April fools 2022

[bhoot]

I was expecting to log on this morning and find a topic, but nothing obvious. So I will kick off with this from the Graun

[mrcharly-YHT]

The Western Isles weather guy led with a very good forecast warning of 'purple rain' (due to evaporation from beet farms).

[Basil]

Early start

The team are up early, checking the vehicles and topping-up the blue lights before going out on patrol
 https://t.co/gp0OnB37BN

[PaulF]

My new electricity bill. Although sadly I suspect it's not an April fool.

[Wowbagger]

I was expecting to log on this morning and find a topic, but nothing obvious. So I will kick off with this from the Graun

I saw that and just thought it was business corruption as usual...

[Ham]

One for the photographers from Capture One

https://twitter.com/captureonepro/status/1509788421950164992

From 2023 Capture One will no longer support RAW images.
Our new focus will be JPEG.

We will slowly transform the Capture One Pro desktop app, but you will still be able to work with RAW until we move to JPEG.

Release date coming soon!

(For the non-photographers, Capture One's Raisin of Etre is RAW)

[Mr Larrington]

I remain unconvinced of the existence of a Tory MP yclept “Shiv R M’Timbers”, still less that such a Unit would say:

After all, the royals have a rich history of taking things that don’t belong to them, and never giving them back! But don’t quote me on that!

[phantasmagoriana]

I liked this one from Scottish Cycling:

https://twitter.com/ScottishCycling/status/1509772596656623620

[ElyDave]

I liked this one from Scottish Cycling:

https://twitter.com/ScottishCycling/status/1509772596656623620

That would be the right place for it

[IanDG]

https://www.poochandmutt.co.uk/pages/april-fools?fbclid=IwAR3nEF0wHw7GfANA9s5NSdSDwkNxkCXKQvH30hCn6SKyfGSl1YksPheD8po

[Wowbagger]

Today is Chris Grayling's birthday.

Sorry, this post is off topic because it really is.

[Beardy]

I read an article about a Garda Inspector complaint about poor face topiary with a quote from him saying that they looked like badly watered lawns in a drought.

[andyoxon]

Dipped into twitter today - best avoided; Poe's law almost imploding.  People having to say 'this is not a joke'...  AF threads lingering on.

[lissotriton]

The Park Tool NFT-1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlT5cMNJkcI

And Kapow spray on leggings. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MrWAIdScFhg

[Kim]

The Park Tool NFT-1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlT5cMNJkcI

Needs moar blockchains.

[hellymedic]

James Timpson
https://twitter.com/JamesTCobbler/status/1509738521124384779/photo/1

Ben Bloor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWmmIUb8k14

[Tim Hall]

"Ooh goody" thought your correspondent "A shiny! new! video from This Old Tony on that YouTube they have these days."

One minute later: "Git".

[Kim]

"Ooh goody" thought your correspondent "A shiny! new! video from This Old Tony on that YouTube they have these days."

One minute later: "Git".

"Oh, I bet it's an April Fool and he just karate-chops it square when the camera is off." thinks I.

Having watched the video, it's worse than that.  Aluminimum!  I'd like to see him try the same trick with stainless steel.

[Beardy]

"Ooh goody" thought your correspondent "A shiny! new! video from This Old Tony on that YouTube they have these days."

One minute later: "Git".

yup, I was momentarily excited to see a new TOT video, especially as they have been thin on the ground of late. Although, my initial thought was, ‘but he’s done that before’…

[Wowbagger]

James Timpson
https://twitter.com/JamesTCobbler/status/1509738521124384779/photo/1

Ben Bloor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWmmIUb8k14

Regarding the second of those videos, I wonder if Oscar's Dad has seen this thread?

It appears that you can indeed buy a copy of the Peters Edition of John Cage's 4' 33". https://www.google.com/search?q=peters+edition+john+cage+4%27+33%22&oq=peters+edition+john+cage+4%27+33%22&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30j0i390l5.8174j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[hellymedic]

[Pedal Castro]

James Timpson
https://twitter.com/JamesTCobbler/status/1509738521124384779/photo/1

Ben Bloor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWmmIUb8k14

Regarding the second of those videos, I wonder if Oscar's Dad has seen this thread?

It appears that you can indeed buy a copy of the Peters Edition of John Cage's 4' 33". https://www.google.com/search?q=peters+edition+john+cage+4%27+33%22&oq=peters+edition+john+cage+4%27+33%22&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30j0i390l5.8174j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

My first public piano performance was the 4'33" 

[Zed43]

I liked this one from Scottish Cycling:

https://twitter.com/ScottishCycling/status/1509772596656623620

The photo credit is a joke on its own ("Aprilgrap" being the Dutch word for "Aprils fool")

[Canardly]

My all time favourite is still the soluble pint of Guiness page which appeared in the national newspapers many years ago. As soon as you popped it into a glass and filled with water, April Fool appeared.

[Ian H]

This is the only one I noticed.
https://twitter.com/OrdnanceSurvey/status/1509799953467592753

We’re testing real life contours! Contours are a feature of many of our mapping products; and now we’re taking them to the next level with our eco-friendly contour paint.