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

[mathcathy]

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