Author Topic: OT - Calling all April Fools (Read 3346 times)

Diana · « **on:** March 09, 2003, 12:44:00 PM »

Hi,

I'm looking for April Fools joke ideas. I had some good ones last year, but it's to soon to use them again.

Any type joke is welcome, computer jokes that won't harm the computer are doubly welcome.

see ya,

kelly · « **Reply #1 on:** March 09, 2003, 03:01:00 PM »

mac or PC?

http://www.macaddict.com/magazine/2000_04/fool.html

Bernie · « **Reply #2 on:** March 09, 2003, 03:59:00 PM »

Hey! What you call me LOL " I just had a funny feeling someone at TS was thinking of me" LOL

snuffysbluff · « **Reply #3 on:** March 10, 2003, 10:08:00 AM »

My favorite 'puter gag has always been the Melting desktop. I've fallen for it twice. The first time, I stared in horror, the second time I stared in stupidity.

Both times I loved the effect even though I had to force restart.

Saved the script, but wouldn't have the heart to use it....maybe on my brother...
...if he ever learns how to turn a 'puter on.

krissel · « **Reply #4 on:** March 10, 2003, 10:48:00 AM »

The current issue of MacAddict has a whole section on April Fool's jokes, mostly for Macs but I'll mention the Wintel ones.

The first suggests you go into the conrol panel for the mouse and switch the settings for the buttons. Kind of lame but might annoy the low-level user.

Second, if they are using Windows ME, 98 or 95 you can download this file which will allow you to change the Blue Screen of Death to another color.

At work one year I put an extension that reversed letters on my principal's machine. He thought it was another language.

I also put the extension that creates a bouncing mouse cursor in another teacher's machine. The kids in her class had a great time playing with it.

Gregg · « **Reply #5 on:** March 10, 2003, 12:50:00 PM »

quote:
Originally posted by snuffysbluff:
My favorite 'puter gag has always been the Melting desktop.

Reminds me of an After Dark compatible screen saver module called Saw. Complete with sound effects, it would "saw" a line down or across the screen, and when reaching the other side, the "piece" of the desktop would fall with a crash while the "saw" made the next pass.

pendragon · « **Reply #6 on:** March 10, 2003, 06:48:00 PM »

I no longer have it, but my favorite was a small extension that was placed in the (Classic) Start Up folder.

Upon restart, a bomb/car wreck sound would occur and a splash screen (with bomb) would appear, in the typical Apple style and format, advising that a catastrophic error had occurred and requesting permission (the only option) to reformat the Hard Drive.

Undoing this was merely restarting with the Extensions off and removing the file.

But, don’t tell Bernie. I get him every year.

Harv

Bernie · « **Reply #7 on:** March 10, 2003, 08:55:00 PM »

You know what Harv !.
http://slonet.org/~rloomis/nip.wav
LOL You're one Quality Guy

[ 03-10-2003, 09:57 PM: Message edited by: Bernie ]

Bernie · « **Reply #8 on:** March 10, 2003, 09:00:00 PM »

Diana !
http://www.barbneal.com/wav/hnymnrs/hm06.wav

Bernie · « **Reply #10 on:** March 10, 2003, 09:54:00 PM »

Yep! It's Starts now

[ 03-10-2003, 11:45 PM: Message edited by: Bernie ]

Diana · « **Reply #11 on:** March 11, 2003, 07:23:00 AM »

aawww Bernie...

Thanks everyone...any non computer jokes welcome too. I like April 1st and I'm willing to go to some lengths. Last year I did mashed potatoes for dinner..they had a very finely grated dose of cauliflower added..*grin..when that turned up noses, I brought out the completely normal tasting "green" batch instead. After a day of computer jokes, they never saw it coming.

Keep 'em coming.

pendragon · « **Reply #12 on:** March 11, 2003, 08:21:00 AM »

This really took place in a very snooty Washington neighborhood--the kind where each house is on an estate with a multi-million dollar cottage just for guests and a stable for the polo and horsy set. And the main house is zoned only as a single-family private residence exceeding 15,000 square feet.

Well, on 1 April a few years ago, the owner of one of these palaces erected in his front yard, a replica of the standard zoning variance sign. The variance was to allow the property to be rezoned as a criminal halfway house and drug rehabilitation center.

By the end of the day, the neighbors had already hired an attorney to fight to rezoning.

Harv

CyberPet · « **Reply #13 on:** March 11, 2003, 10:15:00 AM »

Our local newspapers alwasy have a bad april fools joke each year. We were a gang that were sort of sick and tired of those jokes so we decided to make up our own joke and sell it to them. It was great since on our team we had:

1. Scientist at the Universtiy
2. Skilled Journalist
3. Skilled Photographer
4. Skilled Graphic Designer
5. Newspaper employed

We made up an invention that was so close to believable that it *could* have been true. The Scientist at the University gave it legality and he also made up some mumbo jumbo that no one but his collegues would have known was a hoax. Then the Journalist (that was freelance) and the Photographer made the article and the Graphic Designer of course designed this gadget.

One of the local papers "bought" the story and since I was working at the newspaper the night before April 1st I could spy to see if they were going to publish this news or not... they were... so I called the guy and just after midnight when the presses had started printing April 1st first addition the night reporter got a phone-call "APRIL FOOLS!".

Let me just say I was almost dying of laughter... but I kept my secret and we're only about 10 people that knows that this news was a joke.

What the invention was? Have no idea, I couldn't make it out, but it sounded good (sort of like making drinkable water out of salt water kind of thing).

gmann

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