01042006

April 1, 2006 6:39 AM

Who's having some fun today?
posted by caddis (28 comments total)

This past Wednesday in a Manhattan criminal court, the 8 Improv Everywhere agents nabbed in the “No Pants 2k6” Mission were found guilty of “Disorderly Conduct” and sentenced to the maximum sentence of 15 days in prison at the Riker’s Island Correctional Facility (five male agents) and the Rose M. Singer Center (three female agents). We have delayed making this information public for several days as their attorney was investigating the feasibility of an appeal.

(A lot of people are buying this one.)
posted by CunningLinguist at 6:44 AM on April 1, 2006

Nice. I don't know how but the Fark one totally caught me off guard.
posted by furtive at 6:44 AM on April 1, 2006

Thanks for the link :)
posted by Urgo at 6:48 AM on April 1, 2006

Cool. It's run by another MeFite.

You are quite welcome Urgo. I had a lot of fun with some of those. Thanks for making the list.
posted by caddis at 6:58 AM on April 1, 2006

We are always happy to do it every year for you each year
and by "we" I mean me.
posted by wheelieman at 6:59 AM on April 1, 2006

Now I am totally confused. As it should be on this day.
posted by caddis at 7:01 AM on April 1, 2006

Metalstorm is the one that actually stymied me for a few minutes this morning.
posted by Wolfdog at 7:01 AM on April 1, 2006

I don't think Sheldon Brown is fooling anyone this year, but it's still one of his funniest.
posted by caddis at 7:08 AM on April 1, 2006

Bold (sweden) are pretendng that they got hacked, and their name changed to "böld" (which means boil).
posted by dabitch at 7:10 AM on April 1, 2006

This would make a certain inventor very happy.
posted by Afroblanco at 7:41 AM on April 1, 2006

Wow, they managed to make Slashdot even uglier than normal. I'm impressed.
posted by octothorpe at 7:42 AM on April 1, 2006

This is a joke, right? If not, it's one more mistake.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 7:48 AM on April 1, 2006

Wireless extension cord, $34.95.
posted by LarryC at 7:53 AM on April 1, 2006

Oh that's good. :))
posted by dabitch at 8:09 AM on April 1, 2006

The Economist is in on the joke too.
posted by pombe at 8:10 AM on April 1, 2006

Martial Arts supply place offers Wing Chun Dummy in human form.
posted by jlkventures at 8:18 AM on April 1, 2006

You realize, right, that the front page of MetaFilter is also an April Fools joke? Not only are the links all fake, the comments are too. This is not being written by languagehat but by Matt's MeFiBot^TM. You have been pwned.
posted by languagehat at 8:23 AM on April 1, 2006

I loved the GoogleRooms site. . .very detailed and right on as far as the tone of the thing is involved.
posted by Danf at 8:26 AM on April 1, 2006

Wikipedia's list of 2006 pranks.
posted by CunningLinguist at 8:53 AM on April 1, 2006

Congress mandates college for people with drug convictions
posted by homunculus at 10:08 AM on April 1, 2006

Geeks.com presents "the thing".
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 10:55 AM on April 1, 2006

I'd put this on the front page, but I don't think they could handle getting slashdotted and mefid on the same day!

Cute Overload vs. Slashdot
posted by Roger Dodger at 11:02 AM on April 1, 2006

The new Alliance race in the World of Warcraft expansion is going to be WISPS.
posted by ab3 at 11:30 AM on April 1, 2006

Worth1000 forum titles are picked from Monty Python, mayhem ensues inside.
posted by bru at 11:31 AM on April 1, 2006

This is not being written by languagehat but by Matt's MeFiBotTM.

Lanugagehat, you know that isn't truERROR: invalid call in module writecomment_disagree, line 401
posted by jenovus at 1:52 PM on April 1, 2006

This is the ultimate Photoshop action for photographers.
posted by DaShiv at 2:51 PM on April 1, 2006

It was funnier when it was just kremvax. Trust me.
posted by dhartung at 2:55 PM on April 1, 2006

The Design & Development column from the makers of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game announced their new product -- My Little Pony, the RPG.
posted by CrunchyFrog at 11:17 PM on April 1, 2006