April Fools

[ABCMan]

So, what did you do?
what was done to you?
what was the best on the net?
what was the best in the real world?

i think the r18/kalisto/console-news gamecube hack was a classic

[Pegasus]

Originally posted by ABCMan
So, what did you do?

We (IT Dept) backed up the SQL database at work, put it somewhere nice & safe and then dropped the tables on the one that was in place.
Had our web production manager $hitting himself for at least an hour before we told him.

what was the best on the net?

Toms report of MS buying Linux wasn't bad

[merlinL14]

I got a call from a customer in London, went like this:
"xxxxxx my battery is almost flat, giz a call on 020 7xxx xxxx, I will be there in about 10 mins. When you phone ask for Lizzie, she runs the gaff. (beep, beep)". Phoned the number and got this reply: "Hello and thank you for calling Buckingham Palace......." at that point I hung up! *******.

[Brock]

That's an old one, but still a belta. I got my manager with that one last year

[Baldrick]

I got an email form iwantoneofthose.com for a new gadget that's available from 01/04/03....

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/april1.htm

[Thrush]

Was that thing on Richard and Judy a fake too? The communicator thingy

[Baldrick]

Yep, sure was.

[Speedlock]

I always thought the old 'Mr C. Lyon' thing was a bit obvious so I managed to catch out one of my mates at work a couple of years ago with a 'Mr G. Raff'.

Using Chester Zoo's number, natch

--Speedlock

[4me2]

Well my Ip tried conning the Krauts into believing that Becks had signed up for Leverküsen.

[Epiphany]

Following intensive research into improbability theory, the research team that dedicated the lives of various elderly relatives and a small hamster called Colin to this project, discovered that simply by clicking their heels together three times and saying "There's no place like home" caused a fractal inversion, a questionable smell, and the APOLLO F1R

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Thats brilliant