Poissons d' Avril

[hellymedic]

Reminds me of the left-handed Mars bar offered a few years ago.

[francisbarton]

This gag made me cackle:

Today, of course, is "April Fools' Day," and it's a day on which it is customary to play "practical jokes." (Practical jokes are like regular jokes, only with panniers.)

From the brilliant Bike Snob NYC

[andrew_s]

Outdoor gear bargains at Alpkit

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

That's so brilliant it could almost make me vote Labour.

[mattc]

Just seen Cycling Weakly (No of Course I didn't buy it!) - quite amusing I thought:

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Boonen using cobbly rollers to prepare for Paris-Roubaix

[Rhys W]

I spotted that one a mile off. The good ones have you sucked in for a few seconds at least!

[Wowbagger]

I think we have a winner!

         Sun April fooled by student's BNP story | Matthew Weaver |
            Politics |
            guardian.co.uk
   

Superb that both the Sun and the BNP were taken in, and top marks to the editor for not bowing to Uni pressure to take it down.

[mattc]

I think we have a winner!

         Sun April fooled by student's BNP story | Matthew Weaver |
            Politics |
            guardian.co.uk
   

Superb that both the Sun and the BNP were taken in, and top marks to the editor for not bowing to Uni pressure to take it down.

That's more in the category of clever PR/satirical prank (albeit a very good one). It could easily have been true.

April Fools should be silly - with spaghetti and silly names etc.

[Pancho]

Yes the BNP one fails the humour test - an April Fool should be funny or silly in retrospect.

I liked the Polar Bear one because it was almost believable until you realised "don't be daft".

[David Martin]

Yes the BNP one fails the humour test - an April Fool should be funny or silly in retrospect.

I liked the Polar Bear one because it was almost believable until you realised "don't be daft".

When I was at college in London, one of my colleagues was from St Andrews. He had a great line in persuading naive young freshers that St Andrews suffered from Polar Bears raiding the dustbins in the winter..

[Wowbagger]

I would have thought that the BNP one was silly in retrospect - I would be most surprised if a Uni could rescind someone's degree years after he/she achieved it.