April Fools Day- Are You A Zero Or A Hero?

April Fools Day Pranks There isn’t a guy in the world that hasn’t looked at his wife or girlfriend on April Fools Day and thought of her as a potential victim. Here’s some ideas that might get you thinking but hopefully won’t get you thrown out of the house.

 

April Fools Day has become the socially acceptable day to play mean tricks on your friends and co-workers.   At some point most men have turned to their spouses or girlfriends and thought they, too might make easy prey for a well-chosen April Fools Day prank. I recently watched with interest a video on the Internet about a guy who played a prank on his girl by literally awakening her after a night of heavy drinking with a blowhorn.  As if this wasn’t bad enough he set HUNDREDS of mousetraps and put them next to her in bed as well as on the floor next to her bed.  When the blowhorn woke her with a pretty serious jolt (as if THAT wasn’t enough) then she hit the ground in horror where dozens of mousetraps snapped at her toes. Did he get her attention?  You bet he did, but I hope she kicked him to the curb after that fiasco. 

Before you go over the top with your April Fools Day shenanigans here are a few ideas to get you into the spirit of the holiday without getting you kicked out of the house.  Save the meaner pranks for the guys—here are a few fun ideas.  It’s up to you whether you decide to be an April Fools Day Zero…or Hero.

Food Pranks:  These are not the best idea to pull on your girlfriend once you’ve passed the second grade but if you insist on trying one, keep it on the tamer side. These include such tricks as switching out the creamy filling in the middle of Oreo cookies for toothpaste or putting salt in the sugar bowl.   If you don’t go too far with food these tricks (although juvenile) are likely to get your April Fools Day point across.

Gross Pranks:  The old stand by April Fools day prank is to put Saran wrap over the toilet bowl so tightly that your sleepy-eyed significant other won’t notice until it’s too late—it’s a shocking and gross prank but it won’t take long for your spouse to figure out that they’ve become another April Fools day victim.   Another really disgusting prank is to buy a very large and realistic rubber “dog poop” at a novelty store, and leave it right in the middle of your front porch mat.  It’s so yucky but it’s a great prank with very little after burn.  It’s funny once you realize that the “gift” is phony.

Office Pranks:  Office life must be incredibly boring because there always seems to be a plethora of great office pranks going around.  Filling your office-mates cubicle with hundreds of post-its all over his workspace will definitely get your office snickering.  Another office favorite it carefully rigging desk drawers with the contents upside down (use Saran Wrap to temporarily hold it all in) and then placing it back in the cabinet, primed and ready to go.  You won’t have to travel far to hear the giant crash of desk contents when the drawer is opened—it’s bound to be followed by some good use of the English language as well.

Gentler, almost loving pranks:  Make a mini-date with your girl, which later you will pretend to break.  Tell her that you want to go to dinner and a movie with her or something else that’s easy and simple.  At the last minute you can play the prank part on her by coming up with a really lame guy excuse to break the date.  Say something like “my best buddy’s car broke down and I need you to come and pick us up—“ or anything that leads her to believe that her night is in an utter state of ruin.  The prank makes a sudden turn for the better when you have a romantic dinner cooked for her (or any other special evening) all ready to go.  She’ll be waiting for the punch line but won’t mind a bit when it doesn’t come.  She’s not going to be expecting this sort of an April Fools day prank believe me.

Make a Fool of Yourself for Love:  Greet your sweetie on April Fools day to a series of clues and take her on a very silly and a little bit crazy treasure hunt.    The clues can be a sort of wild goose chase (it’s April Fools Day after all) but keep it fun and uncomplicated. At the end of all this treasure hunting and clue searching have a gift wrapped up beautifully that she can open up with great excitement.  (She won’t be expecting an April Fools Day present!)  Inside have a framed photograph of you, Mr. Wonderful in the buff or in silky boxers with a rose clenched between your teeth.  The caption on the photograph could read, ”I am still just a Silly Fool For You…Happy April Fools Day!”   Yes, it’s a bit corny but it’s also completely unexpected.  You will woo your lady with your boyish charm and she’s going to melt.

April Fools Day doesn’t have to be cruel in order to be fun.  My suggestion to you is to perhaps to go against the grain a bit and make your Aprils Fools Day a bit of a kinder, gentler one.  Your sweetheart is going to thank you for this and trust me that part you will like.   All that really is going to be missing from your day of tomfoolery is the raucous laughter and a bit of back slapping from the boys club.  Trust me, those guys might think you are funnybut they aren’t really that fun to sleep with at the end of the day.  Save the mean tricks for your buddies.  When it comes to your lady-just be the Fool she loves and believe me that is quite enough.

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