It’s that time of year again when news publications, PR companies and brands in general pull April Fools’ Day pranks.
Some of these are pure genius and others are a little too ambitious, but hopefully most of these will get you giggling. Here’s what went down this April Fools’ Day:
Vegemite announced the arrival of a Vegemite museum shaped, well, like this…
Have you heard? Something BIG is coming to Melbourne in the shape of a 60m tall interactive Vegemite jar. Who’s keen? pic.twitter.com/86N7Fsjepo
— Vegemite (@Vegemite) March 31, 2015
NSW police force got some new additions to the Mounted Unit
New recruits to give the Mounted Unit the hump: https://t.co/vXQms5WadT pic.twitter.com/9Be7eECXLM — NSW Police (@nswpolice) March 31, 2015
Virgin Australia launched a pet lounge with Paw Door Entry
Introducing our new dedicated lounge for pets with a world-first Paw Door Entry. https://t.co/RI1RdjqSvU #avgeek #virginaustralia
— Virgin Australia (@VirginAustralia) March 31, 2015
The Sex Party merged with Shooters & Fishers Party to become ‘The Sex Pistols’
pic.twitter.com/NZlH7ssKPw — Alice Workman (@workmanalice) April 1, 2015
Flight Centre offered a special ‘cargo class’
ASOS ‘clipped on’ to the man bun trend
The game changer: clip-On Man-Buns, coming soon. pic.twitter.com/rgBSJPCKHM
— ASOS Australia (@ASOS_Au) March 31, 2015
Telstra launched a foul mouth censor to bleep out inappropriate words
While Labor launched an onion-a-day health campaign
Bill Shorten’s new policy: An onion a day keeps the doctor away. #AprilFools pic.twitter.com/1kX0CKmr96 — David Lipson (@lipporocks) March 31, 2015
