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#1 Postby wxmann_91 » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:02 pm

April Fools.
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#2 Postby george_r_1961 » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:07 pm

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#3 Postby greeng13 » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:12 pm

THAT IS NOT FUNNY!!!!!!!

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#4 Postby O Town » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:13 pm

I was waiting for some wise cracker to play a prant. Good one, I fell for it. :lol: :lol:
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#5 Postby Miss Mary » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:34 pm

OH MAN, I just love a good April's Fool Prank!!!! This is by far the best one.....

This should go in the next newletter - seriously!!! If they forget, I'll remind them......

I'll bump this up too, so others can be bummed as I was - I almost said outloud - TWO WEEKS?

LOL

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#6 Postby Stephanie » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:46 pm

I was like "Why didn't I hear out this yet?" when I read the title. :lol:

Good one! :wink:
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#7 Postby weatherlover427 » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:52 pm

I knew this was a joke but I clicked on it anyway. :P Nice try. :)
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#8 Postby brunota2003 » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:52 pm

hey...3 days would of been more realistic...just to let you know...you got me for a second, but relized it wasnt a mod who posted it, then two weeks seems like a long time...most ive seen is 3/4 of a day outage...:lol:
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#9 Postby Skywatch_NC » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:55 pm

Jim, :)

Way to go giving me a near heart attack, Wxbuddy! :lol: 8-)

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#10 Postby MiamiensisWx » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:04 pm

I fell for it! Very clever, Jim!
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#11 Postby CajunMama » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:11 pm

Bravo! Good joke!
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#12 Postby wx247 » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:51 pm

For more of an effect I would lower the time. ;)

Otherwise, very clever!!!
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#13 Postby wxmann_91 » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:09 pm

wx247 wrote:For more of an effect I would lower the time.

Otherwise, very clever!!!


Done. :)

I was never good at making pranks but this one really pwned ya guys apparently! Thanks for the comments...
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#14 Postby TexasStooge » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:49 pm

You got me good. :P :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#15 Postby weatherlover427 » Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:05 am

