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Top 10 April Fools Stories

Posted by Zonk on Sat Mar 31, 2007 08:36 PM
from the true-history-in-the-making dept.

SlashRating^©
10
slashdottit! ^tm

ddelmonte writes with a link to a brietbart story on the top ten April Fools Day hoaxes, as determined by the San Diego-based Museum of Hoaxes. Two great British examples: "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. Footage of Swiss farmers pulling strands of spaghetti from trees prompted a barrage of calls from people wanting to know how to grow their own spaghetti at home. In 1977, British newspaper The Guardian published a seven-page supplement for the 10th anniversary of San Serriffe, a small republic located in the Indian Ocean consisting of several semicolon-shaped islands. A series of articles described the geography and culture of the two main islands, named Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse."

[+] omgponies, humor, no, yes, ponies (tagging beta)

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And so it begins... (Score:2, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:37PM (#18562063)

Be back on April 2, although I'm not sure it'll be any different than a usual Sunday with Taco at the helm.

PONIES~~~! etc.
- Re:And so it begins... (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:42PM (#18562143)
  
  I want OMG Ponies for a second year! BRING BACK THE PONIES!!!
  
  [ Parent ]
  - Re:And so it begins... (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by Ponies_OMG (965954) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:30PM (#18562591)
    
    BRING BACK THE PONIES!!!
    
    Only if you promise to be good and give me 5 billion dollars.
    
    [ Parent ]
    - Re:And so it begins... by MonkeyDluffy (Score:3) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:43PM
      - Re:And so it begins... by jimmydevice (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:40PM
    - Re:And so it begins... by Kagura (Score:1) Sunday April 01 2007, @10:14AM
    - Re:And so it begins... by avanaardt (Score:1) Monday April 02 2007, @07:16PM
    - Re:And so it begins... by coolgeek (Score:3) Sunday April 01 2007, @02:25AM
      - Re:And so it begins... by Poltras (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @09:07PM
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- Re:And so it begins... (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:44PM (#18562155)
  
  You will be greatly missed.
  
  [ Parent ]
  - Re:And so it begins... (Score:5, Interesting)
    
    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:49PM (#18562219)
    
    I know. What's Slashdot without Anonymous Coward?
    
    And, actually, removing Anonymous Coward for a day would be an amusing joke.
    
    [ Parent ]
    - Re:And so it begins... (Score:5, Funny)
      
      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:54PM (#18562261)
      
      Inverting the function of the "Post Anonymously" checkbox would be funny
      
      [ Parent ]
      - Re:And so it begins... by Anonymous Coward (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:17PM
        
        Re:And so it begins... (Score:4, Funny)
        
        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:20PM (#18562521)
        
        Would that make it Ars Slashdotica?
        
        [ Parent ]
        
        Re:And so it begins... by Dunbal (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:23PM
        nice idea by Doc Ri (Score:1) Sunday April 01 2007, @08:12AM
    - Re:And so it begins... (Score:5, Funny)
      
      by grub (11606) <slashdot@grub.net> on Saturday March 31 2007, @10:50PM (#18563303)
      (http://www.grub.net/blog/index.html | Last Journal: Wednesday June 27, @08:48AM)
      
      What's Slashdot without Anonymous Coward?
      
      Slashdot without Anonymous Coward is like Crackwhore without AIDS: you still come around but the reduced risk makes it boring.
      
      [ Parent ]
      - Re:And so it begins... (Score:4, Interesting)
        
        by liquidpele (663430) on Saturday March 31 2007, @11:26PM (#18563607)
        (http://sitetheory.com/ | Last Journal: Friday October 24 2003, @10:59AM)
        
        shit... you live far to dangerously for my tastes.
        
        [ Parent ]
        
        Re:And so it begins... (Score:5, Funny)
        
        by Anpheus (908711) on Sunday April 01 2007, @01:33AM (#18564277)
        
        You see his user ID? He doesn't have much long left.
        
