So last year I brought you a list of all the April Fools pranks I found (sadly several links have now broken), and intend to do the same again this year!
- Hawkin’s Bazaar: – Pet Chat
- Google: –
- GMail Motion
- Helvetica search (also works for comic sans)
- Chrome AdBlock: – Freedom
- Unibet: – Reindeer Racing
- Firebox: –
- xkcd: – xk3d
- The Independent: – Portugal Sell Ronaldo to Spain for €160m
- Youtube: – Top 5 viral videos from 1911
- Romsey Advertiser: – Olympics to include Angling in the River Test
- ThinkGeek: –
- Angry Birds Pork Rinds
- Arsenic Based Sea Monkeys
- Bonsai Kitty Plush
- Chocolate Zombie Bunny
- De-3D Cinema Glasses (I totally wish this was true!!)
- Edible Gummy iPhone Cases
- Minecraft USB Desktop Nether Portal
- Playmobil Apple Store Playset
- Shirt Plate
- Star Wars Lightsabre Popsicles
- Super 3DBoy iPhone Gamy System
- Daily Mail: – Kate Middleton baby shopping and smoking…. they could have used a better look-a-like
- Radio4 Today Show: – 3D Radio
- The Sun: – Gorilla’s given iPads
- Daily Express: – Yellow Quickseal Pothole Solution
- BMW: – New M3 Royal Edition
- Telegraph: – Ed Miliband Wedding Street Parties
- The Guardian: – Royal Wedding Live Updates
- Marmite Vaseline
- Metro: – Edible
- Bath Chronicle: – Navy Sub in the Weir
Let me know if you find any I’ve missed! …Or if any of these are actually true!
Some I missed are here, including:
- BBC: – Dad’s against mumsnet
- Daily Mirror: – Tax on Fresh Air
- Virgin: – Richard Branson buys Pluto and reinstates as planet
- Daily Express: – Zimmerframe skateboard
- Clegg to compete in Olympic Archery
- IKEA Dog Highchair
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Added in the evening, other thing’s I’ve been made aware of this afternoon!:
- BBC Radio 2: – Rob Brydon poses as Ken Bruce for a whole radio show
- Smarta: – Pill that guarantees business success
- The Good Book: – Prethumbed bible
- Landrover: – Self levelling tax disc holder
- Google Chrome: – Chromercise
And again this year, the BBC has published a list of 10 stories that could be April Fools pranks but aren’t
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How did you miss the Smarta one? http://bit.ly/g9boa8
Sorry, wasn’t on my list of places to check! I’ll add it in 🙂
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