Fools' Day 2002

It was Monday, April 1, 2002. That day was Fools' Day 2002, and it immediately followed Easter Sunday that year. It was 7 in the morning, and Steve and Kevin's alarm went off to wake them up to go to school.

They woke up, and did some yawning and stretching. "Good morning Steve.", said Kevin. "Good morning Kev.", said Steve.

"Hey, haven't you heard?", said Steve. "Heard what dude?", said Kevin. "You didn't hear before you went ahead and set the alarm last night?", said Steve. "No, I didn't hear. What is it I have to hear?", said Kevin.

"School is out for today.", said Steve. "Wow, seriously?! But why?", said Kevin. "There was a sudden blackout at the school this morning, so they canceled school for the entire day today. They said they should get it fixed by tomorrow, but there are no guarantees at this point.", said Steve.

"Well, I guess it's our lucky day then.", said Kevin. "It sure is.", said Steve. "Well, I'm gonna go back to bed. Hey, why don't you set the alarm for when we wake up this time?", said Kevin. "Sure thing bro. I just gotta head to the bathroom real quick.", said Steve.

"Alright, you go do that while I catch a few more Zs.", said Kevin. "You got it.", said Steve. Then Steve left the bedroom to go to the bathroom to brush his teeth and get ready for school that day.

Kevin went back to sleep back in the bedroom. And after several minutes passed, Anna was walking in the hallway and noticed that Kevin hasn't gotten up yet. Then Anna knocked on Steve and Kevin's door.

She then knocked on it a few more times before Kevin woke up. "Kevin, honey, why aren't you up yet?", said Anna. "Oh, Steve said there was a blackout at the school and that there was no school today.", said Kevin.

"So, you fell for the prank.", said Anna. "Prank? What prank?", said Kevin. "Oh, I forgot what day it is.", said Kevin.

"Yep, now you better start getting ready for school. Or you're gonna have to take your breakfast with you on the bus today.", said Anna. "Alright, I'm getting up.", said Kevin. Then Anna walked away from Steve and Kevin's room and out of the hallway.

Moments later, Steve and Kevin were at the dining room table having breakfast. "I gotta say, you got me, good bro.", said Kevin. "I coordinated my attack accordingly.", said Steve.

"But just know that I can get you back at any time today. You're not the only one who knows how to coordinate April Fools' pranks.", said Kevin. "And I'm not scared either. I'm gonna be aware of any potential April Fools' pranks I may run into today.", said Steve. "Just don't take any pranks too far at school today guys. And that includes anywhere else.", said Anna.

"Don't worry mom, we won't.", said Kevin. "You know, instead of your kids pulling pranks, why not celebrate this holiday with some knock-knock jokes instead?", said Anna. "Seriously, mom? Knock-knock jokes? We're not 3.", said Steve.

"Knock knock jokes are for all ages sweetie. Here's a good one. Knock Knock.", said Anna. Then Kevin sighed. "Who's there?", said Kevin.

"Orange.", said Anna. "Orange who?", said Steve. "Orange you gonna get good grades at school today?", said Anna.

"Yeah, that's not funny mom.", said Kevin. "You've officially ruined knock knock jokes for me.", said Steve. "Well, I thought it was pretty funny.", said Anna.

Then a familiar sound was heard from outside. "Well, there goes our ride. Catch you later mom.", said Kevin. "See you. And please come up with better knock-knock jokes.", said Steve.

Then Steve and Kevin both grabbed their backpacks and headed off to start another day of elementary school. They then both walked outside of the apartment complex and into the school bus. Then I walked onto the school bus, and the school bus door closed before taking off.

I decided to sit next to Steve, and Kevin was sitting behind us. "Dude, we gotta prepare for any potential April Fools' pranks that may come our way today.", said Steve. "Prepare? I don't know about that Steve. I think it might be kinda fun to get pranked once in a while.", I said.

"But dude, you never know all the kinds of tricks kids can pull up their sleeves at school.", said Steve. "Yeah, Steve's right. Now we're not gonna take our pranks too far. But a few kids might take things a bit too far at school.", said Kevin. "You could be the laughing stock of the school, get in trouble, or even get suspended for something you didn't even do.", said Steve.

"That's why I say keep your eyes and ears open for any potential pranks today.", said Steve. "Alright, I'll try. But I can't guarantee that I'll fall victim to a prank sooner or later.", I said. "A prank could happen at any time now. Even on this school bus.", said Kevin.

Then the conversation was over. Moments later, all the kids on that bus got off of the bus and walked into the school. I, Steve, and Kevin were prepared for any type of April Fools' pranks that were gonna come our way.

