April Fools Day - Don&#39;t Be Fooled

Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (47064)

• India

2 Apr 19

@LadyDuck yes pranks like the alignment of Jupiter and Pluto are hard to disbelieve. So there are chances of being getting pranked especially by the news channel.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

No Judy, you are not gullible at all, some are so well invented that it's hard to think they are fake.

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Erly Maglangit

@cacay1 (83577)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

14 Apr 19

@LadyDuck , that is it, well invented prank.It seems true.

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Hope

@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

1 Apr 19

So, what does that say about people?

I'm still trying to find the button that doubles our earnings today. Have you spotted it?

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Marja

@buenavida (9984)

• Sweden

1 Apr 19

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

@buenavida This for sure is a prank.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

I think that it is a white button on a white background, I am trying.

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BBC: Spaghetti-Harvest in Ticino

Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

1 Apr 19

My favourite has always been the video of Italians harvesting spaghetti from trees:

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The spaghetti tree hoax is a famous 3-minute hoax report broadcast on April Fools' Day 1957 by the BBC current affairs programme Panorama. It told a tale of ...

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

I remember this one, Barry (Asylum) sent me the link years ago. I love the "Swiss" style of the goblets that people are using in the video.

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

1 Apr 19

@LadyDuck Actually, it does say that it's the Swiss harvest. I had forgotten that.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

@owlwings Yes, it is said that it's here in "Canton Ticino". It shows that are not Italian spaghetti, they are "soft".

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

1 Apr 19

Those all sound like fun. There was another famous BBC one where they claimed to have found spaghetti growing on trees. Today the owner of the poetry site I'm a member of published an article inviting people to submit their poems, and they would be in line to receive $20,000. Dozens of people fell for it, but not me.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

2 Apr 19

The spaghetti harvesting in "Canton Ticino" is a famous one, there is the video on YouTube. Owlwings posted the link. The BBC is famous for pranks.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

13 Apr 19

@DeborahDiane You're very kind Deborah

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Deborah-Diane

@DeborahDiane (40316)

• Laguna Woods, California

11 Apr 19

@jaboUK - I'm so glad you are part of a poetry site! Some of your poetry will live on in the future. It deserves to be read by future generations.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

1 Apr 19

I've heard of some of these, and had to chuckle at the gullibility of some people. I don't know many pranks, but read that someone at Walmart put a snake in the lettuce section. Another one is to paint clear nail polish over a bar of soap. Dumb stupid pranks.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

The one of the snake is horrible, I would get a heart attack if I see a snake in the lettuce section. There are funny pranks to do, but most are stupid pranks.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

2 Apr 19

@DianneN This is also a cruel prank. We used to put powdered chalk on the teachers chair for pranks.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

2 Apr 19

@LadyDuck That isn't so bad, but not nice either.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317249)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

1 Apr 19

Awesome pranks. It's amazing what people will believe. I don't know any famous ones, however, I've been the object of many growing up. My late brother especially liked to pull harmless pranks.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

2 Apr 19

We liked to prank my mother when I was young, she was gullible.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

6 Apr 19

@just4him

Some pranks are funny, she was our favorite target.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317249)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

6 Apr 19

@LadyDuck So was I. My kids were good at playing those harmless jokes.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (160883)

• United States

1 Apr 19

Some people will believe anything.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

2 Apr 19

You are right, I had an aunt who believed everything, I am guilty to have played pranks to her.

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Porcospino

@Porcospino (31366)

• Denmark

1 Apr 19

A Danish company delivers fast food to people's houses. One year they wrote that they had chosen to use horses instead of cars because this was cheaper and better for the environment. One year new 20 kr bills had just been introduced in my country. There was a picture of two birds on the bills. In a newspaper they wrote that the bills were counterfeit if one of the birds was missing a leg. They asked people exchange the counterfeit bills in the bank. Lots of people waited in line at the bank. They all wanted to exchange their bills. But the bills where one of the birds was missing a leg weren't counterfeit. They were supposed to look that way

In 2008 there was a story saying that Denmark had sold Greenland to the US.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (47064)

• India

2 Apr 19

@Porcospino horses instead of cars is quite interesting.

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Porcospino

@Porcospino (31366)

• Denmark

2 Apr 19

@LadyDuck There are many funny ones. Every year some people believe them, and that leads to some funny situations sometimes. I didn't have time to read the news yesterday, but they probably did one this year as well.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

Thank you for sharing those funny April Fools pranks. People are gullible.

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Mavic123456

@Mavic123456 (21893)

• Thailand

1 Apr 19

I am getting married on June 8, this year. yes!!!

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Mavic123456

@Mavic123456 (21893)

• Thailand

1 Apr 19

@LadyDuck ohhh haha. congratulate me now.. or should i wonder if you sincerely congratulating me and not pranking me. hmmmm...

