As you are all aware already I’m sure, Easter falls on April Fool’s Day. Since that’s my favorite day to mess with my mom, I figured I’d celebrate both holidays at once.

Originally I planned on taking everything out of the veggie crispers in her fridge and filling them with water and live fish. But now, in the spirit of Zombie Jesus day I have gotten her a basket and filled it full of technically useful products that you would normally find in an Easter basket, but with an obnoxious prank-like twist.

I got her a calendar, which is helpful for work or the office, but every picture in the calendar is a picture of a dog pooping. (Amazon - pooping pooches 2018 calendar)

I got her some gummies, because what is an Easter basket without candy, but they’re gummy penises and vaginas (Amazon - figure out what to search on your own, I don’t want this post getting flagged)

I got her a candle, because everyone loves candles, but it’s from a company called YankMe Candles and this particular scent is Grandma’s Farts (Also from Amazon)

And finally, to help her relax after a stressful day, I got her a peppermint bath bomb. But, of course, once it hits the water in the tub it turns the water the darkest shade of black and makes it look like you’re bathing in hell. (Yup, you guessed it, Amazon!)

Are any of you doing anything fun to celebrate the holiday this Sunday? (I mean April Fool’s - not Easter. There’s nothing normal about bunnies that hide eggs.)

EDIT:

I decided that just hiding the basket wasn’t enough, so I am forcing her to find clues and follow them around her house to eventually find the basket. And because I’ve been watching Gotham too much, I decided to make them all rhyme like the Hatter.

First I sent her this text: “As is our habit, on a Post-It note, in your front hall, the first clue I wrote.”

The next clue is hanging on her coat closet in the hall: “Your first clue is at the thing you like the least, sit at it now, and then face East.”

She hates computers, so at her PC, visible only from the computer chair, there is a clue half-hidden behind the curtain on the East wall: “You found a clue, you’re so darn smart, now look behind a young person’s art.”

Stuck to the back of a piece of fridge art one of my nieces colored is the following: “Clue number three, surrounded by glass, if you can’t find it then you’re an… …” (Yes, it’s written as ellipses on the clue, I would never call my mom an ass or she’d beat mine!)

Inside her china cabinet, behind a bunch of glassware is the next one: “Clue number four, beware a mishap, finding the clue may be a trap”

Hidden inside the have-a-heart trap she has outside near her chicken coup is this: “The final clue, if you’re keen, you’ll find near a bag with more than one bean”

Stuck on the wall behind the bean bag chairs in the kids room is the last clue: “The clues are all done, now the basket you seek, near where you go to relax in the heat”

And finally, her basket is hidden behind her hot tub in the sun room.

Now all that’s left to do is wait…

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I pity your mom… Tho the calendar and candy should clue her in on the candle and the bathbomb.

I was kind of expecting something with live chicklets when you mentioned the fish, but figured you’d have to take care of those for the long term, which would defeat the prank bit.

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I was considering kidnapping all her chickens and replacing them with little candy peeps in her henhouse, but then I’d need to figure out where to keep the hens in the interim. Plus, they’re little jerk birds and like to peck at me so I don’t feel like dealing with them all day.

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But, of course, once it hits the water in the tub it turns the water the darkest shade of black and makes it look like you’re bathing in hell. (Yup, you guessed it, Amazon!)

If your mom is a “Supernatural” show fan she’ll just pretend she was bathing in the blood of slain Leviathans :stuck_out_tongue: (since in the show they bleed black goo).

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You were going to freeze the death fish in a refrigerator as a prank?? Yeah, don’t do that.

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The fish won’t freeze or die in a fridge. They’d move a bit slower, but it wouldn’t kill them. Go look at a koi pond in the winter, even when the surface water freezes the fish just carry on swimming.

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I’d never shop for my mom from a store called YankMe-anything.

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Thought about dying uncooked eggs and hiding them for the kids.

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There are many types of fish, typically kept by hobbyists, that could handle refrigerator temperatures for a few hours. Notably goldfish/carp/koi.

Now that would be funny.

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For your Mom??? Thinking Oedipus complex here…

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Technically, Jesus was a lich.

My favorite will always be the mixing of Skittles, M&Ms, and Reece’s Pieces to set out for unsuspecting humans. Also the voice activated copier sign. I’ve used that with hilarious results.

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Yeah I don’t want those thrown at my house but I’m planning on making the nieces and nephew find the colored plastic eggs with small wrapped Styrofoam eggs wrapped in the Hershey candy foil. Or leave chocolate covered brussel sprouts out for them to eat.

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Not celebrating Easter, as my husband’s and my family live in different states. But we probably will be celebrating April Fool’s Day… I’ll have to keep my wits about me. Good thing it doesn’t fall on Monday, otherwise who knows what would happen at the office!

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Sunday is also Hubby’s birthday. I have to be good.

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The good ol rubber band on the sink hose prank, gets the mom everytime.

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Done it too many times - she checks for them now before turning the sink on. She’s also gotten me back by doing that to my sink a few times.

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That’s funny. Aaaaaaaaand you can tell her about the eggs you didn’t hide…

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