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April fools !

 

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Fools on you mate, its after 12

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> April fools !
>
>

 

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wtf does that have to do with it

links/references pls

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> Fools on you mate, its after 12
>
> "Skybuck Flying" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > April fools !
> >
> >
>
>

 

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Skybuck wrote on Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:10:13 +0200:

> wtf does that have to do with it
>
> links/references pls

Google for the words april fools midday, you'll find thousands of pages
explaining why the cutoff is midday.

Poor little naive Skybuck.

Dan

 

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Spack <news@worldofspack.co.uk> wrote:
> Skybuck wrote on Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:10:13 +0200:
>
>> wtf does that have to do with it
>>
>> links/references pls
>
> Google for the words april fools midday, you'll find thousands of
> pages explaining why the cutoff is midday.

The noon cut-off is a UK thing. The rest of the world don't have that
limitation. In some countries, you also play jokes on both the first *and*
the last of April.

> Poor little naive Skybuck.

You're guilty of incorrectly applying your local rules to the whole world.
I'd say you're naive too.

--
*Art

 

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"Spack" <news@worldofspack.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Skybuck wrote on Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:10:13 +0200:
>
> > wtf does that have to do with it
> >
> > links/references pls
>
> Google for the words april fools midday, you'll find thousands of pages
> explaining why the cutoff is midday.

I say bullshit

I can not find a single page that explains it

So the joke is on you after all

 

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"Skybuck Flying" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Spack" <news@worldofspack.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Skybuck wrote on Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:10:13 +0200:
>>
>> > wtf does that have to do with it
>> >
>> > links/references pls
>>
>> Google for the words april fools midday, you'll find thousands of pages
>> explaining why the cutoff is midday.
>
> I say bullshit
>
> I can not find a single page that explains it
>
> So the joke is on you after all


WGAS

 

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Skybuck Flying wrote:

> "Spack" <news@worldofspack.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3b54o4F6gb2cvU1@individual.net...
>
>>Skybuck wrote on Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:10:13 +0200:
>>
>>
>>>wtf does that have to do with it
>>>
>>>links/references pls
>>
>>Google for the words april fools midday, you'll find thousands of pages
>>explaining why the cutoff is midday.
>
>
> I say bullshit
>
> I can not find a single page that explains it
>
> So the joke is on you after all
>
>

It's well known in the UK that April fool jokes have to be instigated
before 12 noon, I've got no idea why. But I do know that the joke is
supposed to be funny, so that's two rules you've ignored.

 

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Skybuck wrote on Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:49:41 +0200:

>
> "Spack" <news@worldofspack.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3b54o4F6gb2cvU1@individual.net...
>> Skybuck wrote on Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:10:13 +0200:
>>
>>> wtf does that have to do with it
>>>
>>> links/references pls
>>
>> Google for the words april fools midday, you'll find thousands of pages
>> explaining why the cutoff is midday.
>
> I say bullshit
>
> I can not find a single page that explains it
>
> So the joke is on you after all

So you are unable to read all those bits even in the small amount of text
returned by Google for each result that says that after midday the joke is
on the attempted joker? Are you blind as well as stupid?

Let's take the top 6 results that are showing on my screen for those 3 words
searched for just 1 minute ago:

All the Year Round... However, you can only play April Fools on people
before midday –at midday the fun must stop or the trickster is told: ...
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/year/april.htm - 25k - Cached -
Similar pages

[oh look, it mentions about stopping at midday, how bizzare that you could
miss that]



*Ø* Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine | April Fool's Day | April ......
readers and audiences on April 1 (in the morning of course, because an April
Fool’s joke done after midday is deemed to make a fool of the tricker). ...
www.wilsonsalmanac.com/aprilfool.html - 43k - Cached - Similar pages

[hmm, it clearly states that after midday the tricker is made a fool of]


The Tradition of April Fools' Day... The origins of April Fools' Day are
very ancient, and the tradition is found in many ... From this sprang the
modern traditions of April Fools' Day, ...
www.petticoated.com/aprilfool.htm - 4k - Cached - Similar pages

[ok, not in the short description, but clicking on the page reveals the
midday cutoff]


Shortland Street Talk - Discussion... Well it will be interesting to see
what you guys come up with for April Fools Day, Just remember it only lasts
up to Midday so any fool jokes after that ...
www.streettalk.co.nz/modules/ newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=1282&forum=11 -
36k - Cached - Similar pages

[and again, a note about lasting up to midday]


April Fool's Day Review (1986)April Fool's Day (1986) review. Director: Fred
Walton. ... Hiding under the bedclothes until midday in case someone
telephones, pretending to be a pregnant ...
www.thespinningimage.co.uk/ cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=500 -
31k - Cached - Similar pages

[oh no, no mention of midday ... in the brief text again. try opening the
link]


Mystical World Wide Web - April Days... humour 'Lud' whose festival fell in
the Spring period. It is still believed that you can only play these pranks
up to midday (noon) on April Fools' Day. ...
www.mystical-www.co.uk/time/aprday.htm - 20k - Cached - Similar pages

[and at number 6, again a note about only playing jokes up to midday]


I inserted comments in brackets ([]) to help guide you eye to the relevant
text. Obviously you are unable to read for yourself. Would you also like me
to point you to a download for some software that can read the text out for
you?

