the april fools repository

[JK Ferret]

what?

Don't worry Matty, just go back to sleep.

[MadduckUK]

Don't worry Matty, just go back to sleep.

reminds me of a story finlay sent me last night

[matty-hodgson]

Don't worry Matty, just go back to sleep.

no seriously, what's he doing on top?
are you 'out'?

[JK Ferret]

I'm up...

[MadduckUK]

he's up, he's out, he's shaking it all about?

[kalniel]

he's up, he's out, he's shaking it all about?

And you're being sent bed-time stories by Finlay.. tis all a bit disturbing

[MadduckUK]

And you're being sent bed-time stories by Finlay.. tis all a bit disturbing

you will have to msn finlay about that, its a bit risqué for here methinks

[JK Ferret]

http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6207121....dlines;title;1

I lol'ed at this one. Obviously a prank, but it's got plenty humour if you know the storylines

[MadduckUK]

http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6207121....dlines;title;1

I lol'ed at this one. Obviously a prank, but it's got plenty humour if you know the storylines

thats more like a somethingawful/theonion article

is April fool day really just what theonion is all the time?

[TAKTAK]

Am surprised HEXUS hasnt launched some sort of April fool's...You know like announcing Moogle was taking over..now that would be a disaster

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=17839

edit: balls, missed a whole page

[KidChameleon]

Yesterday morning, Dave from the Chris Moyles Show on Radio 1 was saying there should be an April Fuels Day where all the petrol stations sell fuel at half price. Everyone said it was stupid and that was that.

This morning, while I was driving to work, they said a fuel chain had told them they would be selling fuel at half price but because it's the BBC they can't say who it was on air. They gave a number to call so that Alled could go through a list and tell you which station was nearest.

Mum, also in the car with me, asked if she should phone them because we needed to fill up soon. I was still in a daze from being up early, so just grunted without thinking. She phoned the number but it was engaged.

An hour later at work, I was starting to wake up and thought "I would have expected Radio 1 to have an April Fools joke toda... OOOHHHHHH!"

I haven't actually heard if it was a joke, but I assume it must have been.

[Alex]

Yes, it was. People were still ringing in 30 minutes + after they had started playing back some of the phone calls they had been getting!

[CaseyV9]

This one made me laugh.

The game - Dragon Age.

Under the New Dragon Age Trailer ‘A Hero’ Released click on the Gamespot link.

Dragon age Official website

[Elessar_VPR]

What you see is what you get! camera

[Brucelles]

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[Funkstar]

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These two things made me laugh a lot!