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If you haven't noticed already, today is April 1st, otherwise known as April Fool's Day.
Writers are a creative lot and very occasionally use this day as an excuse to let their creative juices flow — as they are often granted some discretion by those who watch over their work.
In years past, I've had times where I decided I'd just give up on surfing the web at all, given the plethora of nonsense that got posted. "Sure, it might have seemed funny when you wrote it, but it sure didn't do much of anything for me." I know I am not the only one who has felt this way. Once in a while, though, I do stumble upon a real gem that makes me bust out laughing.
Given all the noise of the half-baked stories out there, the well-crafted prank stories can be hard to find. Let's use this story to post links to the best April Fool's Stories. Funny stories are, of course, desired. So too are bizarre, but genuine, stories. Bring it on!
(Score: 2) by inertnet on Saturday April 01 2017, @09:49AM (1 child)
Back when about half the country still had only a black and white television, our national broadcaster announced that on March 31 at midnight, they would start an exiting broadcasting experiment which would allow colors to be shown on black and white television sets. A lot of people stayed up late to watch it, thinking their old tv would suddenly start showing colors.
Still one of the best April fools ever for me, even now after about 45 years the memory still makes me chuckle.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday April 01 2017, @10:51AM
But you could show colours on a B/W television set. All you needed was a brush and some paint … :-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.