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What Dirty Tricks Did You Use for April Fool's?

Posted by Cliff on from the fun-underhanded-tricks dept.

zxnos asks: "What evil, underhanded, dirty mean trick did you pull on April Fool's Day? Since I arrive in the office first, I wrote a little routine to go off when my coworkers tried to open the application that we all work in. It said: "Sorry, you arrived late for work today. The application you have requested is unavailable." The only response was 'OK' and would then close the application. What did you do?"

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  1. Boring by lezerno · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why do I hate April first? If you want to fool someone, do it on another day. I avoid the web on that day because of all the stupid uncreative jokes. Why do people fall for these jokes? It is because people have trust in you. Why do you want to betray someone that has trust in you? I guess I just don't get it anymore.

    1. Re:Boring by gl4ss · · Score: 5, Insightful

      *Why do you want to betray someone that has trust in you? I guess I just don't get it anymore.*

      and there you fail to see the reason for april 1st to exist, it's a social contract that on that day - and that day only - you're allowed to fool someone just for laughs and they can still trust you for the rest of the year.

      i was just too lazy to do any tricks. and well, i'm the kind of a bastard that forwards people to the ah so famous "i'm watching gay porno" site for a joke on a normal day anyhow too.

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      world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
  2. Skipped Slashdot by SA+Stevens · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The only 'dirty trick' that I engaged in was completely skipping Slashdot on April 1.