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Heradel

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on: April 01, 2008, 07:07:36 PM
Since no one else was posting anything, here's a site run by a friend of my that's trying to collect all of the various pranks in one place. http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/

My Favorite so far is split by Google+Virgin/Youtube:

Google+Virgin=Virgil — The Quiz is really good, though it's kinda cruel because it would be so, so, so good if they actually did the prank.

Youtube: Click on one of the featured videos.

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Reply #1 on: April 01, 2008, 07:41:14 PM
I personally am very excited by Gmail's new Custom Time feature. I cannot wait to send an email to myself yesterday!



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Reply #2 on: April 01, 2008, 07:56:14 PM
A co-worker and I just threw a handfull of ball bearings over the cube wall at another co-worker while he was on the phone with a customer.  He used to work at mission control at NASA, so nothing phases him.  No reaction at all.  Good times. 

I'll post the video on youtube when I get home.

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Reply #3 on: April 01, 2008, 08:43:14 PM
They didn't list worldofwarcraft.com's annual April Fools joke. The one this year is pretty hilarious (the newest hero class revealed).



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Reply #4 on: April 02, 2008, 01:14:22 AM
Okay, so it's kind of lame after I watched it.  We didn't realize it was April Fool's day until about 3:30, so it was the best we could come up with on short notice.  A glimpse into Chodon's workplace:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/_YA9nu8ymG8&amp;hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/_YA9nu8ymG8&amp;hl=en</a>

edit: Heradel, a little help with the youtube link-fu?

Heradel's Edit: Fixed, you need to get the link from the embed box off to the right, not the youtube link from up top.
« Last Edit: April 02, 2008, 01:19:49 AM by Heradel »

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Reply #5 on: April 02, 2008, 01:30:34 AM
One sticks out above the crowd:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/KdiDz_qrjX0&amp;amp;hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/KdiDz_qrjX0&amp;amp;hl=en</a>

Fly, little penguins, fly!



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Reply #6 on: April 02, 2008, 03:18:59 AM
One sticks out above the crowd:

Fly, little penguins, fly!

Why does that scare me?



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Reply #7 on: April 02, 2008, 03:30:41 AM
One sticks out above the crowd:

Fly, little penguins, fly!

Why does that scare me?

Because with the mass/speed ratio on those things I'd stay far, far away from the windows/screen doors when they come a flockin'. I don't know how many Newtons of force it takes to kill a person, but I do know how many they're bringing — enough.

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Reply #8 on: April 02, 2008, 10:02:02 PM
We fell for this one... until I saw the release date...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/PGR6eeB37cw&amp;hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/PGR6eeB37cw&amp;hl=en</a>

To paraphrase most of the comments on IGN.com: "it looked cool until he donned the hero's clothes... then he just looked like a gay keebler elf."



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Reply #9 on: April 03, 2008, 12:50:17 PM
no fare!
that looked ace!

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