***

Later on, I, Steve, and Kevin walked into the classroom to start the first class of the day which was the first hour of the school day. Then when all the kids were there, the female teacher walked in and discovered that her computer's keyboard had a grass garden planted in it. "What in the world?!", said the teacher.

Then all the kids laughed except for I, Steve, and Kevin once they saw what had gone on. "Who did this? Somebody better start doing some confessing right now.", said the teacher. "Confessing? I don't have that kind of bravery to be tampering with a school teacher's work equipment.", said Nathan.

"Well, somebody did it. And I'm going to find out who one way or another. Then after that, the boy or girl who did this is gonna be served a one-month suspension.", said the teacher. "A whole month?", said Amanda. "So, an April Fools' prank can get you suspended until the first of May. We're already learning something at school today.", said, Ariana.

"And that's the only purpose school should serve. A place to learn. Not a place to plant gardens in keyboards.", said the teacher. "Now, everybody, let's get started on our first assignment for today. And I'll see about getting a new keyboard later on after my lunch break.", said the teacher. Then the school day continued.

***

Later on, the same teacher who fell victim to her first prank of the day was finished writing what she had to write on the chalkboard. She then sat down in her seat. But she had an air horn taped underneath her seat, and it got triggered once she sat down.

The air horn then disrupted the class and got the attention of all the classmates including myself. Then everybody suddenly burst out laughing except for I, Steve, and Kevin. "Now I see what you meant by April Fools' pranks going too far.", I said. "Yeah, and this is way too far.", said Steve.

"Who did this?! Whoever did this, show yourselves right now?!", said the teacher. And all the other classmates continued to laugh at what just happened. "She can't type, she can't sit down, she can't have a peaceful day. I feel for that teacher right now.", said Kevin.

***

As more time elapsed in the first hour of the school day, the teacher was trying to figure out how to get rid of the grass from her keyboard along with the air horn that was attached to the bottom of her seat. She then decided to just unhook her entire computer and bring it to the principal's office. When she was unhooking her computer, she discovered another April Fools' prank under her computer's mouse.

There was a piece of paper under the mouse with a silly looking face on it. It also had a few words at the top of it that read "April Fools!". "Alright, everybody, who did this?", said the teacher. Then the teacher displayed the mouse prank to the whole class.

Then all the classmates laughed some more except for I, Steve, and Kevin. "Whoever else finds this funny also deserves a one-month suspension.", said the teacher. Then the whole classroom got quiet after that last statement our elementary school teacher just made. "This kid must've prepared early for April Fools' Day. And by early, I mean last Friday kind of early.", said Steve.

***

It was now the second hour of the school day. I, Steve, and Kevin walked into the classroom to start our second hour and so did the rest of our classmates. Then the male teacher walked in.

Once he walked in, he started writing today's instructions on the chalkboard. Then somebody suddenly cut the cheese, and nobody could tell who was the one that let one rip. "Whoever did that, can they please say excuse me?", said the teacher.

Then the whole classroom proceeded to laugh except for me, Steve, and Kevin. "You've got to admit, the pranks today are way better than last year.", said Kevin. Then the teacher sprayed air freshener into the classroom.

Then Steve started sniffing. "What is that smell?!", said Steve. "It smells like shrimp in here.", said Brad.

Then the teacher went into the drawer of his desk where he had originally gotten the air freshener from and found a can of shrimp scent that wasn't supposed to be there. "Did somebody here put shrimp scent in my air freshener?", said the teacher. "In the words of Shaggy, it wasn't me.", said Nathan.

"Oh, great, now there's fart and shrimp smells in the air.", said Kevin. "When I find out who did this, somebody's gonna get a one-week suspension.", said the teacher. "Excuse me! Teacher?! The last teacher mentioned a one-month suspension after she fell victim to a few April Fools' pranks.", said Kevin.

"Alright, well, make it a month then.", said Kevin. Then the teacher continued to write his instructions down for the entire classroom on the chalkboard. And then he finished writing down the instructions for that day.

***

It was now the third hour. All of our classmates including I, Steve, and Kevin waited outside for the teacher to open her door and let us inside the classroom. Then she finally arrived.

She went ahead and got the keys from her purse, and opened the door. When she opened it, a loud air horn was heard. It turns out that another air horn was installed as a door wall protector.

"Who in the world did this?!", said the teacher. "Steve did it!", said Kevin. Then Steve punched Kevin in the arm playfully. Then Kevin punched back, and they went back and forth with each other.

"Guys, stop it or else!", said the teacher. Then Steve and Kevin stopped after what their teacher had said. Then the teacher walked into her classroom along with all of her classmates.

