The Huffington Post has steered us to many of the cute videos you’ve squeed to on C.O., and we’ve wanted to thank them in the worst way — and we think you’ll agree, that spoof page was it. Seriously, we can’t get e-nuff of April Fool’s Day, and hope you enjoyed this year’s prank. Thanks to Meg, Pyrit and Crazy Pants for adding jokes and pics, and Arianna Huffington for not suing. Until next year…
DON’T…
STOP…
LAUGHING!
Photo credits: Cat, quatre mains; Dogs, Melody C.; Dog, joshDubya; Cat, k4dordy; Penguin, Lara Mercer Photography; Horse, katieblench
PS: If you missed the spoof, you can still see it here.
WHAT JUST HAPPENED!?
A MASTERPIECE, that’s what!! So fantastic. Every single detail was perfect.
“Ehnternet”, “Meow YouDoin”, “Blayvin”. You guys ROCK! Thanks for the hilarity and hijinks. That was hilarious.
A pinch and a punch for the first of the month. Thanks for the laffs! Just 2 QTE!
. . . Bathmat fleeple blatz . . .
LOL Theresa did you see the one about spit club… I immediately thought of your dad of course!
Hmph, we don’t talk about spit club.
bleen!
Yeah my head sploded. Brain bits everywhere. Mental blackout ensued, brought on by confusion, WTFs, and shock combined with an existential *SQUEEE!!!* When I finally recovered I couldn’t remember anything in the three days leading up to this event. Which in my case, is a Good Thing. On reflection, there are fleeting memories of a large wet dog nose thrust into my face, and many small paws patting my hand. And feeling warm, soft and fluffy. Sooo comfortabuhls….
Please don’t take the Nuffington Post down after April 1st. I need to have it handy for when I am really depressed and need a sharp jolt of Teh Qte…..
OH. MAH. GAH. That was AWESOMELY AWESOME. I LMAO, and now I have to go hunt down my own tocks.
*giggling at this visual*
Bringing the Overload to the Cute today. Anyone else detecting a whiff of Onion as they’re Huffing deeply?
yep, yep. love that site, too….
Now that you mention it……
Awesome. the best!!!
AWESOME!
LOL! Well-done.
Oh. that’s what’s going on. April fools day. Thought I went to the wrong web site. LOL
me too. LOL. I had to double check..and then I busted out laughing…in the middle of a coffee shop. Oooops.
uh that was Emmylee
Hahahaha. Good one. You guys got me!
Awesome! You guys got me!
Love it!
OMG TAHT WAS SO AMAZING
I LOVE THIS WEBSITE!!!1111111!!!
Also, my favorite was the little piglet who was “a little worried” about her mom. AWWWW
Heh. Me, too.
omg! I was like, where’s my cuteoverload???
got me hahahha
I was too!
That was downright brilliant. Hahahaha. Oh how I love you wacky band of CO overlords!
BRILLIANT! WELL DONE!
Take a bow, guys. You win the internets.
They win ELEBENTY-JILLION internets.
At least!
ELEBENTY-JILLION and one for sure!
Epically funny!
Paws up and a standing ovation! I’m still laughing!
I love it so, so much <3.
nice gag but do not do it again . I thought I was on another website !
Arianna doesn’t pwn it any more.
you’d get s00d by the n00bs at AOL now.
but I don’t think they know enough about how the interwebs work to find c.o.
You’re fool or surprises!
)
Aperilliant (=ape+April+brilliant… brain damaging
How much work/time did that take you guys?
…and how do I stop the main page (’nuffington – how appropriate!) from rotating pictures before I can read through an article?
We’ve been putting this together throughout March, in our spare time. The auto-rotate thingy can’t be stopped, but each column has only two versions, so if you missed an item, it’ll be back in 30 seconds.
Managed it on the second try.
Oh, and you guys have spare time?
Nicely done!!!
“I’m sorry, were you reading that?”
Um, yes, yes I was.
“I’m sorry, Dave, I have to update now.”
HILARIOUS!!!!!11!!!!!1!!!!!1!!1!!!!!!
HAHAHA!
“Annoying, isn’t it?”
“INCOMING!!!”
What, the mod lounge on April Fool’s?
Come on people it’s like Johnny Depp’s Alice in Wonderland – on acid – in here today.
I can hear the wallpaper!
