Pranks

He sure looks like Patrick Mahomes, but he isn't. No one in this Missouri store could tell the difference.

YouTube is full of prank videos. Some are very funny, some are very lame. As a fan of the Friday the 13th movies, I thought this one was well done, and brilliant in its simplicity. Basically, someone puts on a hockey mask, grabs a machete, then scares unsuspecting campers to death. Not literally. But close.

Revenge, as they say, is a dish best served cold.

I usually have a good laugh over cheesy or fun little jokes or pranks. I'm not talking the ones that cause severe damage to a relationship, friendship or whatever. I'm talking about a well placed old joke. Things like the old whoopee cushion or one that I remember a lot the snapping gum...

So remember the video of the twerking girl who accidentally set herself on fire? Remember how we all got a good laugh out of it? Remember how everyone from YouTube commenters to morning news shows dubbed it "the end of the twerking craze as we know it"? Well, turns out it was all a hoax perpetuated by that merry prankster Jimmy Kimmel.

It's something only Improv Everywhere could accomplish -- going on to a subway car, making a huge ruckus and not annoying every single person on the train. This time, the team set up a late night-style talk show, complete with desk, comfy chair, backdrop and band. Technically the band was just a guy with a keytar, but we'll allow it.

If you're anything like us, you probably have no idea what day it is. Well, it's Monday, April 1st. Yes, it's April Fool's Day, which means that Google is planning to pull the wool over our eyes all day long. Here are some of the pranks they're pulling, in case you are super-gullible...

Guy Fieri has been having a tough time with his new restaurant, Guy's American Kitchen & Bar, which opened in New York's Times Square last November. First the eatery was savaged in a New York Times' review. And just when folks were starting to forget about that, Fieri has made an unforced error which is sure to subject him to another round of ridicule.

Just because it's legal to do it on your own time in Colorado, doesn't mean you can drug your whole class. Two University of Colorado students in Boulder thought it would be funny to bring pot brownies to a morning class to share. Then a bunch of people who ate them had freak- outs. Suddenly it was not so fun.

According to a survey of young adults by a candy company called Maynards, technology makes it easier for people to prank their friends, but the old-school ways are still the best. Forty percent of people between 18 and 24 said that technology makes it more likely that they'll play a joke on their friend, and three of the top five pranks can be done with a cell phone.  But the most popular prank is