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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:58 am    Post subject: Any good April Fools jokes? Reply with quote

This wasn't even that good but the 2600 site did a google mock up:



It's the only one I detected.
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mithridates



Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency

PostPosted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 7:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not really. This is the only one I noticed today and it wasn't even that good. Nobody believes that the pope decided to give a greeting in a language spoken by 1500 people.

Quote:
Kar amiki,

Quale vi savas, l'antea papo Ioannes Paulus II kustumis salutar en
plura lingui la fideli asemblita sur la placo Santa Petrus, precipue
lor pasko e nov-yaro. Inter lua salut-lingui sempre trovesis anke
Espo.

Tamen la nova papo Benediktus XVI ne uzis Espo dum la poka saluti
quin il facis til nun. La Espisti protestas e demarshas, ma li ne ja
sucesis konvinkar la kurio.

Quik pos la publikigo dil unesma papala encikliko "Deus caritas
est", la Germana Espisto ed ex-teologiisto Reinhard Haupenthal
(kunautoro
di Bibliografio di Ido, 1999) tradukis ol ad Espo e probis obtenar
la permiso da Vatikano por publikigar sua tradukuro. Vatikano
refuzis ta permiso, quo tamen ne impedis Haupenthal editar ipse sua
texto...

Semblas do ke Vatikano chanjis sua opiniono pri la katekizala
valoro di la linguo da Zamenhof. Pro to la Espisti, precipue le
katolika, kelke iracas.

Nu, li certe iracos plu multe kande li saveskos LA GRANDA NOVAJO. La
papo Benediktus XVI rezolvis juntar Ido a sua salut-lingui! Ye nexta
pasko il facos sua unesma saluto en Idolinguo! Il lektos la sequanta
frazo: «Me salutas vi ye la nomo di Iesu Kristo rezurektinta».

La supra pontifiko ja komencis lernar la gramatiko e praktikar la
pronunco por evitar balbuto dum la saluto. Du Ido-parolanta
kardinali helpas il uzante la doco-libro Ido por omni (Lehrbuch der
Weltsprache) da Ferninand Weber e la Deutsch-Ido Wörterbuch da
Siegfried Auerbach. Por la pronunco li uzas DVD sendita da Bebson
Takata, sur qua ilca registragis sua propra voco lektante poemi da
Japoniana klasiki.

Segun konfidenca informi dal kardinala samideani, Benediktus XVI
komencis interesar su pri Ido pos lektir kelka numeri di L'Idisto
Katolika, oficala organo dil Uniono Katolik Idista (UKI) inter 1921
e 1977, quin Jean Martignon anonime sendabis a Vatikano.

Tamen altra fonti ne min fidinda asertas ke la supra pontifiko
emocis e tresayis kande il pro subita ilumineso deskovris ke
Ido advere es akronimo di Iesu Deo Omnopovanta.

Nu, irge qua es la motivo, lo importanta es saveskar e difuzar LA
GRANDA NOVAJO: la papo favoras Ido!

En la suba situo vi trovos omna dokumenti qui pruvas la vereso di ca
sensacionala novajo:

http://ido-vatikano.planetaclix.pt/index.htm

Kordiale,

Goncalo Neves
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1,_2006

Someone pointed out wikipedia collates them. The google romance one isn't bad:

http://www.google.com/romance/

Take the tour.
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A job ad here at Dave's:

Teach on the Beach in Tahiti! - 2 Hours Per Day, Free Luxury Hotel Suite, Maid Service, Gourmet Food, Massage, Spa Treatment - US $85,000 Annual Salary

Then you click:

http://www.eslcafe.com/joblist/index.cgi?read=11139
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Bulsajo



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Somebody here will probably threaten to sue him over it.
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cwemory



Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Location: Gunpo, Korea

PostPosted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The London Independent's exploration of the "forgotten" affair between Sylvia Plath and Chuck Berry was amusing.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article355018.ece
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