While its origins aren’t exactly clear, people have been pranking folks on April 1st since at least the middle ages. For example, here is an account of people going into the tower of London to “see the lions being washed” in 1698 that was the direct result of a prank. But in this day and age, people are so overprepared that they might not even realize that not everything is an attempt to fool them.
Someone asked “What real and serious story/event did you believe was a prank (because it’s April 1st)?” and people shared their examples. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and add your own experiences to the comments section below.
#1
My mom has been sober for 9 years, but she announced her sobriety on April 1st. No one believed her. Happy Sober-versary, mom!
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#2
My long term girlfriend broke up with me on April first.
Not only did I initially think it was a joke, but then all my friends thought it was a joke and I went a full week+ of nobody being supportive because they all thought I committed hard to the bit.
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#3
Boston. 1997. “We’re getting 2 feet of snow Tuesday. You probably won’t have class.”
“Hah. Hah. Hah. April Fools.”
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#4
5 years ago today my wife and I went to an ultrasound where they told us she was carrying twins. We were in shock but at least we could see the ultrasound. The phone calls to our family later that day were a bit tricky.
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#5
My friend is born on April 1st. He was telling me that when his mom’s water broke, his dad didn’t actually believe her and thought she just spilt water on the ground.
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#6
My friend turned in her two weeks noticed on April 1. HR didn’t believe her until much later.
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#7
Our family dog was hit by a car on April 1st. My dad saw it happen and came inside to tell us, I instantly started crying and my brother didn’t believe him, my dad kept telling him to stop and to shut up cause he was laughing and saying no way.
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#8
One April 1st a few years ago my wife woke up ont with Bell’s Palsy ( half of her face was partially paralyzed and dropping) due to an infection. It took me way longer than it should have to believe her that she wasn’t totally faking it as a prank. I played it off until she cried. Not my proudest moment.
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#9
Mitch Hedberg’s death was announced on April 1st even though he passed on March 29th and I thought he was pranking his fans. RIP, man.
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#10
Obligatory “not me but…”
So my mom’s birthday is April 1st and on her 40th birthday all of her friends threw her a surprise party at a very nice restaurant. About halfway through dinner my mom and dad stand up to make an announcement — she was pregnant! No one believed them but nineteen years later here I am!
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#11
My 17 year old friend telling me she got engaged while she was visiting overseas. We were still in high school. Kept saying “I’m not falling for it it’s April fools I’m not falling for it” even though she showed the ring. Didn’t believe until she showed me the 1000 pictures of the engagement.
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#12
Today at work our internet connection broke down. Initially I thought it was a prank but in retrospect I doubt a large company would cut off an entire floor of employees from work for 1.5 hours especially considering we’re the IT helpdesk.
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#13
I didn’t just hear the story but I’ve called my parents from jail on April 1st after I got arrested. Didn’t make this any easier..
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#14
My dad called to tell me he had just won the Reader’s Digest sweepstakes. Two months later we were all in the company headquarters watching my parents accept a comically oversized novelty check for the first installment (it paid out over 30 years).
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#15
A friend of mine announced she was divorcing her husband on April 1st.
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#16
That my grandmother was dead, because her mother also died on April 1st.
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#17
My boss was a well known joker in a company where we made April Fool’s pranks an art.
He announced a well-liked colleague was leaving.
After the fact, my boss told me he should’ve waited one more day before sending the email announcement as most people still didn’t believe that the colleague was leaving.
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#18
One time my dad’s girlfriend started drinking water and used the fake-choke on me. She was on the ground rolling in laughter, and as a result, started actually choking.
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#19
I used to work in a deli in a grocery store. We were right next to the bakery and I got to know the people over there pretty well. There was this guy, we’ll call him Ben. Ben had a lot of tattoos and played guitar in a band and was a pretty chill dude overall. I came into work on April first and one of my friends told me that Ben was in a car accident last night and had passed away. I thought no way, he was totally the type of person to make a joke like that on April fool’s day, but it turned out to be true. It was really surreal that he was just gone. He was only 23 years old. My favorite memory of him was one night he was closing and didn’t have much to do. They had two burnt loaves of bread, so he pulled the insides out and cut them to fit around his feet. He walked over to us and said, “look guys, I made loafers!” He was a great guy.
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#20
My prankster Uncle Tim died of a massive heart attack in his front yard.
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