Ten April Fool's Day pranks that bombed

April 1 might be a get-out-of-jail-free-card for "kick me" signs and Saran Wrap-ed toilets, but when a prank goes sour, saying "April Fool's" (or even "you got punk'd") doesn't always cut it. Take, for example, the juror who told his fellow deliberators false information about a case—only to have the judge declare a mistrial. Or the South Carolina DJ who, at the height of boy-band fanaticism in 1999, announced a ticket giveaway for an entirely made-up last minute 'N Sync concert, only to watch the station's phone lines flood with the furious mothers of near suicidal teens. The justice system and 'N Sync: two things you just don't joke about. In honor of our favorite holiday, Radar rounded up ten April Fool's pranks that didn't go quite so well as planned.

1. Explosive Humor

After September 11, 2001, comedians wondered when it would be okay to crack a joke again. And in 2006, one AirAsia passenger took it one step further, asking, When will it be okay to walk on a plane and say you have a bomb again? The answer is never. In 2006, the 31-year-old man boarded a flight bound for Tawau, and as the plane was taxiing, alerted a flight attendant of the make-believe bomb in his bag. The plane was evacuated, searched to no avail and the man was sent off for psychological evaluation. The verdict? April Fool's! Although it was April 2, the joker was apparently still in the holiday spirit. The authorities, however, were not. These days, the man is on trial facing life imprisonment under the country's Aviation Offense Act. Had he executed his plan a day earlier, he may have only gotten a slap on the wrist. He would, however, still have been an idiot.