Friday

[nightdog_barks]

Sunny and warm, stuff to do today. Going to put up a poem for National Poetry Month first to get that out of the way.

The two best April Fool's online jokes I've seen so far -- Richard Branson buys Pluto, and Google Helvetica. For the latter, just ... Google Helvetica. Completely work-safe, and undeniably nerdy. :-)

ETA that the folks at cooking have just put up an excellent recipe for boiled water.

Comments

[topaz_eyes]

Heeee! :-D

This morning our phone company had a "technician" on the radio, announcing that they were going to clean our phone lines by blowing air through them. The tech recommended we bag all our phones so the dust doesn't spray everywhere. :-D

[nightdog_barks]

Oh, that's a SNEAKY ONE. It's that note of authority there that would really make it. Heh.

[warmdarkwoman]

As a Font Nerd, both professionally and personally, that Google one makes me feel faint.

I tried that recipe for boiled water, but I used tap water instead of Evian. It saved so much money! :D

[nightdog_barks]

Isn't that Google one just wonderful?

I tried that recipe for boiled water, but I used tap water instead of Evian. It saved so much money! :D

HA! FTW, BB!!!!

[pwcorgigirl]

It's still cloudy and cold-ish here. I April Fooled myself by waiting until today -- a Friday, the day of the month when benefit checks come out, and the day school let out early for spring break -- to do the grocery shopping. Riot gear would have been really handy.

[nightdog_barks]

Good lord, talk about taking your life in your hands!

=:-O

[pwcorgigirl]

Kroger was a madhouse, so I canceled the trip to the discount grocery for cat litter and pork chops. The lines in that place stretch to the back of the store on benefit check day.

[taiga13]

My favourite ever April Fool's Day prank is the BBC's flying penguins video a few years ago.

[nightdog_barks]

Heh, flying penguins! I remember that one. I think my favorite is from quite a while back, when NPR ran a story about how the U.S. had sold Arizona to Canada, and the then-governor of Arizona played along with it and talked about how it was a great economic opportunity for the state. :-D

[taiga13]

I didn't hear about that one!
There was one when former Canadian prime minister Paul Martin was the minister of finance, and the CBC announced that he was quitting politics to become a chicken farmer. The Canadian dollar dropped sharply until people realized it was a hoax.