Advertisement They’ve fibbed to their friends about contest prizes and replaced the creamy center of a co-worker’s Oreo cookie with minty toothpaste, strictly for laughs.
But there’s a crop of pranksters out there who prey on their families and will stop at nothing to get their goat.
The early riser
It was early April 1. Really early. And Lisa Warsinske already had played her first prank of the day.
The local funny gal had set her husband’s clock ahead so he was entering the shower at 3:30 a.m. instead of 6.
“I was laughing and smiling,” she said. “He was not.”
But that wasn’t the end of Warsinske’s pranking ways. Oh, no.
She preceded to convince her kids, Trevin and Mason, they had school on a no-school day.
“I still get giddy when I remember this part,” Warsinske said.
The prank was capped with a photo of the vacant school —with their mom.
No fun in these presents
Kristie Olson is an April Fools’ Day baby who
wasn’t given any reprieve on her special day growing up. She’ll be 28 this year, but the Holmen, Wis., woman still remembers her eighth birthday, which involved a large, heavy gift.
A giddy Olson tore off wrapping paper to find a 12-pack carton of soda.
Curious, she opened the box, only to find a dirty rock.
“My brother bursts out laughing and I started to cry,” she said. “I was expecting something great and fun.”
Driving him crazy
You might want to think twice about letting Joe Matthews ride in your car on Tuesday.
A few April Fool’s Days back, the Cataract, Wis., man created car trouble for his brother when the duo worked the same shift and carpooled.
Matthews had asked for the car keys to put his lunch box away and decided to tinker under the hood.
Needless to say, the car wouldn’t start when the brothers left work.
Matthews watched as his brother’s frustration grew.
Knowing he’d just spent nearly $300 to have the car repaired, Matthews egged him on.
“Let me get out and look at it,” he recalled saying. “Pop the hood.”
Miraculously the car started.
Matthews confessed with an “April Fool” and nearly had to walk 22 miles home.
Autumn Grooms can be reached at 608) 791-8424 or agrooms@lacrossetribune.com.