        Hush now and respect your elders, even if they are hell bent on self-destruction.
        
        [ Parent ]
        
        Re:And so it begins... by grub (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @08:43AM
- Re:And so it begins... (Score:5, Interesting)
  
  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:38PM (#18562649)
  
  At this point, the best joke that could be played on slashdot's users would be to just make April 1st a normal day. We'd end up spending the whole day trying to figure out what was up.
  
  [ Parent ]
  - Re:And so it begins... by nmb3000 (Score:3) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:34PM
- Re:And so it begins... by Seumas (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @11:03PM
  - Re:And so it begins... by netsharc (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @08:27AM
    - Re:And so it begins... by Seumas (Score:1) Sunday April 01 2007, @03:36PM
  - Re:And so it begins... by linvir (Score:3) Sunday April 01 2007, @12:51PM
    - Re:And so it begins... by Seumas (Score:1) Sunday April 01 2007, @03:33PM
- Re:And so it begins... by kinglink (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @12:58AM
- I was robbed! by Aprile Pazzo (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @07:54AM
- Re:New Discovery ! There ARE Linux Desktop Users ! (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by gardyloo (512791) on Saturday March 31 2007, @10:25PM (#18563073)
  
  I think you meant "In Soviet Russia, April Foolz! you!".
  
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OMG PONIES!!! (Score:5, Insightful)

by Red Cape (854034) on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:39PM (#18562087)
(http://www.redtown.org/ | Last Journal: Sunday November 06 2005, @03:02PM)

I LUV CUTE THINGS!
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"slashdottit!"? (Score:4, Funny)

by Dirtside (91468) on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:41PM (#18562121)
(http://matt.waggoner.com/ | Last Journal: Tuesday February 17 2004, @02:03PM)

So in the little box, it says "slashdottit!".

Let me break that up a little:

"slashdot tit!"

So is /. turning into a porn site for AFD? Let the mammary-related jokes begin!
- Re:"slashdottit!"? (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Zeebs (577100) <rsdrew@gmTWAINail.com minus author> on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:44PM (#18562167)
  
  "slashdottit!"
  
  This must be the slashdot equivalent to farks "boobies". I for one welcome our new full chested over-ladies?
  
  [ Parent ]
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by metlin (258108) * <metlin AT cc DOT gatech DOT edu> on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:47PM (#18562209)
    (http://www.metlin.org/ | Last Journal: Friday July 20, @01:58PM)
    
    I for one welcome our new full chested over-ladies?
    
    Don't you mean, hairy geeks with man-boobs? Given that this is Slashdot and all that? :-\
    
    [ Parent ]
    - Re:"slashdottit!"? (Score:5, Funny)
      
      by Zeebs (577100) <rsdrew@gmTWAINail.com minus author> on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:50PM (#18562227)
      
      I renounce my previous post and am now going to gouge my eyes out in an attempt to stop the burning.
      
      [ Parent ]
      - Re:"slashdottit!"? by DaveM753 (Score:3) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:00PM
        Re:"slashdottit!"? by iamstretchypanda (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:59PM
        Re:"slashdottit!"? by spiderbitendeath (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @11:13PM
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      - Re:"slashdottit!"? by chakmol (Score:1) Sunday April 01 2007, @02:13AM
    - Re:"slashdottit!"? by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:21PM
    - Re:"slashdottit!"? by The Great Pretender (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @01:10AM
    - Re:"slashdottit!"? by FrankNFurter (Score:1) Sunday April 01 2007, @06:12AM
      - Re:"slashdottit!"? by Poltras (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @10:53AM
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? by jdunn14 (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:36PM
  - Over-ladies? by Savage-Rabbit (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:15PM
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? by crymeph0 (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @11:01PM
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- Re:"slashdottit!"? (Score:4, Informative)
  
  by Psycosys (886125) on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:47PM (#18562205)
  
  Isn't it obvious that the April Fools day theme this year is to pretend to be digg?
  
  slashdott with 2 t's, digg with 2 g's...
  
  How am I supposed to slashdott down though? It seems like I can only add to the number of slashdotts and never subtract from it.
  
  Also when are they going to announce a slashdottNation videocast?
  
  [ Parent ]
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? (Score:5, Insightful)
    
    by GrumpySimon (707671) <email@simon.n e t . nz> on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:57PM (#18562305)
    (http://henry.simon.net.nz/)
    
    I'm looking forward to fanboy posts about what Kevin Rose had for breakfast, and the turning off of threaded comments mode. Yay!
    
    [ Parent ]
    - Re:"slashdottit!"? by MichaelSmith (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @02:20AM
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  - Re:"slashdottit!"? by UbuntuDupe (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:05PM
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? by teslatug (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:38PM
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? by omeomi (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @11:19PM
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? by hobo sapiens (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @11:45PM
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? by AvitarX (Score:1) Sunday April 01 2007, @04:16PM
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? (Score:5, Insightful)
    
    by Falladir (1026636) <kingfalladir@yahoo.com> on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:16PM (#18562487)
    
    Have you read the comments on digg? We don't want them here anyway. It's better that they leave.
    
    [ Parent ]
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? by cyphercell (Score:3) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:18PM
  - That's odd... (Score:4, Funny)
    
    by camperdave (969942) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:19PM (#18562517)
    (Last Journal: Tuesday January 16 2007, @10:33AM)
    
    Meanwhile, Slashdot continues on its slide to oblivion.
    
    That's odd. It started to decline just after I joined. Hmm... I should check on those SCOX stocks that I bought in 2004.
    
    [ Parent ]
    - Re:That's odd... by JimBobJoe (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @03:52AM
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? by hobo sapiens (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:00PM
    - Re:"slashdottit!"? by arodland (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @11:23PM
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? by Dunbal (Score:3) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:21PM
    - Re:"slashdottit!"? by Score Whore (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:42PM
      - Re:"slashdottit!"? by Dunbal (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @11:08PM
        Re:"slashdottit!"? by Score Whore (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @11:27PM
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- Re:"slashdottit!"? -- April fool's joke? by p_trekkie (Score:3) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:04PM
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? -- April fool's joke? by fbjon (Score:3) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:11PM
    - Re:"slashdottit!"? -- April fool's joke? by alx5000 (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:45PM
    - Re:"slashdottit!"? -- April fool's joke? by moranar (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @02:10AM
    - Re:"slashdottit!"? -- April fool's joke? by muellerr1 (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @07:15AM
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? -- April fool's joke? by kestasjk (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:34PM
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? -- April fool's joke? by fermion (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:35PM
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? -- April fool's joke? by KDingo (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:02PM
    - Re:"slashdottit!"? -- April fool's joke? by tepples (Score:1) Sunday April 01 2007, @07:36AM
  - ya THINK? by moosehooey (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:45PM
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? -- April fool's joke? by Serengeti (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @11:25PM
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- Re:"slashdottit!"? by penguinbroker (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:09PM
- Re:"slashdottit!"? by macdaddy (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:00PM
  - Re:"slashdottit!"? by grub (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:53PM
- Re:"slashdottit!"? by daeg (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @12:07AM
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"slashdot it?" (Score:1, Troll)

by jamonterrell (517500) on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:42PM (#18562127)

Anyone else see the digg-like "slashdot it" box?
- Re:"slashdot it?" by metlin (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @08:55PM
- Re:"slashdot it?" by Cheapy (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @08:59PM
- Re:"slashdot it?" by astrosmash (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @01:27AM
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Where are the ponies? (Score:2)

by leonbev (111395) on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:42PM (#18562133)

