Sleeper Cabins, Dog Protection, and a Trip to Mars

What do these three things have in common?  They are today’s top April Fool’s pranks.  Check ’em out:

1.  WestJet issues a fake press release about their new “sleeper cabins”, which allow passengers to sleep in the overhead bins where luggage is typically held.  They even issued pictures…hilarious!  She does look comfortable, though.  Maybe it’s not such a bad idea?

2.  BMW introduces Canine Repellent Alloy Protection (CRAP), an ingenious system of delivering an electric shock to any dog thinking of relieving itself against a BMW wheel.

3.  Google introduces Virgle, complete with a FAQ, press release, and a 100 year plan.  Starting in 2014, Virgin founder Richard Branson and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will be leading hundreds of users on one of the grandest adventures in human history: Project Virgle, the first permanent human colony on Mars.

And my all time favorite prank, The Taco Liberty Bell:

According to the Museum of Hoaxes, “in 1996 the Taco Bell Corporation announced that it had bought the Liberty Bell and was renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell. Hundreds of outraged citizens called the National Historic Park in Philadelphia where the bell was housed to express their anger. Their nerves were only calmed when Taco Bell revealed, a few hours later, that it was all a practical joke. The best line of the day came when White House press secretary Mike McCurry was asked about the sale. Thinking on his feet, he responded that the Lincoln Memorial had also been sold. It would now be known as the Ford Lincoln Mercury Memorial. ” 

Brilliant!