April first, known widely as April Fool's Day, is a day that's cherished and feared by many. Messages flood inboxes declaring free pizzas await at the office, and listeners are enraged when their favourite tunes are overridden by a 10-hour baby shark loop on FM Radio. It is that single day of the year where nothing is to be trusted, and this year was no different.
As the first rays of the sun pierced the horizon this April first, the pranksters had already made their way onto the streets. Parking lots and driveways were filled with fake parking fines that not only grabbed attention but also provided drivers with a mini-heart-attack.
On the home front, toothpaste replaced oreo fillings, soy sauce took the place of Coke, and let's not even get started on that bowl of cereal pairs that were actually painted rocks. The madness was everywhere, blurring the lines between fiction and reality to an unholy extent.
As the day came to an end, props of pranks littered the streets, fake spider webs, rubber snakes – you name it. What's left behind is just the mere shell of what was once a city in uproarious festivities. Chaos reigned supreme for a day, but when the prankster hangover wore off, life delicately picked up from where it was hilariously dropped off.
