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Ryan Reynolds a 'national treasure,' sushi beer, and so much Barge: How Vancouver fared on the jokiest day of the year (PHOTOS)

Why can't some of these be real?!?!?
Lindsay William-Ross
Lindsay William-Ross
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An English Bay Barge Pirate Pak? A fiery Back to the Future joyride near the ferry terminal? Some funny April Fools' Day pranks hit social media in Vancouver this yearImages: White Spot (left) and BC Ministry of Transportation

If your social media scroll was slowed today by having to double-check the date stamp on just about anything you read, well, such is life on April 1.

In Metro Vancouver, April Fools' Day was marked online by several witty - or gross - pranks, and not surprisingly, this year's jokes often involved the city's infamous English Bay Barge.

We saw plenty of icky food flavours, like savoury milkshakes and sushi beers, and a little Ryan Reynolds action, though the front runner for the one we'd most like to see happen is Vancouver's own White Spot restaurants, which spoke to the nostalgic kid-at-heart in all of us with their April Fools' promo of a Barge-themed Pirate Pak. (Come on, make it happen!)

Here are some of the Vancouver-based April Fools' Day pranks spotted on social media for 2022:

Wait - why is this a joke?

A little more Ryan...

Cactus Club goes big on the barge:

Anyone looking to buy a 'housebarge'? 

Tinder for beer?

Like, this could be real?

And some gross food from local brands...

Great Scott! WTH is going on in Delta?