Not in a Pranking Mood? Share These Hilarious April Fools' Day Jokes Instead
Updated March 30 2023, 4:24 p.m. ET
As we enter our third year with the coronavirus pandemic (also known as COVID-19), it may be a bit hard to pull off any extreme pranks this April Fools' Day. However, while pulling off insanely elaborate pranks on your friends and coworkers may not be in the cards for you this April Fools' Day, that doesn't mean a few jokes can't help brighten someone's day.
On that note, we've rounded up a few April Fools' Day memes and jokes that you can now share with your friends and family to celebrate the ultimate prank holiday. Check out our roundup below!
1. Who needs April Fools' when your whole life is a joke?
2. Today is April Fools' Day. Believe nothing and trust no one — just like any other day.
3. What's the worst day to tell your crush you like them? April Fools' Day.
4. Why is everyone exhausted on April 1? Because we just finished a 31-day March.
5. On April Fools' Day, let's all look up "Bing" on Google to make it the most searched word of the day.
6. Today's the day to propose. If she accepts, great. If not, just say, "April Fools'."
7. Who needs a day for the fools when you're surrounded by them all year?
8. April 1 is named April Fools' Day after Steve April. He was born on the 1st of April back in 1579. He ran many businesses and was actually quite prosperous in his ventures, but late in his life, he lost all of his father's assets. After this, everyone started calling him the father of fools. At one point, he even married a woman who divorced him because he was so foolish. He used to read and believe all kinds of fake stories, just like you are now. Happy April Fools' Day, you gullible fool.
9. April Fools' Day is like a huge open mic night: Millions of people go out of their way to demonstrate how unfunny they are.
10. Joke’s on you, April Fools' Day, I can be fooled any day of the year.
11. What did April Fools' say when it received a gift? Well, prank you!
12. I don't always joke on April Fools' Day. Just kidding, I do.
13. More companies should launch products on April Fools' so that if they aren't well-received, they can say it was just a prank.
14. April 1: The only day people question whether the internet is lying to them.
15. Knock, knock! Who's there? Justin. Justin who? Justin time for another April Fools' Day prank.
16. What if April Fools' Day is actually April 2 and we've all been fooled into thinking it's April 1?
17. The easiest targets to prank on April Fools' Day? Babies born on March 31. Why? Because they were literally born yesterday.
18. What's the difference between Thanksgiving and April Fools' Day? One day you're thankful and the other you're prankful.
19. I would wish you a happy birthday, but I can't tell if you're lying about being born on April 1.
20. My favorite April Fools' Day prank is pretending I'm going to leave my couch.
21. There are some friends you know will never pull an April Fools' Day prank because they'll still think it's March.
22. I'm going to pull an April Fools' Day prank on my landlord by not paying rent.
18. Let's spend April Fools' Day on Instagram to continue to fool each other into believing our lives are glamorous and not a mess.
23. Which monster plays the best April Fools' Day pranks? Prankenstein.
24. April Fools' Day is canceled this year because everything after March of 2020 has been a prank.
25. So sweet is your smile. So sweet is your style. So sweet is your voice. So sweet is your eye. See how sweetly I lie.
Happy April Fools' Day, everyone!