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Title: Best April Jokes 2009
Post by: DS on April 01, 2009, 01:06:05 pm: So, each year some pretty funny april jokes surface on the net so post any cool ones you find here.

rami just showed me one cool one by Opera:

http://labs.opera.com/news/2009/04/01/

so..anything else? :) :)
Title: Best April Jokes 2009
Post by: tuxedo marx on April 01, 2009, 01:15:51 pm: alan shearer at newcastle and barry ferguson dropped are the big ones of the day OH WAIT
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Post by: jman00 on April 01, 2009, 01:34:10 pm: The infamous April Fools Virus that is spreading on all the computers in the world. O_O;

http://www.symantec.com/norton/theme.jsp?themeid=conficker_worm&inid=us_ghp_promo_conficker_worm
Title: Best April Jokes 2009
Post by: DS on April 01, 2009, 01:38:38 pm: http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/a/alpinelegend/
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Post by: Ragnar on April 01, 2009, 02:04:26 pm: google's april fool's thing is stupid - it's like skynet + system shock reference man these guys are like exactly like GW how do they have 5 million skillion dollars and we don't like obviously they must have good ideas and stuff but how does this not translate into at least a different sense of humor better or worse
Title: Best April Jokes 2009
Post by: Cheshire Cat on April 01, 2009, 03:12:13 pm: I really hope the Shearer thing is an aprils fool. It's such a huge mistake.

In other news, my girlfriend told me she was pregnant. It's an oldy but a goody.
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Post by: tuxedo marx on April 01, 2009, 03:13:13 pm: happened last night so no :(
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Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on April 01, 2009, 03:24:34 pm: surprise! my tumor markers were actually candy markers. your candy is coming in the mail.
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Post by: DS on April 01, 2009, 03:31:46 pm: I called it Steel... I called it.

IGN's this year's SSBB gore thing isn't nearly as good as Zelda trailer from last year but the end of the video was well done.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/968/968477p1.html
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Post by: big ass skelly on April 01, 2009, 03:36:18 pm: youtube is frakking upside down
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Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on April 01, 2009, 04:25:06 pm: gmail has a slack grammatical style adjuster called Autopilot.
Title: Best April Jokes 2009
Post by: Barack Obama on April 01, 2009, 05:11:13 pm: This thread

(its a fuckin joke)
Title: Best April Jokes 2009
Post by: DS on April 01, 2009, 05:16:27 pm: dont be bitchin... dietjoke
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Post by: Barack Obama on April 01, 2009, 05:21:34 pm: Dayum
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Post by: Neophyte on April 01, 2009, 07:33:59 pm: Yeah.

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This is going to be hard to top. Japanese website Akiba Blog has run a post saying that Dragon Quest IX went on sale.

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/03/dragonquest_april_line.jpeg)

According to Akiba Blog, over two-thousand people lined up at midnight today for DQIX. Midnight. Today. Today is April 1, and Dragon Quest IX is slated for release this July.

Very cruel considering the number of times Dragon Quest IX has been delayed — and how many Japanese gamers are impatiently waiting for it.

Still, don't be surprised if frazzled individuals are running around Akihabara, frantically looking for DQIX. If you happen to see any, be sure to let them know the game is sold out and new shipments are expected shortly.

This is just one of many April Fools jokes circulating on the Japanese internet. Website Canned Dogs has a great round-up of today's pranks. Stand outs include a Queen's Blade live action flick, SNK announcing Star Radish and a retro version iDOLM@STER.

Hahahahahahaha.
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Post by: jman00 on April 01, 2009, 07:36:18 pm: Okay, that was fucking awesome. Best idea ever to draw out millions of DQ fans only to say April Fools. Best fucking thing ever! XD
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Post by: DS on April 01, 2009, 07:37:27 pm: Haha holy shit.

also

http://nin.com/

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Your email will be kept confidential and will not be used for spam, unless we can make some money selling it.

