Six Sneaky Online April Fools' Jokes

Gullible types should be wary today: April Fools jokes are clogging the Internet, with Google, Vanity Fair, and even Hulu trying to pull one over on their users.

Per usual, Gmail leads the pack with its cheeky "Gmail Motion" upgrade. The sell: Without body language, email loses its interactivity and sense of humanity. Using Wii-like technology, Gmail motion lets users control their messages sans pesky keyboards and mouses.

Need to open a message? Mime the act of opening an envelope. Want to send your note off to a friend? Lick the pretend stamp and place it on the air envelope

An even nerdier, under-the-radar joke awaits those who type "Helvetica" into Google's search tab (just try it).

Hulu.com downgraded its site to look like a 1990s geocities site. TV choices: The X-Files, News Radio, and Sliders.

FunnyorDie.com devoted its entire site to Rebecca Black, the teen whose music video "Friday" went viral just for being annoying.

Over at Vanity Fair, writers cleverly proclaimed that princess-to-be Kate Middleton has some Kennedy DNA. The article starts out as eyebrow-raising, then quickly regresses into prankster territory:

"Though Kate was educated in England, and, briefly, Jordan, she speaks with a hard Boston accent—her A's so broad that even a Sox fan would blush. As Katie Nicholl reported in the May 2011 issue of Vanity Fair, 'there was talk, among some of Kate's friends, that she had had elocution lessons.'"

In a play on the day's pranks, American Apparel launched a sale that sounds suspicious but is actually legitimate: Dubbed the "100% Off Sale," the site is giving away tons of merchandise.

Simply select at least $60 worth of merchandise, then enter the code "April1st" at checkout. Any items included in the sale will be deducted from the total.

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Golf Jokes

I love golf and I love jokes and sayings that are about golf so this book caught my eye while I was surfing on Amazon.com. I love to surf Amazon as they have so much to offer and with my prime account I can get free shipping and it arrives in two days. No driving to Malls to surf there I can do it right at home on my computer. I do most of my shopping this way and it is the best service around.

Any time I find something about golf and I love books so this was an easy one to add to my list. It is a collection of favorite golf stores, jokes by golfers and about golfers. Shelia and Ron Stewart have written a lot of joke books as it listed nine including this one. They must get along very well to write these books together and still stay married. I must stay all of the jokes are things one usually hears around the golf course or excuses a man gives his wife for playing golf.

This book is 138 pages so after a few pages you might think it is becoming repeating itself or they seem to all sound alike. I do have hopes of finding a few gems so it was worth the purchase. I can always use some of them during all my writing and sharing with my golfing groups. Such as this one: "Only on a golf course could eight people on ten acres be considered crowded". Now by itself it is not much but if you are behind a slow foursome ahead of you it is too crowded.

Now this one I liked as I have done this and I am nor sorry, "If you can't laugh at your own golf game, at least have the common decency not to laugh at others." I have laughed often at other golf swings as you can see some really crazy golf swing and you just can't help yourself. Else this one fits here, Laugh at your own golf game and other golfers will laugh with you. Cry at your own golf game and they'll laugh even harder".

Now this one is so true, "The real wonder of golf is that we can be so bad at it and still enjoy it". There are day when the game goes south and every shot was a lemon but after it was over you said it will be better tomorrow. Or you follow with this, "My golf score fluctuates just a little, I'd say somewhere between 85 and 120". Well I can say somewhere in the middle of that.

This one fit right at home, "Our golfing skills vary as we learn the game. Things can change a great deal in fifty years". I can answer truthfully on this one as I have played this crazy game for over fifty years and my game is still a work in progress.

Check out this book it has a lot of stories and things you hear said around a golf course. Golfers have a great sense of humor or they would not stay with something that is so humiliating at times. Once that perfect golf shot comes out even if it is only one a round it keeps you coming back. Love this game it is good for your humorous side and will keep you young.

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2011 April Fools' Day Jokes from Across the Globe

April 1 is otherwise known as April Fools' Day. It is a holiday in which people play practical jokes on each other. People will see untrue headlines in the newspaper, celebrities will issue false statements via Twitter, and other practical jokes and gags will take place. There are three notable April Fools' Day jokes this year. They are from Nick Cannon, Richard Branson, and The Guardian.

Nick Cannon Pulls Prank on Listeners

According to Contact Music, " Nick Cannon has confirmed he pulled a spectacular April Fools' Day joke on his fans by running out on his radio show and claiming his wife Mariah Carey had gone into labor. The rapper/actor rushed out of work at New York-based radio station 92.3 Now on Friday morning after suggesting he had received a frantic phone call from his partner, who is pregnant with twins."

