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What fools these mortals be.

Fourmyle — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 12:48:33 -0800

Regularly-updated listing of today's April Fools jokes on the web. Add 'em if you've got 'em.

April's Fools day, and the origins thereof.

taumeson — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 11:15:58 -0800

Anybody know the origin of April Fool's day? We already have a post about the greatest hoaxes of all time, but doesn't anybody know WHY we hoax and trick? I won't tell you why here....but I find it funny, what with the current jingoism and all, that it comes from France...after you digest that first link, read more at urbanlegends.com.

ronsens — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 03:59:39 -0800

Pith and Vinegar is a hosting company now?

mrmorgan — Thu, 06 Apr 2000 13:01:50 -0800

Latest on the mcsweeneys.net takeover. If this is a prank, it's already getting old. I keep hoping for some big humor payoff, but I'm the MTV generation--speed things up! Darnit!

mathowie — Fri, 31 Mar 2000 21:36:03 -0800

I can't tell if this is an April Fool's parody of a certain someone or not, but have a great weekend! I'm still digging!

mathowie — Fri, 31 Mar 2000 11:10:12 -0800

This is one of the funniest office pranks I've seen in a while. A few months ago, I proposed filling a coworker's office with ballons, but the packing peanuts are much better (and funnier). [stolen from brig]