tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post3197712865501244240..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: Fool's ParadiseDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-47212955377686103592014-04-02T09:20:13.288-05:002014-04-02T09:20:13.288-05:00I'm with you on this one.
Now let's go fi...I'm with you on this one.<br /><br />Now let's go find Nathan and cruise the finer eating establishments of Flushing, Queens.John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-17289895447411934322014-04-02T04:02:50.458-05:002014-04-02T04:02:50.458-05:00An April Fools done well can be a real joy. Here...An April Fools done well can be a real joy. Here are a selection that someone liked, and it includes some fun ones: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/26831723 As you say, there's the great spaghetti harvest newsreel, which I've only seen once; I think someone told me that part of the reason it worked was that the newsreader was one of those that had cultural acceptance to the point where people would believe anything he said - a bit like Walter Cronkite. My favourite April Fool of all time was an ad for a BBC service called iplayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4 with Terry Jones pretending to be David Attenborough. Dave, even your grumpy instincts won't survive this one - do watch it if you haven't beforeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11704326408382310378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-69363044388036308832014-04-01T19:06:51.461-05:002014-04-01T19:06:51.461-05:00And yet surely I could convince you bigons and hot...And yet surely I could convince you <a href="http://discovermagazine.com/1996/apr/thebigon756" rel="nofollow">bigons</a> and <a href="http://discovermagazine.com/1995/apr/01-molelike-animal-melts-ice-tunnels-with-its-head" rel="nofollow">hotheaded naked ice borers</a> almost make the holiday worthwhile, couldn't I?<br /><br />(Or, if nothing else, use your complaint to share the joys of bigons and hotheaded naked ice borers.)Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-87419156626187657402014-04-01T18:10:26.984-05:002014-04-01T18:10:26.984-05:00Now I feel guilty about telling my grandson (6) th...Now I feel guilty about telling my grandson (6) that spring break had been cancelled and driving him to school.I also feel bad about letting him walk half-way to the door before yelling "April Fools!".<br /><br />On the other hand he tried to return the favour and trick me for the rest of the car ride, so maybe I shouldn't feel too badly.TimBohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128235274340905534noreply@blogger.com