She then prepared to put more knowledge into her students as that was her job. And her job wasn't to just fall for silly prank after silly prank. The April Fools' pranks stopped, but only for a moment. This wasn't the same female teacher as before.

As time moved along, Steve had to use the bathroom badly. Steve quickly raised his hand. "Yes, Steve?", said the teacher. "I gotta do number one bad! May I be excused for a moment?!", said Steve. "Yes, Steve! Of course!", said the teacher.

Then Steve quickly got up and rushed himself to the nearest bathroom. When he finally got to a bathroom, he opened the door and walked straight in. He then closed the door behind him.

Steve then had his eyes set on the stalls, but there was a sign right above all of the stalls. The sign read "Stalls out of order." When Steve read that, he quickly turned his eyes to the only toilet in there that wasn't a stall.

And Steve was still out of luck. He saw a pair of feet where the toilet was. So, he just stood there and waited while someone else was still using the guys' bathroom.

One minute passed, then one minute became two, then two minutes became three, then three minutes became four, then four minutes became five. And after five minutes, Steve resorted to knocking on the door of the toilet. "Hey, buddy, have you forgotten you're on a public toilet?! Other people have to use it too! Can you please hurry?!", said Steve.

But then nothing was heard. It turns out that the toilet wasn't occupied at all. Somebody just put a pair of blue jeans on a toilet with a pair of shoes on the floor to make it look like the only toilet in that bathroom was occupied.

After Steve continued to struggle holding it in, he knocked on the door of the bathroom toilet once more. "Hurry, or I'm gonna have to use it out here!", said Steve. And there was more silence coming from the toilet that wasn't occupied in the first place.

After more time elapsed, Nathan walked into that same bathroom. Nathan then saw Steve struggling to hold it in. Then Nathan walked over to say something to Steve.

"Dude, I don't think nobody is in there. A few other kids told me that this was a hoax earlier today.", said Nathan. Then Nathan opened the door of the toilet, and Steve saw that there was nobody in there. "Oh, thank God! But why didn't those other kids remove the pants and shoes from the toilet?!", said Steve. "They wanted to keep it a prank, and I agreed.", said Nathan.

"Whatever, man! I need to get this taken care of right away!", Steve said as he pushed Nathan aside to go use the restroom. "Don't too long buddy! I gotta use it too.", said Nathan. Then Steve took care of his business and finished using the restroom.

***

And then, later on, the third hour was about to come to a close. And when it did come to a close, the school bell rang. Then just about all of the kids proceeded to move on to the 4th hour which was the last hour before lunchtime.

When the fourth hour started, all of us were in class and sitting down. Our female teacher walked in only to see a lawn planted on her desk. Then some of our classmates laughed.

The teacher sighed. "Don't you kids have better things to do with your time than silly pranks like this?", said the teacher. "I'm pretty sure some people are still wishing it was Easter by now.", Kevin whispered to me and Steve.

"I wonder what's gonna happen at lunch. Is a food fight gonna erupt or something?", said Steve. "If it does, at least we already ate breakfast earlier this morning.", I said. And then the day continued.

The P.A. box then came on and a schoolwide announcement was about to take place. "Attention Robert Burns Elementary School, throughout the day, we've noticed numerous April Fools' pranks that have gone a little too far. As a result, if we find the source of whoever is behind all of these pranks, he/she will be suspended for the remainder of the school year. But if anybody confesses, it'll be for just one month. That is all. Thank you, and have a wonderful day.", said the school principal through the P.A. box. "Now you heard that kids? Anybody that gets caught and doesn't confess will have to spend the rest of their year at home.", said the teacher.

Then the teacher went to open one of her desk drawers and found fake poop in it. she immediately thought it was real poop. "Now why in the world would somebody put something like this in here?!", said the teacher. "Put what in where?!", I asked the teacher.

"Someone put human feces in one of my desk drawers.", said the teacher. "Looks like all these pranks are starting to make for a stressful day at work isn't it?", Kevin asked the teacher. "Why did you ask that?! Are you the one responsible for all these pranks going on today?!", said the teacher.

"What?! No way! I'm way more mature than that!", said Kevin. "Maybe if this school didn't pair up 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders, we wouldn't all be in this mess.", said Steve. "I just gotta say that whoever is pulling all these pranks is one smart cookie. I've never witnessed April Fools' pranks as clever as these before in my entire life.", said Brad. "I just can't wait for April 2nd to come, so all of this nonsense can end.", said the teacher.

"April 2nd is my grandmother's birthday by the way.", I said. "Oh, well, tell her I said happy birthday.", said the teacher. "I'll tell her you said that.", I said.

