You don't have to wait for April Fools' Day.
Every day is a joke on the Internet.
As the Net grows, so do the number of hoaxes and other mischief carried through e-mail. Rumors, pranks and hoaxes are not unique to the Internet, but they spread more quickly because of it, said Barbara Mikkelson, who runs a Web site that tries to dispel such myths. Now I don't have to wait. When the rumor began circulating offline more than a decade ago, the department store didn't sell cookies at its restaurants. But such messages can clog company computers, trigger mistrust or encourage risky behavior.