10 classic April Fools jokes of 2008
This years’ April Fools’ Day was definately not short of witty, stupid, and clever pranks. A dedicated Wikipedia entry hosts a long list of April Fools’ jokes.
Here are 10 jokes I thought would be worth a mention:
- News 24 published a report on how SA passports could fall away - (not sure if that was funny thou)
- The BBC show footage of flying penguins, fronted by Terry Jones, as a trail for the BBC iPlayer.
- The Herald Sun published an advertisement by Virgin Blue advertising the ‘No Chair Fare’ offering standing room for half the price of the regular fare and free calf massages for flights longer than two hours. Visiting Virgin’s website reveals the offers to be an April fools joke. Still hundreds tried to purchase standing tickets by contacting Virgin by phone.
- Google introduced a new feature called “Gmail Custom Time.”
- Science (journal) reported that “U.S. President George W. Bush has announced a dramatic shift in his attitude toward science.”
- F-Secure’s viruslab weblog announced a virus that adds money to the infected user’s bank account.
- Google Australia announced gDay, a feature which can access web pages before they are created.
- Nestlé, is changing the name of their Butterfinger candy bar to “The Finger”. Complete with video overview.
- Pizza Hut (UK) are offering a new domestic cleaning service whilst you eat. £5 voucher also included for this promotion.
- Most daily nationals in the UK published an advert announcing a new system for BMW cars to deliver electric shocks to canines relieving themselves on the vehicle’s wheels, the Canine Repellent Alloy Protection.
Did some one get you fooled?
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