Careful on April 1 this year: Companies will pretend to shut down. Restaurants might promise free lunch. But there's no such thing, is there? Especially not on April 1.
We hope you don't get duped on April Fools' Day. Take a look at a few early pranks that had us giggling:
A Dallas guy claims he's the new fifth member of One Direction. Good-looking Dallas singer Bryce Romney took to Twitter March 23 to tell his followers that he's Zayn Malik's replacement. "IS THIS REAL LIFE" exclaimed one Twitterer. Nope, it isn't. Just a Dallas guy's sorta-mean, very-brilliant way to capture the Internet's attention for one hot minute. OK, two.
Fort Worth's Rahr & Sons Brewing Co. is "calling it quits." Don't believe it for a second! The beloved beermeisters posted to Facebook in late March that they're celebrating their final tour and tasting on April 1. "Yes, we regrettably can no longer sustain the brewery and will be liquidating our inventory and shutting down operations over the next few weeks," they write. April Fools'!
Waxahachie burger joint sells cricket milkshake. Disgusting, right? Funny, too. April 1 is allegedly the only day Wayback Burger's "High Protein Cricket Milkshake" is available. That's awfully suspicious.
Plano-based Pizza Hut pretends it will brew a "pepperoni pilsner." In the very believable video below, the brewmasters say it took them "years" to perfect this fake beer product. But they could be onto something: Someday, somewhere, there could be a pizza beer.
You can always take inspiration from the great pranks of the past. Remember when Jerry Jones sold the Dallas Cowboys to Mark Cuban? Remember when Cubes shoved a ref (who was actually just an actor)?
Just remember: If you're the prankster, karma might come back to fool you later.
You could also follow John Oliver's cue and cut the foolin' altogether:
