I enjoy a good joke & there were some good ones out there. I don't find the I'm pregnant, just joking one funny & don't understand why people do it.

The best one was played on a teacher when I was in School...it was a tall Victorian Age School in the UK..this classroom was at the top of the building..had access to this long long fire escape at the back..we took all the tables and chairs out of the classroom and stacked them all the way down the fire escape..I'd like to take credit for this one..but I honestly cannot remember whose idea it was...then we raced out the classroom and queued up outside waiting for the teacher to arrive (which was normal then)...when he arrived he greeted us all and strode into his classroom...his expression was priceless...he yelled at us and wanted to know where the furniture was...nobody likes a grass..and it would never occur to any of us to let someone down...we would all spent a week in detention (and did a few times) rather than tell the buggers anything!.. and it went far better than we expected...nobody could find the furniture...nobody...and they searched and searched....it was a caretaker or cleaner who spotted it all out there on the fire escape the next day.... Edited 02-Apr-24 23:04pm

Small pranks are fun and should be encouraged

Small harmles pranks on family dont hurt (like the no school today ), but if you dont know how a person is feeling, some pranks can tip them over tbe edge....like...i hear you have been fired..etc

Couldn't care less.

Don't partake anymore.

It is mentioned in One of the stories of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer back in 1387-1400 but he didn't invent the day either. Back in the day in England criminals used to forego punishment that day. It later changed to harmless or lighthearted fun, but like everything...some go to extremes. The Flight centre company caught me out today with an email for "Adult Free Holidays for Kids" Hahaha (I was thinking it was something do with kids club as some resorts have. So I went to view deals and it was April Fool's :-)

My friends birthday today and she hates it with a passion. Got picked on at school because of it and tells nobody

When I was little our dad always left for work before we got up and one April 1 he left a note on the table saying due to all the snow school was canceled . We started to get ready to play outside. Then mom turned the note over and told us April fools got us and to get ready for school

Greatest April fools joke ever...31march.-april big floods washed many parts of our town away

I have never paid much attention to April Fools Day but 49 years ago today one of my sons was born, so it's now a special day. He is so very happy to have been born on April Fools Day and says you can't call anyone a fool unless they were born on April Fools Day. I'm sure he knows all about the day and I'll have to ask him the next time I see him. He used to wear one of those Joker type hats, I wonder if he still has it.

Yeh April fool I'm back at work tomorrow

Both actually - amongst our family it’s just a bit of light fun but we don’t really play a joke on anybody else as sometimes these days things can go a bit too far.

This is the start of the new wave where you are now getting scammed

I don't hae a sense of humour for that sort of thing

scammers

When I was 17 my father passed away from cancer on April 1st. I haven't enjoyed any of the April Fools pranks since then as it is a sad day for me.

Yes as a child I was told that there was snow & I believed & want to the widow to see & there was NO snow. Have been playing April's Fool's day on my wife. Today she was aware so did not play it on her Good fun generally☺

No I have not got that type of humour to me it's stupid

The older you get the more you’re busy and you tend forget about these things as there are far more important things in life

A bit of fun, both playing the jokes and being caught out. Young and old.

It is a bit of fun and the young really seem to enjoy it.

A radio announcer in our local area said one year on air the concord jet was making an emergency landing at our local airport so my plane crazy stepdad jumped on is little postie motor bike and raced out to see! Boy did he feel silly when he realised it was a joke

People just want to take the fun out of things..what does it matter is an innocent joke or small prank is played on you..... just laugh it off on the day..when /i worked it was fun to learn about the reasons and history of all sorts of days..created quite a discussion.

I dont play jokes on people its not nice

Did you know that virtually every day of the year is a "designated celebration day" for something? For example, August 1st is National Pinball Day. I LOVE pinball but don't expect anyone else to celebrate it unless they want to.

It can be quite harmful when people take it too far. Rather foolish thing to celebrate. Time to grow up peeps.

April fools!

