The Best April Fools’ Pranks of 2016

The Best April Fools’ Pranks of 2016

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• Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s collaboration with H&M, including a “collection pack” of seven gray t-shirts and one pair of jeans.
• The John Stamos takeover of Netflix.

Netflix

• “Mmm Box,” the monthly subscription service from McDonald’s that will deliver a rib sandwich right to your door.
• “Google Cardboard Plastic.”
• Rand Paul’s Donald Trump endorsement. He had sent out a series of tweets Thursday teasing a “YUGE” announcement on April 1, and some sounded just like the real estate mogul: “Wow, many many people tell me the announcement is the best announcement anyone has ever seen.”

• TodayTix’s “Dial-a-Drama” app, in which an operator will fill in theatergoers on what they have missed on stage so far if they’re running late to the show.
• Southwest Air’s show “Cash Lav,” in which flight attendants ambush fliers in the lavatory and ask them game show questions so they can win cash.
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• The U.S. Army’s teleportation technology, announced in a press release.
• New words in Oxford Dictionaries, such as:

1. LOYO (abbreviation meaning “laughing on your own”)
2. fanishment (noun meaning “the state of being blocked by a celebrity on social media”)
3. Leo’d (Leonardo DiCaprio’s name as a verb, meaning “to achieve something after years of trying”)

• T-Mobile‘s hands-free device for binge watchers.
• London Eye offering top two capsules as penthouse apartments available for purchase that come with “a personal pillow fluffer to ensure their heads really do feel like it’s in the clouds.”

London Eye

• Feeding stations for dogs and cats that look like the presidential podium, available at Petco.

Petco

• Houzz’s new line of home furnishings with “sensors detect dirt, smudges and wrinkles” and “provide honest feedback” regarding decorating in “up to 7 languages,” such as the pillow that barks “fluff me.”
• Big Ben’s sponsorship deal with Pimm’s to display the liquor brand’s logo on the face of the iconic clock tower in London.

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• Zoosk’s “Burrit-OH!” dating site that matches that “matches singles based on the 32 Ingredients™ of a burrito order,” and factors like whether they both like the “butt” (bottom-end) of a burrito.

Zoosk

• Hallmark’s “Pup Postage” program, using dogs to deliver cards.
• The HomeAway.co.uk listing for the Palace of Westminster’s private chambers.
• Wayback Burger’s Cheez Whiz milkshake.
• Lexus introduces Velcro seats. Drivers must wear a special suit to sit in them: “While all performance cars use seat bolsters to hold a driver in place during aggressive maneuvering, we’re taking it a step further. In this case, the technology we’re employing is actually over 75 years old.”
• Esurance‘s “Election Insurance” plan, which will “protect your home for the next four years while you’re waiting out the next presidential term.”
• Zipcar’s new feature, which uses customers’ selfies to match them with rental cars.
• “Quilted Northern Rustic Weave,” a line of small-batch, “artisanally crafted toilet paper” that’s “genuinely tree to toilet.”

Quilted Northern

• Metromile’s walking insurance to “cover customers in the event of being caught in an unexpected rainstorm, losing footing, wearing out socks and shoes and more.”
• Google’s same-day delivery service Google Express‘s deliveries via parachute.
• An app for the gym chain Anytime Fitness that allows people who own fitness equipment to open up their homes to people who don’t belong to a gym.
• Toy version of the Tough Mudder obstacle course called Electroshock Therapy, a “compact and lightweight toy that packs over 20,000 volts of electricity,” allowing thrill-seekers to “train for the obstacle at work, at your home, with your children.”
• The restaurant reservation site OpenTable‘s app feature that allows users to lick photos of food (aka “food porn”) on their mobile devices to taste them.
• Food delivery site Grubhub’s new ride-share service in which customers can hitch a ride with its delivery drivers.
• Dating app from CanvasPop that matches users based on the Facebook photos they chose to turn into prints.
• Shipments of puppies or “hot guys” through Boxed.com.

Boxed

• An electric canoeing paddle, invented in Ely, Minn.—known for April Fools’ Day pranks like a 2016 Summer Olympics bid and a 2008 warning that Canada was annexing the small town.