Best April Fools' jokes ranked

[Kacey]

From the Denver Post (for details, follow the link; all descriptions deleted for space and to follow copyright guidelines):

The best April Fools' hoaxes of all time have been ranked by the San Diego-based Museum of Hoaxes.
The list rates pranks based on notoriety, absurdity and the number of people fooled.
Here they are, in order:
1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
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#2: Sidd Finch
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#3: Instant Color TV
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#4: The Taco Liberty Bell
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#5: San Serriffe
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#6: Nixon for President
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#7: Alabama Changes the Value of Pi
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#8: The Left-Handed Whopper
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#9: Hotheaded Naked Ice Borers
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#10: Planetary Alignment Decreases Gravity
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Find more information at the Museum of Hoaxes website.

 

[terryl965]

Thanks for the link Kacey I like the website

 

[Ninjamom]

THAT was good!!! Thanks for posting.

(Ninjamom hurredly sends out links to family, friends, and several other Internet forums)

 

[MetalStorm]

I gotta say the best one I saw this year was google's Beta of Tisp.

If you missed it you can still see the pages at http://www.google.com/tisp/

 

[HKphooey]

Sidd Finch, that was a great one.

Anyone play any pranks on friends or family?

 

[Touch Of Death]

Asking waitresses for left handed silver ware or chopsticks is an American tradition. They sometimes actualy go ask their boss where they keep them.
Sean

 

[HKphooey]

Asking waitresses for left handed silver ware or chopsticks is an American tradition. They sometimes actualy go ask their boss where they keep them.
Sean

Lol! I used to work in a sporting goods store and we used to call the new staff and ask for left handed baseball bats.

 

[Touch Of Death]

Lol! I used to work in a sporting goods store and we used to call the new staff and ask for left handed baseball bats.

I worked Bingo, and we always sent the newbies in to get the ashtrays out of the "No Smoking" section.
Sean

 

[jim777]

We used to call up hardware stores with a list of stuff we were looking for, including glass hammers, wooden nails, used paint (especially in the shape of spiral bannisters), and steel wool oil cans. Remarkable how few people would catch on and end up getting angry. "Glass hammers? What are you gonna do with a glass hammer?" Come on! :lol:

 

[crushing]

Don't forget the chemlight batteries! You would think they take AA or AAA, but they take the special ID10Ts.

 

[CoryKS]

Anybody interested in buying fifty feet of flight line?