Air guitar lessons, steak-fragrant deodorants and work as Herder Cat - All parts of April MOP

 

Air Guitar Lessons? Brewery Body Care Products? And the job list for a cat shepherd?

It's all part of April Fools' Day, when companies and big-name brands try to outwit each other for the funniest fake product announcements.

Hellman's Mayonnaise with Butterfinger kicked off the pun parade on Thursday and the folly has been spreading ever since.

Companies took a pass on April Fools' Day in 2020 with the COVID-19 shutdown sinking in. But last year, as the nation began to unwind a bit, the stunts returned in full force with fun gags like Velveeta Cheesy Skin Products. and Bud Light Pizza-flavored seltzer.

April Fools' Day Deals You Don't Want on Your Skin

For this year's April Fools' tomfoolery, personal care is again a top goal.

Meat lovers will always be able to exude the pitmaster's aura with the "Sweat" trio of Omaha steaks that come in aromas of steak, mesquite, and lighter fluid.

Omaha Steaks is rewarding customers who visit its website on Fridays with 50% off orders. "It may be April Fools' Day, but providing value and flavor is no laughing matter," the company said in a statement.

Yuengling jokes about how this shower with "Hopply Brewed" lager by Yuengling Shampoo, Conditioner and Body Wash can take beer to the next level. Each "uses Yuengling's own Fountain of Youth as its main ingredient, natural spring water from the historic Yuengling Spring in Pottsville, PA," the company said in a press release.

Brewery director Bob Seeman said, “We noticed that Yuengling Lager fans love beer so much they take it in the shower, so it is an innovative way for us Yuengling lovers to experience their iconic beer. It was a great opportunity to create a way." of innovation and product development.

Unfortunately - or fortunately - when you check online, the product is already sold out (surprise!).

Bud Light lands another silly April Fools' Day seltzer

Seltzer is big and so is the Netflix series "Bridgeton." So Bud Light just in time teased a new pack of beverages that can be seen bingeing: the Bud Light Seltzer Really Really Retro Pack that includes Afternoon Tea, Queen Cake, Duke's Delight, and Courtship Cocktails, which can be "your next drink" The perfect accompaniment to the ball."

Opportunities for mischief with cats, NFTs

You must have heard the saying "Like grazing cats?" Careerbuilder.com posted a humorous recruit: Cat Cowboy.

Among qualifications: Familiarity with feline best practices (locating expensive items on high shelves, staring at a door, deciding whether to go in or out and a tendency to fall apart) and "using a laser pointer" be good at.

If you visit Guitar Center's website, there's a new opportunity to learn: refining your air guitar skills. While it's a joke that the company is expanding its lesson program to people who don't own musical instruments, Guitar Center hopes to keep you interested in music.

The site says, "Air guitar is a breeze: Learning an air instrument is just April Fools' fun," but playing you is no joke—get started on a non-wind instrument today.

And Australian-based Text.com posted a free "lesson" on how to explain NFTs (fungible tokens) to older relatives. "We'll start by providing you with some basic metaphors to describe digital ledgers and the applications they allow," the site promises. “From blockchain to NFTs, we will help you as Neanderthals clearly explain nascent technologies to their toothless cousins ​​using stone tools.”