New Rule: April Fools Threads Are OK Only If They Are Funny

[mudesi]

K&R if you agree.

In other words, for an April fools thread to be considered acceptable, I need to, upon reading the subject line, open my mouth, smile, and emit the sound "ha ha", or at the very least a single, solitary "ha".

Otherwise, it's not an April fools thread, it's a waste of message board space and annoying as all hell.

You people are not funny. Seriously. I know you think you are, but you're not. Not even close. Go to fark to see an actual April fools joke.

[MineralMan]

1. April Fool's Jokes Are for Chumps And Amateurs.

Real pranksters pull their pranks on any other day, but never on April 1.

[NightWatcher]

3. I agree. anyone can do it today. try an april fools sometime in september

[MineralMan]

6. As someone who has spent much of my life pranking

as a hobby, I learned long ago that pranks work best at any other time. I also learned that pranks directed at individuals are rarely funny.

[Renew Deal]

2. It's not an April Fools joke unless someone gets fooled

And that's what made some of those threads work.

[blondeatlast]

4. How about instead: Go ahead and post the stupidity--but don't call me humorless if I don't happen

to find it funny.

I'm well-known for my very dry, very dark humor, but that pet thread wasn't funny, IMHO. I'm not saying it wasn't funny, I'm just saying that to say I lack a sense of humor for not finding it funny is just not cool.

[aikoaiko]

5. true, but unfunny 4/1 threads are not nearly as lame as complaint 4/1 threads.

;)