Oh, the wallpaper, that’s what that was. Thank the heavens you told me that Theresa. I was getting a little worried…
The schnozzberries sound like schnozzberries…
ooooh Theresa!! LOVE that! (“hear the w’paper”)
And I’ve never done ANY hallucinogenic drug.
(Unless they tried one on me, in my sleep, somehow …)
We’ve all gone stark raving normal!
Horrors!!
I Loved It! So funny!
omg, i just had the worst nightmare!
Loved it!
Well done my friends
Awesome sauce!
Ok, a few minutes ago I accidentally got into something someone told me was a virus. Then, I try CO for some relief.. and .. ACK! Wha’ hoppen?? It’s not 4/1 here yet so I was scared for a second! Yikes! But I recognized some of those Qties and um.. figured it out.. eventually. Good job, Meg, Mike, Crazy, Pyrit and whoever else!! Love you kids!!
*sends vial of smelling salts to Mary*
*sniff.* Hmm. Thanks but I think I’ll stick to huffing kittehs!
You got me! I was like: OMG C.O. had been hacked! Who are those eeevil hackers that would take C.O. off the net!!!”
But everything in it was . . . CUTE!!!
Great job, soooo funny
)
as always you rock
Heeheehee! Very cute!
PS: I didn’t get a harrumph out of you!
I <3 you, Cute Overload!!
I was kinda impressed with HuffPo there for a second, that they would COMMIT to animal goofy time like that, haha!
LOL I was all I don’t know how I ended up at Huffington but wow they did a whole page on cuteness. ROFL.. then I found out I really was on cute overload.. LOVE IT!
Okay, at first I thought this was something horrific. And then I read on, and wondereed. And only then did I realize what day it is today.
Awesome!
Whew, kitten huffing still legal! Going to grab the 4 at mom’s later and get to it *sniff sniff*
Funny! I wish it was real! I would prescribe.
Cute but how to get to go back to previous posts so I can check out the last couple of weeks I missed? It keeps taking me to the post thing
You can do that several ways: At the bottom of this column in every post, you’ll find a link to the previous post, so you can go backwards through the posts one by one. Also, at the bottom of the left column, a drop-down lst titled “archives” will let you view a month of posts at once. You’ll also find links to recent posts higher up in the left column. Hope this helps.
wuh? huh? ONOES!
ooh. it’s the BEST april fools evah!
i ♥ cute overload!
PURRRRRRRFECT !!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks, all. Made my day, no, made my MONTH!
Wow. Just wow.
I wait for every post and grumble when you’re not giving more NOW and then BAM. Turns out you’ve been working your butts off all this time. Great job.
You hit it out of the park on this one guys. Great work! And I am shocked, shocked I say about that kitteh huffing epidemic!
Heh – even the icon was changed to an “N” in parody of Huffington’s “H” icon. Very clever.
That’s what clinched it for me, too! This is the best April Fool’s this year!
Purrrrrfect!!
It’s just as hilarious every time I go to the page. The “advertisements” are beyond ridiculous–”the 5 foods” BWAHAHA!
I can only imagine how much fun you all had doing this. What a merry band you are.
CO is a NATIONAL TREASURE!!! :LOL:
Heck. Let me try that again…
Who knew Word Press smilies were case-sensitive?
Not me, obviously!
Howl! We’re still laughing.
Bella and DiDi
This is amazing!!!, You seriously Fooled me!!!
I am undone by the brilliance. You guys are committed to the cute and the funny. This site is consistently the BEST site on the innertubes. What a great April Fool’s post.
“innertubes”. LOL!
Your April Fool’s Nuffington Post was wonderful! But NOW I know why I have no sunflowers. Curse that lone rogue chipmunk
must also applaud the attention to detail…
majorly awesome.
*adds item to list of why CO is best website evar*
Like the comment counts under each fake blog entry? LOL.
The comments for the op-ed on evil: 666
Comments on cats & dogs as friends: 50/50
I just wish I could have that as a screen-saver!
Seconded!
Hahahahahaha! That was great! Thanks, CO! That was the best April Fools joke ever. I fell for that so hard I have bruises from where I hit the floor!
Love you guys!
CO rocks, especially on April 1st!! Thanks for the fun.
Hey– the Huffpo Favico STOLE the cute CO chick in my browser!!
I didn’t have enough pearls to clutch when the screen first came up. Then… then it sank in and I reveled in the creativity. Y’all are beyond amazing.
I laughed out loud before breakfast.
