Fools, etc.

31 Mar 2004

My friends, let us all come together on the one day of the year that unites us all, regardless of color, creed, or nationality, and join voices in harmony to sing the message that stirs all of our hearts:

Stop with the goddamned stupid April Fool's jokes on the web, already. Nobody wants to waste all day tomorrow looking at that crap.

Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at 2:43 AM

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http://www.rachelleb.com/links/archives/001715.html | March 31, 2004 1:20 PM
Anil, a native of NYC has this simple plea -- a plea that we all can join in, singing in harmony (I know that I'm chiming in my two cents): My friends, let us all come together on the one... Read More »
Amen, brother | April 1, 2004 2:00 AM

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Fools, etc. | April 1, 2004 3:13 AM
Gothamist considered a few options for this post, but decided the best we could do was revisit a post from one year ago: Hamish the British Scuba Dog. We hope to make Hamish an April 1 tradition. But here are Gothamist's rejected April Fool's Ideas: - ... Read More »
April Fool's Day | April 1, 2004 8:44 AM

18 Comments

Unfortunately, it may be more productive to take bets on the sites that will be spoofed tomorrow. Friendster is the obvious choice, and 2-day old Google UI might also make a showing (yes, there wasn't much time to develop the idea, but it's not exactly a complicated thing to mimic).

I'm at a loss for creative ideas, unfortunately.

Greg | March 30, 2004 11:43 PM | Reply

What, and ruin my favourite day of the year? :P

Simon Willison | March 31, 2004 12:24 AM | Reply

Tomorrow? Did I miss something? Doesn't March have 31 days?

Max Power | March 31, 2004 12:57 AM | Reply

Max: Yes, it does. When the post was (apparently) written, the date was indeed listed as March 31.

Of course, because there is a difference between the times of the post and the comments, it appears that many of these comments were written before the posts. Ah, well.

Greg | March 31, 2004 1:12 AM | Reply

So if Microsoft does something tomorrow it's a joke, and if they don't they are still a joke. I get it now!

monkeyinabox | March 31, 2004 3:36 PM | Reply

Anil I forgot to mention I love how Google ads puts ads for Dahsboard mats.. I couldn't figure it out until.... Anil DASH. LOL!

monkeyinabox | March 31, 2004 3:38 PM | Reply

hear hear.

tomorrow is my birthday - being the target of uber-lame co-worker pranks is bad enough.

billy | March 31, 2004 4:10 PM | Reply

and deny matt all that pleasure? that sound... is it the sound of a million mefies (mefis?) crying/sobbing/shreaking?

Anonymous | March 31, 2004 4:51 PM | Reply

Spoil-sport. Look for Blogger's 'TypeType' service announcement tomorrow.

Jason Shellen | March 31, 2004 5:15 PM | Reply

This is just a setup for a joke tomorrow, right?

pb | March 31, 2004 9:41 PM | Reply

Well said, Anil. But I can't help agreeing with pb that this seems like a setup.

Scott Johnson | March 31, 2004 10:02 PM | Reply

i look forward to april fools day. Let's get rid of valenitines day...

Cheapster | April 1, 2004 12:44 AM | Reply

re: gmail
somehow I don't think a press release quoting someone saying "Heck, yeah" in the title and using phrases like "milions of M&Ms later" is quite on the level.
http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/gmail.html
And the logo looks really slapped-together and shoddy, even for Google.

gwen | April 1, 2004 12:51 AM | Reply

Ditto Gwen... the amount of pro-media coverage makes this a very significant cultural event, I think....

John Dowdell | April 1, 2004 2:29 AM | Reply

Oh come on, no need to be grumpy. April Fool's Day is all in good fun. And it's nice to be silly every once in a while.

Anonymous | April 1, 2004 2:58 AM | Reply

Is the April Fools, Anil is too serious for fun? Funk that!!

vanderwal | April 1, 2004 10:29 AM | Reply

Anil I forgot to mention I love how Google ads puts ads for Dahsboard mats.. I couldn't figure it out until.... Anil DASH. LOL!

Go Figure...I see ads for KY Jelly. I wonder...

Keith A | April 2, 2004 4:42 PM | Reply

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