April Fool help - Preparing for April 1, 2004

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isogirl said:
So Claes, how did your prank go?
They were all huge successes (You didn't expect me to stop at just one, did you? :D ).

I made an abbreviated Swedish wersion of the Dihydrogen Monoxide stuff, that really got people on their feet for a while. Gales of laughter followed.

Our network is a bit on the slow side at the moment, so I conspired with the IT people on an updated software enabling us to run dual clients to boost processing (We use thin clients instead of an ordinary PC network). The only problem would be that the dual client users would hog further resources from the other users, and that users would have to apply for dual client status because of that. We also provided some pictures and graphs to prove our point. We got some applications before the word got out, and some people complained about the further reduction in bandwidth they would be subjected to.

There were also a few smaller jokes, not on the intranet.

/Claes
 

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Rob Nix

#52
I don't know how Claes' gag worked out, but I did something similar (i.e. DHMO) with a few execs here. I tied the "DHMO scare" with a requirement to be certified to the ISO-14-H-20 standard by year end. I sent E-mails with attachments to them and followed up with a personal visit to their office after a few hours. Here's how my conversation with the CFO went:

ME: {straight face and all} Did you get my E-mail? Can we gather management to discuss our plan?

CFO: Yes I got it! Those #@*$ people are going to kill business in Michigan. We can't @$#& groom our shorelines, there's a &#[email protected] regulation for everything - and now THIS - and yet Michigan government lets those %@&$ Canadians dump their garbage in our back yard!!...

ME: Woah, partner! Take a deep breath. Calm... Calm... OK? What is the date today? [briefly explained DHMO = water]

CFO: Arrghhh! {he puts his hooked index finger into the corner of his mouth and pulls} You got me, Rob... You got me! I'll remember this.

THANKS FOR THE IDEAS, PEOPLE! :naughty:
 
#54
Bad, Good, and Ugly

Bad,
I sent the DMHO to my work team (including the boss). They ignored it. "When the government figures out whether it's good or bad, we'll worry about it." No one figured out that it's H TWO O!
Good,
Sent the 4/1 meeting minutes for our team meeting out with what is now referred to as "Action Item #2": Agreed that we have made all the improvements we can and should dissolve the Operations Team. Got a couple of nibbles.
Ugly,
My boss was very angry this morning, didn't think it was funny, told the team leader that all my minutes needed to be reviewed before I sent them out. :mg:
...
My response was, "She needs to get a sense of humor." Of course, she has one, she ALMOST got me back. Nice try, please play again next year :agree1:
 
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Laura M

#55
Hi all - just catching up.

We were on vacation. My boys - ages 11, 14 and 17 wanted to go to Hooters for lunch - thinking I would nix the idea. But we went, then the 17 year old told the waitresses it was my 11 year olds birthday so he got pics with the Hooters girls and had to stand on a stool while they sang to him. I was LMAO. He'll never forget his April fools day birthday!
 
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