April Fools in the News

[Meanon]

Do they have this tradition in the US? Papers report a story as if it's straight but as it get's more and more outlandish you gradually realise it's an April Fools. I always forget and get totally taken in until I realise it's all so silly it must be a hoax.

You may not get all the local references but here's one from my paper:
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labou...449951,00.html
If you can't be bothered to click it starts out with Prince Charles being given a new job to prepare him for his role as king, predicts a reversal of the ban on fox hunting so that kids on housing estates get the same opportunities to hunt as posh kids, claims Charles has offered to let 200 caravans of travellers live on his land and suggests that Camilla will be rebranded as jam-maker rather than home-breaker.

One year we had disputes between little known islands complete with maps with strangely familiar names of people and places which were all text font references (Eg. Lucinder Courier) and one very elborate one that involved going to your newsagent to request a gold card that I was teased about for months after (taught me never to skim read)

(Merika - re. your thread starter challenge in off topic. I can't possibly think of another 2! It's hard work - how the Hell do you do it?)

[Duke]

Merika talks incessantly about nothing all the time, she's a natural when it comes to starting new topics in a webforum environment.

What I find vexing is that she's able to be so articulate when doing so. :roll:

[Merika]

With enough beer...I can leap coffee tables at a single bound.

[Duke]

while wearing a lampshade.

[Merika]

HAHA.....I haven't tried that one yet!

[Duke]

Can't wait to see the pix