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The office needs a little fun.  April Fools day is the best day to do it.  Check out our favorites and these sites for ideas on how you can best “get” your co-workers. And then tell us what you’ve been up to today.

Have a picture of your prank? We’ll post it. (Appropriate of course .

Game On.

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A classic computer prank never goes out of style. The desktop image trick has been around for a bit, but rest assured: There are plenty of unsuspecting victims still to be found. Just head over to an unattended computer, minimize all the windows, and hit the Print Screen key. Paste the captured image into any graphic editing program — even Microsoft Paint will do — then save the file and set it as the desktop background. Then, all you have to do is hide the actual icons on the desktop — put them in a folder somewhere — and your victim will try endlessly to click the nonexistent icons, which are actually just part of the background image. For another variation, leave one program open when you capture the screen and watch as the person tries to click on it, type in it, and close it to no avail.

http://www.techcult.com/high-tech-pranks/

Place a small Post-It note with the words “April Fools!” written on it underneath his co-worker’s mouse. When the the prankee attemptes to use it, the track ball is ineffective.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/humanresources/article176430.html

Take a paperclip and make a a few dozen photocopies of it. Mix them up with normal, unused paper. Watch people go crazy trying to find the paperclip that’s stuck in the photocopier.

http://www.zug.com/pranks/ideas/office.html

Is it raining by you? Take any umbrella and fill it with any amount of small objects and place back in its original position.

http://www.funnypracticaljokes.com/office-pranks/office-pranks.php

Put a small radio in a ceiling panel close to the target’s desk. Just have it on loud enough so only they can hear it. When asked, Have you and your coworkers deny that they hear anything. If they mention that they really don’t like a certain radio personality or kind of music – that would be a good choice to turn the radio dial to.

http://www.discoverfun.com/pranks/office.html

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