The media love a good celebrity baby story and Mariah Carey is having twins, so there is no shortage of curiosity surrounding her bundles of joy. The practical joke seemed very believable because Carey had been having contractions a few days before and her due date is very soon. The joke was very effective because his listeners had no reason not to believe Cannon, which is what made it a truly great joke.

Richard Branson Plays Trick on the Media

Branson is a billionaire who is known for his unique personality and the fact that he owns Virgin Atlantic. He decided to play a very interesting trick on the media. According to Yahoo News, "Branson was arguably the day's most outlandish prankster with an interplanetary deal. A statement from his Virgin Group said he planned to bulk up Pluto's planetary mass in order to have it reinstated as a planet after its ignominious downgrade to dwarf planet in 2006."

Most people know that Pluto was downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006 and many were actually mad about it because they had always thought of it as the smallest planet in our solar system. The joke to launch a campaign to get it back to its planetary status is one of the most unique April Fools' Day jokes ever and shows just how creative and innovative Branson really is.

The Guardian Pulls Prank on Viewers

The royal wedding of Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton will take place in a matter of weeks. Many people have become obsessed with the wedding. The Guardian decided to pull a hilarious April Fools' prank this year. According to MSNBC, "a Breaking News headline at 10:11 a.m. declared the royal wedding was off, but four minutes later a 'Correction' informed readers that it was on." Many hearts across England and the rest of the world probably stopped for a few seconds because the collapse of the royal wedding would shock and dismay many people.

The joke targeted viewers but the correction was issued quickly enough so that no harm was done. The joke was not as believable as others, but it was funny, especially for those who were gullible enough to believe it for four minutes.

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http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/cannon-confirms-carey-labour-was-april-fools-joke_1210735

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110401/od_nm/us_aprilfools_royals_odd_1

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April Fools’ roundup: Our favorite jokes of 2011

 

From AOL's Huffington Post paywall to Virgin Galactic's purchase of Pluto, we've got all the best April Fools' 2011 jokes we could find. This year's winner: Google with its Autocompleter ad and Gmail Motion Beta. Fun stuff ahead!

It’s that day of the year again. Everybody on the Internet is writing fake stories to try and trick the innocents who don’t remember that it’s April Fool’s day. Some jokes are hilarious, some are bad, and some are almost believable. We here at Digital Trends are immune to humor, but we realize you might enjoy it, so here are a few of the better ones we’ve seen today.

Our own Andrew Couts reported this earlier, but Google is launching a new service that uses your computer’s Webcam like an Xbox Kinect. Instead of using the ancient, outdated keyboard and mouse to write emails, Google has invented an entire language of complex, full-body motions (think full-body sign language) that can replace typing completely. Sound awesome? It is.

 

Support for spreadsheets, powerpoints, and other Google Docs are coming soon. We’re guessing the spreadsheet app comes with colored shirts.

 

Earlier today, Livedrive issued a press release detailing its new plans to back up all 20 petabytes of data it stores onto barcodes printed on sheets of paper. The new program makes it the largest user of paper in the United Kingdom as it prints more than 2 billion sheets of paper. I spoke with Andrew Michael of Livedrive and he tells me that users need not fear about floods or sorting issues. All paper is stored in water-proof containers and is hand sorted, by robots.

 

PC Magazine has seen the writing on the wall. PCs are out, tablets are in. And so PC Mag will now become “Post PC” Mag. Pretty smart, really, but it’s only a stopgap until we figure out what will take over for PCs. Is it tablets? Crazy laser retina displays? We just don’t know yet.

PostPCMag.com will also have social media functions: “You can take a picture of your tablet or other Post-PC device, name it, buy apps for it, make friends with other post-PC devices, and even buy outfits for it. I know the last idea sounds silly, but have you ever seen an iPad 2 in a suit? Neither have I, but the Post PC world demands it.”

 

I feel bad for the Wolfram guys. They really want to be funny and this joke is harmless. Sadly, it’s more adorable than it is funny. This joke is a riff off of Funny or Die’s April Fool’s joke last year where Justin Bieber bought the site and made it Bieber or Die. Funny or Die was taken over by a new girl named Rebecca Black, another overnight sensation.

As I searched up April Fool’s on BieberBeta I learned that it is the 91st day of the year, Susan Boyle was born this day 50 years ago, and tonight we’ll see a waning crescent moon.