(http://pub.gamingw.net/25085/strobe_light.png)

ha ha ha
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Post by: reko on April 01, 2009, 07:37:54 pm: Hahahahaha.
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Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on April 01, 2009, 07:43:13 pm: that nin one kind of blows (no one would believe it for a fraction of a second) but jesus christ japan.
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Post by: Pulits on April 01, 2009, 08:05:01 pm: Blizzard's Starcraft2 joke sucks. It's the same concept as last year:

http://www.starcraft2.com/features/terran/terratron.xml
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Post by: ThugTears666 on April 01, 2009, 08:13:43 pm: Quote from: Cheshire Cat on April 01, 2009, 03:12:13 pm
I really hope the Shearer thing is an aprils fool. It's such a huge mistake.

In other news, my girlfriend told me she was pregnant.

Me too, I nearly cried. It fucking sucked!
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Post by: Rajew on April 01, 2009, 08:34:11 pm: yo whats the shearer thing? I just searched it on google.

if you are crying about some guy becoming the manager of a soccer team then maybe you should reevaluate your list of things you cry about?

EDIT: Rockmans post wasnt there when I said that but my second line still stands.
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Post by: Vellfire on April 01, 2009, 08:37:55 pm: Quote from: Magical Negro on April 01, 2009, 04:25:06 pm
gmail has a slack grammatical style adjuster called Autopilot.

i thought this was way better than google's actual april fools day joke this year
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Post by: Wash Cycle on April 01, 2009, 09:11:51 pm: Quote from: Rockman on April 01, 2009, 01:15:51 pm
alan shearer at newcastle and barry ferguson dropped are the big ones of the day OH WAIT
ahahahahahahaha newcastle sucks

my school's daily rain a story today about the drinking age being lowered to 18. our uni president has been fighting for that for a long time but its not about to happen any time soon so it was funny to see people get so excited lol
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Post by: c0nfu53d on April 01, 2009, 09:23:19 pm: Quote from: DragonSlayer on April 01, 2009, 01:38:38 pm
http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/a/alpinelegend/

I'd def buy an xbox 360 for this! lol
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Post by: Tau on April 01, 2009, 11:17:57 pm: Microsofts Nextbox to go hand in hand with the next Metal Gear Solid title!

Metal Gear Solid: Advanced Fireflies Beyond The Alchemist in Exile (http://www.epicbattleaxe.com/main/2009/4/1/microsofts-nextbox-unveiled.html)

This made me laugh..

(http://www.epicbattleaxe.com/storage/eba-post-images/eba-post-images-april-2009/NextBoxKojima.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1238624067895)
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Post by: Grunthor on April 02, 2009, 01:09:15 am: Further proof that NASCAR fans are idiots. (http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92422?fp=1)

Quote from: Yahoo Buzz
All Car and Driver magazine tried to do was drive a little levity into the auto industry bailout with a prank. The serious publication ran a joke story that announced that Obama had ordered Chevrolet and Dodge out of NASCAR if they wanted to keep their federal funds. For a brief web-fueled moment, NASCAR fans had to imagine a future of cheering on Japanese cars. Or worse, French ones. The horror.

Immediately, the Internet went crazy, with searches on "obama nascar" accelerating in Search and zooming across Twitter. Although the story was clearly marked a hoax, Car and Driver eventually pulled the fake story and apologized for going "too far."
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Post by: pburn on April 02, 2009, 02:36:07 am: A shitty one.

M. Night Shyamalan stated to direct the final episode of Lost.
http://blog.lostpedia.com/2009/04/m-night-shyamalan.html
Title: Best April Jokes 2009
Post by: Boulvae on April 02, 2009, 02:57:45 am: If only that new Sonic game were an April Fools, if only.
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Post by: Sapsuker on April 02, 2009, 03:29:27 am: guess what, china is now allowed to access newgrounds. just kidding hahaha ha.
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Post by: goldenratio on April 02, 2009, 05:01:03 am: http://stackoverflow.com/ has a sparkly logo
click the "cornify" buttons on the comments: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/704203/how-do-i-schedule-a-process-termination
http://cornify.com/
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Post by: Mongoloid on April 02, 2009, 05:03:31 am: Haha that nascar one is pretty funny!
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Post by: Ragnar on April 02, 2009, 05:18:42 am: epicbattleaxe is a pretty great name for a website
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Post by: datamanc3r on April 02, 2009, 05:23:08 am: Whatever happened to that big russian virus that was supposed to explode over the internet today? Greatest April fools prank ever -- those crazy Russians.