Come on, Taco... Where are the Ponies? If I click that Slashdotit (tm) button enough times, can I at least get a pink background?
- Re:Where are the ponies? by Renfield Spiffioso (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:47PM
- Re:Where are the ponies? by Mateo_LeFou (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @06:11AM
Buried It (Score:4, Funny)

by dduardo (592868) on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:44PM (#18562159)

I buried this story because it doesn't contain any pink ponies.
Ponies (Score:4, Insightful)

by jibjibjib (889679) on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:46PM (#18562195)
(Last Journal: Wednesday January 18 2006, @05:05AM)

Mod this comment Insightful, for no particular reason.
- Re:Ponies (Score:4, Informative)
  
  by Johnny_Law (701208) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:27PM (#18562563)
  
  Mod this comment Insightful, for no particular reason.
  Please, mod this comment Informative, also for no particular reason.
  
  [ Parent ]
  - Re:Ponies (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by David_W (35680) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:41PM (#18562693)
    
    Mod this comment Insightful, for no particular reason.
    Please, mod this comment Informative, also for no particular reason.
    
    Woohoo, free karma! But funny mods don't earn karma, do they...
    
    [ Parent ]
    - Re:Ponies by jimmydevice (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:32PM
    - Re:Ponies by fm6 (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @11:23PM
    - Re:Ponies by mkosmul (Score:1) Sunday April 01 2007, @05:38AM
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  - Re:Ponies by vivaoporto (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:53PM
  - Re:Ponies by aussie_a (Score:1) Sunday April 01 2007, @12:29AM
  - Re:Ponies by ZachPruckowski (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:01PM
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  - 2 replies beneath your current threshold.
- Re:Ponies by Firehed (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:36PM
- Re:Ponies by WeblionX (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:11PM
  - Re:Ponies by iabervon (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:56PM
  - Re:Ponies by zippthorne (Score:3) Sunday April 01 2007, @12:47AM
    - Re:Ponies by Gunstick (Score:1) Sunday April 01 2007, @04:55AM
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Slashdottit (Score:1)

by i_wanna_be_a_scienti (1042298) on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:50PM (#18562229)

Naw, i think i'll digg it instead or maybe i'll /. the digg story about this instead :P
Slashdottit! (Score:5, Funny)

by DaveM753 (844913) on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:51PM (#18562233)
(http://www.yeahblah.com/)

Come on guys/gals...let's not make fun of Slashdottit! It's "scientifically perfect".

It may also be magically delicious, but that remains to be seen.
- Ahem... by Bob Cat - NYMPHS (Score:3) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:34PM
  - Slashdottit by xerxesdaphat (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @08:17AM
- Re:Slashdottit! by Opportunist (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:59PM
- Re:ATTN: Windows/Linux refugees! by Monsieur_F (Score:1) Sunday April 01 2007, @05:05AM
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Brace yourselves everyone... (Score:2)

by jbrader (697703) <jbrader@gmail.com> on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:52PM (#18562247)

It begins.
- Re:Brace yourselves everyone... by Dun Malg (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:38PM
  - Re:Brace yourselves everyone... by MassEnergySpaceTime (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:01PM
    - Re:Brace yourselves everyone... by Tony Hoyle (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @05:02AM
Stupid (Score:1)

by SinGunner (911891) on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:54PM (#18562257)

Did anyone else notice that bumping this article's date to April 1st bumped all articles for the 31st to April 1st? Isn't there some rule about no April Fool's jokes until the actual goddamn day? It's like when Xmas took over Thanksgiving and then Halloween.
- Re:Stupid by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @08:58PM
  - Re:Stupid by gardyloo (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:02PM
    - Re:Stupid by vivaoporto (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:40PM
      - Re:Stupid by Da Masta (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @01:21AM
    - Re:Stupid by jimmydevice (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:57PM
- Re:Stupid by maxume (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:00PM
- Re:Stupid by tadmas (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:33PM
- Re:Stupid by Opportunist (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:02PM
- Re:Stupid by Dunbal (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:13PM
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Best I've heard around me (Score:2)

by kaufmanmoore (930593) on Saturday March 31 2007, @08:56PM (#18562283)

