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April Fools Day

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  • Started 7 months ago by jd2066
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jd2066
Posts: 3204

Just thought I would remind everyone it's April Fools Day and to keep an eye on what you read today as some things can be a joke.
Also for anyone who wants to see many of the jokes online there are many listed at http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/2008.html

Edit:
Funny ones I like so far:
ThinkGeek - Fake Product List
Virgle: The Adventure of Many Lifetimes
Gmail custom time

Posted 7 months ago #
 
Scott
Scott
Posts: 2219

Thanks for the heads-up JD. Do you know any magician's tricks you care to expose too? How do they always know the card I hold or saw that lady in half?

Where were you last year to warn me of this, http://www.google.com/tisp/ before I went out and tried to buy it?

Posted 7 months ago #
 
thegeek
The Geek
Posts: 1589

I always check the current day in Wikipedia for the list of jokes... this page changes throughout the day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1%2C_2008

Posted 7 months ago #
 
pipo
pipo
Posts: 423

@scott
that's funny. lol.

i did get to fool some of my friends in my ym list, i put my status as "You're invited on my wedding this June 31st, message me for details."

Posted 7 months ago #
 
jack7h3r1pp3r
jack7h3r1pp3r
Posts: 2490

http://lifehacker.com/373817/t.....eek-pranks try out this list

Posted 7 months ago #
 
HASH
HASH
Posts: 199

nice link jd its was soo funny

Posted 7 months ago #
 
HASH
HASH
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and one more thing, there was some wierd posts last night, by the user wizardsal
they have disappeared
can someone please explain to me what happened?

Posted 7 months ago #
 
thegeek
The Geek
Posts: 1589

I deleted the posts because I'm not gonna tolerate that type of behavior.

This forum is supposed to be about helping people that need help, and enjoying some geek related stuff with the other regulars. Those posts were neither and just crossed the line, and irritated a number of people who contacted me privately about it.

Posted 7 months ago #
 
HASH
HASH
Posts: 199

yeah, i was pretty curious, because it was April Fools Day, but still it was very threatening. Did you guys ban the user?

Posted 7 months ago #
 
thegeek
The Geek
Posts: 1589

Naturally, yes.

Posted 7 months ago #
 
Santo
Santo
Posts: 255

They might have been killed by our moderator... :)

Posted 7 months ago #
 
HASH
HASH
Posts: 199

ok, fast reply, see thats why i want a online/offline feature, so i know your lurking the forums! :)

Posted 7 months ago #
 
thegeek
The Geek
Posts: 1589

I don't usually have time, but I do try and check in every so often.

Posted 7 months ago #
 
HASH
HASH
Posts: 199

ok, professional Geek, happy april fools day to you

Posted 7 months ago #
 
pipo
pipo
Posts: 423

it was quite annoying, but if you reply to those kind of posters, they do continue annoying everyone, so it's better to just ignore them.

Posted 7 months ago #
 
HASH
HASH
Posts: 199

yeah thats why i didnt even click any of the threads, no one had poster replies, and i didnt wanna be a first.

Posted 7 months ago #
 
jd2066
Posts: 3204

I can't believe it. I just got fooled even knowing what day it was.
I was going though a list of web sites I had open and found Ed Bott's blog.
I looked and saw a blog post about MaxWin.
It wasn't until I saw April 1st at the end I realized it was an April fools joke.
It had just seemed like a normal post with a few mistakes.

Posted 7 months ago #
 
pipo
pipo
Posts: 423

@jd2066
hahaha, that post from Ed Bott is funny, super windows.

Posted 7 months ago #
 

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