The Tension-Release Principle


When I was a kid, my favorite April Fools prank was elegantly simple: wrapping electrician’s tape around the black plastic sprayer at our kitchen faucet. The beauty was in its invisibility. I’d sit patiently waiting for a family member to come along and turn on the tap, only to get soaked by the diverted water stream. LOLs for me. Their shock was my delight. It worked for years because it was the first joke of the day and caught them completely off guard. The perfect tension-release sequence....