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Self-inflating Whoopie Cushions

The whoopie cushion dates back to Roman times, but modern day rubber versions appeared in the 1920s. Those required the prankster to blow into them. <a href="http://www.creativekidstuff.com/self-inflating-whoopie-cushion.html" target="_blank">The 21st century version</a> has a hole in the center that guarentees it will inflate quickly after each use.

Flying Butterfly

This <a href="http://www.creativekidstuff.com/flying-butterfly.html" target="_blank">butterfly</a> has a wind-up rubber band and lays flat in a book or magazine until the unsuspecting rube opens it and gets the shock of their lives. OK, not their lives. Maybe not even their hour, but it is pretty cool looking. http://www.creativekidstuff.com/flying-butterfly.html

Rubber Pencil

It looks like a pencil -- sorta. It feels like a pencil -- sorta. But when the unsuspecting rube tries to write with this <a href="http://www.creativekidstuff.com/rubber-pencil.html" target="_blank">rubber writing utensil,</a> it will bend in crazy ways that are sure to confound him or her momentarily.

"I'm A Douche" Mug

It's the perfect office prank. It looks like a normal coffee mug -- except for the hidden <a href="http://www.vat19.com/dvds/im-a-douche-coffee-mug.cfm" target="_blank">"I'm A Douche"</a> message printed on the bottom. Don't tell your unsuspecting rube. Please? It's funny!

Gotcha Gadgets

Some studies suggest that America needs to increase interest in the sciences among kids. But how to do it? By showing them how science can be used to prank family and friends with <a href="http://www.creativekidstuff.com/klutz-gotcha-gadgets.html" target="_blank">Gotcha Gadgets.</a> Your kid made the remote control emit a farting sound? Annoying now, but not in 40 years when he or she collects a Nobel Prize.

Ghost Pepper Candy

The unsuspecting rube who tries <a href="http://www.vat19.com/dvds/ghost-pepper-candy-spicy-watermelon.cfm" target="_blank">these candies</a> won't be such a jolly rancher afterwards. At first, it seems like a sweet watermelon-flavored candy, but it soon gives way to the blistering taste of ghost pepper, one of the most incendiary peppers known to humans. Have a camera ready. Seriously.

Unfortunate Fortune Cookies

The fortune cookie is ubiquitous at Chinese restaurants. Funny fortune cookies are common as well. But <a href="http://www.vat19.com/dvds/search.cfm?q=Unfortunate+fortune+cookies&x=-241&y=-256" target="_blank">cookies with snarky comments bordering on insulting</a> are all too rare. Slip these in the bag the next time you get takeout and don't be surprised if someone wants to take YOU out.

Prank Packs

Everyone loves a gift and these boxes are worth the extra expense. Basically, <a href="http://www.vat19.com/dvds/prank-packs-empty-gift-boxes.cfm" target="_blank">these are boxes for fake, weird, non-existent products</a> and you put a real gift inside of them. The disappointment in the faces of the unsuspecting rubes will be hilarious.

Chocolate Soap

Kids: If you get in trouble for using bad words, this is the soap you want to be punished with. It looks like soap. It feels like soap. But it's <a href="http://www.niftycandy.com/weirdcandy.html" target="_blank">actually delicious chocolate.</a> Imagine the looks on the faces of your unsuspecting friends when you take a bite out of it.

Rattle Snake Eggs Gag

You can't take snakes on a plane, but you could try this novelty instead. Just wind up the washer, put in the envelope and wait for someone to open. That rattling noise will surely make anyone gripe like Samuel L. Jackson.

Woopsy Doopsy Gag

Tease the neat nuts in your life by leaving out these messy condiment wrappers. Well, my six-year-old son was fooled.

Telefork

Everyone knows that the food on someone else's plate is always more appetizing. But how to access it? I know, this Telefork stretches, allowing compulsive eaters access to do their dinner companion's plate.

Money Snatcher

Everybody wants to find money on the ground which is why the money snatcher is a classic prank. Attach a dollar to the device, set it on the ground and wait for the unsuspecting rube to snatch. That's when you pull it away, all the while squealing with laughter and delight.

