Nobody is to be trusted until the clock hits 12pm.
We wanted to join in the fun, so our very own Darryl Smith came up with an exclusive on a scientific breakthrough – partly influenced by his ‘Helpless Blog of a First Time Dad‘ and the plot of a 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger film…
Elsewhere, The University of Dundee handed out honorary degrees to some of the city’s famous faces – including Oor Wullie!
We’re revealing our hon grads every 30 mins. First,Oor Wullie has been selected to received an hon degree #dundee1st pic.twitter.com/iuwCAWmkuJ
— University of Dundee (@dundeeuni) April 1, 2016
Glasgow University claimed to have a rather inventive new use for the historic University Tower.
It may just have been for April Fools’ Day but it looks like great fun!
The world of politics was also at the wind-up.
Observers of Scottish politics in particular would have been rubbing their eyes at the latest poll from Weber Shandwick – showing the Conservatives winning the highest number of seats.
BREAKING #SP16 poll:
SNP 38
CON 43
LAB 26
GRN 1
LD 14
UKIP 7
From @IpsosMARIScot (March 28-30) pic.twitter.com/IIzt8PGHwF— ScotlandVotes (@scotlandvotes) April 1, 2016
STV showed off exclusive footage of one of their stars entering the upcoming series of Britain’s Got Talent.
A familiar face shows off skills that no-one knew he had…
Exclusive footage of first Scots BGT 2016 hopeful! #BGThttps://t.co/j7I3n353uv
— STV (@WeAreSTV) April 1, 2016
It also looks like there’s a new member of Wet Wet Wet’s crew.
We'd like announce our new crew member to the Wet Wet Wet – Axl Rose our new vocal mic technician! pic.twitter.com/d16rCgVEgH
— Wet Wet Wet (@wetwetwetuk) April 1, 2016
On Facebook, this post from the Dumfries and Galloway Police Division will no doubt have caught a few people out.
Keep watching.
Pimm’s decided today was the day to launch their sponsorship of one of London’s most iconic landmarks.
Their logo will appear on the clock face of the Elizabeth Tower (a.k.a. Big Ben), if you believe this video.
The world of sport always comes up with a few good April Fools’ Day stories.
Former Scotland rugby star Al Kellock appears to have a new role after retiring from playing the game… refereeing it!
WATCH | Al Kellock has today been appointed to referee this year’s @PRO12Rugby Final at BT Murrayfieldhttps://t.co/8wPdfswBDp
— Glasgow Warriors (@GlasgowWarriors) April 1, 2016
Down south, Arsenal teamed up with car manufacturer Citroen to give the Emirates Stadium a sunroof.
Opening April 2017: The world's first retractable sunroof at Emirates Stadium, inspired by @CitroenUK technology.https://t.co/c0FTWnC3vZ
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) April 1, 2016
Not all pranks go to plan, however, and Google’s backfired in spectacular fashion.
They added a tool to Gmail called “Mic Drop” that allowed the user to have the last word in an email conversation.
When the button was clicked, it sent the reply (complete with a GIF of a Minion from Despicable Me dropping a microphone) and muted all further responses.
Unfortunately the button was all to easy to click by accident and after complaints from users Google disabled the feature.
On their Gmail blog the company said: “Well, it looks like we pranked ourselves this year. Due to a bug, the Mic Drop feature inadvertently caused more headaches than laughs. We’re truly sorry. The feature has been turned off. If you are still seeing it, please reload your Gmail page.”
Were you caught out by any April Fools’ pranks or did you play one of your own? Let us know all about it on Facebook and Twitter!
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