April Fools’ Day Prank Roundup …
Pringles pranked people yesterday on April Fool’s Day by releasing a new sour cream and onion flavored soda.
Frank’s Red Hot Sauce pranked people with red hot Vlasic pickles.
Rosetta Stone pranked people by posting the world’s first cannabis language learning app Rosetta Stoned. The app told people it would teach them Stoner lingo.
Dole Bananas pranked people with a life-size banana sleeping bag.
The bag resembled a banana peel with a giant zipper.
Omaha Steaks pranked people by releasing a line of meat sprays called Omaha Fog, Hog Haze, and Cock-a-Doodle-Dew.
Sriracha pranked people with a Sriracha Mayo Toothpaste. The posting read: “It’s fiery and creamy goodness … is sure to spice up your morning dental routine.”
Tinder pranked people yesterday with a fake job ad looking for a VP of Ghosting to track down ghosters.
Dunkin tried to prank people by changing their name to ‘Donuts’.
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1. Velveeta announced a new Velveeta HAIR DYE. That seems like a joke . . . but it actually exists . . . you can buy it on Amazon while supplies last for $7.50. (Here’s what it looks like.)
A couple years ago, they pranked people with a Velveeta skin care line.
2. Elon Musk’s “X” Tweeted this joke: “As we continue to celebrate transparency on this platform, all your DMs and drafts will be made public. Bookmarks too.”
Elon himself thought THIS might be funny. He posted, quote, “Excited to join Disney as their Chief DEI Officer. Can’t wait to work with [them] to make their content MORE woke!
Even the linguini.”
3. Oreo announced that the cookie and the creme were going through a severe divorce and that each would be offered separately.
4. Krispy Kreme announced that, yesterday only, customers could bring in anything they wanted, and the workers would GLAZE IT. A corresponding image featured glazed sandwiches, pizza, bell peppers, and fruits.
5. Domino’s claimed they were taking pineapple off the menu because,
“no one likes it anyways.”
6. C4 Energy revealed a new “chicken and rice” flavor.
There was also a joke about a new fried chicken flavor of Prime.
7. 7-Eleven was hyping their hot dog-flavored sparkling water.
They just made enough to fool with some people . . . it isn’t actually for sale.
8. Tinder posted a LinkedIn ad for a VP of Ghost Hunting.
9. The British phone company Nothing posted about its new
“Micro Phone” because, quote, “size doesn’t matter.”
10. The language app Duolingo got in on the April’s Fools’ action by announcing “Duolingo on Ice: The Multilingual Musical”. They even had tickets listed on SeatGeek, but it’s a joke.
11. Healthy soda brand OLIPOP and Pringles teased a collab to create
“Sour Cream & Onion soda.”
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