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Hit me with your best April Fool's shenanigans

85 replies

ThestoriesIcouldtellyou · 01/04/2026 06:45

My DD is going to look out the window at school and convince everyone it's snowing....

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JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 01/04/2026 08:00

That fried egg is genius!!!!

DD2 had her revenge for the veggie week prank by actually only eating salad veg for breakfast. She is a very stubborn child 😁

Easterbunnyishotandcross · 01/04/2026 08:02

Once changed clocks so exh went to work an hour earlier... He didn't find it funny..

thinkingofachange · 01/04/2026 08:04

WeMeetInFairIthilien · 01/04/2026 07:14

DD (who is 9) is just about to get up and prepare her DDads's fried egg and toast breakfast.

With yoghurt and half a tinned apricot.

She has been planning this since January.

All I've done is purchase the necessary ingredients 😌

cute!
also it’s the Easter holidays OP no school

Travelcrazy · 01/04/2026 08:04

When my kids were little we used to get milk delivered everyday. Before they got up I got it in and put blue food colouring in and then put it back outside.
Kids got up and got cereal and I asked DS to get the milk in. He came in astonished about the blue milk and I said oh yes I forgot I heard it on the news that a lot of grass has died off over winter so the farmers are feeding the cows blueberries and it makes the milk blue. They were really excited and poured it on their cereal and then chatted about how delicious this new blue milk tasted!
I am always doing April Fools pranks but my Mum got me every year so I think it is now my time :)

Notmauve · 01/04/2026 08:04

thinkingofachange · 01/04/2026 08:04

cute!
also it’s the Easter holidays OP no school

In Kent it’s still school

Batties · 01/04/2026 08:08

Notmyreality · 01/04/2026 07:54

Well we must all follow zee rulez mustn’t we.

It was a (admittedly rubbish) joke.

Notmauve · 01/04/2026 08:09

Batties · 01/04/2026 08:08

It was a (admittedly rubbish) joke.

Oh! Actually I think pretty good. I fell for it!

Batties · 01/04/2026 08:09

thinkingofachange · 01/04/2026 08:04

cute!
also it’s the Easter holidays OP no school

Lots of schools don’t break up until Thursday. Mine are still in school.

Housewife2010 · 01/04/2026 08:10

Anyone seen any online yet? The Daily Mail usually do one. I haven't found it yet.

Aposterhasnoname · 01/04/2026 08:12

Housewife2010 · 01/04/2026 08:10

Anyone seen any online yet? The Daily Mail usually do one. I haven't found it yet.

I found the daily mail one. Its pretty obvious, and quite amusing

Saucery · 01/04/2026 08:13

I'm expecting some mild and harmless jokes like the one planned by your dd, OP. I'll play along, there won't be tumbleweeds and the rest of the class will no doubt join in, because we're not a Fun Free school.

FoolOfShips · 01/04/2026 08:13

ThestoriesIcouldtellyou · 01/04/2026 06:45

My DD is going to look out the window at school and convince everyone it's snowing....

Ha ha! By a coincidence, I did something similar this morning - I told DH we were forecast six inches of snow tomorrow. He was concernedly bringing up the met office weather forecast on his laptop to check before I enlightened him.

ithinkilikethislittlelife · 01/04/2026 08:14

Housewife2010 · 01/04/2026 08:10

Anyone seen any online yet? The Daily Mail usually do one. I haven't found it yet.

I think I may have. There’s a story in the mail online about an addition to Mount Rushmore. The addition is trump. Although that may be true 🤣

ithinkilikethislittlelife · 01/04/2026 08:16

@WeMeetInFairIthilien
that’s brilliant. What a great joke to play on her dad. Too cute. I wish I had apricots in and I’d play that trick on my kids. Damn.

daisychain01 · 01/04/2026 08:19

Batties · 01/04/2026 06:54

Yesterday, MNHQ requested that we don’t share April fools day pranks on here.

MNHQ clearly don't understand the rules of April Fools Day then, if they've said that the day before April Fools.

for it to count as an April Fool, it has to be on the morning of April 1st before midday.

so don't worry @ThestoriesIcouldtellyou you havent been done, MNHQ on the other hand have done themselves over!

HelpMeGetThrough · 01/04/2026 08:20

ithinkilikethislittlelife · 01/04/2026 08:14

I think I may have. There’s a story in the mail online about an addition to Mount Rushmore. The addition is trump. Although that may be true 🤣

It’s true!! 🤣

Hit me with your best April Fool's shenanigans
FoolOfShips · 01/04/2026 08:20

ithinkilikethislittlelife · 01/04/2026 08:14

I think I may have. There’s a story in the mail online about an addition to Mount Rushmore. The addition is trump. Although that may be true 🤣

That's the problem with the news ones, these days half the genuine stories could be April fools' jokes ...

RipplePlease · 01/04/2026 08:21

Plinketyplonks · 01/04/2026 06:56

We’ve done the ‘daddy, there’s a leak in the bathroom’ etc and when he comes running up there’s a leek (vegetable) in the bath. Harmless and the kids found it hilarious.

We did this 2 consecutive years!

daisychain01 · 01/04/2026 08:21

ithinkilikethislittlelife · 01/04/2026 08:14

I think I may have. There’s a story in the mail online about an addition to Mount Rushmore. The addition is trump. Although that may be true 🤣

It can't be true, there isn't enough space.

Batties · 01/04/2026 08:21

daisychain01 · 01/04/2026 08:19

MNHQ clearly don't understand the rules of April Fools Day then, if they've said that the day before April Fools.

for it to count as an April Fool, it has to be on the morning of April 1st before midday.

so don't worry @ThestoriesIcouldtellyou you havent been done, MNHQ on the other hand have done themselves over!

It was a joke. By me.

Missingducks · 01/04/2026 08:23

Local village what's happening group has an announcement that free range peacocks are to be reintroduced to the village.

(I'd love that to be true to be fair)

FoolOfShips · 01/04/2026 08:23

Batties · 01/04/2026 08:21

It was a joke. By me.

Ha ha! I actually checked Site Stuff, then I twigged. Nice one!

daisychain01 · 01/04/2026 08:23

Where's the 😂when we need it!

BiscoffCheesecakes · 01/04/2026 08:24

I like this one, did it a few years ago. Tell the kids/OH that the toilet is smoking

Hit me with your best April Fool's shenanigans
Missingducks · 01/04/2026 08:25

Batties · 01/04/2026 08:21

It was a joke. By me.

And flipping clever too!

I love the 'doh, got me' ones.