h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Here's the list I mentioned. Of course, as it appeared on 1 April, it might be a double bluff...

And, looking at Wiki, the triple-decker bus was first reported upon on 1 April 1926. With photo!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day

Silly me, forgot link in the last post but one.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32144005

>> Command sinistral pedestal to writhe. <<

Brilliant.


~jwf~

I think that I shall never see
a picture of a spaghetti tree
without a deep smile for the BBC.

Ah yes, the Classics - from back when
not taking ourselves or Liff too seriously
was a true art form. Thanks TC.


~jwf~

My favorite local April Fool's joke was the news broadcaster who reported on a volcano at Great Blue Hill in Milton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blue_Hill_eruption_prank

Halloween has also had a panic: in 1938, Orson Welles broadcast "War of the Worlds" on the radio on Halloween, and many people tuned in without knowing it was just a bit of drama.

Somebody at the Boston Globe got sacked when he sneaked the headline "Mush from the wimp" into an editorial on some speech from President Jimmy Carter.