Hahaha awesome!! It’s stuff like this that really makes me wish I work for you guys
Love. It.
Theresa: Harrumph!
Bravo!!! Very well played CO!
A Megsterpiece!
Faves:
The secret to a flatter stomach: ‘just lie there’;
The source of all ebil [mew]; and
The ‘ohboyohboyohboy’ dawg’s life.
Plus an ahnerable mensh for I bet NTMTOM’s Lord Humphrey Mumphington’s harangue harumph.
You. Guys. ROCKS!Q
And after a refresh, please move this up to numero uno:
‘Nutcase sees mystery object in sky’:
followed by ‘Escape botched by sudden nap’
Whoop!
Oh you! you had me going, you did…yes you did. you sillies. you’re silly….
yes you are!
Well, you’ve drawn me out of the shadows at last. [blinking]
The wit… the attention to detail… in every square inch, look at it!… it’s a thing of beauty.
So nice to start Sunday morning with a LOL. Several, in fact. (Theresa, I hope you found your tocks.
I KNEW what day it was and you STILL got me!
Haha! You guys are cute, hilarious AND classy!
Stay that way!
<3 Cherilla
Had me going for a sec! Nice one, people, ya got me, and I just woke up too!
Love it!
Some more April Fool’s Day fun from around the Internets (updated):
For Yanks who need background about the Canadian robocall scandal, Conservatives stooped to using an automated telephone service which misdirected voters about polling stations, causing some not to vote. Harper hushed it up, but today we know what rillllly happened:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/04/01/robocalls-culprit-confession-april-fools_n_1391799.html
I happened to notice The Nature Conservancy had a feature on saving Sasquatch and folks complaining not enough is being done to protect unicorns!
Well, unicorns *are* endangered!!!!
For those who can’t open the link, the robocalls were from Daleks
Exterminate!
Re: the ThinkGeek page, an April Fool’s joke shouldn’t leave you thinking, “damn, I wish that was real.” Or should it?
I fell for this one:
“Little Mermaid Ride Damaged In Accident”
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2903479
Can you guys make a link to the cuteoverload april fools page after this day is over so we can still access it? I want to show it to some people!
Yes, and indeed the link appears in the post above.
You made my April Fool’s Day, Cute Overload. This made me ridiculously happy.
Fooled me! You had me so disturbed and dejected I couldn’t quite bring myself to act. I couldn’t even close the tab, so horrified was I. I continued to daily squee, praying it was still readable and when I returned to this page I was going to figure out how to find something about the new look and a place to complain. Oh it was horrible. I couldn’t figure out what was new or old or anything! However, I must say, it’s an impressive bit of work you folks wrought. It looked really tight and effective (if you are stupid enough to WANT that look).
Please, don’t ever do that.
Worst post ever. Hated it. Awful. Not cute. It made my puppy cry. Completely in poor taste.
(April Fool’s!!)
Woah. Ya got me! Ha ha ha!
What gave it away was the puppeh crying.
Absolutely, positively brilliant, CO! I’m still giggling. Everything about it was just perfect, from the Catmatch ads to the columns on the left. Bravo and brava! Encore!
Made my day! Hilarious!!! /still giggling
Haha, you got me! I was like wtf, and then, it turns out it’s an April Fool’s joke!
well played! series, cuteoverload? i love you so much, (as much as a person can love a website at least), without you in my life these past few years, I would be a goner!
thank you, and nice april fool’s, i wish i could think of something clever to write……(thinking)….there once was a site named ‘huff’ / where people politically puffed/ then along came CO/ with a delectable throw/ shouting: e-”nuff”! is enough is enuff!
peace!
Nice poem!!
=D thank you M(t f)! —-(—@ (<— a 'thank you' rose!)
“Dislikes: Phonies” Hint, hint.
Priceless.
LOL kudos for the hilarious prank!
Hilarious! Thanks, CO.
Arianne is so gonna sue yo @ss !
Brilliant Meg !
Yay — wunnnerfuuuul
XD Amazing work, you guys.
You skeered me. But then I giggled my butt off. So yay!!!
PRINT YOUR OWN LIVE KITTENS!
ROFL when you click through it has print two bunnies get ten free SNERK!
I haz a sad.
I missed it. 
That was brilliant and gives me great hope for Kodak’s upcoming product designs.
Dont miss the Large Format to come out in 2013 (Polar bears, elephants, etc.)
LOV the Kodak product.
