Comments for Fools, etc.

Fools, etc.

2004-03-31T07:43:40Z

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.

Comment from gwen on 2004-03-30

2004-03-31T04:04:15Z

grinch ;P

Comment from Greg on 2004-03-30

2004-03-31T04:43:41Z

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.

Comment from Simon Willison on 2004-03-31

2004-03-31T05:24:55Z

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

Comment from Max Power on 2004-03-31

2004-03-31T05:57:56Z

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

Comment from Greg on 2004-03-31

2004-03-31T06:12:02Z

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.

Comment from monkeyinabox on 2004-03-31

2004-03-31T20:36:32Z

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

Comment from monkeyinabox on 2004-03-31

2004-03-31T20:38:03Z

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!

Comment from billy on 2004-03-31

2004-03-31T21:10:10Z

hear hear.

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

Comment from Anonymous on 2004-03-31

2004-03-31T21:51:52Z

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

Comment from Jason Shellen on 2004-03-31

2004-03-31T22:15:59Z

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

Comment from pb on 2004-03-31

2004-04-01T02:41:27Z

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

Comment from Scott Johnson on 2004-03-31

2004-04-01T03:02:48Z

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

Comment from Cheapster on 2004-04-01

2004-04-01T05:44:57Z

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

Comment from gwen on 2004-04-01

2004-04-01T05:51:52Z

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.

Comment from John Dowdell on 2004-04-01

2004-04-01T07:29:29Z

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

Comment from Anonymous on 2004-04-01

2004-04-01T07:58:10Z

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.

Comment from vanderwal on 2004-04-01

2004-04-01T15:29:25Z

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

Comment from Keith A on 2004-04-02

2004-04-02T21:42:19Z

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...