Hello and welcome to Shade Court. I must make an admission, dear readers: Shade Court was difficult this week. Not because of me—I’m brilliant—but because there were far fewer misuses of shade than usual.
Here's the thing about April Fools': It sucks. Pranks are all well and good when you're five years old and the only thing you can do is drool and make up some joke about being a space monster or something, but when you're an adult and try to raise the stakes, that shit gets real. Here's a tip from me to you: Never…
Alright alright, I know you're over all the belated April Fools pranks and leftover videos. I don't even like April Fools Day—I basically need to keep a roll of Tums with me the whole day because my body can't handle that type of prank stress. ANYWAY, these students planned and executed a prank on their professor…
Annnnd... that's how you close out April Fool's Day here on the west coast, folks! Unless Lohan actually IS pregnant, which is a distinct possibility, because there's a good chance she has no idea what day, month, year, or century it is. In that case — mazel tov!
The internet generally becomes an annoying cesspool of lame jokes on April Fool's Day, especially in the arena of online shopping, but today one site's April Fool's goof did manage to elicit a smile from me. Hip, do-gooder eyewear maker Warby Parker unveiled a new "collection" of eyewear for dogs. Appropriately called…
Poor Mitt Romney, he just cannot catch a break when it comes to his staff. First his communications director likened him to an Etch A Sketch, and now his staff has delivered unto him the lamest April Fool's joke in history. Here's what happened, according to the AP:
April Fools, everyone! We were going to execute some brilliant joke on Giz, but then we sort of ran out of scotch tape and willpower. However! We still love a good prank. So, below are our favorites of the year.*
In a stunt that makes antiquing look like a fun way to wake up, Jimmy Kimmel asked his viewers to videotape themselves throwing water in a sleeping friend's face. The results are hilarious.
Lady Gaga is said to be designing a collection for McQueen. It has "the working title of 'Poisson D'Avril', a reference to the thematic poison present in Lady Gaga's 'Telephone' video." Except Poisson d'Avril is French for April Fool's. [Fashionising]
Last week, caught up in April Fools' Day revelry, we failed to mention the South Park episode "Eat, Pray, Queef," about the double standard women face when it comes to queefing versus farting.
• Yesterday, thousands gathered to celebrate the Steel Phallus festival in Kawasaki, Japan. The fertility festival traditionally falls on the first Sunday in April, and centers around a penis-venerating shrine. Sounds fun! •
Yes, we were kidding. Obviously. But seriously:
