Gullible students beware.
The origins of the widely celebrated holiday are unknown, but the tradition of April Fools’ or All Fools’ Day has been around for centuries. This Sunday, the tradition continues.
Along with an entire day dedicated to practical jokes and fooling friends, Carlston Mills, ISDS senior, can attest to experiencing the antics of the holiday.
“I opened [my] room door and popcorn fell on me,” Mills said.
Mills was a resident assistant at the University of South Carolina and had dealt with pranksters before. He awoke in the morning to get breakfast when he ended up with a room full of popcorn.
“It was just normal popcorn. [The door] was filled all the way to top,” Mills said. “When I further investigated, there was a mattress taped to the door frame.”
Mills was then trapped in a popcorn-filled room. He said he laughed at first but then wondered who did the prank.
“I was all upset,” Mills said.
Jacquelyn Hays, history sophomore, said she loves pranking people and had witnessed many pranks in high school.
During her junior year of high school, Hay’s friend’s brother pulled a prank during a mass she attended.
“He snuck in white mice and let them loose at the beginning of mass,” Hays said. “You have to be clever to pull a prank off.”
Sara Roberts, animal science freshman, has pulled pranks on her parents for the holiday.
“I’ve put baby powder on my parent’s ceiling fan. They turn it on every night,” Roberts said. “In the morning, the room was covered in powder.”
Roberts said she has also put plastic wrap under the toilet seat to fool her parents when they woke up in the morning to use it.
Some students found that April Fool’s Day can be funny as long as the jokes remain within reason.
William Janin, computer engineering sophomore, said someone took the back tire off his bike and then locked it onto the bike rack.
“It really depends on what the joke is,” Janin said. “Sometimes it goes too far.”
Tamika McFadden, business management sophomore, also said the holiday can be fun when not taken to the extreme.
“Everybody needs to laugh,” McFadden said. “It’s just a holiday to make people get out of their comfort zone. It distracts them from their normal lives.”
 
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