"The work of German filmmakers peddling a satirical movie called Short Cut to Hollywood, the elaborate hoax involved at least two faked websites, a faked Wikipedia entry and California phone numbers for “public safety” officials that were actually being answered by hoaxsters in Germany using Skype."

"The 13m-high (43ft) animal in Gavle has been torched 23 times since it was first erected in 1966. It has also been hit by a car and had its legs cut off. ... just 10 of the goats, which are built in the town's central square, have survived beyond Christmas since 1966."

""He studied the trams and the tracks for a long time and then built a device that looked like a TV remote control and used it to manoeuvre the trams and the tracks," said Miroslaw Micor, a spokesman for Lodz police."

April Fool's Day Atrocities

Conrad: "We giggled and laughed so much that people accused us of being drunk or having 'space rapture.'"

As title.

Tom Mabe cranking a telemarketer.

Don't mess with the IT department guys.

Recordings of phone pranks.

"My neighbours are stealing my wireless internet access. I could encrypt it or alternately I could have fun."

A 419 scammer scammed good.