Annual foolish roundup
Apr. 1st, 2006 09:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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- RFD for uk.people.chavs
- Buck house available to rent at £150/week.
- GIT maintainers joining Bitkeeper.
- Continuity Presidency.
- Coldplay lead singer backs Cameron.
- Whime Press and adult Star Wars novels.
- USB Memory Stick.
- CEN Poll: Do you agree with the EU directive to outlaw April Fool's Day pranks by 2007?
- Wizards Of The Coast's My Little Pony RPG.
- UK Government to Shut Down GSM Networks.
- Lunar sell-by date.
- Dr Who fools: [1] [2]
- Uncyclopedia taken over by Apple.
- Genetically engineered dragons in the Economist.
- Thinkgeek's amusing spoof products.
- Slashdot made over in pink.
- Google Romance. ‘Note: those who generally favor the “throw enough stuff at the wall” approach to online dating might find it useful to employ our Batch Profile Uploading option’
- Sluggy Freelance messing around (needs Flash).
- Cartoon character fools cartoon character.
- Sub-Onion spoof Register article.
- Meant to be an April Fool but I don't think they've quite grasped the concept.
- Unfunny story at Weebl's stuff.
Other lists:
Not fools:
- F-Secure co-opts Moomins allegedly for real. I guess they learned from GMail.
- Smelly fish banned. Was reported a few days ago too.
Thanks to all spotters! <withnail>Got any more?</withnail>
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Date: 2006-04-01 08:37 am (UTC)thinkgeek.com
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Date: 2006-04-01 08:40 am (UTC)Google Romance
Date: 2006-04-01 09:12 am (UTC)* Wait, that's what I thought when I first heard about gmail... *
Not fools:
Date: 2006-04-01 09:13 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-01 09:26 am (UTC)Bill Gates to guest in Doctor Who http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39157742,00.htm
Christopher Eccleston as Zod in Smallville
http://www.kryptonsite.com/news.htm
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Date: 2006-04-01 11:31 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-01 12:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-01 12:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-01 01:20 pm (UTC)http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Features/0401_Adult_Star_Wars.html
http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/search.do?productCode=memsti&CMP=EMC-MAR_OFF10
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Date: 2006-04-01 01:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-01 01:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-01 02:08 pm (UTC)http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=503072006
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Date: 2006-04-01 03:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-01 07:50 pm (UTC)http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/audio/stanbridge_uktheme.ram
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Date: 2006-04-01 10:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-02 12:23 am (UTC)GWBush's historic third term plans:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/01/gwot_cha/
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Date: 2006-04-02 12:41 am (UTC)Weebl's Stuff (Badly misjudged "humour", if you ask me.)
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Date: 2006-04-03 10:56 am (UTC)There followed an agonisingly twee rendition of various popular airs and themes from around Europe. And lots of complaints. (-8
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Date: 2006-04-03 11:46 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-05 10:41 am (UTC)