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The history of April Fools Day or All Fools Day is uncertain, but the it is believed that it began around 1582 in France with the reform of the calendar under Charles IX. The Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved from March 25 - April 1 (new year's week) to January 1.
Communication traveled slowly in and some people were only informed of the change years later. Still others, who were rebellious refused to acknowledge the change and continued to celebrate on the last day of the former celebration, April 1.
These people were labeled "fools" by the general population, they were subject to ridicule and sent on "fool errands," for example they were sent invitations to nonexistent parties and had other practical jokes played upon them. The pranks became known as "poisson d'avril" or "April fish".
This harassment evolved over time and a custom of prank-playing continue on the first day of April. This tradition eventually spread elsewhere like to Britain and Scotland in the 18th century and was introduced to the American colonies by the English and the French. Because of this spread to other countries, April Fools Day has taken on an international flavor with each country celebrating the holiday in its own way.
In England, jokes are played only in the morning. Fools are called 'gobs' or 'gobby' and the victim of a joke is called a 'noodle.' It was considered bad luck to play a practical joke on someone after noon.
So, no matter where you happen to be in the world on April 1, don't be surprised if April fools fall playfully upon you.
Here is a guide to pull pranks on your victims, don't be the one fooled fool them.
I have gathered a list of harmless pranks and April Fools jokes guaranteed to entertain and delight! The plotting and planning are half the fun. Watching the reaction is the icing on the cake. Then you better be ready,you know you'll have it coming next year!
Communication traveled slowly in and some people were only informed of the change years later. Still others, who were rebellious refused to acknowledge the change and continued to celebrate on the last day of the former celebration, April 1.
These people were labeled "fools" by the general population, they were subject to ridicule and sent on "fool errands," for example they were sent invitations to nonexistent parties and had other practical jokes played upon them. The pranks became known as "poisson d'avril" or "April fish".
This harassment evolved over time and a custom of prank-playing continue on the first day of April. This tradition eventually spread elsewhere like to Britain and Scotland in the 18th century and was introduced to the American colonies by the English and the French. Because of this spread to other countries, April Fools Day has taken on an international flavor with each country celebrating the holiday in its own way.
In England, jokes are played only in the morning. Fools are called 'gobs' or 'gobby' and the victim of a joke is called a 'noodle.' It was considered bad luck to play a practical joke on someone after noon.
So, no matter where you happen to be in the world on April 1, don't be surprised if April fools fall playfully upon you.
Here is a guide to pull pranks on your victims, don't be the one fooled fool them.
I have gathered a list of harmless pranks and April Fools jokes guaranteed to entertain and delight! The plotting and planning are half the fun. Watching the reaction is the icing on the cake. Then you better be ready,you know you'll have it coming next year!
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Signing UpStep 1Computer Practical Jokes
Mouse Trap
Difficulty : Easy
Time: 1 -2 minutes
Take some tape and place it over the optical laser of the victim's mouse.
When the victim tries to use the mouse the cursor won't move.
You will see you victim confused as they will not know what happened.
Unplugged
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 10-20 seconds
Unplug the keyboard and/or mouse from the computer.
Network down
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 10-20 seconds
This is great for workplace and schools.
Unplug the network cable from the back of the computer.
Three things will happen
1. They will not be able to log onto the school/work network.
2. They will not be able to access the Internet.
3. They will not have access to their folders.
(Sometimes they will log in put as a temporary account)
What's Wrong With Word
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 2 - 3 minutes
This is a classic word prank. (Note - This only works on XP computers which have office 2003)
1. Open Microsoft word
2. Hold down [cntrl] + [N]
This will open up about 450 word documents.
This is funny because it takes them a while to close them all down.
What was that
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 10-20 seconds
This works great if the computer has external speakers.
1.Turn the volume all they way to the max.
2. (Optional) Turn the speakers on an angle, so the victim can't see them.
Blue screen of death
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 1 -2 minutes
One of the most feared colors in the NT world is blue. The infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) will pop up on an NT system whenever something has gone terribly wrong.
You can download a screen saver which fools almost anyone. The Bluescreen is a screen saver that authentically mimics a BSOD, and will simulate startup screens seen during a system boot.
http://technet.Microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897558.aspx
Use Bluescreen to amaze your friends and scare your enemies!
Computer Shutdown Prank
Difficulty: Medium
Time: 3 minutes
These sets of instructions have been going around the Internet for a while.
1. On the desktop right click, it will bring up a menu (as show in picture)
2. Click on new, then on shortcut
3. A window will open, now type shutdown -s -t10 (Note - You can change the last variable to any number, this is how many seconds before the computer shutsdown).
4. Save it, save it with a name which people will use. e.g.... Internet explorer or make up something which will draw attention e.g.. Pro racing game 1.2
5. Right click on the shortcut , then click on properties, click on the shortcut tab and then click change icon. Find an icon which represents the saved shortcut name.
Remote windows shutdown
Difficulty: Hard
Time: 7 minutes
This works on networks. This can get you in trouble if you get caught.
