On being Nice and ( a bit) Nasty on April Fools´ Day...

April 1st marks the time when people play practical jokes or harmless tricks on their friends and neighbours. This custom began in France and soon spread to other countries.In France, the victim is known as an April fish; in Scotland , he is called an April gowk.
 Over 20 years ago we devised a set of projects called the April Fools´Day Projects, published by the Teachers´Centre at Vélez-Málaga,in which a series of activities based on verbal and visual humour were combined.
In this "bloggers" approach we are to focus on communication activities related to humour.
There are excellent jokes on the Net and some pages may have you in stitches like kickasshumour or reality.com.
Let´s start our communication activities with an oral task,:

the good news& bad news: "I´ve got some good news and I have some bad news "

GOOD NEWS                                                      BAD NEWS

Time flies                                                       You are the pilot

The Martians have landed                         They are not warriors/vegetarians..

I´ve found 100 Euros                                  They are full of dirt/shit

They´ve found a cure for cancer               It´s very expensive

I´m going on holiday                                  I have no money left

I´m hungry                                               There´s a spider in my sandwich 

Summer is here                                        I haven´t got a bikini

My favourite TV programme is on      My TV set is broken

It´s my birthday                                       I have to work today

The new road is open                             There are too many accidents

We are throwing a party                       There´s a general strike

Some flowers have arrived                   We don´t know who they´re from.

I´ve won the pools                                  I suffer from ill health

Our neighbours are moving                 Worse neighbours may come

 

SITUATIONAL JOKES:(See how many jokes you can tell in each category)

at a restaurant: "Waiter, waiter,...."

at a hospital:"Doctor, Doctor....."

Mother-in-law jokes

After-dinner jokes

Politically Incorrect jokes(racial, gay, gypsies,..)

Drinking jokes

Students´ jokes. Exam howlers

Bumper stickers

Religious (Heaven & Hell, priests´) jokes

Irish/Scottish jokes

Lawyers´jokes

Lepe/Essex girls jokes

Prison jokes

Psychiatrists´jokes

Wedding jokes

Blonde jokes

Yo mama jokes

Army jokes

One-liners

Comic Dictionary

Proverbs re-written

Personal projects: 

Invent an absurd story, Share an unlikely piece of gossip, Start rumours, for instance: new boss, random drugs testing, school closing down, compulsory personality testing, new compulsory tests for both teachers and students,bomb scare, etc..

                                    Think of a typical school prank:i.e.: See how loudly you can get sb to talk on the phone by saying you can´t hear him or Adopt an ACCENT or compose all your e-mails in rhyming couplets,or..

                                   A prank a day will keep boredom at bay. 

There are countless ways of having fun  at work. Reflect on freshmen´s rites  of passage   and the fine line between sadism and a practical joke or a hoax. 

                                          

She texted me: "Your adorable"

I replied: "No. You´re adorable"

(And now she thinks I like her.

All I did was point out her mistake-typo-)

 

(an afterthought)ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE...

April Fools' Day 2015 – the best jokes from around the world

Check the Guardian link  above.