April 1st Jokes

[Omeganitros]

I'll start us off...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/01/steve_jobs_joins_ikea/

[flypie743]

RE: April 1st Jokes

http://www.google.com/googlegulp/

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[blahblah18]

RE: April 1st Jokes

http://www.google.com/googlegulp/faq.html#1

When will you take Google Gulp out of beta?

Man, if you pressure us, you just drive us away. We'll commit when we're ready, okay? Besides, what's so great about taking things out of beta? It ruins all the romance, the challenge, the possibilities, the right to explore. Carpe diem, ya know? Maybe we're jaded, but we've seen all these other companies leap headlong into 1.0, thinking their product is exactly what they've been dreaming of all their lives, that everything is perfect and hunky-dory – and the next thing you know some vanilla copycat release from Redmond is kicking their butt, the Board is holding emergency meetings and the CEO is on CNBC blathering sweatily about "a new direction" and "getting back to basics." No thanks, man. We like our freedom.

[GuidoHunter]

You know what'd be awesome? If GoogleGulp ended up like Google's April Fool's joke of last year: a ridiculous idea, but actually implemented.

I especially liked the part about how to get GoogleGulp.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[hydrojakep]

You know what'd be awesome? If GoogleGulp ended up like Google's April Fool's joke of last year: a ridiculous idea, but actually implemented.

I especially liked the part about how to get GoogleGulp.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

Which was that again?

[zajac]

2. Wait – you're saying Auto-Drink™ changes my brain chemistry?

Um, yeah – but for the better.

3. Isn't that kind of dangerous?

Well, none of the lab rats who've been pounding this stuff for the past eight months have keeled over yet, which we find fairly reassuring. At any rate, you should be aware that by popping the seal on the twist-off Gulp cap, you send a wireless signal to Google's servers indicating your irrevocable acceptance of the Google Gulp Terms and Conditions, which do include the possibility, however remote, of hideous genetic mutation resulting from your consumption of this product. We're pretty sure you won't die, though.

I love that... Started cracking up in Webmaster class when I read that...

[QreepyBORIS]

Haha, that google thing is awesome.

What was last year's?

[Omeganitros]

Hehehe.

http://www.vgcats.com/

[deposition]

9. I mean, isn't this whole invite-only thing kind of bogus?

Dude, it's like you've never even heard of viral marketing.

It's kind of cool that they make fun of their own mail service.

[GuidoHunter]

You know what'd be awesome? If GoogleGulp ended up like Google's April Fool's joke of last year: a ridiculous idea, but actually implemented.

I especially liked the part about how to get GoogleGulp.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

Which was that again?

Gmail, buddy.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[The_Q]

Hehehe.

http://www.vgcats.com/

Win

Q

[Spheroid]

I thought these were funny:

http://www.thewerewolfgame.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=27056&sid=ca004a457f664f16c2cfb8aad4de0816

http://www.xqsite.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=27080&sid=f56e99121a37ba7ee0b43182a4bb0927

[Moogy]

I win.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1%2C_2005

[Squeek]

Viz Unlicenses Naruto posted on 2005-04-01 03:15:38

Uses money to invest in talking-hamster research

In a stunning announcement, Viz/ShoPro Entertainment revealed its plans to sell the the North American television, home video, and merchandising rights to Naruto back to it original licensors, TV Tokyo and Shueisha Inc.

"We began to feel uncomfortable with the idea of making piles of cash from the show," a Viz representative told ANN. "After several parent advocacy groups showed us the error of our ways, we felt it was the only logical decision."

ANN also contacted Cartoon Network, which had planned to broadcast Naruto later this year.

"Thank God, I can use my mailbox again," said an executive VP at the network. "Within minutes of our broadcast announcement, we were flooded with thousands of e-mails claiming to be from enraged mothers."

"They were all the same. 'Naruto Uzumaki, he's a mischievous little brat!' 'By choosing to broadcast this show, you are directly responsible for the moral decline of our country's youth.' They said I would rot in hell, and that my family would face eternal damnation if I allowed Naruto to reach American airwaves."

When asked how this would impact their licensing plans for 2005, the Viz representative gave another stunning response. "With California's new stem cell initiative and the breakthroughs at Johns Hopkins in placing human stem cells in rats, we asked ourselves: why not hamsters? Imagine, a real-life talking hamster! That would shut up all those folks who keep mocking Hamtaro."

<3

~Squeek

[tidal-interval]

haha those are pretty good