Author Topic: Best of April 1st.  (Read 5016 times)

quixoticgeek

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Best of April 1st.
« on: 01 April, 2021, 10:17:31 am »

A thread to share the best April 1st stories you've come across today.

I'll start by offering up:

https://dutchreview.com/news/dutch-government-announces-english-as-official-language-the-netherlands/

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/04/get-in-line-queues-may-become-compulsory-after-coronavirus/

and for the geeks out there:

https://twitter.com/ptkaster/status/1377427814052335618

Please reply with the best ones you find today.

J
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Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #1 on: 01 April, 2021, 10:30:01 am »

Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #2 on: 01 April, 2021, 10:32:31 am »
VW rebranding as Voltswagen was quite amusing.
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FifeingEejit

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Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #4 on: 01 April, 2021, 10:35:10 am »
VW rebranding as Voltswagen was quite amusing.

That was just making it match how everyone mispronounces it anyway.


This was briefly worrying
https://www.facebook.com/FisherandDonaldson/posts/4077211382310600


citoyen

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Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #6 on: 01 April, 2021, 11:25:44 am »
I wish this were real...

"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #7 on: 01 April, 2021, 11:32:34 am »

ian

Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #8 on: 01 April, 2021, 11:42:37 am »
I wish this were real...



I'm pretty sure there's an artisan pickling operation (I just like writing artisan pickling operation) in Brooklyn that does just this.

Mr Larrington

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Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #9 on: 01 April, 2021, 11:46:42 am »
VW rebranding as Voltswagen was quite amusing.

That was just making it match how everyone mispronounces it anyway.


This was briefly worrying
https://www.facebook.com/FisherandDonaldson/posts/4077211382310600

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hellymedic

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Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #10 on: 01 April, 2021, 12:14:33 pm »
I fell for the Heinz Tomato Soup/Innocent banana & Strawberry smoothie blend on Twitter, shortly after midday.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/Smoup?src=hashtag_click

OOops!

hellymedic

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Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #11 on: 01 April, 2021, 01:06:16 pm »
Ritter Sport Square eggs  'Squeggs'...

Should be a cube/cuboid, surely?

ETA this is a serious gift box with eight bars inside.

https://shop.ritter-sport.co.uk/gorgeous-gifts/

Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #12 on: 01 April, 2021, 01:06:29 pm »

A thread to share the best April 1st stories you've come across today.

I'll start by offering up:

https://dutchreview.com/news/dutch-government-announces-english-as-official-language-the-netherlands/

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/04/get-in-line-queues-may-become-compulsory-after-coronavirus/

and for the geeks out there:

https://twitter.com/ptkaster/status/1377427814052335618

Please reply with the best ones you find today.

J


Not every one was amused:

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Mark Rutte April 1, 2021 At 09:17
Do you think it’s funny to make such news as a news website? And not mentioning April 1st at all?
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citoyen

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Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #13 on: 01 April, 2021, 01:15:41 pm »
I'm pretty sure there's an artisan pickling operation (I just like writing artisan pickling operation) in Brooklyn that does just this.

Almost inevitably.
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

ian

Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #14 on: 01 April, 2021, 01:25:09 pm »
I am quite sure I went to a pickle restaurant in Williamsburg. I want to say I hated it, and damn it as some kind of hipster purgatory, a curse of gentrification, but – to be honest – it was fucking awesome.

tiermat

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Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #15 on: 01 April, 2021, 01:50:44 pm »
Heinz doubled down today, not only did they have the Smoup but they had Tiny Rebel producing Spaghetti Hoops IPA.

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citoyen

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Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #16 on: 01 April, 2021, 02:03:00 pm »
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

tiermat

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I feel like Captain Kirk, on a brand new planet every day, a little like King Kong on top of the Empire State

FifeingEejit

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Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #18 on: 01 April, 2021, 02:12:58 pm »
VW rebranding as Voltswagen was quite amusing.

That was just making it match how everyone mispronounces it anyway.


This was briefly worrying
https://www.facebook.com/FisherandDonaldson/posts/4077211382310600

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citoyen

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Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #19 on: 01 April, 2021, 02:25:33 pm »
Turns out gin-pickled gherkins are already a real thing - although somewhat disappointingly, they only contain 2% gin...

https://shop.baxters.com/products/garners-gin-pickled-gherkins-430g
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #20 on: 01 April, 2021, 02:31:48 pm »
Turns out gin-pickled gherkins are already a real thing - although somewhat disappointingly, they only contain 2% gin...

https://shop.baxters.com/products/garners-gin-pickled-gherkins-430g
I'm advised that a capful of gin goes down very well on one's morning grapefruit half.
I've yet to try it.

quixoticgeek

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Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #21 on: 01 April, 2021, 03:20:59 pm »
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Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #22 on: 01 April, 2021, 03:23:53 pm »
Tandem training aids.

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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Best of April 1st.
« Reply #24 on: 01 April, 2021, 03:31:39 pm »
Heinz doubled down today, not only did they have the Smoup but they had Tiny Rebel producing Spaghetti Hoops IPA.
Missed a trick by not getting Michael Jordan or Shaquille O'Neal to promote the hoops.
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