some april fool's day pranks

these days, april fool's day comes and goes without anyone realising it, without any incident. we hardly have time to come up with a practical joke to play on our friends or colleagues.

i remember one i played on my monk's hill colleague. this teacher received a note purportedly from the office to submit a set of books for the principal to check. those days, we did not have a schedule for book checking; anytime, the principal could ask to see your books. the teacher dutifully collected the books from her pupils, bundled them and carried the stack to the office. i had to waylay the teacher to prevent the books from reaching the principal's office.

this other prank i played on my colleague at balestier hill secondary. i relayed to him a message: "from this year onwards, in addition to taking the height and weight of pupils, we have to take their chest measurement." the next day, from the staff room we watched him passing the cloth tape around the chests of each boy and girl in his pe class.

by the way, april 1 is on saturday.