Ten of the best April Fool's Day hoaxes

Yahoo News ^ | Thu Mar 29, 4:19 AM ET | AFP

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

My apologies if this is already posted. A search for "April" and "fool's" didn't show it to me.

I like the Burger King "left-handed Whopper" where thousands of people tried to order it (no doubt the vast majority by democrats/DUmmies.

And the Taco Liberty Bell is good. Aren't all things of note now making money with sponsors?

[ElkGroveDan]

You aren't going to fool me. I know darn well no one ever tried to pull off ANY of those stunts.

[null and void]

Coast to Coast has purchased naming rights, It's going to be the Slightly Cracked Art Bell in Philidelpia...

[latina4dubya]

the left-handed whopper and the last one about the gravity and the floating sensation were my faves... Mike McCurry--who i could not stand--was pretty clever coming up with the Ford Lincoln Mercury Memorial joke... it's good to know people were outraged about the Liberty Bell... at least they seem to care...

[Ditter]

I am one of the ones who ordered the right handed Whopper (she admits sheepishly) but it proves I have ALWAYS been a conservative.

April fool! Which of my statements is NOT true? ;9)

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Slightly Cracked Art Bell in Philidelpia

LOL!!! I wonder if he's used that one?

[Caramelgal]

I don’t know about these but a true story: a few years ago my favorite radio station – WRNR in Annapolis MD, suddenly made a format change.

One morning I woke up and WRNR went from Eclectic Adult Alternative and were now WOMB – “The Womb – All music by women, for women - all the time”.

All the DJ’s were now woman and the play list mostly consisted of the Idigo Girls (not always so bad) but also some really out there strange stuff – even their website changed overnight.

This was a real blow to me since the only other alternative rock station in the area had recently just as suddenly switched to all Spanish speaking – Latin music only.

I was very upset. I was dating a guy at the time who shared my musical tastes and that night on our date, the format change was almost all we talked about.

Then on my way home, he called me on my cell and we both realized that it was April 1st and both started to wonder if it wasn’t a joke.

The next morning my favorite radio station came back and they spent the rest of the day apologizing for their April Fools joke and re-assuring listeners that the WOMB was just a joke.

[null and void]

I don't think so, as far as I know it's original on this thread.

[ken5050]

Back in the 70's there used to be an annual April Fool's Day spoof of the Wall Street Journal..I can't remember what the exact title was, but I do recall one "headline" that I thought was one of the funniest things ever written...

"Panic Hits Warsaw. Polish Velcro Crop Fails Again. Huge Shortages Seen"

[Dog Gone]

Check this out!

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[Dumpster Baby]

I saw a film clip of the spaghetti harvesters plucking strands of spaghetti off the spaghetti trees. It's hard to believe anyone could be that ignorant, but no matter how dumb and obvious a hoax is there are always a lot of people who fall for it. :0)

[Atlas Sneezed]

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NPR used to do some pretty good ones. They had the right shtick, where the story started serious, and added increasing degrees of absurdity, ending with emphasizing the date, without actually saying "April Fool!"

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9210663

[A message]

the introduction of the "Left-Handed Whopper," specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new burger included the same ingredients as the original, but the condiments were rotated 180 degrees. The chain said it received thousands of requests for the new burger, as well as orders for the original "right-handed" version.

And we wonder how Democrats get elected.

[Publius6961]

C'mon Freepers...

I know we can have fun with this thread!

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Seems like a high risk April Fool's joke to change format all day. I probably would have checked back a couple of times then removed them from my radio presets.

[Billthedrill]

In 1957, a BBC television show announced that thanks to a mild winter and the virtual elimination of the spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop.

That is pretty funny, actually. Spaghetti trees don't grow in Switzerland. They're strictly tropical.

[Theresawithanh]

I remember watching that on TV as a little kid, and asking my dad if spaghetti really grew on trees, and how did it get so hard like it comes in the packages from the store - he said he thought they freeze-dried it once they harvested it. I was impressed by his knowledge.

;-p

[Caramelgal]

"NPR used to do some pretty good ones..."

How do you tell the difference?

Reminds me of a SNL classic - The Delicious Dish, on National Public Radio with hosts Margaret Jo McCullen & Teri Rialto and guest Peter Schweddy - "No one can resist my Schweddy Balls". "Good times - Good Times".

[dangerdoc]

bump

[JockoManning]

BEST APRIL FOOL'S JOKE:

In Alaska, a dormant volcano started smoking. Planes were sent up. Found: ring of old tires set on fire, big sign in the middle, "April Fools!"