From Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service this morning:
At 01:04 this morning, Beacon Hill in Charnwood, which has lain peacefully dormant for countless millennia, suddenly and unexpectedly erupted, sending millions of tonnes of super-heated rock, ash and magma into Earth's atmosphere.Please avoid the area.
A cursory glance at the calendar, on receiving such news, would have alerted you to the fact - it's April Fools' Day again! Here are some of the choicest pranks:
Don't like the jam in Jammie Dodgers? Try the "middles"...
Apparently most people log in to play the National Lottery while on the loo - and Tombola has announced a themed toilet seat...
Oh, yummy - how about IKEA's new meatball-flavoured lollipop..?
Whovians of the world head to Iceland! - their new "Darlic Bread" is apparently in stores now...
Ever wondered what those sneaky sheep are saying behind your back? Herdy Homewares has an app for that...
Chocolate-covered Babybel, anyone?
There were loads more, of course, including a Scottish Mountain Rescue search and rescue cat, Robert Gordon University's "therapy capybara", Asda's adult-sized shopping trolley seats and the announcement of the "first female James Bond"...
...and then there's this:
All very clever. Did anyone fall for any of them?
Nope! I read about them all first! Gone are the days of the proper April Fool jokes, such as the spaghetti farm on Nationwide.
ReplyDeleteI think The Guardian's lunar dust might have been an April Fool?
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Oh, it was about mining of the moon - it really should be an April Fool, but apparently not!
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Either a) there's a lot less imagination amongst the people creating these spoofs (i.e. barely-concealed marketing as a substitute for journalism), or b) in the age of social media, everyone's too worried about scaring stupid people or else being held responsible for someone's actions and receiving a complaint/lawsuit/death threat. A bit of both, probably. Jx
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ReplyDeleteI think the Jammie Dodgers Middles could be a real thing - I'm sure some people would buy them. Not me though, I'll save myself for the Darlic Bread!
Somehow I guessed you might! Jx
DeleteOoh, a meatball lollipop. Somehow, that and Jammie Dodgers Middles are possibilities. They’d sell.
ReplyDeleteI imagine they might...
DeleteThe very idea of a meatball lollipop makes me cringe. Jx
So disappointed Icelands new "Darlic Bread" isn't real but relieved that there is no such thing as a meatball lollipop.
ReplyDeleteWe would certainly have a box or two of "Darlic bread" in our freezer if it was real... Jx
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