http://aprilfools.urgo.org/2006.html

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2006 Jokes
# Site Joke
1 tveps.net Isaac 'Chef' Hayes not leaving southpark after all. Comes clean that it was a publicity stunt.
2 thinkgeek.com USB Tanning Center, RFID Blocking T-shirt, Grow Your Own 1up Mushroom Kit, Caffeine Inhaler, and more
3 theregister.co.uk customise The Register to suit your needs - from blocking ads, to selecting the kind of stories you really want to read.
4 worldofwarcraft.com Blizzard to put Wisps as a playable race for World of Warcraft.
5 tvpredictions.com Ready for X-ray TV? New TV picture technology even clearer than HDTV; you can actually see through people's clothing on TV.
6 blizzard.com BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT® PRESENTS BURGERCRAFT™
7 bolloxcomics.co.uk Myspace parody
8 bolloxcomics.co.uk YTMND parody
9 wiebetech.com 5 TB iPod
10 sideshowtoy.com Half a Darth Maul Figure Exclusive?
11 slashdot.org OMG!!! PONIES!!! (and pink layout)
12 whirlpool.net.au Telstra will only release 2mbit ADSL2+ in Australia.
13 forums.worldofwarcraft.com World of Warcraft 1.11 patch notes leaked
14 mymsnsearch.com fake (but hilariously accurate) search results
15 gearlog.com Laptop Lingerie: Bringing Tech & Pleasure Together
16 steampowered.com VALVe purchased by Apple
17 bungie.net Bungie's next game, Pimps At Sea, progessing nicely for the Xbox360
18 svencoop.com taken over by 'Sven's Discount Co-operative,' an online shopping store
19 economist.com With luck, you may soon be able to buy a mythological pet
20 mobilegazette.com UK Government to Shut Down GSM Networks
21 esctoday.com 'Eurovision Song Contest'
22 drsol.info Fake Dominican Republic News Stories
23 iwantoneofthose.com tiny device that downloads your brain's memory to a 2GB USB Flash Drive
24 slowcameras.com To avoid the proposed penalties for slow driving BMW ensures the camera always lies.
25 ogrish.com (NSFW) Bizarre Baby Born In Nepal
26 gtachicago.com GTA Chicago coming Oct 2007 (joke? not sure)
27 smithe.com furniture retailer signed an agreement with the Chicago Cubs to construct a dome over Wrigley Field
28 yelp.com yelp bought the rights to the pets.com sock puppet
29 blog.outer-court.com Google Rooms
30 cyberflu.com At warning about a new internet virus that can be transmitted from computers to humans, resulting in flu-like symptoms.
31 adotas.com Google Adwords unveils two new image sizes
32 findthoughts.com Google-like search engine uses new technology that allows you to search peoples' minds for factual information.
33 findschoolphotos.com A database of millions of school photographs from around the world.
34 blizzpub.net Page reversed
35 guardian.co.uk (joke? not sure) Hair-thin electrodes used to stimulate parts of brain
36 labs.divx.com DivX Head Up Display in cars
37 ultimate-guitar.com Joke stories on celebrities in the news section
38 ask.com Ask.com Introduces RhymeRank
39 googlesystem.blogspot.com Google Browser is finally launched. Installer 1.68MB
40 sordeo.com mirror image and the title says, 'Now optimized for those afflicted with Dyslexia'
41 eternal-lands.com Free Software Foundation buys Eternal Lands
42 paperprogs.berlios.de small open source development group was bought up by Microsoft
43 icebb.net Renamed JarJar
44 poll.deviantart.com 'announces' a merger with MySpace with a poll
45 activewin.com Exclusive: Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 8.0 Alpha Codename: 'Teahupoo' Screenshots
46 slashdot.org Cutest Web Site ever discovered!!!
47 dhp1080.com Mathmaticians were wrong, Pi is equal to 3 not 3.1415
48 nubuntu.org Canonical has asked for nUbuntu to Cease Development
49 sitepoint.com Build Your Own Web 2.0 Application Using Fluff and Hot Air
50 good-tutorials.com Announcement of the 'new layout' is actually the two year old design
51 lenniebudgell.com Bill gates dead at 50 of heart attack
52 2600.com 200600 google spoof
53 neopets.com neocharge, a system that charges you several neopoints per action, developed to reduce neopoint inflation
54 Kingdomofloathing.com (NSFW) siteboyght and replaced by stuff ads
55 drmcninja.com The artist have apparently been killed by a capslock loving ninja
56 uncyclopedia.org a parody of apples site
57 tokyotosho.com DOJ 'your visit has been logged' message and icons changed
58 fairuseday.com Fair Use Day team Joins the RIAA
59 paste.ubuntu-nl.org The entire ubuntu pastebin has been turned ROT13
60 planethalflife.com Half-Life news site turns pink
61 avalonstar.com The lovely eggrolls on my site have been eaten, and eggroll recipies galore!
62 eatyourexam.com Sony Cancels PS3! (and pink layout)
63 theregister.co.uk China buys Google
64 nanobox.chipx86.com Google buys out Mozilla
65 collegehumor.com Created By 'United States of Solution' Legal Indian Outsourcing
66 ibiblio.org Proposes tag as W3C standard
67 eclipsxcom.porplemontage.com No more Kruk Krew :(
68 aspiramedia.com Faking The W3C’s CSS specification update
69 idiotstudios.net OMG! McStudios!!!!???!!!
70 xmgfree.com Bought out by Yahoo
71 golemtemplates.com switched layout to display terrible web designs and stock photos no one would want.
72 fark.com Modtools/user abuser on front page
73 textfiles.com Textfiles.com Joins Google
74 revolutionreport.com Final name for Nintendo's next generation console code named 'Revolution' has been revealed
75 homestarrunner.com Which way is up again?
76 hrwiki.org Reverted back to using WikkiTikkiTavi!?
77 jonnyspikes.blogspot.com Taken over by Microsoft.
78 loadingreadyrun.com Uwe Boll:An Apology
79 keyexchange.us National Toxic Brass Invasive Syndrome Key Exchange Program
80 thecosmotron.com Changed the site contents to cosmotron.com
81 fanstuff.hrwiki.org 'You have new messages' - not.
82 ssxhost.com SSX Host goes out of business, and sells there domain name
83 asiafinest.com China partnering with ISP to block off the site due to content violation!
84 forums.caleague.com Forums got SHUT DOWN
85 woot.com Instead of a high-tech electronic device for sale, as per usual, site is selling a CO2 powered Plumbers-Helper. And the purchase button follows the mouse.
86 medicine.com.my Realistic news story about an online sick leave system. Fooled a few ;)
87 i-mockery.com Acquired by Newgrounds
88 gonintendo.com Changes to Go Microsoft
89 ask.slashdot.org Ask Slashdot: How Hot Would a Light Saber Really Be?
90 boakes.org 'Today I learned from a trusted source that Apple is poised to make history next Saturday when it unveils the worlds first advertisement that can be seen from space.'
91 fireball20xl.com MAGICAL PONY LIGHT FIXTURES. Enough said.
92 ilounge.com iLounge adopts subscription model, establishes hourly Q&A fee
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#16 Postby therock1811 » Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:13 am

I'm not sure what to think of this one right now. :?:
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#17 Postby MSRobi911 » Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:50 am

Good one!!! You got me!! I was like, what???????????????

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#18 Postby chadtm80 » Sat Apr 01, 2006 4:30 am

Saw the title of the thread and I was like huh? I am one of the owners.. How the heck was not even I notified.. lol

Good one my man. Had forgoten all about Aprils fools day.. And it use to be one of my favorite days
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#19 Postby weatherlover427 » Sat Apr 01, 2006 4:56 am

I hate April Fool's day, and this is proof why.
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#20 Postby cycloneye » Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:39 am

I didn't tell anyone about that but now I know it joke day for you guys. :)
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