April Fools

[daveofficer]

it's that time of year again.

anyone had any tricks played on them? anyone got any links to suspected april fools stories? i've not found any yet but if i do i shall post them here.

[Chris]

I kind of fell for this one today:
GMTV - Slimming with So-tox

Was watching it this morning and thinking to myself "this can't be real. Surely it's nonsense, you just can't lose that amount of weight in 6 weeks. Why does she look so strange in the before footage, like a skinny girl in a fat suit? But it's on Lorraine Kelly, it must be true. Silver thread!? That's rubbish, these things are always found to be rubbish. What's going on?"

Then when I mentioned it to a colleague I met on the way to the office the first thing she said was "surely it was an april fools".

That's when I started swearing.

It's unfair to do them on breakfast tv.

Here's a techy one :
CIA demands UK halts interrogation tactics | The Register

Good one from Google today:
Virgle: The Adventure of Many Lifetimes

They've really spent too much time on this.

Just took the test to see if I could go to mars:
Virgle: The Adventure of Many Lifetimes

Well, you're distressingly normal and could conceivably adjust to life as a deep space pioneer, though we recommend instead that you leave the Mars missions to the serious whack jobs who scored over 130 and instead finish year 3 of law school, tuck your toddler into bed, design Web 2.0 applications, run for Congress or do whatever other normal, healthy, middle-of-the-road thing you're currently doing with your normal, healthy, middle-of-the-road life. If you're determined to give Virgle a try, though, you can submit your video here.

[daveofficer]

i'm suspicious of this one from the independent:

Ramsay vows to forswear bad language after he gets the brush-off from Australia - This Britain, UK - The Independent

what do you lot think?

[Le Stu]

Flying penguins found by BBC programme - Telegraph

Must be!!! Watch the footage, it's absolutely amazing.

[Bigsby]

The Dimeadozen site appears to have been closed down by the goons that Prince hired last year to close down sites that had his music on them...

www.dimeadozen.org :: EzTorrent v0.6.1 beta :: April Fools Joke

But when you click it you get through, so I'm hoping it's a joke.

[daveofficer]

Originally Posted by Le Stu

Flying penguins found by BBC programme - Telegraph

Must be!!! Watch the footage, it's absolutely amazing.

ha, that's a good one.

[daveofficer]

the sun weighs in with a fairly uninspired effort:

Google UFO seen near Wales | The Sun |HomePage|News

[Frosty Jack]

Originally Posted by daveofficer

i'm suspicious of this one from the independent:

Ramsay vows to forswear bad language after he gets the brush-off from Australia - This Britain, UK - The Independent

what do you lot think?

April Fool's Day - when hoaxers come out to play - 01 Apr 2008 - NZ Herald: Life & Style News and Reviews from New Zealand and around the World

All the news fit to print ... for fools - Breaking News - National - Breaking News

[daveofficer]

and wikipedia's contribution to the day's 'hilarity'

Ima Hogg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

though it must be said a very well done one with even the links in the references containing information on miss ima hogg. but her story is so ridiculous that it can't be true. it appears also that wikipedia's entire front page is filled with april fools nonsense.

[Chris]

A less believable 2nd one from El Reg:
Teacher's head explodes due to Wi-Fi, mobe radiation | The Register