I hate April Fools Day as the jokes can get quite offensive, especially if you're someone who cannot have kids and people are going around joking that they are pregnant

Oh yes, when I was a child but realized it immediately, so the joker was the loser.

My birthday and I have never been the victim of a prank or even excessively teased, so am perfectly happy. Had a great day with my children and grandchildren - very enjoyable.

I think it's antiquated and unnecessary, one day a year like valentines day is totally irrelevant. You can joke and play pranks any day of the year just as you can show love to friends, family and pets at anytime you like. And for that reason April fools is the joke.

I don't participate, I do think it's a bit childish.

I sometimes do pranks, and I love seeing the pranks in the media.

Neither, it's just not done so much these days as people have lost seeing the funny side of things which is sad. Yes people can over react or take things too far. There is a fine line of being funny or being hurtful and for me I wouldn't want to take the risk (especially these days were we need to be so politically correct it actually. hurts.)

not a player nor receiver of a foolish prank.

No not really

"A pinch and a punch the first of the month", my brother loved to tease his 3 older sisters, he was very gentle!!

Both as a younger person nothing recentEdited 01-Apr-24 12:14pm

I worked at a place where they took the jokes too far and it wasn't funny. Got me really upset then they told me I overreacted. Some things you don't joke about.

I miss my youngest playing a little prank. On April the 1st When he was little many years ago. Now he has grownup he has stopped it. Such a shame😀 😅

There seems to be far more one-upmanship than real fun in the selection of tricks. The "tricks" seem to turn nastier and nastier as the years go by. I don't participate any more.

I've been on both sides. Now that I am older, l don't do it as much. But when I do, it's always harmless fun for a bit of a laugh. I'm all in for laughter anytime!

I was always ready to not get pranked , but it didn't work every time. I find those are good times.

In my younger days, I was on both ends of the pranks. As I grew older, it seemed to be rather silly. With my sense of humor, I don't need a special day to display my humor. I do it every day without making a fool of someone in the process. Usually, it's me on the bad end of the stick so to speak!

I've pranked a few times

No I haven't

always be prepared

I saw one earlier that I hope can be proved that's all it is as it's" bad mouthing" (even with photos) some well known bakeries which will not take kindly to, One is technically a family owned business.

There are various theories for the origin of April Fools Day (French, Roman, etc.), but nobody really knows. Like many other celebration days, it's likely a mixture of many things.

dont like it

Can’t remember

Too many seem to do something unkind as an April Fools joke. Long ago my family decided "no more".

does a fat dog fart in the high grass in summertime??

Yes and yes. :)

I think the Spaghetti Tree was one of the best.

no time for it not funny if you hurt some one

april fools day never cared for it.

I love you all ................................... April Fool.

making fools of others, some find funny, we didnt waste our time, we had fun everyday,and didnt need to make fools of others to get a laugh. The day started apparently when the calendar changed to year starting 1 january not 1 april. in france

We shouldn't need one day a year to remind us not to take life too seriously. Any day is good for a laugh .

A very nice day

It started because traditionally April 1st was the first day of the year and people celebrated it a such and when extra months were added (which made January the first month of the year) the people who still celebrated the new year on April 1 were considered "fools" hence the commencement of the April Fool's Day tradition.

My Uncle David had his birthday on April Fool’s Day. My friend’s son has his birthday today. I do not recall having been the victim of someone’s prank on April Fool’s Day.

I don't celebrate April Fools Day.

Not that I can recall!?! ;-? I can understand May Day, but I'll have to do some research to see where April Fool's Day came from, how it started.

My son was targeted this morning. Filled his car with balloons, put vaseline under the handles, bubble wrap under his car mats. He has such a vivid vocabulary! And finally, I received a call from him at work asking what have you done to my car! It's making a weird noise! I said check under the front bumper! He found the harmonica I attached to the underside! 🤣

I used the “I’m pregnant” joke but that got old.

