April Fools Day - The Art of the Prank

March 29, 2009December 15, 2023

St. Stupid”s Day Parade

St. Stupid”s Day The Patron Of Parking Meters Returns!
Examiner.com
by Heather Barnes
March 28, 2009

Wednesday, April 1 — San Francisco Financial District

St. Stupid Day Parade April Fools Day is around the corner and since a parade full of San Francisco grown-ups insists on keeping us office dwellers entertained during our lunch hour, I guess it’s only fair to go see what all the fuss is about.

For those who live, work and breath in downtown San Francisco, lunch time in the Financial District is a “get-away” of a certain kind. It’s a trendy shopping spree, errands, doctor visits or a group outing upon a rooftop. It could easily be a bench, sack lunch and people watching. And, one of my all-time favorite lunch hours is a city walk to Union Square or China Town making steady time up and down the hilly streets. Wednesday, April 1st, however, you can find me amongst the “stupid.” My people watching skills will finally come in handy, and I can freely gawk without sunglasses.

St. Stupid’s Day is a long-standing 30 year tradition of The First Church of the Last Laugh and you really may want to miss it …. or not! Weirdos, wackos, dumbos and flakos come together in all their “stupid” splendor. They strut their stuff and parade their creativity. For one entire day of the year, “stupid is as stupid does” and that’s just fine with San Francisco … and me. Continue reading “St. Stupid”s Day Parade”

March 29, 2009December 15, 2023

5th Annual Occidental Fools Parade

From www.occidentalfoolsparade.com:

A Community Event for Young, Old and…uh, everyone!

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Saturday, April 4, 2009
Parade begins at 2:00
Participants (Yes YOU!) gather at 1:00 PM in The Occidental Community Center parking lot (located at the corner of
Graton Road and Bohemian Highway).

Dust off your silly-bone and bring your funny friends and family out for a day of laughter and levity in lovely Occidental. But come prepared to smile till your cheeks hurt! This year”s theme is “Fins, Feathers and Fur!” Group entries are encouraged!

WARNING: Grumps and frowners may be transformed!

As the parade ends in Occidental”s Village Square, the party begins, featuring live music, an annual awards ceremony and much more. A fun and foolish afternoon of merriment and pranks is in store for all those who come out to celebrate and participate in the Occidental Fools Parade.

via SonomaontheCheap

March 24, 2009December 15, 2023

Happy Birthday to The Art of the Prank (almost)!

On April Fools’ Day 2009,
The Art of the Prank Blog
will be two years old!

Note to our contributors, friends and fans:
In celebration, we have moved the entire blog to a cloud server. This will help us accommodate more volume and more traffic. Since we’re making big changes, we decided to change our Web address at the same time. Why not cause the maximum confusion for the most people?

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March 22, 2009December 15, 2023

How To Booby Trap a Water Bottle

from ThatFunnyInterweb, via ManticoresMoustache

February 6, 2009January 15, 2019

Fossil Fools Day

From Westside Climate Action, February 5, 2009:

Climate Camp hits the City of London on April Fools Day

Stopping carbon markets : Because nature doesn”t do bailouts

First the city traders speculated with our homes, jobs and money – with disastrous results. Now they are speculating with our climate and the very future of life on earth – and once again our governments are cheering them on.

By creating a brain-bending system of carbon pollution licenses, fossil fuel companies and trading firms have found a way to keep on churning out global warming gases and to reap huge windfall profits at the same time. Meanwhile, the UK government is justifying a third runway at Heathrow and a coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth by saying that these new “carbon trading” schemes will magically make all their emissions vanish. They are handing control of our climate over to the same people and systems that caused the financial collapse.

All the workable and fair alternatives aren”t getting a look-in. We need to stop this foolishness. We”ve camped against the Heathrow runway, we”ve camped against the Kingsnorth coal power station. Now its time to camp against the over-arching problem: absolute faith in unfettered markets and endless economic growth.

On April 1st the G20 leaders arrive in London. At a time of climate crisis their response to the market meltdown is emergency loans to car manufacturers, increased spending to encourage consumption, and bailouts for the very people who got us into this mess – just the things that will make the climate crisis worse. Don”t let them get away with it: join our camp in the Square Mile! Gather at noon, April 1st, at the European Climate Exchange, Hasilwood House, 62 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AW. Bring a pop-up tent, sleeping bag, wind turbine, mobile cinema, action plans and ideas”¦let”s imagine another world. Don”t let the financial and fossil fools make the rules!

For updates, information or to get involved, visit: www.climatecamp.org.uk/g20 or subscribe to announcements at: //lists.riseup.net/www/subrequest/climatecamp

To get more involved, come to our planning meetings: February 14th in London. Arrive at the library house, 52 Knatchbull road, at 1 pm for a 1:30 start and bring food to share.