Regarding the color change to the forums

Geeeeesh....got my sunglasses out.
Can I put them back now, please?

Blinded by the light!

Since I can't get this stupid song out of my head, I thought I'd share with everyone! LOL

Blinded by the light,
revved up like a deuce,
another runner in the night
Blinded by the light,
revved up like a deuce,
another runner in the night
Blinded by the light,
revved up like a deuce,
another runner in the night

I won't torture you with the rest of the song!

Brinda, just heard that on the radio this morning on the way to work!

you are terrible! but glad to get the words straight, i hear that song too much & could never undertsand the words LOL

VERY appropriate for the PINK THEME

"do NOT step into the light.... - you could go blind!"

Hey, I REALLY like it! Hot pink is my favorite color. :) It could stay as far as I'm concerned.

Cathy4: A business office with the office walls and desks painted that Neon Pink??!! Oh my Goodness ... As much as I LOVE the color pink, I just can't imagine working in a place like that! Doesn't seem very professional. Now, if it was a toy store or "Barbie" doll store that would be understandable. Did any of her employees enjoy that office atmosphere?

You should see the walls in the old part of the courthouse here. They are pink with sage green trim. When this building was originally built in 1983, the architects decided on those colors as representing the scoria rock and sage brush that is so abundant in this county. The end result didn't come off looking anything like scoria rock or sage brush though. It just looks goofy. For 25 years we've endured that color scheme, and now we are in the process of doing a face lift.

lin, it was the building joke and yes, it was pepto pink. The others in the office seemed to like it, but they decorated their areas with cute dolls and flowered pictures. I never fit in, I like a clean office space. I had plants, no doodads.

Oh my Joan, I feel for you!

Oh wow Joan ... I can't imagine a Courthouse with those colors. Sage green wouldn't be bad at all, but pink just does not seem right for a professional office to me. Sounds like what we see in the Islands where a lot of buildings are bright pink, turquoise, yellow and a combination thereof.

Cathy: Dolls? In an office setting? Ok, now I've heard of everything! LOL. I definitely agree with some very tasteful botanical pictures as wall decor, but dolls ... No Way! How can someone conduct business (unless it's a toy type business, or a business pertaining to children) with pink walls, desks and dolls around? To each his own, I guess but I would never feel comfortable doing business in a place like that ... or maybe I should say I would never feel serious. What type of business was it anyway? Yep ... If I worked in an office with pink walls and desks I would most definitely have to tone it down with LOTS of green living plants!

Well, ya know, I just got to thinking ... If I worked at the Boyds Bear Factory I would Love it, having all those cute teddy bears everywhere! Now that would make me smile all day long, even if the walls and furniture were all painted black!

I am so sorry I missed the pink phase! What an awesome joke, Dave!

Now, where can I get that color #FF00FF to paint my kids' rooms in? They could use some calming...

Jill, still laughing...

It's all well and good that it's gone, but Dave owes me for the cost of the built up shoe I will need as a result of him pulling my leg.

Never even noticed there was a color change. When did it happen, and how long did it last?

I've been on since 4:30 this morning and didn't see it.

Consider yourself lucky!

my eyes are still recovering....

this was my first official daves garden april's fool joke. and it was a good one. but i liked it dave. lol.

Awww... I missed it. My retinas are thankful, but the rest of me is a little disappointed. LOL

yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its back to normal. that pink was standing out. wow. had to find sunglasses i did. hehe

Sorry I missed the initial color. lol But from what I've read above, I guess my eyes are happy that it's back to normal.

Yep, I was waiting to see what he would come up with this year too.
Dave, do you start thinking of next year's joke tomorrow? :-)

Happy April Fools to you too.

Donna

For those that missed it, you can click on the image in Dave's post to see what DG looked like all pinked up!

I was having computer issues all day yesterday and thought it was something I did! Glad to see the blue back! Good one Dave!

I like Chris' idea!

My first thought was that I picked up some sort of virus, and in the next instant, I remembered the date and came here to see if my assumptions were correct.

I'd already had an April Fool's email from a friend with a daylily farm saying that he was closing his business, and that everything was $5. I about grabbed my shovel for a nanosecond, and instantly knew better.

Good one Dave!

..pssst,
dave, you almost said 'lol'..you used a yellow smile thingy. I thought that was the joke....

Yeah, what's up with that? I thought you didn't like those little smilies. ;o)

Sorry I liked the blue or green better. The pink is too bright but I'm sure we'll gt used to it.

I think that color pink has been linked to triggering seizures:LOL: I only say that after I was able to pick my twitching self up off the floor.... ;)

I think you are right, it triggered my migraine, too.

lol, Dave you have such a sense of humor!
too bad it wasnt up when I logged on this evening ,I missed the joke.... :o(
And everyone knows I love a good prank every now and then :o)

next time you should use neon yellow tho.......Much more calming :o)

Anjl

Bummer, I arrived too late to see the new color in use; but, hey, that's one of my favorite colors, so I'm all for it. Way to go! A nice cheery hue for a change.

Just remembered what day it is, er, was, and came running over to see what Dave was doing for April fools this year.

Good one, although, I must admit that D.A.V.E was my all time favorite. Embarrassed to admit that I almost fell for that one for a second or two.

wait... you have to tell us newbies what the D.A.V.E one was!!! :o) Please...

of course the newbie demanding to know is also the mom who scraped out the center of oreos one year and replaced the filling with crisco for her keds lunches tee hee hee :o)
I just love April Fools!

So, please tell me what I missed in years past :o)
Anjl

Click on Dave name in 1st entry of this thread. Go to threads Dave has started. Choose threads in Dave's Garden only. Just work back to each April 1st since the beginning. Dave really celebrates April Fool's Day! Have fun with your historical research. I know I did! Sue

lol, searching now :o) thanks!
Anjl

Here's the complete list:

http://davesgarden.com/tools/tags/tag.php?tag=april+fools

When I read the D.A.V.E post I was new enough that I didn't know anything about Dave's April Fool's jokes. I kid you not - and am not proud of this but - my initial reaction for the 1st second or so before the doubt kicked in was actual grief like "oh, no, I really liked that Daves Garden site. I'm going to miss it." At the time, I was too embarrassed to admit that I'd fallen for it.

But no mention of the smilies? :o(

well this was the best one yet with the davex box running a close second for me. what a brain, dave. lol.

smilies? what about the smilies? did I miss something?

I guess this one was partially lost on me because I made up a couple of custom pallets for my computers. My pallets with names like 'crayola' included colors quite similar to this one and were serious pallets which I used almost exclusively on my computers. Even thought the colors seemed to offend others, I really liked them. The bright colors improved my mood. Hence my difficulty in seeing the real humor in the new color scheme. Upon seeing the new colors, I was like "yay! I love it!"

Thanks scutler! I was beginning to think I was the only one that liked the pink. :) I like bright colors too.