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Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
 
I love April 1st.

What else have y'all found this year?
 
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
 
http://www.thinkgeek.com/index.shtml
 
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
 
http://rateyourstudents.blogspot.com/ NSFW, and a bit of an in-joke.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Elmer's Glue:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/index.shtml

The Squeez Bacon is awesome. The video especially.
 
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
 
Oh man. I think I'd almost have to buy the Tauntaun sleeping bag.
 
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
Yeah, that was the one caught my eye too, Boris. What a hilarious product idea!
 
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 
I would really like a working USB drive in a rock.

eztv is causing people pain.
 
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
 
Blizzard introduces P1mp My Mount for it's World of Warcraft MMO.
 
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
 
quote:
Google unveils its new artificial intelligence system
CADIE'S webpage is so amazingly aweful.
 
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Teshi:
eztv is causing people pain.

That's for sure. I went there this morning, realized it was an April Fools thing, but couldn't find a way to get to the real eztv. Very annoying. The joke is cute, but there ought to be a link to the real one.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
The real one is full of something other than sports, I gather?
 
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
 
it's full of practically every tv show that airs.
 
Posted by BandoCommando (Member # 7746) on :
 
Star Wars: Galaxies Emulator project teams up to develop an Oregon Trail Emulator
 
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
 
quote:
Taiwan-China relations were dealt a severe setback yesterday when it was found that Taipei Zoo’s “pandas” are not what they seem.

Zookeepers discovered at feeding time yesterday that the two pandas are in fact Wenzhou brown forest bears that had been dyed to create the panda’s distinctive black-and-white appearance.

The Taipei Zoo’s head of ursidae ex-procyonidae care, Connie Liu (劉長春), said she became suspicious when the pandas, Tuan Tuan (團團) and Yuan Yuan (圓圓), began to spend almost all of their waking hours having sex. Pandas are notorious for their low libidos, which make them difficult to breed in captivity.

“Let’s just say Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan would tuan yuan at every chance,” said Liu, referring to the combination of the panda’s names, which means “to reunite” in Mandarin. “They would do it doggy-style and every armchair zoologist knows that pandas favor the missionary position — when they do it at all. Their behavior caused chaos. Children screamed and parents became irate.”
...

Awesome [Smile]
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2009/04/01/2003439917
 
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 
Lisa: I got mine through Mininova.
 
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
 
Fark is promoting it's "new fark experience" that starts tomorrow.

http://www.fark.com/messagefromdrew/

Here's what fark is SUPPOSED to look like: www.fark.com
 
Posted by adenam (Member # 11902) on :
 
Mugglenet had to downsize
 
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Boris:
Oh man. I think I'd almost have to buy the Tauntaun sleeping bag.

Yeah, me too.
 
Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
 
I heard the Ender's Game movie was coming out soon.
 
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
 
Bugmenot now requires registration.
 
Posted by Tarrsk (Member # 332) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Strider:
quote:
Google unveils its new artificial intelligence system
CADIE'S webpage is so amazingly aweful.
Check out CADIE's favorite locations on Earth over at Google Maps too. Her descriptions had me laughing out loud at work.
 
Posted by adenam (Member # 11902) on :
 
TÖRdötCÖM
 
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by adenam:
TÖRdötCÖM

A must read. I think I might go cross post this in the Syfy thread.
 
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by scifibum:
quote:
Originally posted by adenam:
TÖRdötCÖM

A must read. I think I might go cross post this in the Syfy thread.
That was hysterical. And someone should definitely send that to the Sci-Fi... err... SyFy channel.
 
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
 
TÖRdötCÖM is totally my favorite so far. [Smile]


 
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
 
http://www.whatsinthesack.info/
 
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
 
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5325
 
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
 
New "Mind-To-Mac" Technology Eases the Burden of Developing Musical Skill
 
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Nighthawk:
http://www.whatsinthesack.info/

...is there supposed to be more to this than a single cryptic image? [Confused]
 
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Shmuel:
quote:
Originally posted by Nighthawk:
http://www.whatsinthesack.info/

...is there supposed to be more to this than a single cryptic image? [Confused]
It's a long story, I guess. You have to have a little experience with web-based alternate reality games.

This and this might clarify things.
 
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Nighthawk:
It's a long story, I guess. You have to have a little experience with web-based alternate reality games.

Ah. None at all. [Smile]
 
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
 
All the posts in the world of warcraft forums are in a role playing format, whether the poster likes it or not: Link

Blizzard also has a DIII joke: http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/characters/archivist.

And a Starcraft joke: http://www.starcraft2.com/features/terran/terratron.xml

They really go all out.
 
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
 
Fox rushes out a new cut of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" in order to annoy pirates.
 
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
 
Everything on YouTube was upside down. That was funny. Fiction World Rocked as Woman Claims No Sexual Attraction to Neil Gaiman

Adam Lambert disqualified from American Idol
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Shmuel:

My eldest briefly thought this was real . . . and a sad comment on today's society. [Wink]
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/a/alpinelegend/
http://www.expedia.com/daily/mars/flights-to-mars/

[ April 01, 2009, 10:01 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
 
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
 
The Neil Gaiman one totally slayed me.
 
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
 
Belle - What killed me about it most was some woman in the comments talking about how she's always been really into brilliant, beaky men with high cheekbones. I read that and thought, "There are people who will read that and think I wrote it." *snerk* Something about a guy with a nice schnoz...
 
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
 
I can't believe how far google went this year. every link on CADIE's home page takes you to something interesting.
 
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
 
Also can I just say that what Blizzard has done on their forums is absolutely fantastic. You write just about anything and it comes out sounding like you are role playing.
 
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
 
[snicker]

I didn't see this until now, but Improv Everywhere claimed to have crashed a funeral in a mission report posted April 1st, Best Funeral Ever. This was actually taken seriously by the nightly news on the local CW affiliate, which doesn't say much for their reporting team and fact-checkers. (If they even have fact-checkers...)

Needless to say, given its placement in this thread, the entire thing was faked.
 
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
 
Heh.
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HItwu7PNdNo
 


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