Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time

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[Feiny]

Of course, Dan From Michigan "Hillary Announces for 2004" is now #1.

[Feiny]

The links don't work....you have to go to the site to read more. Some are very funny!

[Uncle George]

Was the X rapest in chief born on April 1 ??

[Publius]

Spaghetti trees. Ha!

Everyone can tell you that spaghetti is grown on farms 10 miles long and 2 inches wide.

[newgeezer]

Other than being reminded of John Hockenberry after all these years of blissful nonremembrance, Thanks.

Barf.

[rageaholic]

I thought the "live speech from Saddam Hussein" today was pretty good. Fooled me for half a minute.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Having lived in Madison, and with all due respect to the GOOD FOLK who are there.....#13 was HILARIOUS.

[Brad’s Gramma]

He was actually BORN?

Hmmmmmm

[JimDingle]

I think they left out the Sports Illustrated spoof about a person from the arctic who could throw a 200 mph fastball.

[Alberta's Child]

The Sidd Finch story was a classic, since it didn't just show up on April 1st. If I remember correctly, Sports Illustrated ran a series of articles about the mysterious pitching project throughout spring training, including a few ridiculous photos that were smuggled out of a Mets practice field -- they showed a young pitcher with a work boot on one foot, pitching off a mound somewhere in Florida.

[NautiNurse]

bump

[Rebelbase]

Im still catching grief from this one I pulled 12 years ago. http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a5c79860616.htm My Best Practical Joke.

[ConservativeDude]

The April 1998 issue of the New Mexicans for Science and Reason newsletter contained an article claiming that the Alabama state legislature had voted to change the value of the mathematical constant pi from 3.14159 to the 'Biblical value' of 3.0. Before long the article had made its way onto the internet, and then it rapidly made its way around the world, forwarded by people in their email. It only became apparent how far the article had spread when the Alabama legislature began receiving hundreds of calls from people protesting the legislation. The original article, which was intended as a parody of legislative attempts to circumscribe the teaching of evolution, was written by a physicist named Mark Boslough.

A better analogy would be to compare these types of legislative solutions to math to legislative solutions to the hardships of life which invoke socialism.

When will we ever learn?

[P.O.E.]

There was a great TV commercial a few years back, showing the spaghetti harvest, complete with peasant-garbed field workers among the trees.

btw - a news blurb in our local paper claims:

"April Fools' Day started in France in 1564, the year that the first day of the year was changed from April 1 to Jan. 1. Those who insisted on celebrating the old New Year's Day became known as April fools, and others played tricks on them."

[TADSLOS]

I thought the "live speech from Saddam Hussein" today was pretty good. Fooled me for half a minute.

Yeah, Saddam's return from the grave no show is worthy as an all time April Fool's joke.

[Hatteras]

I remember #3, the story of Sid Finch. I got through the story when I received my SI in the mail and was discussing it with my dad. At the same time, we looked at each other and said, "Wait a minute, what's the date on the cover?" Sure enough...

[netmilsmom]

and if you go to Domino Farms in Ann Arbor MI, you can see the pizzas grow.
(Right Dan? You got the big award at the top of this thread)

[kjam22]

I had a good one of my own this morning. I sent my wife (the 8th grade school teacher) an important looking email. Told her in bold print etc that we had just nuked Baghdad and the city of 5 million was virtually destroyed!!!!!. She emailed back a few minutes later in shock.. saying it's sad, but probably had to be done.. yada yada yada. Sent her one back that said April Fools. But before she received that one.. she told her whole class that we had just nuked Baghdad. I may be in trouble this evening. :)

[AppyPappy]

That was the Sid Finch story

[Alberta's Child]

It was #3 -- the guy's name was Sidd Finch.