April Fool

[caddyman]

Every April 1st I like to spend a few moments in the morning trawling the news websites looking for April's Fool jokes. Sometimes they are obvious, sometimes they are fiendishly hard to spot - to the extent that I have to wait for the afternoon whistle-blowers to point them out so I can say "Ahhh!" and pretend that I knew all along.

This year it is different.

I read through the BBC news site and everything looks like a candidate:

• The G20 Summit, complete with comedy Frenchman threatening to walk out before it's even started.



• There's a story about the Advertising Standards Authority criticising an anti-smoking advert for scaring children - er... surely it's supposed to?



• MPs have awarded themselves a 2.33% pay rise (presumably so Jacqui Smith's husband won't have to claim porn on expenses).



• MPs have blocked public sector pay rises (see what a conjunction of items can do?).



• Newcastle have appointed Alan Shearer as their manager for the last 8 games of the season.



• Tea prices are surging.

I guess that I'll be looking in as usual after lunch. I can't pick the real news from the sea of jokes.

Jesting in Perth, Western Australia

April Fool's Day on the Web

Comments

[fen-wolfchile.livejournal.com]

Don't forget the 2p on a litre of fuel, almost laughed out loud, then it dawned on me that the treasury don't have sense of humour so it must be true.

[thru-her-lens.livejournal.com]

I think the supersized lions roaming Britain in the Science and Nature sounds like a possible :) I'll be checking after lunch too.

[fen-wolfchile.livejournal.com]

I here that Stephen Fry has found a shark whale, will that do ya?

[thru-her-lens.livejournal.com]

Indeed :)

[mathcathy]

Some of those were around yesterday - the tea, the 2.33% payrise, so I don't think they're candidates.

[jadeent.livejournal.com]

On the BBC football gossip page it is claimed Barack Obama will be attending Eastbourne Borough's home game on Saturday to watch his cousin (who it is claimed plays for Borough). I wish this was true as I'm thinking of going to watch that game since I'll be in Eastbourne.

[keresaspa.livejournal.com]

I read on the Times site that apparently it was his cousin "Achtog Laprifolo" who was playing. Nice work from the anagram department there!

[sea-strands.livejournal.com]

I fell for the Metro article on my way to work yesterday.