I was also thinking about making a "ZOMFG A Blurred Line 2 IS RELEASED" thread in G&D, but I realized it would probably land my ass on the ban wagon and it wouldn't be funny at all. I'm exercising self control guys, it's great!
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Post by: Vellfire on April 02, 2009, 11:58:00 am: there was one in the copenhagen post that was like "china isn't giving the little mermaid statue back, instead they're melting it for money!!!!"

it looked like a pretty legit article tbh
Title: Best April Jokes 2009
Post by: mud on April 02, 2009, 04:00:57 pm: Quote from: Cheshire Cat on April 01, 2009, 03:12:13 pm
In other news, my girlfriend told me she was pregnant. It's an oldy but a goody.

I hate it when girls do stuff like that. Joking about pregnancy is no fun when you don't want kids!

LMAO at the Dragon Quest fans thing.
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Post by: dark_crystalis on April 02, 2009, 10:24:33 pm: Some girl at my college's radio station told her boyfriend she was pregnant (in a very subtle and purely evil way) and he believed her. He even started crying. Oh man I wish I was there to see it hahahahahahahahahahahaha.

The DQIX prank is pretty awesome, man those japs are crazy!
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Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on April 03, 2009, 12:04:15 am: btw ds you would have honestly fooled me if you made this topic, linked the opera page, and played it serious and said rami was doing it right now and it was the most useless app.

like i would have believed it for longer than a second for sure because i would not be able to test it and this is really the point of april fool's pranks. lets keep this in mind next year!
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Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on April 03, 2009, 12:07:56 am: the double edged sword is some idiot will be like LOL THEY GOT U and you won't be able to explain you were just passing it along.

but yeah everyone forgets how to do april fool's jokes. some of them are just well crafted jokes and a few are pranks which i've always kind of dislike (gamesmasterjasper so funny after the tenth time). you are supposed to keep them going until you get someone who believes it and forgets, not just be like LOL U ALMOST GOT ME... when you realize.
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Post by: Malad on April 03, 2009, 12:38:35 am: My calculus teacher is pregnant and expecting in about 2 weeks... she faked her water breaking. Shocking, horrific and quite hilarious afterwards
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Post by: ase on April 03, 2009, 12:42:12 am: ahahahaha that's awesome. that's one of the best i've heard.
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Post by: Malad on April 03, 2009, 01:13:16 am: She was sitting at her desk, spilled a glass of water on the ground, and let out a loud groan... i nearly pissed
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Post by: kentona on April 03, 2009, 03:20:59 am: http://www.linuxjournal.com/video/ultimate-linux-upgrade-installing-ie7

Mildly amusing.
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Post by: Frisky SKeleton on April 03, 2009, 03:32:37 am: linux making fun of windows for hardware compatibility problems is pretty good
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Post by: tuxedo marx on April 03, 2009, 06:49:06 pm: Quote from: Rockman on April 01, 2009, 01:15:51 pm
alan shearer at newcastle and barry ferguson dropped are the big ones of the day OH WAIT
update: barry ferguson and allan mcgregor have been banned from playing international football ever again. starting to wish this was a joke now!
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Post by: Wash Cycle on April 04, 2009, 07:04:39 am: I've read a bunch of news stories about that and I cant really figure out what exactly it was that they did

what did they do? I just saw a bunch of pics with them holding v's up to their mouths like theywaslickin vajay
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Post by: Seawed on April 04, 2009, 04:37:08 pm: Pretty good joke.
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Post by: tuxedo marx on April 04, 2009, 10:33:41 pm: Quote from: Wash Cycle on April 04, 2009, 07:04:39 am
I've read a bunch of news stories about that and I cant really figure out what exactly it was that they did

what did they do? I just saw a bunch of pics with them holding v's up to their mouths like theywaslickin vajay
err that, basically, I think they called it making rude gestures (and to be fair while barry fergusons looked pretty inocuous allan mcgregor milked it like fuck). the SFA have no sense of humour :(
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Post by: hero_bash on April 04, 2009, 11:09:40 pm: Did GW had one?