April fool joke?

Leo · Post by **Leo** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:05 am

Thought I'd go on BBC news page to see if they'd put anything on there this year and found this... not sure if it is for real or not!!?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7322486.stm

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:51 am

stoolball.co.uk was registered in 2000, so seems like a real story...

MikeT · Post by **MikeT** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:02 pm

I remember playing that at school in the early '80s

Brings back memories.

Mike.

calibrax · Post by **calibrax** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:23 pm

Definitely for real. We play a stoolball tournament once a year here at my company's sports and social club.

victor3 · Post by **victor3** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:29 pm

Managed to catch one of my girls at work by telling her that her car had been clamped!

Post by **Punx0r** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:43 pm

I forgot it was April Fool's day

rovex · Post by **rovex** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:51 pm

This years BBC joke was the flying penguins. Pretty good one, had footage and everything.

victor3 · Post by **victor3** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:42 pm

Punx0r wrote:I forgot it was April Fool's day

So did she!!

Post by **Fordimus Prime** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:55 am

just saw a behind the scenes on the beebs flyig pengiun story- looked like the spent a lot of money for it- green screen work, and some serious 3d animation.

Bit of a waste of money, but it was funny, and probably serves as a nice advert of what the beebs visual fx departments can do

shen · Post by **shen** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:37 am

I still think the best april fool i've seen was in the sun newspaper a few years ago..

a full page with an apology saying how..

eurocrats had condemned the polo mint as defective for having a hole in it.
They were being forced to create the mints as a complete disc but were selling kits cheaply to loyal customers so they could punch out the centres themselves.

Can't find a copy on the net anywhere but very believably done and bloody hillarious.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:57 am

i have to admit i got suckered in by an article in one paper about putting barcode on apples a few years ago... wasnt till i showed it to someone else i realised i was a pleb...

EggBeard · Post by **EggBeard** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:30 am

Weston mercury did one a few years back, saying that there were plans to move Steep Holme island 200 metres to the left. Best part were the letters the following week from people who objected to a landmass being moved