GMail has a great joke on login introducing members to Gmail Autopilot by CADIE: And Wikipedia has populated its home page with a bevy of humorous entries. Have you found any other goodies?
Nothing this year, but my personal favorite was probably 8 years ago, when I was living in Buffalo. The most popular local morning radio show (Shredd and Ragan) broke the news that the Buffalo Sabres had been bought by Paul Allen were moving to Seattle. They had some guys on the team, including the coach, in on the joke, giving depressed interviews about how sorry they were to leave Buffalo, and how this came as a huge shock to them. Callers called in venting righteous rage and indignation, and since Buffalonians are natural pessimists (having arguably the worst 20th century of any major American city will do that to you), the whole city fell for it, hook, line and sinker. As the show went on, they dropped hints that steadily built to the conclusion that it was a hoax, such as referencing a non-existant website that broke the news, and the fact that the Sabres would be rechristened the "Seattle Supersabres", in an effort to have cross marketing with the basketball team. The best part was that several days later, there were still people upset because they thought the Sabres were moving! The all-time classics are here, including the great Sidd Finch.
last year here they said on the radio that obama was going to make a stop at the airport. People showed up at the airport
This wasn't really an April Fool's Joke, but it was a hoax that was almost a year in the making: My sister (almost 3 years younger than me) has a birthday of Nov. 6. When she was probably 5 years old, I started a steady campaign of disinformation to convince her that her birthday was Nov. 4, not 6. My parents were somewhat confused by this, and let it go. Well eventually I succeeded in brainwashing her into thinking her birthday was November 4th. My sister was a greedy little child, craving presents and attention, roughly in that order. So, when the morning of November 4th came around, she woke up, happily burst into my parents' room and started yelling "Mommy, Daddy, it's my birthday, I want my presents!" My parents had to gently explain (while suppressing the urge to strangle me) that her birthday wasn't for two more days. So, she returned to her room, completely dejected, and had to wait two whole days for presents and her party.
She showed you her Johnson afterward? Dude, that is so evil...I wish I thought of that when me and my sis were kids.
An attorney too! I feel the evil oozing from my monitor! I may need an attorney by the time this election is over.
www.movieweb.com is trying to tell everyone Zach Snyder has been tapped by George Lucas to re-do episodes 3-5.
Yes, but I released Santa and the reindeer after protracted negotiations with the FBI. No charges were filed. I caught a break, as the Special Agent in Charge was Jewish and was upset that Santa had been ignoring his house all those years. Dog away. If I didn't enjoy joking about it, I wouldn't have said anything. So far I've gotten 4 people busted for fraud and suspended from workers' comp benefits for life, which is a number I'm rather proud of. Offhand, I'm guessing those 4 cases saved our clients (one of whom was the State of New York) somewhere in the neighborhood of $1.25 million.
Aw come on, apart from the miserable winters, collapsing economy, complete lack of a job market, fans of the crap-*** football team, suburban sprawl and the fact that probably 2/3 of the city looks like a caricature of Detroit, it's not that bad.
You forgot the smell. I drove through there once, had to roll up the windows and fart in the car to make it tolerable, but you nailed everything else.
