The Top Pranks on April Fool’s Day
When it’s April Fool’s day, trust no one.
You won’t likely feel 100% safe again until May. April Fool’s marks the day when pranking goes alive and big companies from Google to LEGO have put up great jokes on the Web. This is a round-up of the most wittiest, and humoristic pranks that occurred throughout history during April Fool’s Day.
1. Gmail Shelfie: Email with personality - 2004
Gmail introduced Shelfie, which stands for “SHareable sElFIE.” A new Gmail setting enables users to have a selfie mailbox theme and share it with their family and friends.
2. Left-handed whopper - 1998
Burger King announced a solution for the “1.4 million left-handed customers” who visits the Burger King restaurants every day: the Left-Handed Whopper. Burger King said all the condiments were rotated 180° to suit the left-handed burger individuals.
3. The Youtube Collection - 2012
Youtube announced that EVERY single video that is uploaded to Youtube will be made available on DVD’s. And they will be shipped to your homes in “175 YouTube trucks.”
4. Google Maps: Pokemon Challenge - 2014
Google introduced “Pokemon Master,” who is the person who finds the most pokemon characters in Google’s maps app.
5. The Taco Liberty Bell - 1996
Everyone was outraged when Taco Bell, the fast food chain, posted on six major newspapers claiming they had purchased the Liberty Bell and renaming it “Taco Liberty Bell.”
6. Gmail Paper - 2007
“You click. You stack. We get.” Google launched Gmail Paper, which aimed to provide on-demand printed copies of emails for users. Google promised to print out your emails, and ship them to you.
7. Virgin’s America new feature: total temperature controlled by nest - 2014
Virgin America created a personalized “climate control feature on planes.” Passengers can set their own temperature for an even more personalized flight from “Chicago Polar Vortex” to “Cancun Afternoon.” But the so-called Total Temperature Control feature sure have us wanting it was a real luxury.
8. LEGO delivery via turtle
How exciting is this? Imagine seeing a turtle that just arrived in front of your house to delivery your LEGO toy. The LEGO company offered only one day for orders that will be delivered via REAL turtle.
9. Air France introduces selfies in the air
Air France offered #SelfintheAir. Passengers are able to take SELFIES in the airplane and Air France equips each individual screen with a camera.
10. “YouTube’s ready to select a winner”
This prank revealed that Youtube’s entire existence has been a contest to select the BEST VIDEO ever, and that YouTube will eventually shut down when the winner will be announced.
It’s explicitly true that these big companies are capable of such self-parody. April Fool’s is a holiday that stretches back generations and is unlikely to completely die out any time soon.With the exact origin of April Fool’s is still undetermined, something can still be remain true: those pranks are comical, full of mockery, and yet unpredictable.
by Ashifa Husna
sources: Mashable, TIME Magazine.
When it’s April Fool’s day, trust no one.
You won’t likely feel 100% safe again until May. April Fool’s marks the day when pranking goes alive and big companies from Google to LEGO have put up great jokes on the Web. This is a round-up of the most wittiest, and humoristic pranks that occurred throughout history during April Fool’s Day.
1. Gmail Shelfie: Email with personality - 2004
Gmail introduced Shelfie, which stands for “SHareable sElFIE.” A new Gmail setting enables users to have a selfie mailbox theme and share it with their family and friends.
2. Left-handed whopper - 1998
Burger King announced a solution for the “1.4 million left-handed customers” who visits the Burger King restaurants every day: the Left-Handed Whopper. Burger King said all the condiments were rotated 180° to suit the left-handed burger individuals.
3. The Youtube Collection - 2012
Youtube announced that EVERY single video that is uploaded to Youtube will be made available on DVD’s. And they will be shipped to your homes in “175 YouTube trucks.”
4. Google Maps: Pokemon Challenge - 2014
Google introduced “Pokemon Master,” who is the person who finds the most pokemon characters in Google’s maps app.
5. The Taco Liberty Bell - 1996
Everyone was outraged when Taco Bell, the fast food chain, posted on six major newspapers claiming they had purchased the Liberty Bell and renaming it “Taco Liberty Bell.”
6. Gmail Paper - 2007
“You click. You stack. We get.” Google launched Gmail Paper, which aimed to provide on-demand printed copies of emails for users. Google promised to print out your emails, and ship them to you.
7. Virgin’s America new feature: total temperature controlled by nest - 2014
Virgin America created a personalized “climate control feature on planes.” Passengers can set their own temperature for an even more personalized flight from “Chicago Polar Vortex” to “Cancun Afternoon.” But the so-called Total Temperature Control feature sure have us wanting it was a real luxury.
8. LEGO delivery via turtle
How exciting is this? Imagine seeing a turtle that just arrived in front of your house to delivery your LEGO toy. The LEGO company offered only one day for orders that will be delivered via REAL turtle.
9. Air France introduces selfies in the air
Air France offered #SelfintheAir. Passengers are able to take SELFIES in the airplane and Air France equips each individual screen with a camera.
10. “YouTube’s ready to select a winner”
This prank revealed that Youtube’s entire existence has been a contest to select the BEST VIDEO ever, and that YouTube will eventually shut down when the winner will be announced.
It’s explicitly true that these big companies are capable of such self-parody. April Fool’s is a holiday that stretches back generations and is unlikely to completely die out any time soon.With the exact origin of April Fool’s is still undetermined, something can still be remain true: those pranks are comical, full of mockery, and yet unpredictable.
by Ashifa Husna
sources: Mashable, TIME Magazine.