One of Google's April Fools' jokes has already failed spectacularly
April Fools' Day is barely underway, and Google has already had a joke backfire: A "mic drop" button in Gmail that inserted a GIF from the Minions movies into an email reply, and then hid all subsequent replies, ended up infuriating people who use their Gmail for professional reasons.
http://www.vox.com/2016/4/1/11344706/gmail-mic-drop-april-fools
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April Fools' Day is barely underway, and Google has already had a joke backfire: A "mic drop" button in Gmail that inserted a GIF from the Minions movies into an email reply, and then hid all subsequent replies, ended up infuriating people who use their Gmail for professional reasons.
http://www.vox.com/2016/4/1/11344706/gmail-mic-drop-april-fools
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I would vote for any party that promised to outlaw this tradition.
I am always on the receiving end of April Fools jokes every year. Most of them are of the unimaginative juvenile variety, loosening all the screws on my desk chair, pepper mixed in with the coffee can in the office kitchen, clicking on links to gay porn and that kind of Beavis and Buttheadish stuff.
Has anyone been on the receiving or planning end of a creative April Fools joke.?
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Has anyone been on the receiving or planning end of a creative April Fools joke.?
No, nothing creative.
I always got the old kitchen sink hand sprayer wrapped with a rubber band trick. Like the dummy that I am I fell for it all the time. It's such a treat to be dressed for work and go to get some water from the kitchen sink and get blasted in the chest with cold water. :nea:
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Has anyone been on the receiving or planning end of a creative April Fools joke.?
No nothing creative.
I always got the old kitchen sink hand sprayer wrapped with a rubber band trick. Like the dummy that I am I fell for it all the time. It's such a treat to be dressed for work and go to get some water from the kitchen sink and get blasted in the chest with cold water. :nea:
The pranks are always at work and thankfully no sprayer on the work kitchen sink.
Anybody stock up on Mentos and Coke bottles? ac_biggrin
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Kewl av Blurt. :thumbup:
Nobody would dare prank the Iron Chink.
I told my kids it was crazy hair and pyjama day at school today. You should have seen what they left the house looking like.
LOL!
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LOL!
Wait, they're not on their spring break?
Omg you didn't.
You're going to be in some shit lol
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LOL!
Wait, they're not on their spring break?
We had ours the last two weeks.
And yes keeper, I did :D
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LOL!
Wait, they're not on their spring break?
We had ours the last two weeks.
And yes keeper, I did :D
:laugh3: you have to let me know what happened later..
I forgot April first is foolish day. It's just the old lady and I at home plus the livestock.
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LOL!
Do your children hate you?
They might when they get home. :laugh3:
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Hey Blurt :howdy:
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LOL!
Do your children hate you?
They might when they get home. :laugh3:
You have to keep those midgets on their toes or they grow up well adjusted haha
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LOL!
Do your children hate you?
They might when they get home. :laugh3:
You have to keep those midgets on their toes or they grow up well adjusted haha
Oh God, you can't have that. :laugh3:
As a parent it's your duty to fuck your kids up.
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LOL!
Wait, they're not on their spring break?
We had ours the last two weeks.
And yes keeper, I did :D
Their last day today here.
I am become the English teacher.
I wish we could have had some harmless April fools jokes, but the company won't allow it. They won't stand for us being happy.
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Welcome iron horse jockey..
I am very happy you joined us.
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Welcome iron horse jockey..
I am very happy you joined us.
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I am happy to have joined you. Thanks for your help with my ride avatar. I appreciate it.
That's a GREAT avatar!
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It is nice RW.
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Thanks. It's from a fave video game,
I like your avvie, too. :wink:
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Thanks. It's from a fave video game,
I like your avvie, too. :wink:
Blurt your avvie reminds me a little too much of my sister.
She irritates me.
Sorry to hear that, Renee. :sad:
Maybe there's an ointment available for sibling rash?
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Thanks. It's from a fave video game,
I like your avvie, too. :wink:
Blurt your avvie reminds me a little too much of my sister.
She irritates me.
Your sister must be very pretty Renee.
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Maybe there's an ointment available for sibling rash?
A rope and a wood chipper would work better. :laugh3:
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Maybe there's an ointment available for sibling rash?
And speaking of siblings, is it just you and GranpaP or is there more brothers and sisters Blurt?
I have to say I like Renee's avvie, too. It reminds of the depictions of gods and goddesses in Hindu calendars. Very bright, garish, and gaudy.
Like a posterized/polarized Venus.
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Thanks. It's from a fave video game,
I like your avvie, too. :wink:
Blurt your avvie reminds me a little too much of my sister.
She irritates me.
Your sister must be very pretty Renee.
Yeah, she is.
Fucken bitch. :laugh3:
Me and Gramps only, Fash.
I would've loved to have a sister, too, but my bro is the best sib one could ever hope for.
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I would've loved to have a sister, too, but my bro is the best sib one could ever hope for.
I thought so, but I wasn't sure..
It's like my family, I just have one younger brother..
He' a policeman in Manitoba.
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Like a posterized/polarized Venus.
Thanks, but to be honest, I was going for the cabbage patch doll/down's syndrome kinda look.
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Thanks. It's from a fave video game,
I like your avvie, too. :wink:
Aren't you exceptionally pretty this morning Blurt. You look like ur ready to go hunting or work on an engine wth ur new redneck buddy. ac_toofunny
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Maybe there's an ointment available for sibling rash?
