ThatDamnedPanda
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I think the best April Fool's joke i ever played was to play no joke at all. I used to have a young employee, sort of a protege really, with whom I worked closely and developed a very close relationship. He was a really good kid, and we used to joke around a lot. I had a reputation in my office as being quite a practical joker, and as the day came closer Kevin became more and more apprehensive about what I was going to do to him on the 1st. I had a couple of ideas in mind, but the more nervous he seemed about what I was going to do, the more I started to think it was more fun just to string him along. So I didn't do anything at all. Every time he brought it up, I'd just give an evil chuckle and say, "Oh, well, you know how it is. I'm sure I'll think of something." When he came to work on the 1st, he looked nervous as a cat on a skateboard. And i didn't do a thing except smile sweetly when he walked past my office, which of course only convinced him I had to be up to something really diabolical. About every half hour or so, I'd walk out to his desk and just stand there behind him until he noticed me. He'd jump halfway out of his chair, and I'd just say, "Hi. How's everything going today?" with a big grin. "Uh.... fine.... so far." "Good! Glad to hear it! Your, uh... computer working alright?" And then I'd just clap him the shoulder and go back to my office while he spent the next hour frantically obsessing about what might be going on with his computer. Then I'd go out and say, "So, how's the phone working today? Any problems with your phone?" He'd come back from lunch, and I'd go out and ask him, "Say, how's your chair? Is it comfortable?" And then he'd spend the next hour tensed up waiting for his chair to collapse out from under him. I kept it going all day; drove the poor kid nuts. He finally figured it out about halfway through the afternoon, but up until that point the whole office was in stitches because they all knew what was going on. They kept looking at him and snickering, which only made him more paranoid. That wasn't the best prank I've ever played overall, but it's probably the best April Fool's joke I've ever pulled.
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Panda, panda, burning bright In the forest of the night What immortal hand or eye Made you all black and white and roly-poly like that?
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