--- title: April Fools Prank Ideas description: The April Fools' pranks we wish existed. canonical: https://time.com/45391/april-fools-pranks-we-wish-we-saw-today/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman Staff Writer Apr 1, 2014 4:47 PM UTC 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/) 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) 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/) 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/) ```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. 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