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Re: April 1st / PLEASE don't kill me.....
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Mon, 3 Apr 2000 21:42:31 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi.chem.SPAMLESStulane.edu
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I saw the post first on Sunday night. I pulled up the page and was amazed; I
couldn't believe that LEGO had made everything that everyone had been saying they
wanted, so I was fooled for a bit. But then I thought about April Fool's, and kept
flipping through the news posts and the images at the same time. When I read a
post from Jakob I really started thinking it was a hoax. Shortly, after reading
that post, and still hoping it wasn't a fake, I noticed the short sections of
rail. They do not line up. I was concerned that it was a hoax, but I was still
hoping....
Finally, I skipped down and noticed the "Please do not kill me post." I laughed
out loud, but then again I only suffered through about a half hour of the "is it
true" dilema not a whole weekend!
Bravo! Excellent, and very cruel, joke.
Chris
Jeff Stembel wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
> >
> > Now it has to be said: of course it was an April fools joke and I fear for my
> > life now, because I have to declare:
> >
> > I was the mastermind of this hoax. And I feel a mix of exitement, fear and
> > proud now.
>
> Well, you have nothing to fear from me! :) I thought it was a wonderful April
> Fool's Joke! :) Of course, it makes me wonder why so many were fooled (I was
> the first to post that I thought it was a hoax).
> >
> > I hope nobody is really to angry against me: I started this thing to fool some
> > of my germans friends (and indeed I was in hope to fool some of the lugnet
> > readers too.)
>
> And boy did you ever fool people! :)
> >
> > But what happened here was succeeding all my imaginations by far. And I'm
> > glad, that enough people had their doubts about the faked catalogue: I would
> > have felt much worse if anybody had started to sell of his "old" stuff because
> > of the new sets, which will never come like this of course.....
>
> I'd also like to know how many people changed their minds because of what I
> wrote. :)
> >
> > So this hoax might help us to get some better train stuff in future. That's at
> > least my hope.
>
> That'd certainly be nice... :)
> >
> > I fear I will get a lot of response on this post now. I will try to answer all
> > questions, but I have a job and my english is not the best. So I beg your
> > pardon, if I'm not able to give satisfieing answers to all requests
> > immediately.
>
> Don't worry! We all understand! :)
>
> Thinking about why it fooled so many people got me wondering if it was just my
> cynical nature, my habit of studying Lego set images, my apathy towards trains
> right now, or a combination of all three that led me to doubt your hoax. Did
> die-hard train fans fall for it because their dreams and desires blinded them
> to the inconsistancies? Well, it is something for me to ponder... :)
>
> Oh, and I just want to say, *great* models! Even though everyone knows about
> them now, I how you put them up on the web somewhere!! :)
>
> Jeff
>
> P.S. Next time you (or anyone) does something like this, analyze the logos and
> font Lego uses, as that will make it more realistic. :) Also, I'd suggest
> printing it out (on photographic paper maybe?) and rescanning it. That should
> eliminate the uniformity of colors that tipped me off. :)
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| (...) Well, you have nothing to fear from me! :) I thought it was a wonderful April Fool's Joke! :) Of course, it makes me wonder why so many were fooled (I was the first to post that I thought it was a hoax). (...) And boy did you ever fool people! (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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