I rule

Seems only fair, considering the title of my last post, that my next post to have a more self-aggrandizing title.

I LOVE practical jokes and pranks. April Fools Day is, therefore, gold to me. This year I had a lot of fun. I started the day off by putting post-it notes on the bottom of various co-worker's mouses (mice?) so they wouldn't work. One girl even called IT because she couldn't get her mouse to work! I sorta stole the idea when I found out about the girl who called IT, but I got like six more people and it was fun.

I also changed settings on one guy's computer so his screen was upside down. He had to tilt his head to the side to bring up the properties to switch it back. That's what you get when you don't lock your computer when you leave your desk in an office.

At home, I saran wrapped my roommates' toilet. Poor Brandon sat on it and wondered what the crap was wrong with the toilet. No worries, no mess to clean up!

I also pulled the ol' switch-a-roo with orange Gatorade and movie theater popcorn butter. I bought an eight pack of Gatorade, opened one of the bottles without breaking the seal, dumped out the Gatorade, and replaced it with the butter. The one problem was that the Gatorade bottle holds 20 ounces and the bottle of popcorn butter was only 16 ounces. I had to fill the rest with a little vegetable oil so it would make it to the top.

The butter is already in there. I'm adding the vegetable oil.

It looked EXACTLY like the Gatorade. I swear. I've got pictures to prove it.

See?! The buttery goodness Gatorade is the front left bottle. You can't even tell, can you.

Then I put three bottles, one filled with buttery goodness, and left them on the counter with a note that said, "Help yourself. I didn't love these. Too low cal. for me." (Thanks for the help with that one, Niki.) So began the crazy game of butter roulette, and my poor roommates had no idea they were playing. Matt took the first bottle. Brandon took the second. I was freaking out when only one bottle was left and it was the butter, but today when I came home from work, the last bottle was gone. Brandon took it to school and got thirsty during class. A vocal training class. He only got a sip, but man, just hearing him tell the story I was dying! I really wish I could have been there.

Thanks for the pictures, Tiff. I'll see if I can get the video later and I'll post it when I get it.

And finally, today I pranked my boss. Yes, I know it's a little late, but she had a family emergency on Monday, so I didn't want to be an insensitive jerk and play jokes on her. Today she was good and ready. See, my boss is a huge fan of the television show, The Office. So I stole her stapler last night when I left and took it home and put it in Jell-O. Don't believe me? Well, here's your proof.

Side view.

Top view.

I had to hang the stapler upside down in the bowl, suspended in the liquid Jell-O so the edges of the stapler wouldn't touch the edges of the bowl. Then in the morning when the Jell-O had set, I just cut the strings and pulled them out, leaving the stapler dead center in the Jell-O mold. It worked out wonderfully. Driving to work with a plate of Jell-O, however, was not super easy...

Anyway, I've got a few pictures at work and my boss's reaction. Hope you enjoy them!

The Boss's reaction to her stapler in Jell-O.

Then I made her pose with the Jell-O.

Oh, I forgot to mention one guy at work had a small role in this prank. He gave me a dollar to buy the Jell-O and helped me really decide that I should, in fact, take company property and put it in desert form. he took this video.

And that's it. I had some other plans that didn't quite work out, but it was still a really fun April Fools. Did you fool anyone?