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posted by on Saturday April 01 2017, @08:25AM   Printer-friendly
from the strange-days dept.

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!


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  • (Score: 2) by Justin Case on Saturday April 01 2017, @12:36PM

    by Justin Case (4239) on Saturday April 01 2017, @12:36PM (#487594) Journal

    I happened to be in a newsroom that day, waiting for my daughter's appearance on an unrelated topic. I saw the talking heads repeat the Taco Liberty Bell story at least three times (top and bottom of each hour) without questioning.

    Then...

    They still couldn't admit they had been fooled. No, it went something like this:

    Reports are now coming in from around the country that the Taco Liberty Bell story may be a mere publicity stunt by Taco Bell, possibly timed to coincide with April Fool's Day.

    Then the newsbabes broke into their feel-good talk-to-each-other mode for a "reaction". Because one uninformed idiot blathering to another uninformed idiot creates solid facts.

    Hundreds of newsrooms are going to be upset to have been taken advantage of like this. Most likely this stunt will backfire on them.

    Yeah, right. Because the goodwill of podunk newsrooms is the most important thing.

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