Sunday, March 25, 2012

Only one week before April Fool's Day...

It's only a week to April Fool's Day. I won't be in my office on that day, a Sunday. But there's an interesting sign on both sides of a door in the office, near the pantry, which I think offers scope for a harmless prank. Here's the pic:


If your office does not have such a sign, it is easy to prepare two of them (one for each side of the door). Now, first make sure the door is closed. Then, have two people, one on either side of the door, stopping others from getting through.

These two have to be great actors. They have to appear to be loitering there before springing into action, ie, look incredulously at any "offender" about to open the door, stare at that person as if he or she were the goofiest simpleton in the world, and exclaim authoritatively and exasperatedly, "Which part of this sign do you not understand?"

I can think of two real actors who can pull this off: Chua En Lai and Alaric Tay. The Noose people... if you come across my blog, hor, you are welcome to use this idea!

Caveat: Don't try this in a high traffic or emergency premises such as a hospital's A&E area or a fire station. And don't try it with a door used by your boss... unless your boss so likes the idea that he or she volunteers uniformed security staff to help out. That would make a great April Fool's Day indeed.

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To wrap up, there is this website which claims to have a list of the "Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time". I particularly like the one about the Whopper hamburger for left-handed people that Burger King created (note: its prank was pitched at American consumers). There were actually thousands of lefties who asked for it!

Here's the site:

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/

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