A rope and a wood chipper would work better. :laugh3:
Feet first!
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Like a posterized/polarized Venus.
Thanks, but to be honest, I was going for the cabbage patch doll/down's syndrome kinda look.
Well you've got the cabbages for it.
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Like a posterized/polarized Venus.
Thanks, but to be honest, I was going for the cabbage patch doll/down's syndrome kinda look.
Well you've got the cabbages for it.
Hey, leave my cabbages alone; they're all I got left to work with. ac_unsure
They're great cabbages :D
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Thank you.
Too bad they're stuck on the body of a frickin lawn gnome.
Wait a minute :confused1: ....are you hitting on me? :laugh3:
Really Renee? Could saying "great cabbages" have been any more obvious? Oh baby!
ac_wub
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ac_wub
You could have said that you wanted to bend me over a couch.
THAT would've been obvious. :laugh3:
It's still to be determined as to who'd be getting bent.
I have a whole night stand full of goodies that says it would be Renee. :D
And I'm getting creepy haha
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Hopefully you ran them through the dishwasher?
OMG,....I just made it weirder. :ohmy: What is wrong with me?
HAHAHAHA!
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LOL!
How did they react when they got home?
My kids have a school uniform so they'd get sent home if I tried that. And as I drive them to and from school, I'd cop the immediate reaction. (From the school, not the kids. They wouldn't care.)
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LOL!
How did they react when they got home?
My kids have a school uniform so they'd get sent home if I tried that. And as I drive them to and from school, I'd cop the immediate reaction. (From the school, not the kids. They wouldn't care.)
They laughed and thought it was a pretty funny prank. My daughter vowed revenge but I actually got a few "cool mom" points from my son's friends. They love a good mom burn haha.
It's too bad that having school uniforms means you can't get away with that. It's pretty funny.
Now I have to figure something out for next year.
Haha good one RW :thumbup: I spent the day walking along a river bank with my daughter. I convinced her there was something big and scaly near the shore. I played it for a few minutes and got her believing it was a crocodile or something. When I said April Fools all I did was manage to piss her off. She's not one for those kind of jokes lol
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It must be in how convincing you are that there is a scaly monster.
:laugh:
We were initially looking for salmon swimming upstream. I think I caught her off guard and she wasn't expecting it. I don't usually play pranks on the family. But I have to say I was pretty proud of myself for that one lol
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I cannot believe your kid fell for it. Maybe acting was your calling grannie. :laugh3:
I was surprised she fell for it too. She's 21! But like I said I'm not much of a prankster so that might have been the hitch. I did do Drama in high school ac_umm :laugh3:
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That's why she believed. You have no pranking history.
Exactly Herman! I caught her off guard! ac_biggrin
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I would like to try that on my son when he comes back from Australia with his Aussie girlfriend. Sorry son, I declared bankruptcy and I cannot put you up because the bank is repossessing the farm.
Hahaha! Dooo eeet!!!!
My step mother HATES pranks and considers them a form of bullying. I told her she was ridiculous.
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Is that the twat that used to smack you around or was that your biological Mommy?
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Is that the twat that used to smack you around or was that your biological Mommy?
That was my biological mom. My stepmom is very opposed to hitting of any kind, ever.
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Is that the twat that used to smack you around or was that your biological Mommy?
That was my biological mom. My stepmom is very opposed to hitting of any kind, ever.
What does she think of ur bio Mommy? Psycho?
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Is that the twat that used to smack you around or was that your biological Mommy?
That was my biological mom. My stepmom is very opposed to hitting of any kind, ever.
What does she think of ur bio Mommy? Psycho?
She doesn't know a lot of it. If she does think my mom is psycho, she doesn't say anything.
Your mom is psycho. She needs consouling. Many many hours. Maybe some shock therapy too
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Is that the twat that used to smack you around or was that your biological Mommy?
This thread took a huge turn really fast ac_wot :2r4ml1j_th:
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Therapy is only works for people who want help. Some people can't be helped; in which case, writing them off is the only option.
It's better that way for all parties.
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Therapy is only works for people who want help. Some people can't be helped; in which case, writing them off is the only option.
It's better that way for all parties.
Yes & no..I guess I'm conflicted. Both my parents have passed and it's hard for me to think I would write one of them off but knowing the situation you're totally right in this case.
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Therapy is only works for people who want help. Some people can't be helped; in which case, writing them off is the only option.
It's better that way for all parties.
Yes & no..I guess I'm conflicted. Both my parents have passed and it's hard for me to think I would write one of them off but knowing the situation you're totally right in this case.
It's always been my belief that in cases of chronic absuse where the abuser regards their aberrant behavior as normal, you cannot let sentimentality get in the way of your own well-being and safety.
Are both your parents still around Renee?
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Yes they are alive and well and dealing out all the parental criticism they possibly can. :laugh3:
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Yes they are alive and well and dealing out all the parental criticism they possibly can. :laugh3:
That's what parents do no matter what age their children are.
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Yes they are alive and well and dealing out all the parental criticism they possibly can. :laugh3:
That's what parents do no matter what age their children are.
I know, I do it to my own. We do because we care.
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Yes they are alive and well and dealing out all the parental criticism they possibly can. :laugh3:
That's what parents do no matter what age their children are.
I know, I do it to my own. We do because we care.
exactly