FUNNY APRIL FOOLS JOKES
UFO Lands in London
On
March 31, 1989 people driving on the highway outside
London saw a glowing UFO landing. Many pulled to the side to the road
to watch. When the UFO landed locals called the police to warn them of
an alien invasion. The police arrived, and one brave policeman
approached the UFO, but when the door opened and a small silver suited
figure came out, the policeman run away. Richard Branson, a stunt who
had a passion for hot air balloons and pranks, had purpose built this
hot air balloon to land in the Hyde Park in London on the 1st of April.
But wind blew him to the wrong direction and he ended up landing one
day earlier.
Funny
April Fools Jokes:
Nixon's
Back
In 1992, National
Public Radio's Talk of the Nation program announced that
Richard Nixon was running for President again. His new campaign slogan
was, "I didn't do anything wrong, and I won't do it again." There were
also audio clips of Nixon delivering his
candidacy speech. Listeners flooded the show with phone calls and were
shocked. During the second half of the show the host John
Hockenberry revealed that the announcement was an april fool. Nixon's
voice was impersonated by comedian Rich Little.
Funny
April Fools Jokes:
The
Body of Nessie Found
On
March 31 1972, a team of zoologists from Yorkshire's Flamingo Park Zoo
found
a mysterious body floating in the Loch. It was 15½ feet long and
weighed 1½
tonnes.
The scientists started to transport the body back to the zoo when
police stopped them saying they were not allowed to remove unidentified
bodies from the lake. The body was taken to Dunfermline
for
identification. It was published as "Son of Nessie", which received
worldwide media
attention. But the body was identified as bull elephant seal. The
following day, Flamingo Park's
education officer John Shields said
the bull elephant seal of Dudley Zoo had died and he had dumped the
body in Loch before ringing his colleagues
to give them a tip. He did mean to play an April fool on them but
admitted it went too far when the police got involved.
Funny
April Fools Jokes:
The
Sydney Iceberg
In
1978, Dick Smith, a Sydney millionaire, had been talking about towing
an iceberg to Sydney Harbour from Antarctica. On the 1st of April it
apparently happened. He said he was going to turn it into a lot of ice
cubes and sell them to the public. If only it didn't start raining..
the shaving cream and firefighting foam were washed away and the hoax
was uncovered.
Funny
April Fools Jokes:
Migrating
Penguins
In
2008, the BBC announced that camera crews filming near the Antarctic
saw Adélie penguins taking off to the air. A video footage was
presented and it was announced that these penguins migrate to South
America where they spend the winter in rainforests.
Funny
April Fools Jokes:
Whistling
Carrots
In
2002, the successful development of a genetically modified 'whistling
carrot' was announced in an advertisement by the British supermarket
chain Tesco. The ad said the carrots had been specially engineered to
grow with air holes that caused the vegetable to whistle when cooked.
Funny
April Fools Jokes:
The
Skyforest Orange-Bearing
Pine Trees
In
1950, the cedar and pine trees along the Rim of the World Highway in
Southern California had grown oranges over night. Cartoonist Frank
Adams and the residents of Skyforest, a nearby town, hung 50,000
oranges in the trees during the night. The oranges came from the the
recent National Orange Show in San Bernardino.
Funny
April Fools Jokes:
Drunk
Driving on the Internet
In
1994, an article in PC Computing magazine said it was going to be
illegal to use the internet while
drunk. The phone line of anyone who "uses
or abuses alcohol" while accessing the
internet was going to be tapped by FBI. The contact person was Lirpa
Sloof (April Fools backwards). The Congress got so many phone calls
that Senator Edward
Kennedy's office had to deny officially that he wasn't the sponsor of
the bill.
Funny
April Fools Jokes:
New
Zealand Wasp Swarm
In
1949, Phil Shone, deeray for a New Zealand radio station announced that
a mile wide wasp swarm was heading towards Auckland. It warned people
to protect themselves and their homes, suggesting that they leave wasp
traps outside their doors and wear their socks over their pants.
Hundreds of people did so until he admitted that it was a joke. The New
Zealand Broadcasting Service was not happy about Shone's hoax. It said
it wasn't honest reporting and urged all radio stations to only report
truth from then on.
Funny
April Fools Jokes: Big
Ben Goes Digital
In
1980, the BBC reported that Big Ben was going digital in order to keep
up with the
times. A huge response came from angered and chocked listeners. The
Japanese service of BBC also said that the hands of the clock were
going to be sold to the first people to contact them. A
Japanese
seaman called in a bid.
Funny
April Fools Jokes: Y2K
Solved
In
1999 the Singapore Straits Times reported that a 17-year-old high
school student had created a computer program that would solve
Y2K. The camera shy student had created the program in
twenty nine minutes while solving a maths problem for his homework.
His family and a technology consulting group were reportedly forming a
joint venture named 'Polo Flair' to commercialize the
discovery. Media interest was huge but smart readers would have noticed
that 'Polo Flair' was an
anagram for 'April Fool.'
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