Communication is a Virus: Rules for Fools'- Tried and tested.

Testing our April Fools' practical jokes in our Rules for Fools' booklet- to ensure that they worked positively... 

The group went to the Leeds Union pathway to execute our first prank, here, Yafet took a sneaky photo of myself, Sadie and Liam trying to look as casual as possible- natural behaviour is everything when lieing/being sneaky...

(NB: Please ignore me/my face)

...The pound coin stuck down with extra strength solvent glue.

After we stuck the pound coin down, we sat on a bench on the other side of the pathway. In the short time we were there (around twenty minutes) we saw two people try to discreetly take the coin- great result.

The water, water everywhere and every drop to drink prank- originally inspired and executed by fellow graphics coursemate Marty Edwards (http://m-edwards1013-dp.blogspot.com) after he successfully played this prank upon a flatmate- frankly hilarious. Apparently, the flatmate was very sourpuss for the entire evening, but presumably forgave them...

Again, a prank executed by another member of the group- this time, team member Sadie Thompson (http://s-thompson1013-dp.blogspot.com). She played the polystyrene falls (substituted here with scrunched paper!) on her flatmate, India. Apparently rather grumpy in the morning, but this worked a treat! 

...And the faux gateau prank. I bought a cardboard box and cake decorations, making what looked like a convincing slab cake (admittedly, a rather messy one). I left it to refridgerate for a day, and then asked a flatmate to cut it evenly for me ("so i can take a good photo of it for my design work!"...ahem...) and after feedback "hmmm...looks yummy, is it chocolate?" etc, the trick was played. Really very funny.

I was really pleased that we had the oppurtunity to execute some of these practical jokes in such a short time frame (only deciding on the final outcome less than a week ago). Although we couldn't personally perform them all, all others have been researched and sourced as successful- examples of which can be found on my design context blog (http://s-wilson1013-dc.blogspot.com)