April Fools' Day 2015: We round up the best pranks from the web

It's April Fools' Day — and online, big-name brands have been trying to make fools out of you.

Companies have been cooking up the best way to pull the wool over their customers eyes for some April Fools' Day fun.

To save you potential embarrassment, we've round up some of the pranks put out this morning.

Would you have fallen for them?

Learn to speak woof with Rosetta Stone Dog

Here's an April Fools' prank you would probably want to be real — Rosetta Stone announced the launch of its new 'Dog' language course allowing dog lovers to communicate with their pets.

It said: "After a short, easy-to-follow course in canine conversation, pet owners will finally get the chance to chat to their pooch as they stroll through the countryside, and put an end to dinner dilemmas by finding out exactly what Fido wants in his food bowl." Doesn't that sound lovely?

ASDA's 'Screen Smelling Technology'

Reader Lynn Starling received this email from ASDA this morning — she said she didn't fall for it though!

Sainsbury's to start selling yolk-free eggs

Today Sainsbury's announced a new product to revolutionise home baking — Taste The Difference No-Yolk Eggs. In a press release, it claims the eggs are laid exclusively for the supermarket chain by free-range Amber Whites chickens in a bid to save home bakers the turmoil separating egg whites from yolks.

It said: "
The secret to producing No-Yolks is in the chickens’ nutrition. The Amber White chickens are raised on a diet of solely white foods, such as rice, cauliflower, and onions." Cracking eggs-ample of an April Fool prank!

Cow gives birth to zebra calf on RSPCA Freedom Food farm

The RSPCA has reported that a dairy calf resembling a zebra has been born on an RSPCA Freedom Food farm. Apparently, the one-day-old ‘zow’ calf - aptly named ‘Daizee’ by farmer Imes Demmiks - was born on Taf Lluf farm, Horsham, West Sussex.

And to top it all off, the zebra markings increase Vitamin Z production in the cow's milk — which is what makes people feel sleepy. As curiously named RSPCA Freedom Food farm assessor Mary Bullock says: “Everyone knows a mug of warm milk before bed can help you sleep at night but to think this zow calf has the potential to produce proper sleep-inducing milk really is something else." Indeed.

Notonthehighstreet.com offer personalised eggs ready to hatch on Easter Sunday

Another unbelivable eggs-ample of an April Fools' joke here — Notonthehighstreet.com announced its partnership with the Happy Hatchery, to offer personalised Easter eggs that will hatch on Easter Sunday. It offers eggs that are 17 days into their 21-day incubation period — with chicks due to hatch in time for Easter. Sounds messy.

Take your bed on holiday with you with Time4Sleep

Love holidays, but hate leaving your lovely, comfy bed behind? Well, Time4Sleep have the answer. The firm cheerfully announced this morning: "Miss it no more, dear holiday sleep-sufferers! We have the solution to all your holiday sleep-related woes."

Its April Fool comprised of a new service where tourists can arranged to have their bed picked up and delivered to their holiday destination for a 'reasonable fee'. It said: "The cost of service will be calculated according to the distance you're travelling, but our reasonable fee starts at just £1,000 - just a drop in the ocean for a comfortable night's sleep!" The firm even had the cheek to add: "Blankets and scatter cushions transported at an extra cost."

Specsavers launches new range of specs for pets

Squinting doggies and near-sighted moggies were the subjects of Specsavers' April Fools' Day prank. The high street optician announced this morning that it was going to to launch a range of glasses for pets, with six styles and in different sizes. A contact lens range was rumoured for later in the year.

Jo Delbridge, head of pet product development at Specsavers, said: "There are those in the business who feel we're barking up the wrong tree, but our market research indicates that the new glasses are purrfect.’ Groan.

Whitelink Ferries to introduce Water Ski Crossings

Sounds like a great adventure for thrill-seekers, but sadly this news item from Whitelink Ferries hoped to make an April Fool out of you. The Isle of Wight ferry firm said it was planing water ski crossings from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier, towing travellers along by its Catamaran ferries.

It said: "Sailing at speeds of up to 23 knots, skiers are sure to be tested to their limits with this adrenaline-fueled, three-mile ride to the Isle of Wight." Good grief.

CanalChoice: Furniture delivery by barge

If you would have fallen for Time4Sleep's 'take your bed abroad' prank, this one might have made a fool of you too. Furniture Choice announced plans for its new UK-wide canal delivery service in response to customer demand. It said canal delivery would be greener, wouldn't struggle with traffic and would be safe with little risk of damage to the furniture 'provided it isn't raining'.

It said: "We're offering two different tiers of our canal delivery service: CanalChoice, the standard three-day delivery, or CanalPlus, which utilises the power of two extra canal horses and half-a-dozen strong and eager men to get your items to you as quick as a flash."

Trials in West Yorkshire apparently went well — apart from one major incident, resulting in a brief dredging of the area around Bingley Five-Rise Locks to recover a shipment of three gel mattresses." Well done Furniture Choice.

Have you spotted any April Fools' Day pranks on the web?

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