A radio station near me, Greensboro, NC (NASCAR country) announced the April fools right after Dale Earnhardt's death that the Postal Service was issuing a stamp in his memory. Apparently alot of people flooded the post offices asking for the stamp. By the end of the show someone from Washington called the station and threatened legal action if they didn't stop.
- Re:Best I've heard around me by Opportunist (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:04PM
- Re:Best I've heard around me (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by gmack (197796) <gmack@@@innerfire...net> on Saturday March 31 2007, @10:06PM (#18562897)
  (http://slashdot.org/~gmack/journal)
  A few years back I registered apfbiolectronics.com (APril fools bioelectronics. Made up a name and had a friend design a website about affordable medical devices for the masses
  
  I took an arm crash dump at random from google and then posted a complaint to linux-kernel and linux-arm [helsinki.fi] about how linux crashed and killed my test monkey and could they hurry up and fix it so we could move on with human trials.
  The result:
  
  2 offers for help
  
  1 plea to scrap the project immediately in the name of all things good in this world (man I wish I still had that email).
  
  A thread debating the validity of my post [google.ca]
  
  Someone telling me that he hopes I used a scratch monkey [helsinki.fi]
  
  Someone used my post to back up his bug report [iu.edu]
  
  12 days later someone posted a report on their lug's mailing list. [linux.ie]
  
  Two YEARS later someone referenced it on the linux advocacy newsgroup [google.ca]
  
  The sad thing is I'm never ever going to top that prank
  [ Parent ]
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- Best one I did by Z00L00K (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @05:41AM
"slashdottit!" -- input device? (Score:1)

by RedElf (249078) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:01PM (#18562341)
(http://slashdot.org/~RedElf)

When the launch of the new "slashdottit!" or should I say "slashdot tit!", does this mean we can all expect a "slashdot tit!" posted to our residence for the second half of the /. upgrade? This in reference to an input device that makes use of the new features, was it not?
- Re:"slashdottit!" -- input device? by Duhavid (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:20PM
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Oh yeah... (Score:3, Insightful)

by Speare (84249) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:02PM (#18562351)
(http://www.halley.cc/ed/)

Thanks for reminding me a bit early that the entire techno-hip tragically-leet intarweb will be a steaming pile of uselessness for the next 30 hours or so. I can just skip the inanity and catch up on anything interesting later.

And by the way, on Safari, the new voting doohickey completely and unavoidably obscures the left chunk of the story's blurb.
- Re:Oh yeah... by DaveM753 (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:09PM
- Re:Oh yeah... by iabervon (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:12PM
- Re:Oh yeah... by Lloyd_Bryant (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:19PM
- Re:Oh yeah... by gardyloo (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:28PM
- Re:Oh yeah... by Firehed (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:29PM
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Taco's Liberty Bell (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:03PM (#18562355)

In other news the Taco Liberty Bell has been captured by rats in New York City. President Bush upon being informed of this replied: "so what, it is just another piece of scrap iron" but when further informed that the rats had managed to get the hot sauce supplier switched to a New Jersey cannery Bush looked at Chaney and said "Get a rope".
- Re:Taco's Liberty Bell by atezun (Score:1) Sunday April 01 2007, @01:16AM
I have no response to that (Score:2)

by Bender Unit 22 (216955) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:08PM (#18562409)
(Last Journal: Wednesday October 10, @06:37AM)

so happy April fools
April Fool's 2.0 at TechCrunch (Score:2)

by miller60 (554835) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:14PM (#18562465)
(http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/)