Then the fourth hour continued until the start of lunchtime. I, Steve, and Kevin were all hoping that none of these pranks were gonna affect us anytime soon. It has already affected Steve at school.

***

Later on that day, the fourth hour was over. It was now time to head on over to the school lunchroom. I, Steve, and Kevin were walking together to the lunchroom.

And as all three of us were walking towards our destination, the P.A. box came on again. "Attention all students, if you see a Chewbacca Roar Contest flyer on the school walls, just know that it is not a real contest. It's just another silly prank, and be assured that our school's faculty and staff are working to get all of these flyers removed as quickly as possible. That is all for now. Thank you, and have a wonderful rest of the afternoon.", said the school principal from the P.A. box. Then the three of us involuntarily walked up on one of these flyers.

Then I voluntarily took the flyer off one of the school walls and read it out loud. "Chewbacca Roar Contest. Call 1-800-555-5555 and leave a voicemail with your best impersonation. The winner will be judged and contacted by Friday, April 12th. Reward: $50.", I said as I read that entire flyer out loud. And it even featured a picture of the famous Star Wars character known as Chewbacca on the flyer in black and white.

"Yeah, Star Wars is pretty cool.", said Steve. Then one of the male teachers at the school walked up to us and saw the flyer. "Alright, boys, hand it over.", said the teacher.

Then I handed over the flyer to the teacher. He then ripped it up and threw it away in a nearby trash can in the hallway. Then the teacher walked away.

"If that was an actual contest, I would've won it.", said Kevin. "Whatever, dude. Let's head to lunch.", said Steve. And all three of us continued to walk on over to the lunchroom.

***

The whole group got together at lunchtime to talk once again after we all were finished with lunch and waiting for the school bell to ring. "Let me just tell you all that whoever is behind all of these pranks has no morals.", said Kevin. "What are morals?", said Nathan. "What Kevin is trying to say is that the person behind these April Fools' pranks can't tell the difference between right and wrong Nathan.", said Amanda.

"What kind of crazy kid would do something like this? These pranks are so clever, they seem like something that would occur in middle or high school. Not elementary school.", said, Ariana. "It looks like we have a mystery on our hands.", said Brad. "A mystery we should solve.", said Nathan.

"Yeah, kind of like those Scooby-Doo cartoons that come on TV.", said Steve. "I ain't solving anything. If the suspect gets caught, he/she gets caught. If not, that's not gonna stop me from enjoying the first day of April.", said Kevin. "I just can't wait for this school day to end, so I won't be in any more danger of these pranks.", said Brad.

"Well, it's already the afternoon. So, it seems like we're all starting to get to the end of the school day.", I said. "Hey, after school, who wants to perform some more songs?", said Steve. "Nah, not today Steve. All of us agreed that we'd be better off not practicing today to avoid any more foolish pranks.", said Nathan.

"But it'll just be us, Nathan.", said Steve. Then Steve paused. "Alright, fine! We'll play tomorrow.", said Steve.

"What if the April Fools' suspect is somebody in the gang?", said Kevin. "No way, I would never even attempt to do something like this in my entire life.", I said. "Maybe the suspect is not a kid. What if the suspect is an adult. A full-grown adult who works at this school. Or maybe not even be an employee at this school.", said Amanda.

"That sounds more ridiculous than the pranks themselves Amanda.", said Kevin. "Well, to catch somebody who demonstrates this kind of behavior anonymously, you have to think outside of the box sometimes Kevin.", said Amanda. "And as far as the suspension goes, forget the rest of the year. How about suspending him or her or them until the end of fifth grade?", said Steve.

"Or perhaps get transferred to a different school?", I said. "That too.", said Steve. Afterward, the school bell rang, and it was time for all of us to leave the lunchroom.

***

After lunchtime, it was time for recess. When all of us went outside to enjoy some recess, a dead body was suddenly located on the school playground. The kids had seen the dead body and did nothing but stand there in stare in sudden shock.

"I can't believe this! It's a corpse on the school playground!", said Nathan. "This certainly has to be one of the most memorable April Fools' Day of my entire life.", said, Ariana. Then Brad proceeded to walk over to the corpse.

"Brad, what are you doing man?!", I said. "I'm just gonna check it out for a quick second.", said Brad. Then Brad went to the dead body to check it out.

Brad bent down to fell its wrist to check and see if it still had a pulse. "It's fake everybody. This dead body is nothing more than plastic. It's not an actual corpse nor is it an actual living human being.", said Brad. "Whew, that's a relief! The April Fools' prankster had me worried there.", said Amanda.

