We’re kicking off Blogging A – Z for April on April Fool’s Day, so I thought it proper to look at “antic,” or more appropriately, “antics.”  According to Visual Thesaurus, Antic, when used as a noun, means “a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement.”  If you’re using it as a verb, it means “act as or like a clown.”  As an adjective, it means “ludicrously odd.”

April Fool’s Day, while not an official holiday, is widely celebrated with practical jokes or antics designed to catch friends, family, co-workers, or acquaintances off-guard.  Some antics are elaborate while others are more casual.  All are designed for a bit of fun.  Sometimes, that fun gets out of  control and causes problems, but most people roll with the spirit of the occasion and laugh off the results.

Two common practical jokes are turning a co-worker’s desk around or putting a Jell-O like substance in a coffee cup resulting in a spoon standing upright.  I had a friend who converted her writing community site colors to a terrible color combination that assaulted the visual senses as a practical joke on the members.

Sometimes the antics extend to other times of year.  One year, we gift-wrapped a co-worker’s cubicle for Christmas.

What are some antics you or, ahem, friends of yours have participated in and how did they turn out?