Top 10 worst April Fool's gags

SouthernBlonde · Post by **SouthernBlonde** » April 1st, 2007, 10:25 am

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#1: Hijinks of Hussein and Son

Saddam Hussein and his sons may have been ruthless, power-hungry dictators, but that didn't stop them from trying to give the people of Iraq a good chuckle every April Fool's Day. On April 1, 1998 the Babil newspaper, owned by Hussein's son Uday, informed its readers that President Clinton had decided to lift sanctions against Iraq, only to admit later that it was just joking. One can imagine the knee-slapping guffaws when readers realized how they'd been taken for a ride. The laughs continued in 1999 when Uday mischeviously announced that the monthly food rations would be supplemented to include bananas, Pepsi, and chocolate...

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mikelogics · Post by **mikelogics** » April 1st, 2007, 5:47 pm

I remember the radio station that held a contest and the prize was a TOYOTA.....

.... The winner found out to her chagrine that it was actually a TOY YODA.

old13bm5 · Post by **old13bm5** » April 2nd, 2007, 5:22 am

I thought this one from Google was funny yesterday.

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Jim · Post by **Jim** » April 2nd, 2007, 7:43 am

My personal favorite is from the BBC in 1957. I stole the tale and shamelessly adapted it when I was stationed in Germany. I explained to our battalion XO that the big cables in Bavarian fields was for growing Spatzel (a Bavarian noodle). It took him several weeks to learn he had been scammed.

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/spaghetti.html

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » April 2nd, 2007, 12:26 pm

Its good to see that among their ruthlessness they had a sense of humor.