April Fools

I always forget 1st April is April's Fool day. Haven't pranked anyone in eons! And I am thankful that Museum of Hoaxes pulled together this list.

Ha! My favourite? After reading through the list of 10? I can't choose! People - as in a herd of people - are inherently stupid! I am sitting at my table, at work, and laughing my ass off.

Here are the three I cannot decide between. I absolutely can't believe people got taken in.....

In 1957, a BBC television show announced that thanks to a mild winter and the virtual elimination of the spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. Footage of Swiss farmers pulling strands of spaghetti from trees prompted a barrage of calls from people wanting to know how to grow their own spaghetti at home.

Burger King, another American fast-food chain, published a full-page advertisement in
USA Today in 1998 announcing the introduction of the "Left-Handed Whopper," specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new burger included the same ingredients as the original, but the condiments were rotated 180 degrees. The chain said it received thousands of requests for the new burger, as well as orders for the original "right-handed" version.

Noted British astronomer Patrick Moore announced on the radio in 1976 that at 9:47am, a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event, in which Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, would cause a gravitational alignment that would reduce the Earth's gravity. Moore told listeners that if they jumped in the air at the exact moment of the planetary alignment, they would experience a floating sensation. Hundreds of people called in to report feeling the sensation.

Man... we need to thin out the gene pool.....