So, in the absence of pulling any April Fools jokes myself, I'm trying to keep up with all the internet pranks that show up today instead. Google's annual one is pretty good, (Virgle, the new Google mission to colonize Mars) although in my opinion, it can't hold a candle to the sheer subtle brilliance that was Google Romance a couple years ago. (I highly recommend that you take the tour.) Usually DailyKos has a prank post of some sort on the front page, but at last check all the stories for today are pretty obviously real. Homestar Runner seems to be sitting this year out too.
So, any good jokes out there today that I'm missing?
Update: Okay, I admit. Sports Illustrated really had me for the majority of this, which is actually a flash-back to a story 25 years ago. Absolutely exquisitely done -- I almost fell for it even today. (More foolin' off the front page under the 168 MPH Fastball link.)
Maybe one or two.
Posted by: Joe | April 01, 2008 at 02:48 PM
Did you notice Google's Custom Time?
Posted by: Joe | April 01, 2008 at 05:04 PM
From your international correspondent, this was in the Ugandan papers on April 1
'Gadaffi says sorry'
http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/619693
Background is that Gadaffi was here last week to officially open a new mosque and he said the bible was a forgery, which you know, went over really well in this mostly fundamentalist Christian country..
Posted by: Kathryn | April 02, 2008 at 05:31 AM
Nope -- that's pretty good.
Posted by: Michael Bacon | April 02, 2008 at 10:37 AM
So I have some spoilers, if you're interested....
Posted by: Joe | April 02, 2008 at 09:27 PM
Aw man! I totally fell for Gmail's "Custom Time" gag! Argh!
Posted by: Grace | April 04, 2008 at 01:37 PM
Aw man! I totally fell for Gmail's "Custom Time" gag! D'oh!
Posted by: Grace | April 04, 2008 at 01:40 PM
http://media.www.whartonjournal.com/media/storage/paper201/news/2008/04/01/News/Hbs-Hires.Danielle.Steele.To.Pen.Case.Studies-3294444.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition
Posted by: Phillip | April 07, 2008 at 10:59 AM