I always feel a little remiss if I let April Fools Day go by without trying to execute at least one gag. Growing up, this was like my Christmas. I wore my arm in a sling one year, which convinced exactly no one in my middle school but which was fun nonetheless. In college I would tape the trigger on the sink sprayer down so that when my housemates turned on the sink, they’d get soaked (FYI the hilarity of this prank is rarely appreciated until much later, if ever). In grad school I filled my friend Jake’s office mailbox with Jell-o.

The internet has given rise to a whole new world of virtual prank opportunities. I was pleased today to see some good ones, including Hulu’s 1996 website, Google’s Voice-alyzer which makes you spell long words before you can make calls after a night of drinking, and Living Social’s Spalami meat massage spa deal.

Also hilarious: the screenless Blackberry, Toshiba’s 3D monocle, and Huffington Post setting up a paywall specifically for New York Times employees.

As for me, I got in the spirit a bit this morning too. Reached into the prank vault and pulled out a simple-but-elegant Cluchey classic: taping newspaper over the bathroom door while your wife is in the shower.

Yep, still got it.