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April Fools' Day Is Here Again; 2011's Best Pranks and Hoaxes
By Michael McLaughlin - AOL NewsIn today's news: An airline bans children on some flights, a "Harry Potter" spinoff is in the works and Prince William's much-ballyhooed wedding is canceled. In other news, it's April Fools' Day -- the one time of year you can be sure that politicians, corporate giants and the news media are spewing more falsehoods and fabrications than usual. Home furnishings giant Ikea might have pulled the biggest hoax of the year when it unveiled a highchair built for dogs in Australia. "Not only is the dog a part of the family, they're also a trial run for kids," Ikea designer Alvar Karlsson said, ...
Congressman Worries Guam Could Capsize
By Dave Thier - AOL News(April 1) -- At first, people suspected it might have been an April Fools joke, but the following story is not, despite all hopes to the contrary, an April Fools' Day prank. During a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the proposed relocation of naval personnel to the island of Guam, Rep. Hank Johnson expressed his concern for the stability of the tiny U.S. territory -- not its political stability or its economic stability, but its basic, physical stability. "My fear that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize," the Georgia Democrat said, ...
April Fools: Republicans Say Obama 'Kept All His Promises'
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailySomebody has to do an April Fools' Day number in oh-so-serious Washington. So jolly Senate Republicans stepped up Thursday with a web video declaring that President Barack Obama "kept all his promises." The ad, running 1:35, features snippets of Obama speechifying and a cartoon image of a guy riding a winged unicorn over a rainbow. "Our deficit is no more," a dreamy-sounding narrator intones, "and global warming has been solved by replacing cars with low-emission unicorns powered by the renewable energy of rainbows...and now he has blessed us with free health care, creating trillions of ...
April Fools' Cocktails Pack a Punch -- and a Punch Line
By David Moye - AOL News(March 31) -- April Fools' Day doesn't have the reputation of a "hangover holiday" like St. Patrick's Day or New Year's Eve, perhaps because boozehounds usually take their drinking very seriously. Still, there are some boozy beverages that pack both a punch and a punch line, such as a bizarre concoction called the Cement Mixer, which San Diego bartender Edwin Decker said is the all-time, No. 1 prank cocktail ever. It works like this: You ask your victim to take a shot of Baileys Irish Cream and hold it in the mouth while sipping a shot of lime juice. Unbeknownst to the victim, when the ...
Opinion: April Fools' Day Is Evil (Just Kidding, Sort Of)
By Dave George - AOL News(April 1) -- I hate April Fools' Day. Ah, it feels good to finally say it! Like the first time you told your friends you don't find Dane Cook funny. Now don't get me wrong -- I love a good prank. But having one day dedicated to pranks tends to bring out the amateurs, and it annoys the rest of us who pride ourselves on the appreciation of real pranks -- anytime, anywhere. April Fools' Day is to us lovers of pranks what New Year's Day is to lovers of booze. Consider: • A day dedicated to pranks gives perpetrators a free pass when a joke goes wrong. A real prank should require a bit of ...
Ann Coulter Got Punk'd by NASCAR Story
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyIn her latest column, conservative author and Meghan McCain target Ann Coulter wrote about a stringent demand by President Obama: That GM and Chrysler must cease their participation in NASCAR racing. From Ann's website:If Obama can tell GM and Chrysler that their participation in NASCAR is an "unnecessary expenditure," isn't having public schools force students to follow Muslim rituals, recite Islamic prayers and plan "jihads" also an "unnecessary expenditure"? Are all those school condom purchases considered "necessary expenditures"? Here's the problem: Obama did no such thing. It was a prank ...
I Call Punk'd on the Queen's iPod
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAll 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 webalso 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 webone more tidbit about ...
The Atlanta Journal Constitution Got Fooled On April Fool's
By Nathan Fowler - AOL NewsThat's a picture of an AJC.com sports story yesterday (click HERE for a larger version) announcing the commitment of running back Joseph Kerr to Georgia Tech. Unfortunately for the AJC, they didn't follow their own advice to beware of April Fool's jokes - as Joe Kerr was a spoof made up by the Georgia Tech recruiting and fan site The Hive.We all know that much of the mainstream media and large newspapers view the shady and occasionally distasteful world of college recruiting with some form of disdain and don't invest a lot of resources into covering it. They also realize the huge amount of ...
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