rock my April 1st
March 19, 2019 2:56 PM Subscribe
Help me fool my partner on April Fool's Day, rockstar edition.
Two years ago someone Slashed our tires and last year the carpet was full of Fleas. What should happen this year?
Please help me think of musicians, actors, writers or pop culture ideas that a typical U.S. GenXer would recognize and that I can wake him up panicking about at 5am.
Some ideas come to mind that could work as puns but not as tricks, e.g., breakfast clubs.
(I already thought of Mercury but I can't spill that all over the house.)
Two years ago someone Slashed our tires and last year the carpet was full of Fleas. What should happen this year?
Please help me think of musicians, actors, writers or pop culture ideas that a typical U.S. GenXer would recognize and that I can wake him up panicking about at 5am.
Some ideas come to mind that could work as puns but not as tricks, e.g., breakfast clubs.
(I already thought of Mercury but I can't spill that all over the house.)
This maybe too much work and too pricey but:
replicate a room that you think it would like in 1994.
- replace the computer monitor with a CRT (if keep it at all)
- leave the TV on, have it play something from 94 (especially WITH COMMERCIALS) in the background.
- if you have a rent-a-wreck in your area, you maybe able to rent a car from the late 90s and have that sitting in the driveway instead.
- replace the morning meal with something then-popular like corn pops, eggos, or pop-tarts.
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Or a low budget version:
if you partner is a person who takes their time getting out of bed with an alarm or has radio/music playing, change their alarm and background to an audio version of a day of 1994.
posted by fizzix at 3:10 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
replicate a room that you think it would like in 1994.
- replace the computer monitor with a CRT (if keep it at all)
- leave the TV on, have it play something from 94 (especially WITH COMMERCIALS) in the background.
- if you have a rent-a-wreck in your area, you maybe able to rent a car from the late 90s and have that sitting in the driveway instead.
- replace the morning meal with something then-popular like corn pops, eggos, or pop-tarts.
-
Or a low budget version:
if you partner is a person who takes their time getting out of bed with an alarm or has radio/music playing, change their alarm and background to an audio version of a day of 1994.
posted by fizzix at 3:10 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
Best answer: "There are Ratts in the attic"
"There is a dead Animal on the porch" (picture of the Muppet with X's for eyes)
posted by Rock Steady at 3:10 PM on March 19, 2019 [3 favorites]
"There is a dead Animal on the porch" (picture of the Muppet with X's for eyes)
posted by Rock Steady at 3:10 PM on March 19, 2019 [3 favorites]
"There is something wrong with my Mother..."
posted by Rock Steady at 3:17 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Rock Steady at 3:17 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
You or an animal could be covered with Stings!
posted by tchemgrrl at 3:18 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by tchemgrrl at 3:18 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
"There's a Hole in the door!" (picture of Courtney Love, et al)
"Did you leave the Korn out last night?" (pictures of the band all over the kitchen)
posted by sleeping bear at 3:18 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
"Did you leave the Korn out last night?" (pictures of the band all over the kitchen)
posted by sleeping bear at 3:18 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
The laundry turned P!nk? The Meatloaf is burning? Somebody won’t Cher their breakfast or something?
posted by oomny at 3:43 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by oomny at 3:43 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
Something gone Rotten somewhere?
I love this, by the way.
posted by Homeboy Trouble at 3:43 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
I love this, by the way.
posted by Homeboy Trouble at 3:43 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
Best answer: The Police are outside.
posted by Calvin and the Duplicators at 3:56 PM on March 19, 2019 [8 favorites]
posted by Calvin and the Duplicators at 3:56 PM on March 19, 2019 [8 favorites]
There's a man(n) in our shower.
posted by Calvin and the Duplicators at 3:59 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Calvin and the Duplicators at 3:59 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
There's moss on the ceiling!
posted by to recite so charmingly at 4:18 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by to recite so charmingly at 4:18 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Flour infested with Beatles?
posted by FencingGal at 4:43 PM on March 19, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by FencingGal at 4:43 PM on March 19, 2019 [3 favorites]
Best answer: Deadmau5 in the pantry too obvious?
Someone put The Cars on the lawn.
posted by evilmomlady at 5:10 PM on March 19, 2019 [2 favorites]
Someone put The Cars on the lawn.
posted by evilmomlady at 5:10 PM on March 19, 2019 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Someone threw Garbage all over your front lawn.
Oh my god, there's Anthrax in the mail.
Their favorite shirt got Staind and it has a Hole in it.
There's a Flock of Seagulls on of their car.
posted by Pretty Good Talker at 5:23 PM on March 19, 2019 [6 favorites]
Oh my god, there's Anthrax in the mail.
Their favorite shirt got Staind and it has a Hole in it.
There's a Flock of Seagulls on of their car.
posted by Pretty Good Talker at 5:23 PM on March 19, 2019 [6 favorites]
Does he work out at home? Because that's how you get Tom Weights.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 6:31 PM on March 19, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by robocop is bleeding at 6:31 PM on March 19, 2019 [3 favorites]
“We've been Robbed!”
(“I don't even know how he got in. He was really Smooth.”)
posted by D.Billy at 8:27 PM on March 19, 2019 [2 favorites]
(“I don't even know how he got in. He was really Smooth.”)
posted by D.Billy at 8:27 PM on March 19, 2019 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Where'd all these Eminems come from?
posted by DuckGirl at 9:03 PM on March 19, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by DuckGirl at 9:03 PM on March 19, 2019 [3 favorites]
Pearl Jam on toast with Evenflow baby bottle chaser.
posted by effluvia at 9:33 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by effluvia at 9:33 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
Also, White Stripes is ripe for this sort of caper.
posted by effluvia at 9:36 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by effluvia at 9:36 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]
“Wake up... I think the Power’s out!”
Meanwhile, out your window.
posted by stinkfoot at 9:37 PM on March 19, 2019 [3 favorites]
Meanwhile, out your window.
posted by stinkfoot at 9:37 PM on March 19, 2019 [3 favorites]
I think I heard somebody Chaka Khan through our window.
Does this coffee have extra Flava?
posted by w0mbat at 11:26 AM on March 20, 2019 [1 favorite]
Does this coffee have extra Flava?
posted by w0mbat at 11:26 AM on March 20, 2019 [1 favorite]
Could the Axl's have fallen off your car?
posted by Mchelly at 12:27 PM on March 20, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Mchelly at 12:27 PM on March 20, 2019 [1 favorite]
You have to change up the routine, he'll expect the 5:00 am wake up, you've done it twice. Instead, buy this Cheap Trick blanket at Walmart and make sure he's covered with it when he wakes up.
You: Good morning, Happy April Fools Day!
Him: What? No April Fool's joke?
You: Nah, I'd never do a Cheap Trick on you like that......or DID I????
Bwhahahahaha
posted by NoraCharles at 3:58 PM on March 20, 2019
You: Good morning, Happy April Fools Day!
Him: What? No April Fool's joke?
You: Nah, I'd never do a Cheap Trick on you like that......or DID I????
Bwhahahahaha
posted by NoraCharles at 3:58 PM on March 20, 2019
Response by poster: Thanks everyone! Unfortunately we couldn't do April Fool's Day this year because a huge animal died in our workshop. Maybe next year.
posted by headnsouth at 3:25 PM on April 1, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by headnsouth at 3:25 PM on April 1, 2019 [3 favorites]
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posted by Rock Steady at 5:59 AM on April 3, 2019
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posted by Betelgeuse at 2:59 PM on March 19, 2019 [1 favorite]