April Fools Day is all fun and games until someone gets arrested. As we celebrate the wackiest day of the year, we urge everyone to have fun, be safe, and learn from the mistakes of these shortsighted pranksters:
Spokane Spokesman-Review, July 26, 1907
“Charlie Graff, what WILL you say next?!”
“That Borden thing was only 15 years ago, you scoundrel. Too soon.”
“As a loyal subscriber to the Chicago Onion-Register, I think you’ll find me quite difficult to fool, sir.”
“Seriously though, where is your wife?”
File this under: not well-thought-out:
“My friend knows a guy whose cousin is a mechanic, and he said that if we just cut them a little, they’ll grow back by April 2.”
“Bro, if I bomb this chem test my parents are gonna freak. We need to get out of class tomorrow.”
Not the right audience:
Bagley Farmers Independent, Nov. 24, 1993.
“Uh, yeah, I took them…from a POLICE STATION…seriously, how are you not getting this?”
“You want to know the real joke? This VCR in 6 months when everything is on LaserDisc.”
Finally, lest you think that the police have no sense of humor whatsoever:
Wilmington Morning Star, April 7, 1996
“Sure, ‘Officer,’ I’d be happy to get into your real, actual ‘police car.’ Here, I’ll even make the siren noises–weee-oooo, weee-oooo, weee-ooooo…”
“Seriously, you’re under arrest, but let me get a quick face swap before I cuff you. The fellas at the station will love it.”
For even more examples of what not to do this year, see articles here, here, here and here.
