How Do You Feel About April Fools?

I was chatting with one of our tenants yesterday and mentioned that today was April Fools' Day. Her eyes lit up with a sly sparkle, and I hurried to tell her I hate practical jokes. (That's always a gamble to admit to someone who likes a good prank, but we're off duty today, so I felt like I might be fairly safe from any of her tricks.)

I told her one of the guys who lived here when we first moved in had played tricks on us our very first day, and she drank up that story with much glee. (If you haven't heard it...Ryan and I spent our first two weeks at WillowBridge living in an empty tenant apartment. Some volunteers had been in the building doing some touch up painting prior to our arrival, so that apartment had been left unlocked for a while. The guy sneaked in and planted individual Pringle chips all around the apartment for us to find when we arrived. Of course when I found the first one...and then the second, I just thought no one had ever cleaned our apartment and these chips had been there for months. I was actually relieved to find out it was just a prank.) 

But I really do hate pranks. I am far too trusting a person and far too gullible for my own good. I fall for the pranks with much finesse and then feel like an utter idiot when all is said and done. 

I'm glad Ryan isn't much of a prankster (to me). He learned early on how much I hate them, so he's usually pretty nice and doesn't tease me. 

One of his early pranks, though, almost had me in tears! We were dating and I knew he planned to propose. My brother-in-law was passing through town and he and Ryan made plans to meet up for lunch while I worked an event for the station. My brother-in-law's opinion of Ryan was super important to me, and I could barely pay attention to my work all morning, wondering how the meeting would go. Would Jeff think we were a good match? Ryan called while I was in the Taco Bell drive thru and sounded horrible on the phone. I hurried to ask what was wrong, and he said Jeff really liked him but didn't think he was a good match for me.

While I was busy trying NOT to freak out, Ryan piped up with "JUST KIDDING! He's really excited for us." And he hasn't pulled too many more jokes like that since! 

So how about you? Are you an April Fools' prank instigator? Do you like having jokes pulled on you? Any good stories from a practical joke?

(And if you need ideas for today - not for me - here are some fairly harmless ideas.)