April Fool’s Day is just around the corner. That’s right, it’s that time once again to carry around a pair of scissors in the event that your roommate decides to Saran Wrap the toilet paper roll for the third year in a row. Some people just love to use the first of April as an excuse to get on other people’s nerves. However, this year you’ll have some tips on your side to avoid becoming the April Fool.
A pretty common and perhaps, the most dried out joke of all time is the “Kick Me” sign. For reasons I can’t quite comprehend, this joke is still happening. The best way to avoid being kicked in the back is to wear a fur suit. Adhesive tape has a hard time sticking to fur because it’s an uneven surface, so you can avoid having signs taped to you while simultaneously looking fabulous.
Ever since The Office premiered in the US, people have been using pranks that were done on the show like the classic stapler-in-the-gelatin-trick to torture their officemates. Don’t be like Dwight. Instead, you can avoid having this happen to you by putting your stapler in a mound of Jello in advance. People can’t dirty your office supplies if you beat them to the punch, or solidified sugary goop in this case.
One particularly annoying and time consuming prank is the old “covering someone’s belongings in sticky notes” prank. Obviously, the best thing to stop this would be to lock your door, but in case your prankster is determined and has a lock pick kit on them, the next best thing would be to temporarily borrow an aggressive Rottweiler. Your sticky note toting hooligan will be running for the hills when they find themselves face to face with a vicious attack dog.
Probably the worst April Fool’s joke is when someone switches the signs outside of bathrooms, and an innocent passerby walks into the wrong one. This one is an easy fix. Don’t go to the bathroom; just hold it in all day. If you wait until the next day to free the pee, you won’t have to worry about accidentally walking in the wrong room. It may be a wee bit difficult, but it should be passable.
Of course, last but not least is the prank call. If someone call’s you wondering whether or not one of your various appliances is running, answer the phone as if you are the receptionist from a hospital’s urology department. Nobody wants to be reminded that they are holding their bladder all day to avoid walking in the wrong bathroom. Your prank caller will be so deterred that they will hang up instantly.
All joke’s aside, April Fool’s Day is just a day to celebrate fun. Don’t take any pranks that are played on you too seriously, and enjoy the one day a year made for amusement.
