We’ve all heard about honoring classics, but these are just ridiculous. Half the fun of April Fools’ Day is to out-joke your friends with the most original pranks possible, and sadly, these ‘jokes’ just don’t cut it anymore. This April Fools’ Day, try something a little more unique, eh? Should one of your friends be insulted with any of these ‘pranks,’ then sadly, the joke’s on you.

1. Saran Wrapping the toilet: This joke can be a success if the Saran Wrap is completely see-through and the next person to use the toilet isn’t you. But let’s face it, you could only fool a blind mind with this obvious joke, and that’s just cruel.

2. Put Vaseline on the door handle: OK, this one deserves a little credit. Unexpecting people grasping the doorknob will not be pleased when they can’t escape the slimy feeling of Vaseline on their hands. The laughs will last as long as it takes the victim to smear that crap all over your face.

3. Taping the trigger on the sink hose: When your housemate goes to use the hose on the sink, he or she will be unpleasantly surprised when the water juts out at them. Again, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone oblivious enough to let this happen to them. Should this age-old prank actually succeed, then the person probably deserved it. Bonus points, however, if the hose is pointed at someone’s crotch. No one likes to pee his or her pants. But then again …

4. Fake dog poop — really: You’re playing Checkers with a Chess player. The ‘Made in China’ sticker and lack of smell is sure to alert your victim to the lack of reality in the prank.

5. Whoopee cushions: In the off chance that can actually place a cushion on someone’s seat without them actually noticing, you’ll be treated to noise that kinda-sorta-maybe resembles flatulence. Good one, Charlie Chaplin. This is by far the lamest April Fools’ Day prank of all time. To pull this means nothing less than epic failure.

ansteinb@syr.edu

Published on March 31, 2010 at 12:00 pm