Joe’s Five Best April Fools’ Pranks

1)  TWTTR NNNCS VWLS NW CST MN

In 2013, Twitter announced from Apr. 1 on, basic users would have to pay in order to use vowels in their tweets for the low, low price of $5 a month.

2) HAPPY WINGS

In 2008, the BBC published a video of a newly discovered species. Flying Penguins. A member of Monty Python followed the flying birds as they prepared for their long journey from Antarctica to the Amazon rainforest.

3) FREE TACOS

In 1996, Taco Bell advertised in the New York Times they had bought the famous Liberty Bell to help reduce the country’s debt and re-baptized it the “Taco Liberty Bell.” Even the White House played along.

4) THREENIE

In 2008, CBC Radio spoke with the Royal Canadian Mint who told them about their plan to issue a new coin. The Threenie.

5) THE DAY MY MAMA TOLD ME SHE LOVES ME

Jk. She never has…