A good day’s worth of work done :-) APRIL FOOL!!!
Nearly 70 birthday Comments, personal messages and emails!! If not anything, this should at least boost my ego 🙂 No, it was not my birthday yesterday. Or today. However, today is April 1st. And that was an April Fool trick 🙂
I was running very early morning in the dark and was wondering when was the last time I played an April Fool’s trick. Figured let me make the answer “today”. So, when I got back to the Starbucks, I posted the previous post thanking everybody for their birthday wishes. Which was a lie 🙂 🙂 I decided to keep quiet for 12 hours before saying …
“GOTCHA!!”
On the other hand, things were starting to get out of control. I got multiple calls from India. I was feeling really bad breaking the news to them. I got Roger to draw a doodle for me! (Featured in my FB page). I even got a bottle of wine at office from a friend!!!
Many obviously realized that I was pulling a fast one but many many more did fall for it.
Since one good turn deserves another, pulled a fast one at office too. Sent to my team members a concocted press release announcing our arch rival buying up one of our close partners. And if you clicked on the “more details” link at the end, it took you to a page that declared boldly “April Fool” accompanied by a selfie (I took right after the run) with my tongue sticking out 🙂 🙂 (See http://www.rajibroy.com/?p=5275 )
Only two team members – including the head of finance who anyways believes in nothing till he sees it – saw it coming!!
I think I have made enough of an idiot of myself for a day!!
By the way, do you know the origin of April fool’s day?
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Very well played! Subhasis Ojha and I were planning to celebrate your birthday and my pregnancy together!
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Dear Rajib,
Not to point out the obvious but I would not get a boost of ego that 70 plus people did not really know your actual b-day 🙂 – we still care for you!!!
Malal Miriam,no, but it is good to know that 70 of them are as gullible as I am 🙂 loved your message wishing me and then coming back later to say “Bad Boy” 🙂
Sangha , I did see your post in the morning. I was this close to calling you and telling you that yours was more devious than mine 🙂
Same Rajib! Please never change…just continue to grow that wonderful spirit!
Sunjay and I are immune to your trickery. 😉
Well done Rajib… I had to choose to believe today is your real BDY cause the alternative (this to be a joke) had less probability 🙁
BTW… When is your real BDY?
confused me….i was sure we shared a birthday in may :p
Ah
Good one Rajib! And belated happy birthday for the real one.
wish you all the best anyway 😉
This truly made my day! I love the energy you put into this to put a smile on my and others’ faces. Well done indeed!
I erase my picture!!!!!!!!!!
Now we banish you to have your birthday on Feb 29..how dare you fool a boatload of people 😉
1) I almost wrote happy birthday – you stink and 2) keep running and keep up that spirit of yours
Happy belated birthday!
Ha ha, that’s why I didn’t write any message on yesterday’s post. 🙂
Good that I didn’t fall for the trap.
Good that I didn’t fall for the trap.
Good that I didn’t fall for the trap! For quite a ..
Rajib da: in the UK, and in countries whose traditions derived from the UK, excluding Australia, the joking ceased at midday. A person playing a joke after midday is the “April fool” themselves 🙂
I am not an April fool. I am a All Year Round Fool
Taking back my birthday wish. You fooled a boatload of people :-O
I need you to know that I know when your real birthday is. That is all.