Classic April Fools Day Pranks

**AngelEye** · 04-01-2008,11:03 AM

I love how people fall for this kind of stuff. Enjoy!!

1.The Left-Handed Whopper
Burger King advertised a brand new sandwich.. "The Left-Handed Whopper" The following day Burger King issued a follow-up release revealing that although the Left-Handed Whopper was a hoax, thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to request the new sandwich. Simultaneously, according to the press release, "many others requested their own 'right handed' version."

2.The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
In 1957 the respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of viewers were taken in. Many called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this the BBC diplomatically replied that they should "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."

3.The Taco Liberty Bell
In 1996 the Taco Bell Corporation announced that it had bought the Liberty Bell and was renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell. Hundreds of outraged citizens called the National Historic Park in Philadelphia where the bell was housed to express their anger. Their nerves were only calmed when Taco Bell revealed, a few hours later, that it was all a practical joke. The best line of the day came when White House press secretary Mike McCurry was asked about the sale. Thinking on his feet, he responded that the Lincoln Memorial had also been sold. It would now be known as the Ford Lincoln Mercury Memorial.

4.Alabama Changes the Value of Pi
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.

5.Blizzard Entertainment - The Molten Core
Irvine, Calif. -- April 1, 2008 -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announces its long-awaited return to console gaming with World of Warcraft: The Molten Core™, a spinoff of the 40-person raid dungeon from its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), World of Warcraft®. World of Warcraft: The Molten Core will allow players to experience the excitement of the hit raid dungeon in a completely new format, with new challenges and new rewards.
Watch the trailer!! http://www. worldofwarcraft. com/moltencore/

6. XBox has it's fun too.
XBox is releasing a gaming helmet, vintage XBox, XBox Live - The Board Game, and XBox 360 recon edition Complete with Roll Cage.
Check it out!
http://www. xbox. com/en-US/community/promotions/2008/spring/default. htm

7.Blizzard Entertainment - Bard Class for Wrath of the Lich King!
With the new expansion "Wrath of the Lich King" about to come out.. blizzard introduces the newest class edition! The Bard Class! This Rock will MELT YOUR FACE! Check it out! http://www. worldofwarcraft. com/wrath/features/bard/bardclass. xml

ENJOY! And.. HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY!

**Addict** · 04-01-2008,01:36 PM

You tube had one on their main page when you clicked on a link Rick Astley song Never Going to Give You up showed up. lol

**AngelEye** · 04-01-2008,07:10 PM

lol... that's freakin great!

**Spookzilla** · 04-02-2008,05:10 PM

Well a friend nailed me this April Fools day but good. I get home and get a email from my friend, who is in Maryland as where I'm in NC, that someone named Harry Lyons from southern Virginia has contacted him about joining our Civil War reenactment battalion and to give him a call. So of course I call the number he gave me and get of all places the Virginia Zoo? It's then when it hits me, Harry - Lyon - Virginia Zoo! Dahhhh! April Fool! Dummy! LOL!!!