April Fools pranks - please cheer us up with any you see

[roley poley]

ahh good old cut and paste engineering the best frame builders going

 

[Milkfloat]

Zwift this morning took me back to 1989.

 

[slowwww]

It appears government backed bank loans to small businesses are an April Fools joke...

Personal experience or hearsay from papers?

 

[oldfatfool]

Forever Hounds Trust has learnt that a shock new ruling has stated that the word 'lurcher' can no longer be used to describe a dog. Historically, the term 'lurcher' means thief, so as not all lurchers are thieves, it is now deemed politically incorrect for this name to be used any longer.
Mr Joseph King of the regulatory body who is enforcing this new legislation tells us "a study undertaken by a top university has found that that not all lurchers are thieves, so it's unfair to tar them all with the same brush". The new directive is that all lurchers MUST now follow the designer breed naming methodology and be defined by the breeds that form their genetic make-up. For example, going forward, a bedlington terrier x whippet must be referred to as a 'Bedpet'.
The term 'longdog', must also not be used, as many have been deemed to not be that long. We have challenged that last statement as, being known as sofa dogs, most longdogs can actually take up most of the sofa! The question now arises, what should lurchers and longdogs now be called if they have three or more breeds in their genetic make-up? In this instance, the term 'mixed breed' or 'mongrel' MUST be applied.
This has caused a significant issue for Forever Hounds Trust, as our strapline "helping greyhounds and lurchers into happy homes" can sadly no longer be used. Instead ALL the breed options must now be included which will make it a bit too long. We are concerned this new ruling will make it virtually impossible to describe what we, as a charity, do.

 

[Shearwater Missile]

And there was me thinking that Corona was a drinks company selling fizzy drinks door to door. Perhaps they have made a comeback, they`d certainly sell now. Come to think of it, we used to have the Co-op van going round selling and also the Mace man. No queing then, the Mace man`s van you just walked inside and said what you wanted. Oh I do dream.

 

[matticus]

ribble had a go…
View attachment 511850

Chapeau to them, as hardly anyone else seems to have bothered!

 

[cosmicbike]

Forever Hounds Trust has learnt that a shock new ruling has stated that the word 'lurcher' can no longer be used to describe a dog. Historically, the term 'lurcher' means thief, so as not all lurchers are thieves, it is now deemed politically incorrect for this name to be used any longer.
Mr Joseph King of the regulatory body who is enforcing this new legislation tells us "a study undertaken by a top university has found that that not all lurchers are thieves, so it's unfair to tar them all with the same brush". The new directive is that all lurchers MUST now follow the designer breed naming methodology and be defined by the breeds that form their genetic make-up. For example, going forward, a bedlington terrier x whippet must be referred to as a 'Bedpet'.
The term 'longdog', must also not be used, as many have been deemed to not be that long. We have challenged that last statement as, being known as sofa dogs, most longdogs can actually take up most of the sofa! The question now arises, what should lurchers and longdogs now be called if they have three or more breeds in their genetic make-up? In this instance, the term 'mixed breed' or 'mongrel' MUST be applied.
This has caused a significant issue for Forever Hounds Trust, as our strapline "helping greyhounds and lurchers into happy homes" can sadly no longer be used. Instead ALL the breed options must now be included which will make it a bit too long. We are concerned this new ruling will make it virtually impossible to describe what we, as a charity, do.

As a lurcher owner, I find that quite amusing. Mine is a sideboard surfer (thief) and takes up the sofa, thus is also long.

 

[matticus]

Woah! All is not lost:


View: https://twitter.com/LincsRuralCrime/status/1245217315651825664


(this may recover some of the PR own-goals scored by another rural force)

 

[mistyoptic]

I liked this one

https://wtf1.com/post/disney-has-bought-formula-1-from-liberty-media-for-over-4-billion/

 

[wheresthetorch]

Cyclist magazine:

https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/7963...launched-for-those-missing-the-great-outdoors

 

[Salty seadog]

I found it, but damn, it is obscrure.

It is in the photo of this thread, and starts with a Z.

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-horrible-effects-of-road-salt.259067/

'Insertz answer here'

 

[Salty seadog]

We're ramping up testing.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

'Insertz answer here'

Zerts.

 

[Salty seadog]

Zerts.

Well I never.

 

[13 rider]

My mum was born on April 1st along with her twin sister long before any scans my grand mother wanted a son ,