--- description: The April Fools' pranks we wish existed. title: April Fools' Pranks We Wish We Saw Today image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54be53231bda7176/69868862cd804dd1aacca0fd/174082017.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 7 April Fools' Pranks We Wish We Saw Today  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 1, 2014 4:47 PM CUT  April Fool's day in the calendar April Fool's day in the calendarGetty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 1, 2014 4:47 PM CUT As NewsFeed has been compiling its annual list of the [best April Fools’ pranks](http://time.com/43940/the-best-april-fools-pranks-of-2014/ "undefined") pulled by major companies, from edible pizza boxes to a networking platform for cats, we have also been daydreaming about the pranks that should have been pulled today, such as: **Oculus Ruff:** Oculus Rift headset for dogs, which plays videos designed to keep dogs entertained while their owners are out of the house. **Timber:** In Tinder’s new app for lumberjacks, users saw right and left instead of swiping right and left. **Napchat:** Snapchat sends out photos of people drifting off in unlikely places around the world. **Insta-graham Crackers:** A new Instagram feature that prints photos onto graham crackers. **Chartbeet:** Chartbeat rolls out a real-time analytics software for vegetarian clients. **Surfborts:** At midnight, [inspired](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Surfbort "undefined") by the lyric in her song “Drunk in Love,” the pop star Beyoncé quietly debuts a line of surfboards called surfborts with accompanying music videos of Blue Ivy flawlessly catching waves. **Reality Tear-V:** Live television of someone cutting an onion for 29 hours straight, sponsored by The Onion and Norway’s national broadcasting service [NRK,](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/15/slow-burn-norway-airs-12-hour-primetime-tv-broadcast-of-burning-fireplace/ "undefined") which has been known for airing slow-going shows like 18 hours of salmon swimming upstream. **MORE:** [Now You Can Print Instagram Photos onto Marshmallows](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/11/25/gram-on-graham-you-can-now-eat-smores-made-out-of-instagrams/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/45391/april-fools-pranks-we-wish-we-saw-today/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/45391/april-fools-pranks-we-wish-we-saw-today/"},"headline":"7 April Fools' Pranks We Wish We Saw Today","datePublished":"2014-04-01T16:47:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:24.207Z","description":"Some ideas for popular brands","url":"https://time.com/45391/april-fools-pranks-we-wish-we-saw-today/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Humor"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54be53231bda7176/69868862cd804dd1aacca0fd/174082017.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54be53231bda7176/69868862cd804dd1aacca0fd/174082017.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"174082017","caption":"174082017","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/45391/april-fools-pranks-we-wish-we-saw-today/","name":"7 April Fools' Pranks We Wish We Saw Today"}}]}] ```