Terry Prone: Acceptability of a prank depends upon status of the victim, if there is one
An April Fools’ Day joke like the US police force who put 'Goat Unit' on its Canine Department van was funny, caused a lot of double-takes, and didn’t harm either the dogs or the goats
MTU student, 21-year-old Ukrainian-born Vlad, who goes by Rendy Vlad online, uses Ray-Ban Meta glasses to record himself ‘pranking’ people.
Last week was the height of it, as it always is. The first of April is the annual feast day for pranksters.
In this particular case, the offering that got most attention was that provided by Wicklow GAA, which provoked Social Democrat TD Jennifer Whitmore and Fine Gael Tánaiste Simon Harris to roundly condemn whoever posted it.
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