April 1st

#1 (**permalink**) Wed Mar 28, 2001, 04:09pm

I am going to be working the semi-finals of an over 30 league on April fools day. I was wondering if any of you witty forum members have any April fools jokes I can use on these guys,before or after the games. Thanks in advance.

Mark Dexter · #2 (**permalink**) Wed Mar 28, 2001, 08:14pm

MULTIPLE FOUL!

mick · #3 (**permalink**) Wed Mar 28, 2001, 09:10pm

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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
MULTIPLE FOUL!

How about a technical for Leaving the court for an unauthorized purpose.

BktBallRef · #4 (**permalink**) Wed Mar 28, 2001, 11:29pm

A fake toss is always good for a few smiles.

JugglingReferee · #5 (**permalink**) Wed Mar 28, 2001, 11:38pm

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Originally posted by Suppref
I am going to be working the semi-finals of an over 30 league on April fools day. I was wondering if any of you witty forum members have any April fools jokes I can use on these guys,before or after the games. Thanks in advance.

(1) Go to a novelty store and buy a pair of those glasses that are like two miles thick, but are just glass (ie. they don't distort your vision - you don't want to damage yourself).

(2) Maybe walk in with a cane, or a fake leg cast.

(3) Through a football flag for the first foul... then say "oops... wrong sport."

(4) If you have a friend that works for PBS/local TV, have him/her come in as if the game is televised.

..Mike

[Edited by JugglingReferee on Mar 28th, 2001 at 10:41 PM]

Brian Watson · #6 (**permalink**) Thu Mar 29, 2001, 08:48am

The first time a coach calls a to signal for a T.

AK ref SE · #7 (**permalink**) Thu Mar 29, 2001, 01:09pm

Wear a pair of football officials pants and socks!

AK ref SE

Mike Burns · #8 (**permalink**) Thu Mar 29, 2001, 03:12pm

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Originally posted by Brian Watson
The first time a coach calls a to signal for a T.

That's great!
How about the first time the coach says ANYTHING AT ALL... "WHACK"

Tim Roden · #9 (**permalink**) Fri Mar 30, 2001, 12:07pm

A blind man's cane.

Throw a flag at the first foul.

An umpire's mask and chest protector.

If it were me, The fake toss is as far as I would go.

rainmaker · #10 (**permalink**) Fri Mar 30, 2001, 12:13pm

Tim-

I don't have what Brian calls "the onions" to do any of them. But it's been fun to think about it!!

Brian Watson · #11 (**permalink**) Fri Mar 30, 2001, 12:25pm

There is much history behind the onions.

Art N · #12 (**permalink**) Sat Mar 31, 2001, 10:15am

As Gallagher would say..."Just to be funny"....

(1) Fake toss is good, or you could drop or bounce it downwards instead of toss,
(2) flag is good...how about soccer ref cards...flash a red or yellow card on a foul
(3) get a player to hand you some money when you make a call on the other guys,
(4) exagerate you mechanics and invent new ones,..maybe hand out a "bus pass" for a travel call, call a foul like "assault and battery on 32", "molesting", "offense touching",
(5) when they complain about a call yell out, "Hey, I'm blind not def."
(6) have a ball with no air in it to switch on a time out or throw in (a la Globe Trotters)
(7) wear different color socks or hike up your pants (like Erkel), a wig, make up (if you're Benny Hill...lol)
Have fun....and remember...
If you think no one cares that you're alive, try missing a cr payment.

Art N · #13 (**permalink**) Sat Mar 31, 2001, 10:39am

I just had another...
How about when you call a foul...you throw out a rubber chicken?
See that's funny because a chicken is a fowl...blah blah blah

Or hand out some deoderant for a foul smell.

I've lost it haven't I? Here comes the wagon and the guys with my new white jacket...

rainmaker · #14 (**permalink**) Mon Apr 02, 2001, 11:12am

So, Suppref -- Tell us what you did!!! and how it was received...

Brian Watson · #15 (**permalink**) Mon Apr 02, 2001, 11:18am

I used my sunglasses and the antenna from a volleyball net to try the old I'm blind trick. I think only the coaches got it.