APRIL

FOOLS DAY
ORIGIN FROM.
Its origins are uncertain. Some see it as a celebration
related to the turn of the seasons, while others believe it
stems from the adoption of a new calendar.


WORST PRANKS
SCHOOL SHOOTING FALSE ALARM IS
THIS YEARS WORST APRIL FOOLS
DAY PRANK

take 54-year-old Virginia College employee Angela Timmons, who began
her day today by texting her daughter that she heard shots fired at
work. By the time she sent the subsequent April Fools! text, the
school had been swarmed by police officers expecting the worst.As any
responsible adult would do, Timmons daughter immediately called 911
after receiving her mothers text. The Spartanburg County Sheriffs
Office arrived at the school shortly after to find nothing amiss. The
daughter ultimately called the department back once she received the
second text message.Timmons was reportedly charged with one count
of disturbing schools, one count of aggravated in nature breach of
peace, and two counts of unlawful use of a telephone.
RELEASING THE PRISONERS
imagine reading that your husband or brother who has been held
in a squalid Romanian prison for years is finally going to be
released. You make the long journey to the prison and stand
outside the prison gates, waiting desperately for the moment you'll
be reunited with your loved one, only to hear... 'April Fools! No
one's being released!' This experience happened to sixty people
in April 2000 who read in the Opinia newspaper that their loved
ones were going to be released from the Baia Mare prison in
Romania. They made the long journey to the prison, only to learn
that the paper had played an April Fool's joke on them.
The Opinia later published an apology.
A FAKE HANGING
Randy Wood's marriage was over, but apparently he was still a
little bitter about the divorce. So he decided to play a prank on his
ex-wife. He called her up and asked her to come over, telling her
that he had something to show her. Obligingly she drove over,
only to find him hanging by a noose from a tree in his front yard.
Terrified, she immediately dialed 911. Emergency services,
including firefighters, policemen, and paramedics, soon showed
up. But when they went to cut Wood down they discovered he
wasn't dead. He wasn't even hurt. He had strung himself up as a
prank to scare his ex-wife, using a lineman's harness similar to
those used by utility crews. The authorities warned that he would
face a fine of up to $1,000 and a year in jail for his prank.
A FAKE ROBBERY
itra Walker was an employee at a clothing store in
Columbus, Ohio. She had only been working there
for two weeks, but already she felt that she knew
the manager well enough to joke around with him.
So on April 1, 2003 she called him up at his home
and told him that armed men were robbing the
store. The manager immediately called the police,
who promptly dispatched four cruisers. Minutes
later Walker phoned the manager again and
screamed 'April Fools'. Too late. When the police
arrived moments later they weren't amused and
charged her with inducing a panic. Walker's
manager fired her
THE IRAQI AMBASSADOR'S
FINAL JOKE
On April 1, 2003, as thousands of American-led coalition troops
stormed across Iraq, the Iraqi ambassador to Russia, Abbas
Khalaf Kunfuth, held a press conference in Moscow. Many were
expecting him to announce that Iraq conceded defeat. Instead
Kunfuth chose this moment to hold a gag press conference.
Holding up a piece of paper that he identified as a news flash from
Reuters, he read aloud from it: "The Americans have accidentally
fired a nuclear missile into British forces, killing seven."
Immediately the room full of reporters went silent with shock.
Then Kunfuth grinned and shouted 'April Fools!' Only a few days
after this unexpected moment of levity, the Iraqi government
completely collapsed.