If you’re considering purchasing this, the Gross Smokers Prankster Mug, then you should be aware that you’re very likely “that guy”… You know, the guy who can be annoying as hell but everyone loves anyway because you’re mostly harmless and somewhat entertaining when everyone’s had a drink or five? Yeah, so keep being yourself, you prankster-to-be you; this mug should give you and your lucky friends a giggle or two at the very least. It features some pretty realistic cigarette butts at the bottom, so that when your guests are about to finish that coffee you so graciously offered, they’ll be rewarded with a tasteful surprise they’re sure to appreciate. It’s $9.
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It used to be that if you’d been “naughty”, you’d get lumps of coal in your stockings. Or at least that’s what you were supposed to get but hey, you never really did. But with the above “Gift Of Nothing”, you really can give the person who has everything the one thing they don’t have: nothing. It’s a simple plastic sphere filled with not a single thing but air, but it’s also a few other things at the same time: a philosophical rumination on the semantics of “having everything”, a tongue-in-cheek way of getting out of buying an actual present, and a good way to be a shitty friend/family member if you actually go through with not buying a real present.
Think of it as a gag, we suppose. Something you give to look at the person’s face, before you pull out the real present. It’s $5.67, which isn’t all that much for a joke.
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Love Hurts is a first aid kit for the broken hearted. It was put together by designer Melanie Chernock. The kit includes tissues, a mix CD, dark chocolate, candy hearts, bubble bath soap, vodka, a candle and a book of matches. I’m assuming matches to light all their stuff on fire, which is hands down the best part about any break up. Unless you manage to light your place on fire in the process. Which happened to me. I lost my boyfriend AND my apartment in the same day! I… I probably deserved both of those things.
It’s kind of hard to know what’s real and what’s fake on any normal day on the internet, so April Fools’ day is pretty tricky. Actually, it’s not that tricky if you just assume that everything you see is fake. That also goes for normal days… because the internet is full of a bunch of liars. Even so, here are some of our favorite April Fool’s day pranks we’ve come across today.
If you head over to Hulu today you’ll see promos for spoof TV shows like the Itchy and Scratchy show and Inspector Spacetime. If you click on one of the promos you can watch clips from the shows—but of course not until after you watch a real ad because it’s still Hulu.
According to this video, YouTube has only been a giant contest for the greatest video ever and it’s finally over. Tonight, YouTube will no longer be accepting submissions and they’re going to spend the next decade picking a winner. The video features tons of YouTube stars like Antoine Dodson, the “Charlie Bit Me” kid and Obama Girl. (I personally vote for Harlem Shake – version Banana.)
The Chive, normally known for pictures of boobs and funny stuff, has been taken over by North Korea. The site is covered with photos of dictators and articles with titles like, “Our beloved Dear Leader, Kim Jong-il, is gone, but glorious facts about him will live forever (10 Photos)” and “Daily Morning Everything is Glorious All the Time (30 Photos & Video).”
One of our favorite sites for finding unique gifts, UncommonGoods, has changed their direction a bit. The new site, UncommonCats replaces categories like “For Men,” and “For Dogs” with “For Toms” and “For the Enemy.” Also, don’t forget to sign up for their CATalog!
If anyone’s going to be able to create the technology to smell search results, it’s Google right? Don’t miss their other new service, AdScent.
If you’re a regular ThinkGeek shopper than you already know the deal with their April Fool’s day pranks. The coolest thing about these fake items that is that many of them eventually become real things you can buy.
Considering that there are dating sites specifically for Trekkies and Sea Captains, a dating site for Artists doesn’t sound that unusual really.
Vimeo is typically known to be a bit more sophisticated and highbrow than YouTube, so you certainly wouldn’t expect to see random cat videos there. But after realizing that cat videos are not just a trend, they’ve decided to change their stripes and become Vimeow.
Google created a treasure maps mode to help decipher some Pirate map they found—man, I don’t know—that premise is shaky. But this video is pretty funny and the mode in Google Maps is awesome to look at. (Just go to Google Maps and hit the Treasure button.)
Netflix has some oddly specific categories sometimes like “Supernatural Thrillers with a strong female lead.” But today they’ve rolled out some even weirder ones like “Movies Starring Fruits, Vegetables and Fungi” and “Movies Featuring an Epic Nicolas Cage Meltdown.”
I can’t believe I waited this long for this!
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So what’s your favorite April Fool’s day prank online? Tell us in the comments.
Sure, you can choose to look at going bald as bad thing OR you could look at it as a blessing in the form of extra real estate for tattoos. If you’re not ready to commit to permanent ink on your dome just yet, you can experiment with Tattoupées. Tattoupées comes with 35 temporary toupee-esque tattoos that are perfect for plastering on your nude noggin. The designs include stuff like thought bubbles, power outlets, a coin slot, and even an actual tattoo toupee—you know, all of the tattoo ideas you would think were REALLY funny when you were drunk, but not so funny the next morning when you wake up.
After throwing back one too many shots, your chances of ending up in a trash can increase tenfold. So don’t you think you might as well start the night where it could also end? Before you take an unplanned snooze in a dumpster, take a nice swig from a Get Trashed Shot Glass. Packaged in a set of 3 and made of ceramic, the 2 ounce glasses are shaped like popular garbage can styles. They will be the hit of your next lush fest, or make a great gag gift for your favorite fall down, sloppy drunk.
If you haven’t already started making plans for after you pass away you absolutely should, regardless of your age. I’m not talking about a will or life insurance policies—I’m talking about your browser history. Do you really want people to find out after you die that you were Facebook stalking your exes or that your last Google search was “how do i know if i have herpes in my eye?” Of course not. That’s what makes this medicalert bracelet so brilliant. Apparently you can get anything engraved on them. One redditor came up with a pretty hilarious choice: Delete My Browser History.
We all have that special someone that we sort of like, but who we frequently tell (or want to tell) to fuck off. Knock Knock’s Instant Fuck You Snow Globe is just the thing to gift to them this holiday season. Generously sized and exceptionally well made, this statement-making sphere puts all other glitzy globes to shame. Perfect for those oh-so-charming misanthropes or to keep hidden in your desk at work, all you have to do is shake for immediate irreverence!