighted when residents fell for their trick anyway. Until, that is, police received many calls asking if families should evacuate. The show's producer was fired.
Great Blue Hill is certainly not a volcano and is not even very tall, and the segment even had a message at the end saying April Fools, but the journalists at WNAC-TV in Boston must have been delighted when residents fell for their trick anyway. Until, that is, police received many calls asking if families should evacuate. The show's producer was fired.
What was he thinking?(02 of05)
It wasn't your standard April Fools when American football player Bruce Irvin decided to tell fans the he was convicted for drunk driving. No-one found it funny, and the Seattle Seahawks player later said he was taking a break from Twitter because he was being trolled so much.
Costly joke(03 of05)
One 1999 prank cost its orchestrators dearly. Jokers wanting to mock the booming dot com bubble make a pretend website called WebNode, and started selling "nodes" for $100. They claimed to have raised $4 billion from the government. We don't understand what the idea was either, but bizarrely thousands of people wanted to invest in the new "nodes". They were inverstigated by the FBI and paid a huge fine after being sued by the news service Business Wire.
Double bluff(04 of05)
Hayleigh McBay went viral when she sent her boyfriend a message on WhatsApp this morning as a joke, saying, "I don't want to be with you anymore. I'm not happy." Imagine her horror when he replied, "Thank God you said it first." Luckily, it turned out in the end that it was a double bluff: he realised she was setting him up, so turned the tables on her. The pair are happily still together.
Fighting talk(05 of05)
According to The Economist, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has challenged Russian leader Vladimir Putin, to a one-off judo match to decide the future of Eastern Ukraine, where violence and uncertainty have been plaguing residents since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. We're not sure this was an appropriate joke considering there are at least 14,400 Russian soldiers in Eastern Ukraine according to US expert Stephen Blank, and more than 5,000 people have died.When reached for comment, a spokesman for Angela Merkel reportedly said: "Bring it on."
The Best 2015 April Fools Day Pranks
Everyone's watching out on April Fool's Day.(01 of16)
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How many people yelled into this door?(02 of16)
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Making people choose their food fate.(03 of16)
Now that's just wrong. (credit:Reddit)
It's not a new Krispy Kreme flavor.(04 of16)
Yeah, it's healthier, but who gives a ****, now you're depressed. (credit:Twitter)
Swapping someone's beloved food for food less beloved.(05 of16)
You're evil! (credit:Reddit)
Roll down the window, throw some glass on the ground, and you have the scene of the prank.(06 of16)
Prank level: Shattering. (credit:Reddit)
Microwaved soap looks A LOT like delicious crusty flaky bread.(07 of16)
Too much. (credit:Reddit)
Putting hole punched paper into someone's car vents and turning the fan to max.(08 of16)
You'll soon be driving a snow globe. (credit:Reddit)
Fried chicken... psych.(09 of16)
Simple. But around lunch time? Highly affective. (credit:Twitter)
Switching out family photos with less flattering ones.(10 of16)
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Mustard-filled chocolate bunny.(11 of16)
You let this cute adorable bunny do your dirty work? You make us sick. ... Seriously, this will make us physically ill. (credit:Twitter)
Pops on the underside of a toilet seat.(12 of16)
Disowned, and deservingly so. (credit:Reddit)
Post-its on the inside AND outside.(13 of16)
The lesson here is don't leave your car unlocked. (credit:Twitter)
Personalized post-it prank.(14 of16)
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Why are people so adamant about ruining donuts for everyone?!(15 of16)
Is nothing sacred?? (credit:Reddit)
Makeshift fish tank in the desk drawer.(16 of16)
Well, there are worse animals to have waiting for you in your desk. (credit:Reddit)