European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                From the cover Page 4april fools contributing to this Story staff writers Randy Pruitt Rob Staggenborg Rosemary Sawyer Ron Mckinney and Chuck Roberts in Darmstadt Germany Effie. Bathen in the Nurnberg Germany Bureau. Joe Owen in the Stuttgart Germany Bureau and Meridith Winder and Amy Geiszler Jones in the. United kingdom Bureau. Art is by Wes Booher staff artist. A Quot to a Ell Here comes another april. / fools Day and you re stumped pm a once again. You swore you would v if 8cl Cven with your buddy for what he did to you. Last year but a just like last year a you have no idea what to do. Some people just have the kind of mind that thinks up practical jokes. You just Arentt one of those  a dubious Public service sunday mag Zinc decided to scour around for the kind of  april fools minds we asked duty officers and family members military police and detainees a we asked everybody to share tips and tales of great april fools ideas. And this is what we came up with a few Good jokes. Enjoy. And Hope your buddy Isnit. Reading this article too \ master sgt. James Prim the operations sergeant for the 575th personnel service co recalled a prank that occurred nearly 20 years ago at bad Tolz Germany. A someone called our supervisor and said they were from signal come and they were getting ready to blow out the Telephone lines and he had to put plastic bags Over the phones a Prim said. A we just sat Back and watched him do it. He17 told us to do it but we walked out. When we came Back in and saw All the bags on the phone we brought him in and said a april fools a a Prim recounted. A the just looked dumbfounded and said he was going to get Back at  he never did however Prim said. To his table a Bellows said. Whiteman still had to caught on to the joke and did not see Bellows. He sat there for three hours waiting for the phantom woman before he finally gave up and left. On their Way to work that Day Bellows drove by in his car and asked Whiteman a How were the big Mac Fries and Coke a then Whiteman knew head been had. Lynn Herrick librarian of the William o. Darby Library in Nairn Borg said the folks there arc so Good that they be a never Cven put Salt in the sugar  but a while Back she worked at a Center and school for organizational effectiveness where she witnessed one of the Best pranks she had Ever seen. A someone a moved one whole office a every stick of furniture a into a nearby  when the person walked in All that was left was the Telephone sitting on the floor Herrick said. A then there was the old get mad and get even trick a she said. Not Long after the disappearing office trick the prankster was promoted. The victim of the disappearing office retaliated by sending out invitations to a non existent promotion party at the original pranksters House. Everybody in the organization was invited. Pfc. Jeffery Bell service Btry 4th in 18th Field arty in Babenhausen Germany recalled the time some of his College chums got together and put Nair a hair remover in a buddy a shampoo bottle about three years ago on april fools this comes from Doni Bellows who works at the Darmstadt Post office in Germany. A i set my Friend up with an imaginary Girlfriend a Bellows said. He wrote a letter to buddy Shawn Whiteman a co worker at the time at the Darmstadt Glass six store stating that a a she thought he was Good looking and wanted to meet him at Mcdonald a. Whiteman wrote Back to the Box number that Bellows gave him in the letter agreeing to meet the phantom woman. A the thought it was a girl he wanted to meet a Bellows said. A so i went to Mcdonald a ahead of him and saw him come in. I ordered food and had it sent Day. Scattered Bald spots were the end result. Everyone in on the joke is still alive. Spec. . Deyermand 295th Ord co an army Reserve unit from Hastings,eb., babied his College joke victims. He and friends used to put baby powder along the threshold of a room then blow the powder into the room with a hair dryer. A everything turns White a he said. Sunday March 31.1991