April Fools' Day - More Pranks Than Ever Before

It seems that every April Fools' day, the pranks come in droves and this year is no exception. Exactly when this day of making people look like fools began is a subject of some debate, but it could date back many centuries to a time when making fools of others was a past time. And there are theories for different countries as well. You only have to do some quick searching to find a number of different theories as to when this holiday began. Though it is not really a formal holiday, but one which so many people do observe and enjoy. And this year is no exception.

As you can see by the picture, even IKEA in the UK has posted a folding lawn mower as part of April Fools' day. This all plastic mower will do its best to keep you lawn in shape. The big ones always seem to come from Google and this year, there are 11 hoaxes for us to all enjoy. One of the good ones is YouTube shutting down, though we have heard this one before.

Another fun one is the Google Nose to deliver scents for you to smell. Clicking on the "Try Google Nose" takes you to a search of the work dumpster. They even created a great looking video for Google Nose. Even Google Maps has a "Treasure" button on it today which will display a map showing you the location of a treasure. There are marks everywhere on this map, so take you pick as to where to search for one. All of these provide us with some humor and one wonders how many people got sucked into the items thinking they were real.

Twitter is announcing Twttr today which will be the basic Twitter service. But you will only see "consonants" in the tweets. You can pay $5 per month for the premium service which will include "vowels" in the tweets. Another fun one is the Glass Bottom plane from Virgin Atlantic. This one does not look like it pulled in too many people.

Even the White House got into it with a message from the President, though it is not who you think. This is great that every one has some humor today. Another great one is of George Takei staring in the coming Star Wars Movie. We all remember him as Sulu on the Star Trek series. Guess he has jumped ship to continue staring in SiFi movies. Who is next? Captain Kirk in Star Wars?

There are many more than these few and you do not have to look very far to find them. Simply go to Google search and type in April Fools' and you will get a wealth of information from the web. Though it does make it hard to work on a day like this because you cannot trust what anyone says because it could be an April Fool's prank. Beware.