You Can't Have "PRank" without the PR!
We love to have fun on any day at BLASTmedia, which makes a day like April Fool's one of our favorite holidays. The festivities began the day before as we plotted our trickery against Kelly, who has been difficult to trick ever since he was duped by an extreme hoax a few years back. For our own protection, I won't go into too much detail, but I can tell you that a false Gmail account and a fake lawyer were involved. In the end, the pranksters were the ones who (almost) got pranked and we waved our white flag (or white board, see above) in surrender.
Today's events made me think about how April's Fools Day came to be. Did a medieval ruler ever put soap in the moat? Maybe Jesus had a whoopee cushion at the Last Supper? Upon further inspection, I came to find that it actually began around 1582 in France with the reform of the calendar under Charles IX. New Year's Day was moved from an eight-day celebration between March 25 and April 1, to January 1. The news didn't travel fast, so some were left in the dark and others refused to change. Those that continued to celebrate on April 1 were label as fools and were subject to ridicule. You can read more about it here
Though not quite the exciting tale I had imagined, I'm still a fan of "All Fool's Day" and can remember falling for my mom's, "Look! There's a giraffe outside your window" trick every year growing up. It seems the media also likes getting involved - check out Google's latest offer on its homepage, inviting visitors to "enjoy a rosier future as a Virgle Pioneer" The site claims that Google co-founders have partnered with Virgin mogul, Richard Branson to create the first permanent human colony on Mars. They even go as far as to have an online application to be a pioneer.
Here are some other places where you can check out some of the top pranks, hoaxes and jokes of all times. Maybe you'll even get a few ideas for next year, only 364 days left to plan!