1. Open command prompt (cmd)
or
1. If your computer doesn't have command prompt (cmd) the open note pad.
2. In notepad type in command.com
3. Save this as command.cmd
4. Save type as all files.
5. Open command.cmd
Now with command prompt open type the following
1. netuser (This will bring up the computer's name e.g... \\ws121)
2. Write down the computer name in Microsoft word. (Include the "\")
3. Write all possible computer names (e.g.. from \\ws121 to \\ws150)
4. Copy all of the possible computer names.
5. In command prompt type "shutdown -I" (Without quotation marks)
6. Add computers by pressing [cntrl] +[v]
7. Change the time to 60 seconds
8. Warn the users, and type a message (e.g.. April fools)
9. Click OK
You will have 60 seconds to walk around. Walk around so you can see who's computer you shut down
Windows doesn't work
Difficulty: Hard
Time: 5 minutes
1. Press and hold [shift] + [PrtScn]
2. Open Microsoft powerpoint
3. Press [cntrl] +[v], this will paste a screen shot.
4. Resize the image to fit in the box.
5. Select the slide and press [cnrtl] +[c]
6. Hold [cntrl] + [v] (This will copy and paste the slide many times)
7. When you have reached 200 - 500 stop and press F5.
This will produce a slide show of the screen. Some people are so silly the will not know what is wrong.
(Note - This doesn't work well with computer that have widescreen monitor's)
Difficulty : Easy
Time: 1 -2 minutes
Take some tape and place it over the optical laser of the victim's mouse.
When the victim tries to use the mouse the cursor won't move.
You will see you victim confused as they will not know what happened.
Unplugged
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 10-20 seconds
Unplug the keyboard and/or mouse from the computer.
Network down
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 10-20 seconds
This is great for workplace and schools.
Unplug the network cable from the back of the computer.
Three things will happen
1. They will not be able to log onto the school/work network.
2. They will not be able to access the Internet.
3. They will not have access to their folders.
(Sometimes they will log in put as a temporary account)
What's Wrong With Word
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 2 - 3 minutes
This is a classic word prank. (Note - This only works on XP computers which have office 2003)
1. Open Microsoft word
2. Hold down [cntrl] + [N]
This will open up about 450 word documents.
This is funny because it takes them a while to close them all down.
What was that
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 10-20 seconds
This works great if the computer has external speakers.
1.Turn the volume all they way to the max.
2. (Optional) Turn the speakers on an angle, so the victim can't see them.
Blue screen of death
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 1 -2 minutes
One of the most feared colors in the NT world is blue. The infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) will pop up on an NT system whenever something has gone terribly wrong.
You can download a screen saver which fools almost anyone. The Bluescreen is a screen saver that authentically mimics a BSOD, and will simulate startup screens seen during a system boot.
http://technet.Microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897558.aspx
Use Bluescreen to amaze your friends and scare your enemies!
Computer Shutdown Prank
Difficulty: Medium
Time: 3 minutes
These sets of instructions have been going around the Internet for a while.
1. On the desktop right click, it will bring up a menu (as show in picture)
2. Click on new, then on shortcut
3. A window will open, now type shutdown -s -t10 (Note - You can change the last variable to any number, this is how many seconds before the computer shutsdown).
4. Save it, save it with a name which people will use. e.g.... Internet explorer or make up something which will draw attention e.g.. Pro racing game 1.2
5. Right click on the shortcut , then click on properties, click on the shortcut tab and then click change icon. Find an icon which represents the saved shortcut name.
Remote windows shutdown
Difficulty: Hard
Time: 7 minutes
This works on networks. This can get you in trouble if you get caught.
1. Open command prompt (cmd)
or
1. If your computer doesn't have command prompt (cmd) the open note pad.
2. In notepad type in command.com
3. Save this as command.cmd
4. Save type as all files.
5. Open command.cmd
Now with command prompt open type the following
1. netuser (This will bring up the computer's name e.g... \\ws121)
2. Write down the computer name in Microsoft word. (Include the "\")
3. Write all possible computer names (e.g.. from \\ws121 to \\ws150)
4. Copy all of the possible computer names.
5. In command prompt type "shutdown -I" (Without quotation marks)
6. Add computers by pressing [cntrl] +[v]
7. Change the time to 60 seconds
8. Warn the users, and type a message (e.g.. April fools)
9. Click OK
You will have 60 seconds to walk around. Walk around so you can see who's computer you shut down
Windows doesn't work
Difficulty: Hard
Time: 5 minutes
1. Press and hold [shift] + [PrtScn]
2. Open Microsoft powerpoint
3. Press [cntrl] +[v], this will paste a screen shot.
4. Resize the image to fit in the box.
5. Select the slide and press [cnrtl] +[c]
6. Hold [cntrl] + [v] (This will copy and paste the slide many times)
7. When you have reached 200 - 500 stop and press F5.
This will produce a slide show of the screen. Some people are so silly the will not know what is wrong.
(Note - This doesn't work well with computer that have widescreen monitor's)
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someone already changed my profile backgroung to a naked gay guy one time when i had to leave the room and left my profile on... that was hella funny but im still getting crap about it.
He kept trying the number we gave him, couldnt get through, we kept telling him she called back very upset and angry. When he finally got through he said this is Dr____ is Mrs. Bear there? He repeated I am Dr. ____ and I received a message from her about her husband.......after multiple attempts at trying to speak to Mrs. Bear he finally hung up. We asked what did they say. HE SAID WELL I THINK THEY SAID IT WAS THE ST LOUIS ZOO. lol he still didnt get it we had to tell him.
press control + alt + printscreen again and it will be normal again.
sometimes it wont just restart your pc and its normal again!
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