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From the Police horsing around to the aMaizin’ blaze, islanders have had to fend off April pranksters yesterday as a barrage of seasonal gags circulated on social media.
Several local businesses and authorities played the fool, leading islanders on about a series of invented new projects in true 1 April fashion.
Express has compiled a compendium of Jersey’s best jests this April Fool’s Day, in case you missed them…
The States of Jersey Police announced their newest recruit, a Police horse called Trapper to “take [their] eco-friendly approach to the next level” after introducing electric vehicles.
In an attempt to really convince the ‘neighsayers’, the Police also included a quote from Trapper’s new ‘partner.’
Some users were taken in by the joke, with others saying that mounted Police would be an asset to the island.
The much-loved Jersey attraction joined in the foolery by announcing that it was replacing its maize crop with something much more ‘blazing’.
Visitors to the park were, however, “reminded the park is completely non-smoking.”
For their April fool’s, the organisation in charge of looking after the island’s heritage sites announced that they’re moving Seymour Tower closer to the slipway so that it’s more accessible.
Heritage joked that the project, due to start in April 2020, will involve the 18thcentury tower “will be moved brick by brick and reassembled with the utmost care in order to ensure the integrity of the building is not damaged in any way.”
Seasoned pranksters Bean Around the World claimed that they were granted planning permission to erect a “four-metre-tall mug” atop their coffee shop to collect “valuable rainwater.”
The popular café in Halkett Place added that the mug would be “the largest on any tax haven” and that they hoped it would encourage their customers to do their bit for the environment.
Local aviators also got involved in the mischief-making with Jersey Airport, Aurigny and Air Rescue Channel Islands launched their own zingers.
The Airport made a luxury aircraft and its unfortunately named Captain Ivor Noklew the butt of their April Fool’s joke, kidding that a “Dream-On operated A380 aircraft” would be stopping off in the island on its way to Dubai.
Aurigny also got involved with the airline punchlines, trying to convince their followers that they were installing “lie-flat sleeper seats” on their aircrafts, with a hefty installation fee of £75,000.
However, these jokes were a drop in the ocean compared to Air Rescue Channel Island’s April announcement that they were the proud new owners of a decommissioned 1981 support ship for oil rigs in the North Sea.
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