Dan

 

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<<snippy snip snip>>


Obviously you are unable to read for yourself. Would you also like me
> to point you to a download for some software that can read the text out for
> you?
>
> Dan
>
>


Obviously you are unable to control your inbuilt irritation. Would you
also like me to point you to a download for some software that can help
you get some advice on relaxing and being calm?

Sandi

 

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"Sandi Luney" <sandi@happylobster.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Obviously you are unable to control your inbuilt irritation. Would you
> also like me to point you to a download for some software that can help
> you get some advice on relaxing and being calm?

Do you have some that can deliver a mild electric shock to Skybuck at the
click of a mouse?

Dan

 

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"Spack" <news@worldofspack.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Sandi Luney" <sandi@happylobster.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:d2jt6s$dj1$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> Obviously you are unable to control your inbuilt irritation. Would you
>> also like me to point you to a download for some software that can help
>> you get some advice on relaxing and being calm?
>
> Do you have some that can deliver a mild electric shock to Skybuck at the
> click of a mouse?
>
> Dan
>

And hurry its almost 12!!! LOL First time I ever heard of the 12pm deadline
for pranks.

 

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I did a Google search and wound up buying 24 cases of Google Gulp
(http://www.google.com/googlegulp/)





"Spack" <news@worldofspack.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Skybuck wrote on Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:10:13 +0200:
>
>> wtf does that have to do with it
>>
>> links/references pls
>
> Google for the words april fools midday, you'll find thousands of pages
> explaining why the cutoff is midday.
>
> Poor little naive Skybuck.
>
> Dan
>

 

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"Rich" <dontbotherme@work.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Spack" <news@worldofspack.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3b5c5kF6fupk1U1@individual.net...
>> "Sandi Luney" <sandi@happylobster.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:d2jt6s$dj1$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>> Obviously you are unable to control your inbuilt irritation. Would you
>>> also like me to point you to a download for some software that can help
>>> you get some advice on relaxing and being calm?
>>
>> Do you have some that can deliver a mild electric shock to Skybuck at the
>> click of a mouse?
>>
>> Dan
>>
>
> And hurry its almost 12!!! LOL First time I ever heard of the 12pm
> deadline for pranks.

It only applies to April Fools. I guess you didn't read any of the
aforementioned links, did you?

Dan

 

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"Arthur Hagen" <art@broomstick.com> wrote in message
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> Spack <news@worldofspack.co.uk> wrote:
>> Skybuck wrote on Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:10:13 +0200:
>>
>>> wtf does that have to do with it
>>>
>>> links/references pls
>>
>> Google for the words april fools midday, you'll find thousands of
>> pages explaining why the cutoff is midday.
>
> The noon cut-off is a UK thing. The rest of the world don't have that
> limitation. In some countries, you also play jokes on both the first
> *and*
> the last of April.

I wasn't the person who pointed it out in the first place. I merely pointed
Skybuck to where he could find the information he asked about.

>> Poor little naive Skybuck.
>
> You're guilty of incorrectly applying your local rules to the whole world.
> I'd say you're naive too.

My dig at Skybuck was due to his inability to find anything for himself, and
based on previous posts. I stupidly thought that after not seeing posts from
him for a while that maybe he'd finally grown up a bit, yet here he is
acting exactly as before. I'm resurrecting my killfile, obviously it's no
point even clearly pointing him to where he can find information, he just
ignores pretty much what everyone says anyway.

Dan

 

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"Rich" <dontbotherme@work.com> wrote in message
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> "Spack" <news@worldofspack.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3b5c5kF6fupk1U1@individual.net...
> > "Sandi Luney" <sandi@happylobster.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:d2jt6s$dj1$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> >> Obviously you are unable to control your inbuilt irritation. Would you
> >> also like me to point you to a download for some software that can help
> >> you get some advice on relaxing and being calm?
> >
> > Do you have some that can deliver a mild electric shock to Skybuck at
the
> > click of a mouse?
> >
> > Dan
> >
>
> And hurry its almost 12!!! LOL First time I ever heard of the 12pm
deadline
> for pranks.
>
>
>

I've known about it since I was a little kid and first introduced to April
fool 50 years ago. It was probably introduced to stop irritating little
brats playing the same moronic prank that wasn't funny or clever on the same
parent all day. So saying that, in the modern day of the Internet and
instant world wide communication it's before 12 noon somewhere in the world
for a good part of April 1st and April Fool jokes can pass back and fore
across several time zones over the Internet before they get to the receiver.

April fool pranks should be either funny or clever though otherwise they are
just boring.

Rob

 

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"Arthur Hagen" <art@broomstick.com> wrote in message
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> Spack <news@worldofspack.co.uk> wrote:
>
> The noon cut-off is a UK thing. The rest of the world don't have that
> limitation.
>

LOL...so it's one up for the UK and an April Fool for the rest of the world.

Rob

 

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"Canopus" <BNRAGMAOKKXT@spammotel.com> wrote in message
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> "Arthur Hagen" <art@broomstick.com> wrote in message
> news:d2k24h$95u$1@cauldron.broomstick.com...
>> Spack <news@worldofspack.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> The noon cut-off is a UK thing. The rest of the world don't have that
>> limitation.
>>
>
> LOL...so it's one up for the UK and an April Fool for the rest of the
> world.
>
> Rob
>

The UK's got to win at something, I guess. (Besides the people with the
worst teeth in the world). lol

 

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"JTS" <bme@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> The UK's got to win at something, I guess. (Besides the people with the
> worst teeth in the world). lol

You know my dentist?

Dan