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We asked our readers to submit their favorite pranks for April Fools’ Day, and fools rushed in to share their top stunts and hoaxes. Suffice it to say, there are some dirty, rotten pranksters around town.
We voted, and have published three of our favorites here. These and all other submissions are posted on our Web site at islandpacket.com/aprilfools. Read them carefully to guard against becoming the victim of any practical jokes today.
And when you’re done reading, go out and try one of those new left-handed Whoppers. We hear they’re quite tasty.
Betty Smith, Hilton Head
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My daughter still hasn't forgiven me for this one!
In 1991 my daughter, Brittany, was a senior at Duke and the Blue Devils were playing for the national basketball championship after having been defeated by UNLV for the title the year before. Bobby Hurley was the key point guard to make it all come together to beat Kansas and make it happen.
Brittany had called me about something else, so knowing it was April Fools’ Day, I very casually asked her if Bobby Hurley was going to be able to play in the title game. She very surprisingly said "Well, why wouldn't he be?" to which I responded "Because the news is saying he is too sick to play, some type of virus or food poison or flu or something!" She said, "Mom, I have to run, this is terrible, I have to go find out about it."
After going all over campus for several hours and asking anyone and everyone about it and getting the entire campus all caught up in whether or not he was going to play because of being sick, she finally called me back to ask me the "source" of the news about his illness and I simple said "Me (pause) April Fool!" Then she told me what she had done, and I felt a little guilty but it was still a great one ... although I thought it to be a whole lot funnier than she did. She was not a happy camper!
To this day, both daughters will believe NOTHING I say, ask or do on April the 1st.
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