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April fools Clock change prank

Funny prank to confuse anyone who is a slave to the clocks around the house. (or just looks at the time)

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31 comments

Apr 1, 2008. 9:09 PM

benthekahn says:

A clock at my fiend's house doesn't have batteries and the hands are set to 4:20. Always.

Apr 2, 2011. 4:09 PMpcairic says:

4:20 uh? Quick! What's the angle between the two hands?

Nah, it's not 0.

Jun 9, 2009. 8:58 PMBl00dRaYn210 says:

Brilliant I want that clock... or i could just do it myself

Apr 4, 2008. 3:48 AMmunchman says:

One of the computer labs at my school is stuck at around 8:20. it's so annoying when you look up to see the time. Although it is a computer lab so I wonder why I don't just look at the taskbar. Damn, now I have got myself on a big quest to find the answer to life, the universe and everything.

Mar 9, 2011. 6:46 AMdaltonjcw says:

42. That was easy.

Jul 25, 2009. 4:16 PMBriguy9 says:

I have done that before, only there's no clock in my computer lab. Another sucky thing about my computer lab is that they bought like 30 new computers all loaded up with Windows Vista Enterprise and they downloaded like windows 2000 or xp made to look like that on it.

Jul 3, 2008. 8:22 AMKopolis777 says:

the answer is 42

Jul 3, 2008. 5:51 PMmunchman says:

Yes... but what is the question?

Mar 9, 2011. 6:48 AMdaltonjcw says:

Still working on that. 5 minutes till the computer finishes the program to tell us.....
What are those yellow things hanging in the sky exactly the way that bricks don't?

Jul 9, 2008. 3:49 PMKopolis777 says:

You said you were looking for an answer to life, the universe and everything. So i gave you one.

Jul 10, 2008. 3:59 AMmunchman says:

But you will only know what the answer means if you know the question.

Nov 20, 2008. 6:12 PMrandomray says:

You know both the answer and question . What need to know is what Base the answer is in .

Nov 20, 2008. 9:35 PMmunchman says:

lol - It is the unlucky base (figure it out)

Nov 21, 2008. 4:43 PMrandomray says:

How about thirteen ? Of course it's always been a good number for me .

Nov 21, 2008. 9:05 PMmunchman says:

Me too.

May 22, 2009. 7:15 PM

Madrias357 says:

Thirteen is very lucky. 14 is not.

Apr 22, 2008. 8:45 AMDerin says:

my class clock is stuck at 3:45 so that i play a big role in the time arrangement of the class

Jul 22, 2008. 5:54 AMDerin says:

but the battery is there,the second hand somehow wont advance

Apr 5, 2008. 6:26 PMCelloMan says:

I'm looking for the most powerful gun in the universe, maybe we could team up to find it, i don't want if for myself but for my bestfriends semi-half-brother, he got his first head chopped of so we could just get off the planet I love that movie!

Mar 26, 2009. 5:55 PM

karossii says:

bahead?

Mar 16, 2009. 2:51 PMrboos says:

Once I was at a bar, and had to work early the next day - my friends saw me going to the restroom and set the bar's wall clock to 2,5h later, like 3:50 AM.. They got the waitress permition, and changed her wristwatch time too... Since I was pretty drunk I got crazy when I saw it was so late... and 1st thing I did was to check the waitress watch.. they got me on that one... Theyu only told me a week l8r! Nice prank...

Sep 27, 2008. 10:20 PMtaco_guy93 says:

we did that to my friend at school! he fell asleep during class and we all moved out in the hall way, my teacher set the clock to 5:36 and left, closed the door, then opened it quickly like he just came in and walked over to him and woke him up it was hilarious! he started freaking out and gathering all his things and the door a ran out and we were all standing there, it was sooo funny!

Sep 28, 2008. 5:01 PMsonyerg (author) says:

Thats rad good job man tell all your friends

Sep 15, 2008. 2:42 PMjeymeowmix says:

its kinda obvious, you don't really need an instructable for it

Jul 9, 2008. 10:04 AMjon123321 says:

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Aug 31, 2008. 4:30 PMcowscankill says:

drop a magnet on it while they sleep ;)

May 27, 2008. 9:40 PMmillenniumtree says:

My wife was flying into Chicago at about 7:00PM from England. I had just been up most of the previous night. She called at approximately 5:30AM and said she was leaving for the airport soon. I fell asleep for about a half hour, awoke to see 6:00 on the clock! I thought I had slept for more than 12 hours so I bolted out the door and drove to Chicago at 85mph. It was not until I was more than half way there when I realized the sun wasn't going DOWN, but UP!! I made it to Chicago in record time. (almost 11 hours early!!!) I spent 10 carefree hours in Chicago, doing nothing in particular besides looking for free parking. I ended up at the marina, looking at boats for several hours. Darn 12 hour clocks. :P

Apr 11, 2008. 3:09 PM

Goodhart says:

It may not be overly original, but it is still funny.....useful too (my wife can be late many times, so having clocks set forward 15 minutes or so, helps me out a lot :-)

Apr 1, 2008. 10:32 AMdamasta says:

C'MON, that trick has been around before clocks where even used by "normal" people! it might be a fun prank, but nothing new

Apr 6, 2008. 3:48 PMsonyerg (author) says:

WHO CARES!!!!!!

Apr 7, 2008. 6:21 AMdamasta says:

not me, but I thought I should say that