Hurry Scurry Cockroach

People hate being pranked and they hate cockroaches. This wind-up toy allows you to press two buttons of annoyance at once. You don't have to thank me, but, hopefully, the exterminator who comes to your friend's house after they get fooled by this <a href="http://partyfunbox.com/collections/jokes-and-novelties/products/hurry-scurry-cockroach" target="_blank">wind-up bug</a> will give you a kickback.

Chattering Teeth Gag

The first set of wind-up <a href="http://partyfunbox.com/collections/jokes-and-novelties/products/chattering-teeth" target="_blank">chattering teeth</a> were invented in 1949 by Eddy Goldfarb. Now there are lots of variations, some with feet, some without.

Fake Vomit: A Look Back

"Whoops" was the first fake vomit to hit the market in 1959. Since then, fake vomit sales have been fairly steady as the product is discovered by each new generation.

Fake Vomit: A Look Back

According to fake vomit historians Stan and Mardi Timm, the idea for imitation upchuck came from an employee of famed game designer Marvin Glass, who was walking down the street saw somebody's vomit on the street, and he did a double-take when he realized it would make a great gag. Although Glass hated the idea, Irving Fishlove, of the Chicago-based novelty company H. Fishlove & Co., loved it and bought the idea.

Fake Vomit: A Look Back

Fake vomit is a fairly consistent product, although there are variations on color, texture and size. Stan Timm says today's product isn't as good as it used to be, but says sprinkling water on it improves the effect.

Fake Vomit: A Look Back

Fake vomit is still a consistent seller, but people like novelty products historian Kirk Demarais wonder if the industry can survive, especially since there aren't many bodily fluids left unimitated.

Bloody Magic Nail

Faking an injury is as American as French Fries and Dutch Apple Pie and this realistic looking<a href="http://www.windycitynovelties.com/214105p/bloody-nail-headband.html" target="_blank"> nail through the head</a> is sure to fool your boss when you explain why you can only work a half-day.

Magic Ink

It's a simple gag, perhaps the simplest. You go up to someone who is dressed fancy and spray them with this <a href="http://www.windycitynovelties.com/6306p/magic-ink.html" target="_blank">disappearing ink.</a> They get mad. You laugh. Then it disappears. Just like this slide will in 10 seconds. Tee hee.

Joy Buzzers

The <a href="http://www.windycitynovelties.com/gcssearch.aspx?w=buzzers" target="_blank">joy buzzer</a> was invented in 1928, but didn't really shock people, but the blunt end used to poke the unsuspecting rube did hurt a little. This is one prank that is better in theory than actual practice as it never delivers the bang promised in cartoon.

Plastic Ice Cubes With Spiders

<a href="http://www.windycitynovelties.com/11104p/bugs-in-a-plastic-ice-cube.html" target="_blank">Plastic ice cubes with bugs </a>are another prank idea that works better in theory than in reality. In the most basic scientific terms: plastic cubes feel nothing like real ice. For those unfamilar with ice, it is very cold and slippery. Plastic, while it can be cool to the touch, doesn't get cold enough to make this trick work.

Squirt Rings

These<a href="http://www.windycitynovelties.com/11249p/plastic-squirting-finger-ring.html" target="_blank"> plastic rings can be filled with any liquid</a> --please no acid -- and can be squirted at your victim. The ring designs give away this gag a mile away -- far beyond the distance that they shoot. However, they can still annoy even if the rube is not so unsuspecting.

Fart Bombs

It's a simple equation sure to lead to prank paradise: You throw a <a href="http://www.windycitynovelties.com/6268p/fart-bomb-bags.html" target="_blank">fart bomb.</a> It land and it stinks. Everyone's happy. Well, you're happy. The other people are really angry. Now's the time to run.

Potty Mouth

The <a href="http://www.potty-mouth.com/" target="_blank">Potty-mouth</a> is a humanitarian device wrapped in the guise of an annoying prank. It reminds everyone using the bathroom to put the toilet seat down after using it via a sensor attached to the toilet. I smell a Nobel Peace Prize in the future. Wait! I was wrong. It was just a fart bomb.

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/april-fool_n_2990663.html

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