April Fools jokes
get a bit of a bad rap these days as communication correctness causes many
jokers to think twice about their plans.
Tesla’s Elon
Musk famously got himself into hot water when an April Fools prank caused a
significant dip in his company’s share price. Microsoft took the unusual step
of advising its employees not to get involved in April Fools jokes this year
because of the unpredictable results of a joke gone wrong.
But of
course that didn’t stop some organisations from having a go, and our gold star
goes to Kia for proposing a new steering wheel designed for tablet users and
gamers – you swipe left on a screen to go left, and swipe right to go right. It is called a Finger Operated Optimum Lever.
We
steered clear of April Fools jokes on Victraders but if we had indulged, maybe
something like this?
Guru Pete's new cleaning cart ready for conversion of car park to parkland.
If you have
an idea for an April Fools joke please let us know. We might be game enough to
use it next year.