April fools day!
By Gary Marsh
@garymarsh6 (23979)
United Kingdom
April 1, 2019 4:00am CST
Have you ever been caught out?
I have yet to be caught probably because I used to do it every time. My colleagues used to be on the look out for things especially if I was working on the 1st. . Somethings are very subtle but other things are quite obvious or rather they are obvious to me but not necessarily to others!
One year I put a notice up telling people I was going to organise a day trip to the Spaghetti fields of Italy. We would be leaving at 5 AM go to Heathrow airport where we would board a plane to Milan. A bus would take us deep into the Italian countryside where we will pick our own spaghetti which would then be prepared into a beautiful lunch. We will have time to buy some cheese spaghetti, Wine and hams from the region then head back to the airport for out return flight to London.
About 18 people signed up for the trip. I was beside myself inside with hysterical laughter as I saw my colleagues add their name to the list. I have to say they felt like lemons when all was revealed that it was a complete hoax.
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@LadyDuck (502190)
• Italy
1 Apr 19
I remember this prank, we talked about this with Barry (Asylum) a couple of years ago. I watched the video this morning, because the "harvesting" was supposed to take place here in Canton Ticino, the fields were said to be here in the south of Switzerland.
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 19
Yes Anna I think it was the BBC who originally played this prank many moons ago. But as I used to organise work trips to France etc they believed me. I was a complete prankster. I did not even have to wait for April fools day. I had to tone it down a bit in the last few years though because it would have been frowned upon someone so senior doing that sort of thing. Not that I stopped completely but the pranks became tame in comparison! 
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@LadyDuck (502190)
• Italy
1 Apr 19
@Gillygirl I am searching the local newspaper, I am sure they are going to publish something.
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@LadyDuck (502190)
• Italy
1 Apr 19
@garymarsh6 We played some pranks to my mother when I was younger, we had a lot of fun.
@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 19
I was too well known for it. You would have only had to tell the tale and automatically my name appeared for some unknown reason! For example moving the staff lockers around and changing all the names. They could not understand why they could not get into their lockers! Someone had left the key in their locker so I filled it with everything I could get my hands on so when they opened it the whole lot came tumbling out! Gosh How i stayed alive I really don't know!
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@rebelann (117199)
• El Paso, Texas
2 Apr 19
Anyone who signed it wouldn't know they were daft in the first place @garymarsh6 you didn't tell them, did you?
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 19
Haha yes I bet they felt a bit daft!
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 19
Oh how bad your trusted colleagues are! I guess they have sighed a sigh of relief I was not there today!
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
2 Apr 19
@garymarsh6
They really fell for that. I am surprised they did not lynch you.
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
2 Apr 19
No they wouldn't do that because they are used to my pranks!
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
3 Apr 19
@Hannihar Haha no I am usually two steps ahead probably because I have tried most pranks myself at some time or another!
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
3 Apr 19
@garymarsh6
If they are used to your pranks did they sign up just for a joke on you too?
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
1 Apr 19
It's amazing what people will fall for. I'm a skeptic at the best of times but I DO appreciate a good prank.
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 19
I often take a double take when I see something like this!
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 19
@SophiaMorros I am sure we have all been caught out at some time or another!
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
1 Apr 19
@garymarsh6 The all-time best April Fool's prank ended up not being a prank at all:
I initially thought that the Canadian territory of Nunavut was a very elaborate practical joke. It became a territory on April 1st and the name sounds a lot like None-of-it. It didn't make the news in the USA (where I was living at the time) so when one of my nieces told me about it I couldn't find any maps verifying it was factual I decided it was probably a joke.
Turns out it wasn't. 
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 19
You see how convincing I can be! There is a report today that a joke in Lagos, Nigeria was that people are ordering Pizza in London and having it delivered by British Airways. People were asking if there was an App for it!
@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
1 Apr 19
That is so funny Gary! I like those kind of harmless pranks
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 19
Yes as long as it is harmless and causes no offence I agree with you!
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 19
It was a very old story and most of my staff were not from overseas which helped a lot!
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 19
OH trust me with my look of innocence I can charm the birds out of the trees. You would go grey if you knew some of the antics I have got up to in the past!
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Apr 19
What kind of spaghetti was being grown? Round or flat?
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 19
Well depending on the hybrid tree some were grown black and some green but most were neutral!
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