TechCrunch has an April Fool's Day post that it has bought FuckedCompany.com [techcrunch.com], with Pud at FC and perhaps even Valleywag [valleywag.com] aiding and abetting the joke. Based on the comments and posts elsewhere in the blogosphere, many appear to have not caught on at first.
It seems that the April Fool's 2.0 strategy is to launch the joke a day early.
My new word I've been using (Score:5, Funny)

by CrazyJim1 (809850) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:15PM (#18562477)
(Last Journal: Sunday November 06 2005, @10:30PM)

Some people say Pwned. Others say Powned. I say: Pownied. Simply because its easy to say, but I think Slashdot last year brought me the inspiration to pioneer in the field of l33t sp3@k.
- Re:My new word I've been using by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:20PM
- Re:My new word I've been using by xRelisH (Score:1) Sunday April 01 2007, @12:27AM
  - Re:My new word I've been using by fucksl4shd0t (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @04:22AM
Oh yeah, new feature (Score:2)

by istartedi (132515) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:19PM (#18562515)
(Last Journal: Thursday April 18 2002, @07:50PM)

Like we're really going to believe that "slashdot it" is going to be a new feature, and that /. is taking leads from Digg now. Stories, yeah, but leads? No. Never.
- A joke? by TapeCutter (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:21PM
  - Re:A joke? by orkysoft (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @11:09PM
  - Re:A joke? by i_wanna_be_a_scienti (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @11:09PM
ph3ar teh p0ni3s (Score:2)

by MrNonchalant (767683) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:20PM (#18562525)

Oh god. It's April 1st again. On Slashdot. Prepare for a full day of agony.
- Re:ph3ar teh p0ni3s by Dunbal (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:07PM
Hah. (Score:2)

by FunWithKnives (775464) <ParadoxPerfect@t ... t ['ris' in gap]> on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:22PM (#18562543)
(http://www.last.fm/music/Anti-Prefix | Last Journal: Monday May 10 2004, @04:31PM)

Does anyone else get the joke? Click on the "slashdotit! (tm)" link and read the explanation for the new system. It's a not-so-subtle "dig" *ahem* at a few other sites.

Our stories will be hyper-accurate and scientifically perfect!
- Re:Hah. by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Saturday March 31 2007, @10:13PM
News Flash! Microsoft reduces the price of Vista! (Score:1)

by katchins (180997) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:27PM (#18562567)
(http://www.bw.edu/~katchins)

I heard over the news that Microsoft announced that due to lackluster sales of Vista they are going to reduce the price by 75%... ...

Oh, you would have to be an April Fool to believe Microsoft would ever *REDUCE* the price of their software.
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So...Like (Score:1)

by iminplaya (723125) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:37PM (#18562643)
(Last Journal: Friday November 09, @01:36AM)

How DO you grow your own spaghetti?
- Re:So...Like by KillerBob (Score:2) Saturday March 31 2007, @09:42PM
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- Re:So...Like by Farmer Tim (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @09:10AM
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Parrot! (Score:1)

by Aaron Isotton (958761) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:38PM (#18562655)
(http://www.isotton.com/)

Since we're all nerds, we shouldn't forget the best nerd April's fool joke ever:

http://www.python.org/parrot.html [python.org]

Read it. It is worth it.
Tagged (Score:1)

by maxume (22995) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:44PM (#18562719)
(Last Journal: Friday August 24, @10:02PM)

therespooponyourshoe

Seems good enough for each and every April 1 crap story.
Subject (Score:2)

by Legion303 (97901) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:49PM (#18562757)
(http://www.neutronstar.org/)

I tell you, I never tire of seeing the exact same "news" every single year. It's a tradition!
The actual Museum of Hoaxes link (Score:5, Interesting)

by hey hey hey (659173) on Saturday March 31 2007, @09:49PM (#18562767)

Yes, there really is such a site (lord only knows if there is actually a museum), and you get 100 hoaxes instead of just a paltry 10 for the price of a click...
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/ [museumofhoaxes.com]
- Re:mod down! by hey hey hey (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @02:41PM
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Obvious April Joke (Score:2)

by edwardpickman (965122) on Saturday March 31 2007, @10:09PM (#18562915)

