“April Fool’s Joke” Lands Beijing Man In Prison For 3-And-A-Half Years

Some people just don’t know quality comedy when they read it. A Beijing, China man, who’s known simply by his surname of Wu, has been jailed with a three-and-a-half-year sentence for what he says was an April Fool’s joke that was misunderstood. The wacky prank was on the chief of the neurology department where his wife works as a doctor. It seems Wu pretended to be a military man, and wrote a note demanding $91K or he would “kill the chief’s two sons.” Hilarious! Wu later turned himself in to police when he heard from his wife that the chief was being “blackmailed.” In addition to jail time, Wu also had to pay a $1,500 fine.