Top 10 April Fools

[AntiochusIII]

I feel...I feel...gravity!!!

lol. I wonder what they'll do this year. Hopefully not something asinine like some TV stations *coughAdultSwimcough* already do.

Edit: Thanks Kukri. Now I know where the whole "Pope Gates I" thing came from!

[Lemur]

Here's one for this year -- Gmail Paper.

Is it free?

Yes. The cost of postage is offset with the help of relevant, targeted, unobtrusive advertisements, which will appear on the back of your Gmail Paper prints in red, bold, 36 pt Helvetica. No pop-ups, no flashy animations—these are physically impossible in the paper medium.

[edit]

Another one, this time from The Register. Apple and Google team up to create ultimate phone.

In keeping with the iPod tradition, the "ID" has no power switch. In fact, there are no buttons at all. More surprisingly, Jonathan Ives' industrial design means there's no room for a SIM card, or any embedded cellullar radio circuitry.

As a consequence, the "ID" is incapable of making or receiving telephone calls - but Apple says this is a feature most of its target market won't miss.

"People said they wanted an iPhone above all, to make a statement about themselves," an Apple engineering source told us. "Let's face it, they don't like talking and most of them have no one to call anyway."

[KafirChobee]

I recall seeing the spaghetti one (was about the man that produced it), but it was an entire travel log thing as I recall - and I thought it was Italian farmers (the women had scarves and mustaches). Still, upon seeing it I almost fell out of my chair laughing. Thx for the memory - still makes me laugh to think about it.

The NY Mets player was by Pinkett (? am terrible with names - of 'Paper Lion' fame) - the player threw barefoot, he had to use a psuedo-name to pull it off because he had already pulled a number of April fools on NY'ers and sports fans in general (one about a QB that could throw a ball through a basketball size hoop at 100 yards, and another about 7'9" basketball player that ... well you get the picture). A number of my buds thought the BB player was real - they were arguing about whether he would have to wear shoes (they hurt his feet).

Is always a joy to see just how gullible we can be.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

http://www.google.com/tisp/

Free internet access

[CountArach]

OMG! Damn you Sasaki! I was about to post that.

[Kanamori]

April fools always makes me uneasy... I spend most of the day waiting for someone to throw some disheartening facade at me...

April fools is cruelty day.

[Banquo's Ghost]

Here's a link to the Spaghetti programme.