I was trying to come up with a really good post for today.
One that would make you go, “Really?!”
“Oh no!”
Or, “Oh, yes!”
As the case may be.
But I couldn’t.
Because I’m absolutely useless at playing April Fool’s jokes.
Terrible at them.
I mean, if I said I was quitting Twitter, would you believe me?
Or quitting PR?
To focus on cooking and food blogging?
Not likely.
However, I will tell you that I’m intrigued by Klout’s decision to include text messaging into its algorithm.
‘Cos, you know, I text all the time.
All. The. Time.
So maybe this will help with getting scads of free stuff thrown at me, tons of money to be a loudmouth, and my own bobblehead doll.
But all that might take a while.
So instead, this is a very very serious post.
To say…
Go have fun today.
Be silly.
Don’t hurt anyone.
Be gracious if the joke’s on you.
And I’ll try to do the same.
Image: Colin Grey via Flickr, CC 2.0
@Shonali @Lisa Gerber Yeah, I’m over April Fool’s Day after about 3 hours. What really bothers me are the overly elaborate pranks that you can tell someone put a ton of time and effort into that aren’t funny at all. So you have to pretend like their great and laugh when all you want to do is shake your head.
@MattLaCasse I’m very tired of seeing Gmail Motion now, and I’m CONVINCED it is messing with WiseStamp, which is driving me batty. I’m with @Lisa Gerber – get over it, people! So spake the curmudgeon.
@Narciso17 In fact, practical (joke) is as practical (joke) does, eh? :p
Sometimes, I’m terrible at picking up sarcasm and jokes…ESPECIALLY when it’s all in text, not in person. So my Twitter feed has been somewhat useless to me today as I don’t know what’s real and what’s not. lol
@Narciso17 @theohgroup Keep us posted what you did. :-)
@theohgroup HA! Thankfully She Knows How I Roll…This Day Just Gives Me a ‘Legitimate’ Excuse to Have Some *Playful* (and Nice) Fun :)
@Narciso17 narciso17 Hey Narciso! Be nice to your mother-in-law! Pay backs are you know what! heehee…
I love April Fool’s Day up until about noon. Then it just gets old. That said, I love great pranks and Gmail Motion is one I fell for hook, line, and sinker.
The Best Part About Practical Jokes is That They Can Be As Fun-Loving As Your Target…This is Why I Plan on Doing Something to My Mother-in-Law…Her Reactions Are the Best b/c She Really Gets Involved With It All…Just Need to Make Sure I Do It Playfully :)
Narciso Tovar
Big Noise Communications
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@3HatsComm I did see @DannyBrown ‘s post, I thought that was a great try. Yea – I’m not clever enough by half to come up with this stuff.
@Lisa Gerber OMG, I was rolling over as I read your comment. Poor you! The worst (best?) part is the inordinate amount of mind space these jokes take up – quite exhausting!
@HowieSPM There have been some good ones so far today – did you see Gmail Motion? H/t johnhaydon for that one.
You’re not alone Shonali, I fall for all the dumb stuff and can never think of anything clever enough in return. I may have fun, just sit this one out. Oh and FWIW a few of our friends aka Troy, Gini, Danny and Ingrid pulled a good one this morning.
This morning I awoke to this matter-of-fact traffic report: “The el is not running due to a power outage, and there is a 6-car pile-up at such and such intersection…” and then a bunch of other stuff I wasn’t listening to because I was thinking, how can the el not be running and it’s opening day at Wrigley? And then I was thinking how I was going to avoid the crush on the bus with the heavy traffic and no one on the el? all this before even getting out of bed? So thank you. I’ve had my fill of April fools jokes and it’s not even 8 yet. : ) I will have fun, and you too, please.
Once ESPN did this Baseball preview on TV. They said they were allowing aluminum bats in pro baseball just like in College. It was like a 5 minute story with interviews with pro-players from pitchers (scared) to home run crushers (excited). They had Doctors discuss what could happen if hit by the ball. You have no idea how many people I told the story too before I realized it was April 1. Being the Uuber Jokester, Prankster, Trickster when someone gets me I bow in respect.