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Is it a sign of age, or our society...
Mu Beta Started conversation Apr 1, 2010
That I'm no longer able to read the news pages and work out which stories are April Fools and which ones aren't?
Any genuine examples of April Fools to ease my confusion would be appreciated...
B
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Danny B Posted Apr 1, 2010
The only one I've spotted so far is Google's effort this year:
http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/translateforanimals/
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Mu Beta Posted Apr 1, 2010
Also on Google, check out the time taken to return search results. Repeat and recycle for new and amusing units. I just performed a search in 0.13 nanocenturies! Now that, I like.
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Apr 1, 2010
Ooo that google search could take up far too much of my day 
nanocentuarys.... shakes of a lambs tail etc... 
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A Super Furry Animal Posted Apr 1, 2010
This would be thoroughly believable, if it wasn't for the picture:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7541455/Ferrets-key-to-bridging-the-digital-divide-between-cities-and-rural-areas.html
Tell me it's not real...please!
RF
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Apr 1, 2010
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I'm not really here Posted Apr 1, 2010
http://www.keepbritaintidy.org/News/Default.aspx?newsID=910
I like this one. :D
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Baron Grim Posted Apr 1, 2010
Google isn't Google anymore, it's Topeka... http://www.google.com/
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Magwitch - My name is Mags and I am funky. Posted Apr 1, 2010
Re: google search.
0.30e+43 Planck times
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Apr 1, 2010
I got this on my Gmail login page:
Ggl pprch t ml.
Gml s blt n th d tht ml cn b mr nttv, ffcnt, nd sfl. nd myb vn fn. ftr ll, Gml hs:
So I typed my username and password in without any consonants and it worked!!!
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I'm not really here Posted Apr 1, 2010
Results 1 - 10 of about 20,400 for bumflaps. (0.39 times the velocity of an unladen swallow)
Ha ha. Pls excuse me googling bumflaps (promise I didn't look at any results, but J was watching so thought it might make him laugh!)
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Queeglesproggit - Keeper of the evil Thingite Avon Lady Army and Mary Poppins's bag of darkness.. Posted Apr 1, 2010
Desktop tan! 
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/usbtanner.shtml
DIY carbon freezing kit - as seen on Star Wars
http://www.firebox.com/product/2671/DIY-Carbon-Freezing-Kit?via=ser
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Baron Grim Posted Apr 1, 2010
In regards to the thread title, I believe the desktop tanner may be real.
I think I originally saw the following product on Think Geek and it's totally real. Just sayin'.
http://www.amazon.com/DVD-Rewinder/dp/B000NK7E7Y
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Baron Grim Posted Apr 1, 2010
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49305387,00.htm
LHC intruder arrested.
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Baron Grim Posted Apr 1, 2010
More fun from Topeka: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/promos/storage.html
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Skankyrich [?] Posted Apr 1, 2010
Just to confuse you further:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8598637.stm
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Apr 1, 2010
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Apr 1, 2010
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- 1: Mu Beta (Apr 1, 2010)
- 2: Danny B (Apr 1, 2010)
- 3: Mu Beta (Apr 1, 2010)
- 4: Danny B (Apr 1, 2010)
- 5: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Apr 1, 2010)
- 6: A Super Furry Animal (Apr 1, 2010)
- 7: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Apr 1, 2010)
- 8: I'm not really here (Apr 1, 2010)
- 9: Baron Grim (Apr 1, 2010)
- 10: Magwitch - My name is Mags and I am funky. (Apr 1, 2010)
- 11: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Apr 1, 2010)
- 12: I'm not really here (Apr 1, 2010)
- 13: Queeglesproggit - Keeper of the evil Thingite Avon Lady Army and Mary Poppins's bag of darkness.. (Apr 1, 2010)
- 14: Baron Grim (Apr 1, 2010)
- 15: Baron Grim (Apr 1, 2010)
- 16: Baron Grim (Apr 1, 2010)
- 17: Skankyrich [?] (Apr 1, 2010)
- 18: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Apr 1, 2010)
- 19: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Apr 1, 2010)
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