This Basketball Team Had to Apologize for an April Fools Prank
be in on (something): to know about or be involved in a secret or plan
Every April 1st, companies try to make people laugh with fake products and surprises. This year, some pranks worked a little too well.
Dyson, the company famous for hair dryers and vacuum cleaners, announced new beauty products for pets. These included a hair curler for cats, a hair straightener for horses, and a special dryer for poodles. Everything looked real, but of course, none of them were.
Yahoo went even further. They created the “Scroll Stoppr,” a small device you put on your finger. It blocks your thumb so you can’t scroll on your phone. The idea was simple: stop yourself from wasting hours on social media. Yahoo listed it on TikTok Shop for $4.99, and people genuinely wanted to buy it. When a fake product addresses a real problem, the line between joke and good idea disappears.
The Washington Wizards basketball team had the biggest reaction, though. During a break in the game, a fan entered a contest to win $10,000 by making a difficult shot while blindfolded. He missed, but the whole arena celebrated like he made it. Then they took off his blindfold and told him he didn’t win. Fans online were angry. They called it cruel. The team even had to apologize the next day. Then the truth came out. The “fan” was actually a team employee. He’d been in on the joke the whole time. The whole thing was planned. Sometimes the best pranks are the ones where nobody knows who’s fooling who.
Sample sentences
“How did Maria know what to buy? I never told her what I wanted.” “Your mom was in on it. She gave Maria your wish list.”
“Did you know they were going to announce layoffs?” “No. Apparently only the managers were in on it.”
“Were you in on this the whole time?” “Me? No. I found out five minutes before you did.”
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