Dust off your whoopee cushions and plastic spiders, April Fool's Day is only a few days away. To help students prepare for this day of pranks, Venues asked, "What was the best April Fool's Day prank you've experienced?"

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"I told my sister she was adopted. We had a story -- she's the only blonde in the family."

-- John Fisher (senior-finance and economics)

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"My friend, Lucy Baker, was born on April Fools Day, and that's the best joke ever on humanity."

-- Chad Barbe (senior-computer science)

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"When I was in elementary school, I told my teacher he split his pants. And he believed it."

-- Katie Quinn (senior-elementary education)

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"I was in the bathtub and my mother said my sister's curtains were on fire. I was nine years old and I ran outside without clothes on."

-- Joni Boyd (sophomore-photography)

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"I knew this guy who was afraid of snakes. And I stuck a rubber snake down the drain. He was in his thirties, too."

-- Sara Sprowls (sophomore-animal bioscience)

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"We had this friend in high school, he had this little dog, a terrier. We went and got a real stuffed one and we took the stuffing out. We put it on his chair and he sat on it. And he thought he killed his dog. There was ketchup and everything -- it was planned for two weeks."

-- Dean Kay (sophomore-pre-medicine)

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"Me and my best friend got in an argument with this guy. We were playing practical jokes on each other. We came in one day; our mattresses were out of our rooms. He hi-jacked our clothing. My best friend called the police on him."

-- Calvin Roach (junior-marketing)

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"My mom had a voice mail and I told my mom someone changed the code. And she came home and was upset because she thought we couldn't check our messages."

-- Nicole Smith (sophomore-animal science)

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"This one teacher said Mario Andretti was visiting the school. And he brought in a matchbox car and set it in the room and said 'Here's Mario Andretti.'"

-- Matt Walchinsky (freshman-mechanical engineering)

-- Compiled by Jessica Scott