Make sure you don’t fall for any of them
Gullible? Then keep this tab open throughout the day, as we update the following list of 2016 April Fools’ Day pranks. Make sure you don’t fall for any of them, but if any friends or family members do, then totally use this story to call them out.
• Feeding stations for dogs and cats that look like the presidential podium, available at 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.”
• New words in Oxford Dictionaries, such as:
- LOYO (abbreviation meaning “laughing on your own”)
- fanishment (noun meaning “the state of being blocked by a celebrity on social media”)
- Leo’d (Leonardo DiCaprio’s name as a verb, meaning “to achieve something after years of trying”)
• 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.
• 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.”
• 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 Open Table‘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.
• 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.
• Adobe‘s “Ansel Adams Masterpiece” trick.
• Roombas that teach Zumba.
• Starkist’s mascot Charlie the Tuna retires, replaced with Brad the Sawfish.
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