#1 Dave on Apr 1st, 2009 at 1:05 pm

All I can do after reading your post today is smile and shake my head. You’re a funny man.

#2 Bill on Apr 1st, 2009 at 3:45 pm

Inquisitive minds want to know! I had great fun today with a small box of candy and a note that read

Happy April 1st – Have a chocolate!

It was hilarious to what the reaction of people torn between the desire for a tasty treat and the suspicion of Geeks bearing gifts

#3 Shannah on Apr 1st, 2009 at 4:12 pm

My poor students nearly had heart attacks today when I opened class by asking, “Before we get to the quiz, are there any questions about your oral presentations for Friday?”. (The quiz was real, but not the presentation…)

#4 Lise on Apr 1st, 2009 at 4:36 pm

I love this holiday

“Microsoft announces it has perfected its newest version of Windows so it crashes BEFORE installation is completed”

^^ slightly ironic since I just experienced the blue-screen-of-death yesterday. Oh technology….

#5 Rob on Apr 1st, 2009 at 6:25 pm

@David – Thanks! It takes one to know one.

@Bill – I loved your prank! It would have been fun to have a camera going to get all the reactions.

@Shannah – Your prank was a good one! I did a typical French prank – I had a paper fish taped to my back. The French do that, and when the victim discovers it, they shout “Poisson d’avril!” (April fish!) My students were quite amused.

@Lise – I could tell you were getting into all the pranks today. I just did a bunch of Microsoft updates on my computer last night … it had been a while. And believe it or not, it’s still running today.

#6 Meg on Apr 1st, 2009 at 7:36 pm Did you hear about the nation wide English test for tommorow?

#7 Rob on Apr 1st, 2009 at 9:47 pm

@Meg – No, I ain’t heared nothin’ ’bout no Anglish test! How can they do that to us?!

#8 Marilyn Donnell on Apr 1st, 2009 at 10:05 pm

Oho! I have been puzzling ‘why’ this edition went first to the spam box. Now I know (I think . . .)

#9 Rob on Apr 2nd, 2009 at 6:49 am

@Marilyn – Filtering is wonderful. I’m sure the various “headlines” contained lots of key words that filtering looks for to peg an e-mail as spam. I’m glad you found the e-mail.

#10 Michael on Apr 3rd, 2009 at 2:13 pm

I’m glad I got through the entire day Wednesday without anyone playing an April Fool’s joke on me. I’m not a big fan.

#11 Rob on Apr 3rd, 2009 at 6:35 pm

@Michael – Some pranks can and do go WAY too far in embarrassment, inconvenience, and even damage. I call those “impractical jokes.” But some of the pranks can be and are quite fun. Our neighbor is expecting the arrival of a baby in about three weeks. She awakened her husband a 5:00 a.m. on April 1st and told him she was in labor. When she said “April Fools!” he was only mildly amused since he was then wide awake. I just hope he is one of us who wake up fairly cheerful rather than grouchy.