April Fool's Day has passed - a difficult test for strict and eternally serious people. Someone breathed a sigh of relief that they hadn’t been pranked, and someone fell victim to the wit of colleagues and relatives, or he himself proved to be a fair joker. What tricks did April Fool's Day remember in different countries? Here rating of the best April Fools' jokes of 2016.
7.The BBC is bringing back the era of videotapes
The channel announced that it will open a VHS store that will offer old and new shows.
A video clip released on April 1 said cassettes of BBC TV shows and films would be delivered right to your door. The VHS fans were delighted with this news. One of them stated, “I'm so glad that VHS is back, it's like seeing an old friend. A friend who has already died. "
6. A million dollars from Donald Trump
During a meeting with voters in Des Moines, Iowa, Trump announced his intention to give $ 1 million to every man, woman, and child in the United States as one of his first measures since taking the presidency.
“If every American, instead of spending a lot of money on Chinese goods, spends a million dollars on American-made goods, we will eliminate the trade deficit, create millions of jobs and make this country great again” - these words of Trump received a storm of applause.
As you can imagine, it turned out to be just a prank of howmuch.net, which deserves a place in the top 7 best draws for April 1st.
5. Business cards with pheromones
Smell my card. Feel like she smells like success? Many successful entrepreneurs, famous athletes and rock stars have donated their scents to create it. So the proud owner of a business card made by Solopress might say. I could ... if it weren't for the April Fools' duck.
4. Lunar apartment for rent, flights are not included in the price
Rental company Silver advertised a new one-bedroom apartment. Only its location was unusual - on the moon. The apartment had everything necessary for a comfortable stay of "sleepwalkers": a bedroom with a double bed, a kitchen, a bathroom, a flat-screen TV with intergalactic channels and wireless Internet access. The appendix included 1,737 kilometers of private land, including numerous craters and mountain ranges. It's a shame that the offer was only valid until noon on April 1st.
3. Shoes for the lazy
Are you too lazy to take your butt off your favorite sofa? Soft Star shoes will put you on your feet. These are sneakers that shock their wearer when he hasn't moved for too long. And the patented laces will not allow you to take off or turn off your shoes. True, the announcement of the electric sneakers turned out to be just a joke, fortunately for the couch potatoes, whose relatives dream of driving them out of the house.
2. Emoji for cars
On April 1, 2016, Honda announced plans to introduce emoji license plates for car owners in the UK.This is ostensibly a response to the demands of young British car enthusiasts, and the first emoji license plates should appear early next year.
The Japanese even posted a photo of the Honda Civic Type R with new license plates showing the road, car, sun, traffic light, and key. According to Honda, the sun symbolizes the Japanese automaker and the keys represent "the first car keys."
1. Drop the microphone and lose your job
Google did not abstain from April Fools' gags and replaced the send and archive button with save and micdrop. When pressed, a GIF-picture with a minion from the cartoon "Despicable Me" appeared in the message. He dropped the microphone, indicating that the user had finished the dialogue.
One writer complained to Google that he sent the texts to the boss, who was angered by the image of the minion. In response, she fired the employee. Many users have also found themselves in an awkward position through the fault of Google. As a result, the company urgently seized the "photo" of the guilty minion.
P.S. Drawing "for adults". PornHUB on April 1, 2016, looked like this:
