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Pranks for April Fool's Day 2004?
Nighttime asks: "April the First will soon be upon us and I'm looking for some subtle pranks to play around the office. There's the usual taking a screenshot and setting as background, placing a piece of tape across the mouse ball (use opaque tape for optical mice), setting the keyboard layout to Dvorak, swapping the 'M' and 'N' keys etc. The office empties quite quickly at the end of the day which leaves plenty of time for preparation."
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I'd hate to see a lot of newbs try to use your example cut and paste and get no fun out of it !
I don't feel the need to go comitting random acts of petty sabotage on office equipment on April 1st.
And I *hate* the way some people take it to extremes, say, for example a news site posting random garbage all day.
Far better to pull one prank really well, than 100 really badly.
No shit. It's also a lot more effective when it comes from someone you don't expect it from. Everyone knows that Slashdot will be loaded with fake stories on Thursday, so the prank loses its impact.
Now, something like the "Taco Liberty Bell" prank is the way it should be done... it comes out of left field, and it's just believable enough that you get all pissed off about it before realizing what the date is.
I know god exists. I read it on the internet, so it must be true.
Hint: any prank that intends to "teach a lesson" is bound to backfire.
I can tell you this much: if my team did this to me, and then even HINTED at how "valuable" they were, they'd be fired on the spot, project status be damned.
Actually, I wouldn't have to fire them - I'd just accept their resignations. Remember, once you "resign", you can't just take it back - it is in the employer's hands to decide.
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson