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    April 1, 2008
    The Best Of April Fool’s Day

    April_fools_dayHappy April Fool’s Day! Have you ever been seriously tricked on April Fool’s Day? Are you the one who does the tricking? Believe it or not, even large companies get in on the act to try and have a little fun on April 1st.

    TheMuseumOfHoaxes.com lists "The Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes Of All Time". This one cracks me up:

    "In 1998 Burger King published a full page advertisement in USA Today announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a "Left-Handed Whopper" specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new whopper included the same ingredients as the original Whopper (lettuce, tomato, hamburger patty, etc.), but all the condiments were rotated 180 degrees for the benefit of their left-handed customers. The following day Burger King issued a follow-up release revealing that although the Left-Handed Whopper was a hoax, thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to request the new sandwich. Simultaneously, according to the press release, "many others requested their own ‘right handed’ version.""

    Find out what other pranks people have fallen for and read the other Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes Of All Time. It will give you a good humor break in your day!

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