Cowboy Neal runs for President. Geek community rallies behind the first Geek cannidate.
Or is it a joke......
oh heck with it (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 31 2007, @10:11PM (#18562941)

In soviet russia, April fools YOU......err, um

In YOU, russia fools soviets with cheese sauce....

oh screw it.
The usual Geek oritented wish list. Apple, Google (Score:1)

by Ageing Metalhead (586837) on Saturday March 31 2007, @10:23PM (#18563055)

Apple, Google join forces for 'ultimate phone' http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/01/apple_goog le_mobile/ [theregister.co.uk]
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Ponies (Score:1)

by glwtta (532858) on Saturday March 31 2007, @10:30PM (#18563123)
(http://slashdot.org/)

So, I take it it's going to be the usual torrent of idiotic "funnies" this year?

Editors, I beg of you to ask yourselves: if it's not funny enough to be considered satire, yet so obvious that no one could possible be "pranked" by it, what on earth is the point?

Sigh, see you in 24 hours.

PS: MS buys Apple!! Teh lolz!1!
they left out cartoon network (Score:2, Interesting)

by Pyrex5000 (1038438) on Saturday March 31 2007, @10:31PM (#18563129)

Cartoon Network [toonzone.net] pulled a hilarious April Fool's joke a few years back.
How can you be sure? (Score:1)

by Garridan (597129) on Saturday March 31 2007, @10:31PM (#18563131)

Are those really the top ten, or is this just some sort of prank?
CBC hoax (Score:1)

by updatelee (244571) on Saturday March 31 2007, @10:33PM (#18563145)

I got caught one year a few years back. CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp, ie Canadian public radio) had anounced that they had been bought by ABC out of the states and were now going to be called ABCBC, I was pissed, I grabed my phone and was about to start dialing the CBC when I saw the date ...
The 11th one ... (Score:1)

by ultimad (879139) on Sunday April 01 2007, @01:43AM (#18564335)

... can be found right here [thepiratebay.org]
The best of the day so far (Score:1)

by l0cust (992700) on Sunday April 01 2007, @02:14AM (#18564489)
(Last Journal: Monday November 20 2006, @06:12AM)

Binsearch down [binsearch.info]
One from Australia... (Score:2)

by N Monkey (313423) on Sunday April 01 2007, @02:21AM (#18564517)

Australian electronics businessman and philanthropist, Dick Smith, trying to solve Australia's water shortage with an iceberg....http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/iceberg.h tml [museumofhoaxes.com]
About time (Score:1)

by l0cust (992700) on Sunday April 01 2007, @03:04AM (#18564763)
(Last Journal: Monday November 20 2006, @06:12AM)

Wikipedia [wikipedia.org] and Uncyclopedia [uncyclopedia.org] seem to have exchanged front pages. Nice move.
It is non-slashdot day for me (Score:3, Insightful)

by houghi (78078) on Sunday April 01 2007, @03:20AM (#18564857)
(http://www.houghi.org/)

What would be nice is if only two or three stories would be pranks on april first. Now all editors will be falling over each other to get some childish and stupid prank trough.

The best would be to have just 2 or three great ones, instead of many, many, many bad ones. And the best ones are prepared way in advance.

