Countries A-Z by April Fools Day Pranks

A

A radio show announced that the 2000 Summer Olympics had been cancelled.

B

The covers of rival comic magazines Tintin and Spirou were redesigned to make the Tintin cover look like Spirou and vice versa.

C

News spread that the five-dollar bill was to be replaced with a three-dollar coin.

D

A newspaper claimed that all bills with 'one-legged' birds were fake and could be exchanged for genuine bills depicting two-legged birds; the extra leg had actually been drawn by the paper's cartoonist.

E

The Guardian reported a plan to construct a new canal called 'Suez 2' along the border of this country.

F

The police announced having recruited a drug mule – a mule that can smell cannabis. The animal was claimed to have been brought from Estonia.

G

BMW promised a dog bed that recreated the thrill of a car ride.

H

A petting zoo claimed that new regulation requires everyone to wear earmuffs to reduce noise – also the rabbits, goats and lambs.

I

People brought their horses into car mechanics because a newspaper story claimed a new law made it mandatory for horses to be outfitted with signaling and brake lights.

J

A long-distance runner from this country was claimed to think that the London Marathon is for 26 days, not 26 miles, due to a translation error, and to be still running somewhere in England.

K

A media house reported that singer Davido was arrested for having cocaine on his private jet. The singer threatened legal action before the prank was revealed.

L

The Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung ran an article about a Bride Import company created to supply wives to the men of this country, transported in freight cars.

M

A prank by Cisk, a brewery from this country, announcing yellow-themed 'Cisk trainers'.

N

Hundreds of art-lovers rushed to see 'The Night Watch' when it was the claimed that the painting was dissolving because of cleaning with the wrong fluid.

O

Radio presenters convinced their colleague that dipping spicy chips into traditional coffee (kahwa) was a real local tradition.

P

Taragis, a takoyaki stall chain, offeried a prize for anyone who would tattoo the Taragis logo on their forehead.

Q

A Facebook post joked that in this country, 'every day feels like a prank' when people say they are 'on their way' while actually still in their pajamas.

R

An article claimed that scientists were to bring the woolly mammoth back from extinction using DNA from mammoths found frozen in this country and inserting it into elephant cells.

S

In a BBC hoax, people from this country were claimed to harvest spaghetti from trees.

T

An airline tweeted about a new route between a relatively small province (Nan) and Munich, Germany. The joke was viewed as a subtle nod to the king of this country, who is known to spend time in Germany, and his royal consort, who is from Nan.

U

A fake news bulletin reported that Great Blue Hill was erupting, causing people to flee their homes.

V

The Glasgow Herald reported that Solar Complexus Americanus is a revolutionary, heat-generating plant imported to Scotland from this country.

Y

A student humour magazine claimed that the U.S. military completed airstrikes in this country as part of 'wacky April Fool's antics'.

Z

A newspaper wrote that the coach had fired the majority of the national football team following a lacklustre 3-1 win over the Seychelles.