Showing posts with label April Fools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label April Fools. Show all posts

Monday, April 1

An April Fool's Roundup



Happy April Fools!

Did you know that Joe Konrath has pulled all his books from Amazon? That's right! And spaghetti grows on trees.

Here are links to some of my favorite April Fool's pranks.

Konrath Flip-Flops
I knew Joe Konrath's success over at Amazon was too good to be true!

The search is over: Fermilab chooses new director
Doctor Who.

Jim C. Hines April Fool's Day Roundup
Jim Hines provides links from an eclectic array of sources ranging from Google's Google Nose to Brent Weeks' NINJA KITTEN.

April Fools: Are folks getting more difficult to trick?
Article by Peter Funt, son of Allen Funt, creator of “Candid Camera.”

April Fools’ Day 2013: A round-up of the best jokes and hoaxes
My favorite: NASA's Curiosity rover quits Twitter after abuse from trolls. This list is from Metro.co.uk.

I'll leave you all with an April Fool video featuring "spaghetti trees" from 1957. Thanks to Sarah A. Hoyt for embedding it in her blog post: April Fool's Day Post One.



What was your favorite April Fools' joke? What joke did you play?

Other articles you might like:

- Rewriting
- Are Libraries 'Sitting Close To Satan'?
- How To Write A Great Opening For Your Story

Photo credit: "*gasp*" by fPat under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.