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

@Mavic123456 I am not pranking. CONGRATULATIONS.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

Should I congratulate with you? Or is this a prank? If you are happy alone, this is what counts.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54187)

• Louisville, Kentucky

1 Apr 19

Those are all so funny! People can really be gullible, can't they?

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

People are incredibly gullible, I cannot believe they thought those were real.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54187)

• Louisville, Kentucky

1 Apr 19

@LadyDuck Me either. It's also strange how the power of suggestion can make people believe things.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

@simone10 Make an experiment, go somewhere where there are people and look at a point in the sky. It's better if you have a friend with you. Talk to your friend and say "can you see it? Look right here, there is a form hiding behind that cloud..." You will see how many will look up and some will start to say "you are right, i can see something".

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111938)

• United States

1 Apr 19

No prank here.This day not what it used to be.Good morning Anna

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

Good morning Alfredo, in our days we did not use to do this kind of pranks.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111938)

• United States

1 Apr 19

@LadyDuck yes your right there.Have a good evening

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The Horse

@TheHorse (220105)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Apr 19

Those are pretty funny! Should I try one here?

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

2 Apr 19

Sure! Go ahead prank myLotters.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

10 Jun 19

@TheHorse It is a bit too late now, you have to wait until the next year.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (220105)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Jun 19

@LadyDuck But I do that all the time!

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PaintsOnSlate

@PainsOnSlate (21852)

• Canada

1 Apr 19

I can't think of any silly thing happening but I'm sure they did. Thanks for the laugh.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

Some are hilarious and I cannot believe that people can think they were true.

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58720)

• Portugal

1 Apr 19

I don't have a funny prank story to share but it is quite common TV prank us with fake news.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

I am expecting some fake news on the newspapers.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

@nela13 This is true, today I have read a news and I thought it was a prank, but it was really. I did not know that the Americans bombed a Swiss city (by mistake) in 1944.

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58720)

• Portugal

1 Apr 19

@LadyDuck sometimes they fake so well that only when they say it was a lie we realized it.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

1 Apr 19

The famous BBC Spagetthi Harvest on the BBC, and BBC radio DJ Ken Bruce being replaced for the day by an impressionist pretending to be him

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

3 Apr 19

@LadyDuck there was also the That's Life Lirpa Loof (read it backwards) a supposedly newly discovered bird that had purple droppings - it may be still on Youtube - many people fell for it

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

3 Apr 19

@arthurchappell

This is also funny, I am going to check YouTube.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

2 Apr 19

The Spaghetti Harvest with video is the best I have ever seen. I watched the video on YouTube yesterday.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

8 Apr 19

Nope I can't think of any, sorry.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

8 Apr 19

Not always I realize that it's the 1st of April and there is the possibility to be pranked.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (51461)

• Canada

1 Apr 19

The Burger King one is funny. I don't have anything funny that I have done or have had done to me, and I hope that it stays that way as I am just about to head out the door to work.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (51461)

• Canada

2 Apr 19

@LadyDuck Yes, that one was my favorite also. I had a good day at work today. It was very busy, the end of the month and the beginning of the month are busiest for the bank. But the time flies by so quickly and we are only expected to answer primary needs only, no advise offering or conversations regarding things that aren't on accounts. So quick and lots of calls.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

2 Apr 19

@Juliaacv I imagine that it is a bit more stressing when you need to give advise, I am glad it was an easy day.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

1 Apr 19

I also found the one of Burger Kind funny. Have a good working day Julia.

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Marlina

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

10 Apr 19

No, sorry, I am not into that stuff at all.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

10 Apr 19

I have never liked to play pranks not to be a victim of silly pranks.

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (121659)

• Gainesville, Florida

4 Apr 19

Those were some pretty nice pranks. I don't have any that I can think of to share. I'm sure there's some really good ones out there. Hopefully, other myLotters will come through with some great ones in the comments.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

5 Apr 19

Some mentioned an old BBC prank that I already knew "the spaghetti harvest in the south of Switzerland", that one was one of the greatest I ever heard.

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BBC: Spaghetti-Harvest in Ticino

@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

7 Apr 19

@moffittjc Gary March wrote about this prank the 1st of April here. Here is the link to the video As you will notice they specify "In Ticino" that is the Swiss region where I live.

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The spaghetti tree hoax is a famous 3-minute hoax report broadcast on April Fools' Day 1957 by the BBC current affairs programme Panorama. It told a tale of ...

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (121659)

• Gainesville, Florida

7 Apr 19

@LadyDuck I remember reading about this before, either here on myLot or on Bubblews. It definitely seems like one of the better pranks I have seen!

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