This is just like if everybody telling you all day that your shoelaces are undone, and you wear shoes without laces. The first time you fall for it, The 50th time you hit somebody in the nose.
- ^ Mod this Insightful ^ by Toe, The (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @10:02AM
I always enjoy the 1st (Score:3, Informative)

by kahrytan (913147) on Sunday April 01 2007, @03:27AM (#18564885)
(http://humblebegin.blogspot.com/)

The first thing I do on April 1st is visit Google.com. Those people come up with the funniest jokes. Anyone like this years joke? If anyone falls for it. They get a complimentary swirlie on me.
Water Tables (Score:3, Funny)

by Macka (9388) on Sunday April 01 2007, @05:32AM (#18565437)

I remember when I was at school there was an episode of the BBC show "Tomorrows World" where for an April Fools day prank they reported on the breakthrough invention of de-hydrated water tablets. You expose them to sunlight and they turned back into water. There was one particularly slow boy in class who had an argument with the chemistry teacher the next day, insisting that these things existed cos he'd seen it on TV.
- Re:Water Tablets by Cassini2 (Score:2) Sunday April 01 2007, @08:02AM
Woman has "three breasts" implant (Score:1)

by iantresman (811154) on Sunday April 01 2007, @07:55AM (#18566017)
(http://www.plasma-universe.com/)
This one looks quite droll for today, though the implausibly sounding "Flora Opi" is a give-away:
- Woman has "three breasts" implant [dicky-bird.com]
Needless to say... (Score:1)

by MasterPuppeteer (962029) on Sunday April 01 2007, @10:00AM (#18566741)

Needless to say, APD "hoaxes" from Slashdot will never make it on that list.
The BBC seems to have the best ones (Score:3, Insightful)

by John Jorsett (171560) on Sunday April 01 2007, @10:55AM (#18566997)

In 1980 the BBC reported that Big Ben, in order to keep up with the times, was going to be given a digital readout. It received a huge response from listeners protesting the change. The BBC Japanese service also announced that the clock hands would be sold to the first four listeners to contact them, and one Japanese seaman in the mid-Atlantic immediately radioed in a bid.

- Museum of Hoaxes #35 [72.14.253.104] (Google cache. Real site seems to be down today. One guess as to why.)
Another article (the guardian)... (Score:2, Insightful)

by karldane2020 (898985) on Sunday April 01 2007, @10:56AM (#18567011)

...from last year. Includes more on the San Serriffe thing.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,174 4581,00.html [guardian.co.uk]
Office Lottery Pool Hoax (Score:2, Funny)

by gnurob (880067) on Sunday April 01 2007, @11:11AM (#18567091)

This prank got me an interview on CBC National: take over DNS services at your office, proxy the lottery web site, and change the numbers to match tickets for the office lottery pool. Nothing like getting all the staff on video running around totally foolish. haha
And in the Linux news... oh I hope this is a joke (Score:1)

by sageres (561626) on Sunday April 01 2007, @08:19PM (#18569819)

My school ( http://umbc.edu/ [umbc.edu] )has posted a new login announcement on our shell accounts: We will be terminating our Linux shell services as of the end of the semester and replacing them with servers running both HP-UX and SCO OpenServer. To comply with new federal wiretapping regulations, we will also be terminating "ssh"-based login services and enabling only "telnet" access at that time. lol I sincerely hope this is an April's 1st joke ...
Good Story in Seattle... (Score:2)

by Forbman (794277) on Monday April 02 2007, @12:09AM (#18570661)

Way back when (late 80's/early 90's), either KISW or KXRX had a great prank story one year: Queen Anne Hill was erupting like Mt. St. Helens. It sure seemed like they got some legitimately gullible people calling into the station, and the morning DJs (I think it was Crow & West) got seriously reprimanded from management... I think this led to most of the radio talent fleeing KISW at the time to KXRX (which, sadly, 3 or four years after that converted to a "new country" station).

Every few years someone in Seattle radio or TV does a story about the top of the Space Needle actually being a UFO and lifting off from the rest of the tower.
Alternative 3 (Score:2)

by clickclickdrone (964164) on Monday April 02 2007, @03:40AM (#18571281)
(http://pcbookreview.com/)

I can't believe they missed out on the spoof British documentry Alternative 3 about the 1970's brain drain of UK scientists being traced to plans to reseed Mars's atmosphere ready for colonisation because the Earth was dying fast.
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