Yes I have played tricks on people but I have also been the victim of someone playing tricks on me and I love it its fun but its all just jokes nothing real or sad

Like the song says ..." änything goes" ... just go with the flow and be folled or foolish if you wan to!!

THE REASON WHY THE TRADITION EXISTS IS WELL KNOWN - BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE HOW STUPID IT IS. I DON'T LOWER MYSELF TO THE LEVEL OF THESE IDIOTS.

I always forget which makes me the perfect prey for someone else to catch me

Supposedly a day set aside to play harmless jokes on someone, and as long as they are harmless, a bit of fun never hurt anyone. I just got a hole in one at mini golf, that is no joke… yeah

The best prank I did was sticky noted my mums entire car *she had a small one* and whipped creamed april fools on her windscreen. The other one was when I had a car accident and I totally forgot it was april fools day and when I called my family no one believed me.

There was a radio DJ Kevin Black who had hundreds of people blocking up the roads to see the iceberg in the harbour. We don't even get snow. Nowadays the roads are jammed without any imaginery iceberg.

My father used to save the wrappers from roes chocolates then would wrap small pieces of wood in the pretty wrappers and put some in my lunch box

we should be called everyday fools

yes and yes. aw, all in fun

Dont like it, never have

1 pt

NO DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER DAY.

Why April fool and not May fool?

I don't think it's different from any other day. We shouldn't be fooling other for fun. Jokes could be serious and harming someone. Therefore, NO April Fool for me.

That Canadian Budget Year begins on April 1st, has always struck me as singularly wry, if unintentionally humorous.

I once knew someone, who, his girlfriend sweetheart from years before refused to marry him, so he got married to her relative on April 1. Still not sure who the biggest joke was on, she cheated on him. LOL. Edited 01-Apr-24 06:43am

My dog Jackie Turns 14 years old today. Happy birthday Jackie boy. We will continue to enjoy our walks together for a long time.

DON'T BELEIVE IN IT

I have never experienced an April fools day prank, so can not comment.

The worst thing ever pulled was against my Dad. It would never enter his mind that someone - especially someone who supposedly loved him - could or would ever be so cruel. He and his girlfriend at the time had been talking their future and whether or not they should get married and move in together, selling one of their homes. They always decided no, they both liked their homes and couldn't agree on who would sell. One day this woman came to my Dad and said she's thought about it some more and she will marry him and sell her house. He was happy that they could be together and he could keep the home he'd built for his family. Once she had him totally hooked and getting excited about the prospect of this she goes, "April fool!!". He was humiliated! Shocked! Angry! This was the worst thing playing with his emotions like that. I'm not sure that I've forgiven her for it just yet because I still get angry at her for that when I think about it. Their relationship always had that scar on it and he never again asked her to marry him. They still went out a couple of times a week for a while but he started introducing her to new people as 'my friend' and not 'my girlfriend'. I never liked April Fool's Day because most people don't know how to prank well... putting sugar in the salt shaker is okay but nothing harmful in ANY way... physically, mentally, emotionally, etc. It's just mean and unacceptable.

No I have not been a victim. But some media will try and bullcrap people today, no doubt. I think from a Media's point of view they probably do it everyday, not just on April fools Day. Nope I have not played April fools jokes. I think it's more appropriate for teens and not adults. Adults are not always easy to fool. Depends how far you go with a joke as some might not see it as being funny at all.🤓🤡🦹 Edited 01-Apr-24 00:27am

I think it is fun as long as no one is hurt by it. They can be a good laugh.

childish fun

Only harmless pranks are acceptable. If they make people laugh then ok.

I have been the victim and I do not like some of the pranks people pull. So many just go too far. I have never pulled any pranks due to the fact I don't like them I would not perpetrate them on others.

A couple of times - once in high school we all sat on the oval and didn’t turn up to class … the teacher didn’t see the joke And once someone put salt in my coffee instead of sugar. Depends on the joke played I guess