April Fools!

Happy April Fools’ Day! For a special treat, in honor of the prankster’s holiday, let’s have a little fun around here! Below are some links to sites that showcase some of the most side-splittingly hilarious, creepy, bizarre and just plain odd images. The most recent site I discovered is Cake Wrecks. After you peruse this site, you’ll understand why I want to learn how to decorate my own cakes.

Here is the cake that started it all:

 

"Best Wishes Suzanne | Under Neat that | We will miss you"

Some of my other favorite funny sites include:

Awkward Family Photos

People of Walmart

Clients From Hell

Awkward Stock Photos

ICanHasCheezburger

Stuff Christians Like
You Are Not a Photographer

All this laughing isn’t all for naught either - laughter is actually good for your health. Here are some fun facts about laughter from Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Indiana {via http://www.humor-laughter.com}:

• Laughter lowers the levels of cortisol in the body. Cortisol suppresses the immune system. Lowering these levels enhances the work of the immune system and may prevent disease.
• You can stimulate your heart and lungs, elevate your blood pressure and improve breathing capacity by laughing.
• In terms of exercise, you can get the same benefits from laughing 100 times a day, as you can from 10 minutes of rowing.
• 15 minutes of laughter equals the benefit of 2 hours sleep.
• One good belly laugh burns off 3 1/2 calories.
• Laughing for 15 seconds adds 2 days to your life span.
• The Chinese laugh more than any other culture in the world (Yes! Seriously?).

Here’s another good article about the health benefits of laughter: http://women.webmd.com/guide/give-your-body-boost-with-laughter

If you’re looking for this year’s high-tech April Fools' Day pranks, check out these links:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382937,00.asp
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20049631-17.html

Leave a comment if you know of any other sites that leave you in stitches.