I Call Punk'd on the Queen's iPod

All day long, Jake Tapper has been Tweeting about the iPod that Barack Obama supposedly gave the Queen, and the BBC is even in on the action. I say this is an April Fool's Day joke. Here are some of Tapper's Tweets: (you have to read them from the bottom up)

AND also uploaded on Ye Olde Queen's iPod: Photos from Obama Inauguration; audio of Obama DNC 2004 Speech + Obama Inauguration Address41 minutes ago from web

also uploaded on the Queen's iPod: Photos +Video from 2007 visits to WH, Jamestown + Richmond, VA; video of her 1957 Jamestown visit28 minutes ago from web


one more tidbit about PrezObama iPod gift to Queen - a WH aide sez iPod loaded w/video footage of her 2007 visit to Washington DCabout 2 hours ago from web


more detes-POTUS got Queen an iPod with inscription, songs uploaded and accessories + rare musical songbook signed by Richard Rodgers.about 5 hours ago from web

what does one get a queen? Obamas gifted her w a video iPodabout 5 hours ago from web

I mean, come on, that's not even a convincing picture. The iPod is clearly too big to be authentic, and why is the President holding it perfectly upright?? Is he afraid he'll spill the contents?

At one point, I asked Tapper directly if this was all an April Fool's Day joke,and was greeted with silence. I also have it on good authority that the British are very much into April Fool's Day, and are still convinced that the Declaration of Independence was a particularly elaborate, belated AFD stunt.

I could be wrong, but this seems to tie in with the British press' completely hissy overreaction to the gift that the President gave Gordon Brown, a set of the best American movies.

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