Topic: FUN - on April 5, 2003 at 10:50:04 PM CEST
Communication problem
Report from Baghdad Airport : )
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Topic: FUN - on April 5, 2003 at 10:12:30 PM CEST
Puppy Car Cam
This week's weird website, Car Cam, is surely raising some eyebrows. A man named Derek has attached a camera to a remote control car and made videos of the car chasing his puppy around his house.
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Topic: FUN - on April 1, 2003 at 8:59:19 PM CEST
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Topic: FUN - on April 1, 2003 at 5:40:11 PM CEST
Beer is good for you
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Topic: FUN - on April 1, 2003 at 5:32:08 PM CEST
African April Fools spoof Iraq war
Africa's newspapers are a fruitful source of 1 April light relief, even with the news agenda dominated by the Middle East. Indeed, many of today's April Fools stories reflect current concerns by playing on an Iraqi link.
Fancy a job in Iraq?
The Kenyan Standard says "lucrative" salaries are now on offer for Kenyans willing to take up job opportunities - including ground troops and medical coroners - in the Gulf region.
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Topic: FUN - on April 1, 2003 at 4:01:51 PM CEST
Microsoft Buys Linux
At a small press conference in Nepal, attended by two Sherpas and a Yak, as well as a THG stringer, Microsoft spokeswoman Avril Wonful announced that the Redmond company had acquired Linux. Although this surreptitious attempt by Microsoft to kill the Open Source community was supposed to go unnoticed, THG sources had long known that Microsoft executives were holed up in a Buddhist monastery in the area, meditating and trying to achieve greater self-awareness.
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Topic: FUN - on April 1, 2003 at 3:31:44 PM CEST
Nokia Announces Rotary-Dial Phone
Nokia today announced the 3605, the world's first mobile phone with a rotary dial in place of a keypad. The phone sports a color display, Bluetooth, video playback, and MMS. Combining the best of new and old technology, the device also features an AM radio, and a real steel bell, providing a distinctive new alternative to polyphonic ringtones.
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Topic: FUN - on April 1, 2003 at 12:57:34 PM CEST
Shock tactics for anti-social mobile use
Anti-social mobile phone users could be punished with an electric shock if prototypes from a design company go into production.
The increasing irritation of inappropriate or noisy conversations in public places prompted design firm Ideo to come up with handsets that would encourage people to be more tactful in their phone use.
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Topic: FUN - on April 1, 2003 at 8:49:54 AM CEST
Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time
The Origin of April Fool's Day
The origin of April Fool's Day remains clouded in obscurity. Basically no one knows exactly where, when, or why the celebration began. What we do know is that references to 'All Fool's Day' (what April Fool's Day was first called) began to appear in Europe during the late Middle Ages.
1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest 2: San Serriffe 3: Sidd Finch
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Topic: FUN - on March 28, 2003 at 11:41:28 PM CET
April Fool jokers spin wicked Web
Did you hear about the genetically engineered whistling carrot that was covered with air holes, so it whistled when it was cooked? How about the hamburger for left-handed customers?
If you haven't, you might want to turn to the Internet for a quick primer on hoaxes and practical jokes -- new and used -- as April Fool's Day approaches.
Stave off the gloom of world events for a day by playing a good joke on a friend, colleague or family member in honour of the 16th century French, who celebrated New Year's Day on April 1, long after the Gregorian calendar was introduced and the start of the year moved to January 1.
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Topic: FUN - on March 28, 2003 at 11:54:58 AM CET
X-RAY G.W. Bush
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Topic: FUN - on March 19, 2003 at 1:29:51 AM CET
Operation: Terrortubbies
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