 

DealPinch.com launched a Groupon clone called Deals 4 Hipsters today. The top deal is for “a pair of lenseless frames guaranteed to make you more attractive to the opposite sex embuing the wearer with incredible hipster credibility.” And they’re only $19. Deals 4 Hipsters says that the glasses will look “amazing with your thrift store inspired fashions, crushingly tight jeans, and circa 1960 jagger haircut. What a deal.

 

YouTube went back in time today, showing us what some popular videos would have been like a hundred years ago, had the Internet existed. With a click of a button, any video on the site can be given an old timey look.

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Jackson jokes about Mark Cuban's big spending

This is why sports writers everywhere are rooting for the first Lakers-Mavericks playoff series since 1988.

Lakers coach Phil Jackson continued his playful banter through the media with Mavericks owner Mark Cuban by saying about Cuban’s team before the team’s final regular-season game Thursday night: “It’s almost as good as money can buy — but not quite.”

The Lakers’ payroll is a league-leading $91.4 million this season … to the Mavericks’ $85.6 million.

Jackson smiled as he finished his delivery, which also included a crack about Cuban’s “sun-tanned face.” (Cuban showed up for the Mavericks-Clippers game Wednesday night red-faced, apparently from too much Southern California sun.)

Cuban had tried to get in Ron Artest’s head by telling ESPNDallas.com: “Anything that puts the ball in Ron Artest’s hands is always a good thing. And you can tell him that I’ll even take him out for ice cream. Of all the choices you have on that team, you want Ron Artest making the decisions in the triangle.”

To that, Jackson said: “I know Mark likes to prick the skin of people.”

The last time the teams met in the playoffs was before Jackson and Cuban were around. The Lakers beat the Mavericks in the 1988 Western Conference finals, winning Game 7 at home, then moving on to beat Detroit in seven games in the NBA Finals.

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April Fools' jokes poke fun at royal wedding

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's royal wedding is off! Oh no it's not, it's an April Fools' joke.

The big royal occasion later this month was the top target for traditional April 1 pranks in the press on Friday, including bride-to-be Kate Middleton shopping for baby clothes and the left-leaning Guardian joining the pro-monarchy bandwagon.

Beyond the royal nuptials, British tycoon Richard Branson has snapped up Pluto in a bid to reinstate it as a planet while his Virgin Atlantic airline will encourage first class travelers to grow their own vegetables on long-haul flights.

And the Daily Telegraph reported a "secret memo" about Labor Party plans to hold royal wedding-style street parties to mark the upcoming marriage of its leader Ed Miliband on May 27.

In terms of journalistic resources, few put in as much effort as the Guardian, traditionally a bastion of royal-bashing republicanism.

"In something of an about turn, the Guardian today pledges its 'full throated support' for the monarchy," it said in its online edition, which features a comprehensive live blog poking fun at rival newspapers and broadcasters.

It includes a photograph of Prince William's best man and brother Prince Harry holding "what appears to be a draft of his best man's speech" which refers to an incident involving a goat and royal pal Guy Pelly at the exclusive Bouji's nightclub.

A Breaking News headline at 10:11 a.m. declared the royal wedding was off, but four minutes later a "Correction" informed readers that it was on.

Most readers were in on the joke, but those in two minds might refer to the blog heading in Latin: "Sis tranquillus est iocum." Fret not, it's a joke.

The Daily Mail has a Middleton look-a-like studying infants' clothes a month before she gets married. The photographer was "Will Sandkate."

PULLING YOUR LEG?

On a half-page advertisement in the Guardian, BMW refers all queries regarding its special Royal Edition M3 Coupe to pauline.yorlegg@bmw.co.uk.

An emailed request for comment from Reuters elicited the following response from the BMW team:

"Thank you for your interest in the BMW M3 Royal Edition. We would be delighted to send you more details about the model if it weren't for the fact that it was an April Fool's joke."

Branson was arguably the day's most outlandish prankster with an interplanetary deal.

A statement from his Virgin Group said he planned to bulk up Pluto's planetary mass in order to have it reinstated as a planet after its ignominious downgrade to dwarf planet in 2006.

The mission was to "set an example for struggling entrepreneurs facing setbacks."

Low cost airline Ryanair promised to introduce "child free" flights from October in what most people assumed was a joke.

However, the idea of a peaceful journey clearly appealed to some online commentators reacting to the "story." "All airlines should offer child-free flights. If you have ever flown for six hours with some brat kicking the back of your seat the whole way, then you would agree," wrote "PM62" on USA Today's website.

(Reporting by Mike Collett-White, editing by Paul Casciato)

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