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If you haven't noticed already, today is April 1st, otherwise known as April Fool's Day.
Writers are a creative lot and very occasionally use this day as an excuse to let their creative juices flow — as they are often granted some discretion by those who watch over their work.
In years past, I've had times where I decided I'd just give up on surfing the web at all, given the plethora of nonsense that got posted. "Sure, it might have seemed funny when you wrote it, but it sure didn't do much of anything for me." I know I am not the only one who has felt this way. Once in a while, though, I do stumble upon a real gem that makes me bust out laughing.
Given all the noise of the half-baked stories out there, the well-crafted prank stories can be hard to find. Let's use this story to post links to the best April Fool's Stories. Funny stories are, of course, desired. So too are bizarre, but genuine, stories. Bring it on!
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday April 01 2017, @03:14PM
A buddy and I were playing Clash at Demonhead (no guide or internet back then) and we found the spot where you can get as much gold as you want by leaving the screen and returning. Well, after a very long (we thought) and tedious grind finally getting 99 gold, we left the game on and went to go get snacks.
We heard his dad yelling from his room: " Oh no! Hey, come here! "
We went in there to find his distraught dad standing next to the NES, on the floor, upside-down with the cartridge popped out, still powered-on with all the cabling still connected for effect so that the TV flickered. Then after a few seconds he said, "April Fools!" and laughed his ass off while my friend and I stewed with rage.
All the time and effort to get all that gold...wasted. We never got the password before we left the game unattended.