April Fool's Day!

April Fool’s Day has a very interesting history. According to http://www.april-fools.us/history-april-fools.htm, April Fool’s Day started in about 1582 in France under Charles IX. New Year’s Week used to be March 25 to April 1; however, it was changed to January 1. Since communication traveled slowly only some people were informed and some refused to acknowledge the change. Those people were labeled “fools.” The harassing continued and evolved into pranks. Some good pranks according to the internet:

• There is the classic, draw eyebrows and moustache on their face when the person is asleep.
• Freeze water in a cereal bowl, then put cereal on top and serve.
• Put baby powder in the hair dryer, their head will be pure white.
• Place a life saver under the shower head, when they start drying off the towel will stick to them.
• Place a small alarm clock set for 4am under their bed.
• Take 20 or more disposable cups and fill them with water stapled together and put them on their desk or floor.
• There is the classic, post it note under the mouse so the cursor won’t move.
• Pop off a few keys on the keyboard and switch them around. (Only if the person is a “hunt and peck” typist)
• Place a small water balloon in the toe of the person’s shoe.
• Ask them if they can balance a drink on their hand. Place your hand palm down on the table and balance a drink. Bet the other person they cannot do the same thing on both hands at once then leave. They will be stuck.
• Go into Microsoft Word and change the auto-correct so it misspells common words. Replace with words like “a” and “however” with “dog” and “moon”.
• Turn the brightness control all the way up and the contrast all the way down. The screen should appear blank.
• Go to Start, Settings, Control Panel to find the option for mouse. On the buttons tab, change the buttons configuration to switch the primary and secondary buttons of the mouse. Now when they click nothing will work as expected.
• Change the person’s homepage to www.welcometonternet.org.

I hope everyone has a wonderful April 1st!