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Re: Rules for April Fool's Day (was: Strange Find on Lego.com)
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Thu, 3 Apr 2003 18:09:31 GMT
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Well, ja know what? Me and Chris had fun with it before some people ruined
it. And it was thin yes, but it was thrown together in 15 mins--so what do
you expect? And if you dont like it, then ignore it. Is it that hard to do??
The classic April fools joke was a year or two back when Mark said he was
leaving forever a week before april fools. Or maybe the fake train catalog
from a while back. But those were planned, not everyoen has days to fool
someone...
--Kyle
http://lego.kepplah.com
> Well if there are going to be rules about this sort of thing then how about
> this one: lame or copycat hoaxes need not apply.
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> Personally, I feel that April Fool's has gotten a bit out of hand around
> here. It seems that everybody and his dog have a hoax to spring, and some
> of them aren't all that good. We've all seen the "hey, look at this cool
> picture of a set you wish you had" thing, even with the "you'd better take
> that down right now" counter-post.
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> I am reminded of this type of experience: Room full of people claim that X
> is true. Lone rational person says "you guys are incorrect..." but gets
> repeatedly told by roomful of people that X is really true. Finally, not
> wanting to argue any more, lone rational person agrees: "Ok, I guess you
> must know what you're talking about." Roomful of people break out in
> laughter "we got you!" Tee-freaking-hee. Oh, what fun. Glad we wasted the
> bandwidth, folks...
>
> I enjoyed (and even initially fell for) the rtlTorronto/beep1 prank, but
> that was actually funny to read even after one realizes it is a joke. It
> was also constructed in such a way that the clues were right out in the
> open, and it had opportunities for others to join in the fun as the prank
> unfolded. A decent prank is one that you don't need additional information
> (or a calendar) in order to solve, you just need to trust your own sanity.
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> All that being said, I must admit that I did have some fun leaving people
> guessing once it was suggested that my clock tower might be a hoax. I even
> considered whether I was being a "bad sport" to validate that my clock was
> for real without waiting until the 2nd. Hope I didn't spoil anybody's fun.
>
> - Chris.
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