The fake body had a brown hoodie on with blue jeans and a pair of Nike shoes. After that scene, all the other kids left to go spend time at recess while my group of friends continued to stand around the fake dead body. "I don't know about you all, but this April Fools' Day just turned into Halloween real early.", said, Ariana.

***

The final hour of the school day was PE class after recess was over. In the gym, our PE teacher started off the hour by giving us various instructions for us to perform. Those instructions included push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks, pull-ups, stretching, etc.

Then another schoolwide announcement was made through the P.A. box. The gym teacher then instructed us all to stop what we were doing for all of us to be informed on the current status of the April Fools' pranks. We then stopped and everybody listened.

"Boys and girls of Robert Burns Elementary School, we've finally determined who was behind all of these pranks that have been going on today.", said the school principal. "It's about time.", said, Ariana. "Shhh!", said Brad. "You shhh!", said, Ariana.

"Now many of you are probably eager to know who's been carrying out all of these pranks. And it turns out that it wasn't any of the students who attend this school. A few school employees decided to carry out these pranks and thought it would be funny to everyone once they revealed what they were doing to the entire school. Well, they thought wrong. Therefore, I've terminated the contracts of those employees, and they are now fired as of a few minutes ago. Rest assured that I will work as hard as I can to hire new and more mature employees to take their place. I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused any of the students, teachers, faculty, and or staff that makes this elementary school so great. Anyway, I hope all of you kids enjoy the last hour of the school day. That's all for now, and have a great rest of your Monday.", said the school principal. And then the message concluded. Then the gym teacher instructed us to resume our assignments.

***

Later on that day, I, Steve, and Kevin got on the school bus to head back home. I and Steve sat next to each other, and Kevin sat right behind us. Then the school bus drove off to take all of us home.

"I'm speechless. I can't even find the words to describe what took place today.", said Steve. "Well, when you do find them, let us know.", I said. "Now didn't Amanda say something about the possibility of some school employees carrying out the series of pranks? I'm not sure if that's what she said. Nonetheless, I'm glad they got caught and ended up getting fired.", said Kevin.

"Ok, I've finally found the words! Here it goes! Who in their right minds would do such idiotic and stupid stuff to celebrate Fools' Day.", said Steve. "Beats me, bro. Should've known no kid was capable of doing all that.", said Kevin. "No student in their right mind wouldn't be doing something like that either.", I said. "Well, the bottom line is that those employees deserved what they got. End of discussion.", said Kevin. Then the bus ride continued as we were still talking.

"As long as all of this April Fools' nonsense is over, I'd gladly say that that's the end of the discussion.", said Steve. Then the bus ride continued until all three of us finally got home. And there weren't any more April Fools' jokes after those school employees got caught.

***

Later on, it was now evening on Fools' Day 2002. Steve's household was getting ready to sit down and eat dinner. Steve's household then sat down to eat dinner. But before that, Kevin Sr. blessed the food with the whole family.

"We thank you, heavenly Father, for this food, we're about to receive in Jesus Christ's name, Amen.", said Kevin Sr. "Amen.", said the rest of Steve's household. Then dinner officially got underway at Steve's place.

"Boys, after dinner, there's gonna be dessert.", said Anna. "Awesome! We haven't had dessert in a while now.", said Kevin. "What's for dessert mom?", said Steve.

"Lavender Ice Cream Pie.", said Anna. "I've never had that dessert before. What's it made of?", said Kevin. "It's a graham cracker crust filled with homemade lavender ice cream. Also, purple sugar adds a pop of color and alludes to the floral flavor.", said Anna.

Moments later, Steve's household finished dinner and was now ready for dessert. "Alright, bring on some lavender dessert!", said Kevin. "Oh, and did I mention that the dessert is made with one serving of April Fools'?!", said Anna.

"What?!", said Steve. "Aw man, I should've seen that coming! In fact, why didn't I see that coming?!", said Kevin. "You were in on this too dad?!", said Steve. "Yep, we both got you good, didn't we?", said Kevin Sr. "Yeah, you did.", said Kevin.

"But don't worry guys, we're having that dessert tomorrow night after dinner.", said Anna. "This better not be another April Fools' Day joke mom!", said Steve. "I'm for real this time honey. Tonight, it's just cake and ice cream for dessert. I'll go get it for you guys.", said Anna. Then Anna got up to go get their dessert.

"Let's just hope that people come up with better jokes and pranks on April Fools' Day next year.", said Kevin. "I agree with that logic bro. Now let's end this Fools' Day off right. With some April Fools' dessert.", said Steve. Then Anna served the dessert. "Alright, let's all dig in!", said Steve to his household family. And all of Steve's immediate family enjoyed some April Fools' cake and ice cream to end the holiday off right.