The April Foolery Begins…
The current time is 1:47am on April 1, 2008. Already your beloved internet is being covered with fake news, fake announcements, and fake new features. Some of them will confuse you, others will make you laugh. Welcome to April Fools’ Day.
You can start by checking out the history of April Fools’ Day on Wikipedia. Alternatively, you can amuse yourself with the history of Lirpa Loof. As things progress throughout the day I will update this post with the best jokes from the day.
- Google is always good for April Fools’: Gmail Custom Time
- Google strikes again with Virgle.
- Possibly the best one of the day: IGN’s Legend of Zelda movie trailer.
- PTI definitely owned me the most today. You can see why, as I uploaded a video of the first segment of today’s episode on YouTube.
- Click on any link on the YouTube front page. Hilarious.
- The Australian Google prank.
- Engadget on why April Fools’ Day makes the internet cry.
April 1st, 2008 | 10:14 am
Mr. Knox dedicated a whole class to teach us about “Loof Lirpa”. He decided to say his name totally backwards I guess. Maybe because of his big…
April 1st, 2008 | 10:14 am
Also, for everyone’s amusement, at approximately 12:15am EST, jbomb himself totally fooled me via phone. Props.
April 1st, 2008 | 10:15 am
I also, from the likes of Luke, have been fooled via phone . . Approx: 1:10
April 1st, 2008 | 10:15 am
woot.com has a funny joke. it has a fake wootoff signs and even a fake wootoff meter. woulda gotten more people if they didnt just have a wootoff.
April 1st, 2008 | 10:16 am
My goal is to not get fooled today. The chances of this are slim.
April 1st, 2008 | 10:16 am
Second Google April Fools joke: Become a Virgle Pioneer.
April 1st, 2008 | 10:18 am
Note: I accidentally deleted this post at about 9:30am today. I have been able to recover all the comments though, so now everything is fine. My first post might be different because I typed that part from memory. I guess I am the April Fool.
April 1st, 2008 | 2:09 pm
Haha mischief is afoot at RIT as well: http://www.devmorgan.com/blog/2008/04/01/april-fools-day/
April 1st, 2008 | 8:14 pm
I watched the first minute of PTI, left to get a haircut, told people about Davidson, and then got back and watched to the end of the first segment.
April 1st, 2008 | 11:12 pm
@Buck: …..that is just priceless.
April 2nd, 2008 | 10:43 am
I was made a fool by pti as well.