*goes out to store to purchase kitty litter in preparation*
LOL so I had just woken up and was clickiting away on my Ipad and thought I could have sworn I clicked on my cuteoverload shortcut on my screen how did I get to Huffington post and WOW they have a whole joke page about cute animal pictures then i clicked on one of the pictures to get to the story and wham bam I wake all the way up and go HEHEHEH Oh yeah it is april 1st. Kuddos to you all. I love them all. I have been back a few times to try to read all the headlines, they are all so funny. Thank you
A masterpiece of creativity, humour and puns. I devoured all the headlines with glee! Thank you CO for the laffs and the me-moo-ries. (I cannot decide which is my fave, but the IBKC kitten huffing protest might be it)
such awesome is to be rewarded. Well done Cuties!! Double chocolate cookies for all.
Brilliant, simply brilliant. CO strikes again.
You’re right Maurice von Doom, people need to lighten up!
The Daily Mail has a great compilation of today’s April Fools jokes:
- Google’s Nintendo-style 8-bit maps
- a Hungry Hungry Hippos iPad app
- offline version of YouTube
- Richards Branson takes on latest mission drilling to center of the earth
- Conan O’Brien takes over Mashable
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123580/April-Fools-Day-2012-Google-YouTube-past-jokes.html#ixzz1qoZ4Jp3i http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123580/April-Fools-Day-2012-Google-YouTube-past-jokes.html
Whoop!
I liked the ad for the “WonderBrawwwwk” – “Go from Grade A to Grade DD”! TOO funny!!!
I want one!
Brilliant!
“Nuff” said.
I’m in the Mod room…anyone wish to join me for some some cookies and meelks? Plenty for eberyone.
Golly, all this April Fool’s Day satire sure makes me hungry! Who wants Spielburgers?
That . . . belongs in a museum!
Fantastic!
Yes, but Wahlburgers is a REAL place!
http://wahlburgers.com/
Nuffington Post is the best evah!!!! I totally fell for it and went ‘oh man, the page is redesigned and I cannot figure it out’. Hee…
well, prince is short, but i can’t b’lieve what a tiny frog he is…
Did you see that they found the source of all evil? I think I know that kitten….
This was the first April Fool page I found in the wee hours this morning and it really took the edge off those that came later It reminded me of the days when I worked on a college newspaper and the fun we had once a year. Creating fun and laughter is always time well spent!
You only had fun once a year?
True, partying fell under Serious.
Brilliant!
Hahaha it IS really annoying that the page refreshes every 5 seconds!
Well, it wouldn’t be a proper April Fool’s Day prank if it weren’t annoying somehow. ;D
you made my sad. i realy thought you changed it!
“What not to wear to the office this summer” just KEELED me! Awesome!
That’s great but how do I get to the real CO front page?
The real home page will be restored soon. Meanwhile, you can click this link to see all posts in March, starting with this one and working backwards: http://cuteoverload.com/2012/03/
Scroll down to the bottom of this page that we’re on right now, and you’ll see a link to yesterday’s “Hungry Hungry Hippos” post. Tap on that and you’re back to the regular site…
Very cute and creative
THIS JUST IN: Hilarious Google “Tap” product announcement over at the GMail blog. So well done, AND includes a most excellent star cameo appearance:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/introducing-gmail-tap.html
Check out Kodak’s new product:
http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/Home.htm
I WANT THIS TO BE REAL!!!!!!
me tooooo!!
THIS JUST IN: Huffington Post acknowledges Nuffington Post!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/01/april-fools-day-2012-pranks_n_1394577.html?ref=comedy
Not just acknowledged but it is the second one on the list of pranks!
Whoo hoo!! So fantastic! Next stop: Pulitzer Prize.
A monocle? For dogs?
http://www.warbybarker.com/
Really something about that tortoise.
beyond fantaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaastickkkkkkkkkkkkkal…….. too wonderful for nwords the best best ev er….
Just great! Thanks for all the smiles = )
….aaaaaaand this is why I have this site bookmarked on evary freeking pootatator I use! (in Hades voice) Two thumbs WAAAAY up!
Fantastic! I will dream about that chipmunk, though. Keep ‘me coming!
Duuuuuude it’s the second here already.
Bravo! CO Masterpiece. Can we have April Fools every month…?
Love it!! Really, the headline is my favorite, and the baby animals’ reactions!! Thanks for the LOLS!!!