Some here may appreciate these . . . but please note that April Fool's day
is over!
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April 1, 2002
(originally published on April 1, 1997)
The Top 16 April Fool's Day Pranks to Pull on Programmers
16> Using their e-mail address, post a request for penpals to the
alt.prison.bodypiercing newsgroup.
15> Three words: electric mouse buzzer.
14> Assign them to the new "Heaven's Gate" project.
13> "Look, Bill Gates!! Ha! Made ya look!"
12> Put them in the same room with a member of the opposite sex.
11> "Have you got Prince Albert in a LAN?"
10> Tell them that "everyone knows Star Trek transporter technology
is bogus."
9> 10 GOTO 10
7> Swap their monitor for a large cardboard box with handpuppets.
Watch the fur fly!
6> Announce that annual raises will be based on a subjective test
of one's ability to "schmooze the way the butt-kissers in
Marketing do."
8> Intercept their daily Top 5 List, then remove #8 and re-insert
it between #5 and #6.
5> Pretend to "discover" a Fox TV website with a now-out-of-date
win a weekend with Gillian Anderson of X-Files contest.
4> Every hour, on the hour, forward them a warning about the
"Good Times" virus.
3> Call her up and ask if her program is running, and when she
says "yes," tell her "Well you better go catch it!"
2> Replace all the Jolt in the soda machine with Perrier and V8.
and the Number 1 April Fool's Day Prank to Pull on Programmers...
1> Special announcement: "Forget Java -- Starting immediately,
all coding will be done in COBOL."
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Kermit Woodall, Richmond, VA -- 1, 5 (3rd #1)
Phil Doyle, Mercer Island, WA -- 2, 4
Jennifer Ritzinger, Seattle, WA -- 2
Craig Stacey, St. Paul, MN -- 3
Dave Wesley, Pleasant Hill, CA -- 6
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Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA -- 7
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Marshal Perlman, Minneapolis, MN -- 12
Sue Prifogle, Rushville, IN -- 13, Topic
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Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD -- 15 (Hall of Famer)
Marianne Tatom, Austin, TX -- 16
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