Old Speckled Hen Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I've found my first http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/01/guardian-twitter-media-technology http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5082676/Swimming-fish-could-be-key-to-generating-electricity-for-UK-homes.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Cool I told my daughters that it had snowed heavily overnight when I woke them at 6.15 this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Cool I told my daughters that it had snowed heavily overnight when I woke them at 6.15 this morning And they believed it? There's a Job for you in the back of 'Time out' .... Childrens entertainer. However, go easy on the pint of night nurse in the trifle, and please make sure it isn't a real snake that you throw amongst them. I agree, mental cruelty is far better. Try turning the clock back one hour so that they miss neighbours, or whatever it is your kids watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Here's another one.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7966731.stm Sarah, you are sooo cruel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 my friend at work texted her boyfriend and told him she was pregnant LOL.. seriously made him laugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzle Knit Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Here's another one.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7966731.stm Sarah, you are sooo cruel! Are you sure that story's not for real? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I did wonder, but it seemed so downright daft that I decide it had to be. Mind you, most of the news these days gets me glancing at the date on the top of the page! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I don't even bother buying local rags. I've discovered ANDREX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 10 stories that could be April Fools... but aren't 1. PE in schools is embracing yoga, martial arts and cheerleading because pupils don't like being outside in the rain. Some schools are also putting on Krypton Factor-style problem solving for pupils more interested in maths than sports, according to a report by Ofsted. 2. Porsche has announced a four-fold rise in profits, recession or no recession. The German car maker bucked the bad news coming out of the industry through its lucrative stake in Volkswagen, and despite selling 27% fewer cars. 3. Pubs are telling expectant mothers when they've had enough to drink. A pregnant woman was thrown out of a pub for ordering an alcoholic drink. Caroline Williams, on a night out in Hove, had drunk one pint of beer but was refused another half-pint. The brewery has apologised and is investigating. 4. Glamour model Jordan will run the London Marathon. She hopes to raise £250,000 for charities NSPCC and Vision. 5. Alan Shearer is manager of Newcastle United. Despite repeatedly being linked with the post in the past and resisting the temptation to leave the BBC's Match of the Day comfy sofa, the Toon footballing hero finally returns. But if Kevin Keegan was touted as the new Messiah, it's not clear what further superlatives can be used to describe the coming of the city's prodigal son. 6. The lottery tells jackpot winners by e-mail. Lottery winner Graham Forrest found out he had won £2.7m when he opened an e-mail sent to him at work. When the message from the National Lottery said it had some "exciting news" for him, Mr Forrest from Cumbria thought he had won £10. He rang his wife but at first she refused to believe him. 7. A man has won £400,000 in compensation after cutting his finger. Police mechanic Alexander Darg was checking an air bag fault in a police car when he accidentally slid his hand across a knife that had been left behind. He told the court he had been terrified of contracting the HIV virus. 8. Miss Universe says Guantanamo Bay is a "relaxing place, so calm and beautiful", after a five-day trip there. Dayana Mendoza, a model from Venezuela, visited the US base in Cuba as a morale-booster for troops and blogged about the experience. 9. A "magic torch" detects drug use. The torch, costing only £40, works when it is shone in the face of night clubbers. It uses UV light to detect the tiniest traces of cocaine or amphetamine on nasal hair and police in Blackburn are using it to stop drug users from entering clubs. 10. The White House is comparing the UK to Oregon. A briefing booklet accompanying Barack Obama on his European tour equates each country to a US state - Germany to Montana, the Czech Republic to Virginia and so on. From The BBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I forgot. Missed opportunities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERTIE MCSQUIRTY Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 i told my 2 children that there was £20 on the kitchen table for each of them to spend in toys r us today, both lept out of bed without the usual moaning!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisP Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I told my dad I was pregnant He went VERY quiet for about an hour and a half! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 i told my 2 children that there was £20 on the kitchen table for each of them to spend in toys r us today, both lept out of bed without the usual moaning!!!! I bet you had fun when they realised they'd been had!! I forgot too.... Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I put red food colouring in their milk at breakfast and told them the cow was producing red milk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I put rat poison in my partner's cereal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I told my daughters that it had snowed heavily overnight when I woke them at 6.15 this morning When DD was small, I got her with that one on at least two occasions! When we were living in Newmarket, I also got her to believe that an escaped racehorse was in our garden munching the lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I put rat poison in my partner's cereal. Did you miss any smileys off this Damien? - I hope it was meant to read......"I put rat poison in my partner's cereal " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 me too Lesley... that made me shiver.. lolol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Best not cross Damien then folks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I put rat poison in my partner's cereal. Did you miss any smileys off this Damien? - I hope it was meant to read......"I put rat poison in my partner's cereal " No, no smileys he's under the patio as we speak and the builders are here now building a lovely conservatory Honestly, i love my partner dearly, and we've been together for 10 years. Just my sick sense of humour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Here's another one.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7966731.stm Sarah, you are sooo cruel! That one's on a load of different sites. I thought it might be real. The interweb is going to responsible for a fair few fools going global and being believed I reckon. There are some great ones on here, you cruel but funny Omleteers. Snow and money and red milk. You naughty ladies! I forgot to do any. I put a load of salt in my dad's tea one year as a child. He was very cross with me for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I put rat poison in my partner's cereal. Ahhh I got off lightly I was just told by my 4 year olds at school that I had spiders in my hair and bees on my nose Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Chrissie that's so sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
